WEEKLY DIGEST: Gehry’s buildings sound as good as they look, hearing our ancestors sing, AI startup Mozart has impact, Takács Quartet updates, and more. FEATURE Frank Gehry’s Buildings Sound as Marvelous as They Look NY Times: Joshua Barone Gehry, who died on Friday at 96, made an invaluable contribution to classical music by designing… Read more »
WEEKLY DIGEST: Perfection is stunting us, the magic of the Beatles, Suno & Udio strike new deals that will change the music landscape, LA Phil reinvests in YOLA, and more
FEATURE The Quest for Perfection Is Stunting Our Society NY Times: Jonathan Biss Few of today’s classical music performers have written music; ideally we strive to be creative in our interpretive work, but primary creation is a thing we’ve only studied, not experienced. That can lead to paralysis. If you don’t understand how something is… Read more »
Weekly Digest: Assisting dance with AI motion capture, a new survey of artists in the labor force is published, the GRAMMY classical nominees, Nvidia CEO supports SF Opera, and more.
FEATURE How Recent Innovations in AI-Assisted Motion-Capture Technology Might Impact Dance Artists Dance: Steven Vargas Artificial intelligence has led to advances in performance-capture and animation technology, making it simpler to record, analyze, and digitally re-create a person’s movements. RESEARCH AND OPINION As a labor force, artists are ‘invisible.’ A new survey tries to change that… Read more »
Weekly Digest: Keeping opera alive through youth, breaking sameness in music education, some AI music is virtually undetectable, updates from national and international media, and more
FEATURE How to Keep Opera Alive? Start Talent Young and Broaden the Stage. NY Times: Rebecca Schmid A youth orchestra program for musicians as young as 8 is part of Paris Opera’s effort to widen access to the art form and secure its future. RESEARCH AND OPINION Breaking the sounds of sameness: why music education… Read more »
Weekly Digest: Dance’s role in Robotic Tech, Mapping Dylan’s mind through AI, Universal and Udio are now collaborating, The Kennedy Center’s woes, and more.
FEATURE Dance Artists Are Playing a Significant Role in the Development of Robotic Technologies Dance: Jennifer Heimlich As moving machines like drones and self-driving cars become more integrated into our daily lives, the tech companies behind them are realizing they need experts who intimately understand motion through space and time, and how the nuances of… Read more »
Entrepreneur of the Month: Conductor Daniela Candillari
Conductor Daniela Candillari on Learning, Curiosity, and Innovation As our November Entrepreneur of the Month, we’re thrilled to present an interview with Serbian-born conductor and Jacobs School of Music alumna Daniela Candillari, who has built an international career through lifelong learning by following her curiosity and finding innovation in unexpected places. Candillari has spent the… Read more »
WEEKLY DIGEST: Adobe takes on AI Soundtracks for video, OpenAI working on generative music tool, Kennedy Center woes, a new opera association in the UK, and more.
FEATURE Adobe’s New Firefly Can Create ‘Custom, Fully-Licensed’ AI Soundtracks For Video Music Business Worldwide: Daniel Tencer It seems every tech company in the world wants to get in on the AI-generated music craze. Just several days ago, we learned that ChatGPT and Sora maker OpenAI is planning to enter the generative AI music space,… Read more »
Six Community Impact Grants Awarded at the IU Jacobs School of Music
The IU Jacobs School of Music is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025-26 Community Impact Grants! The program is designed to support innovative ideas in performance or research with projects that are collaborative in nature and embedded in the Bloomington community. Now in its fourth year, the grants are funded by donors and… Read more »
WEEKLY DIGEST: AI and manuscript analysis, musicians concentrate better than others, music and dementia, CelloBello goes to Chamber Music America, and more.
FEATURE Can AI Decipher a Manuscript Better than You? Early Music America: Kivie Cahn-Lipman A musician partners with artificial intelligence to solve thorny textual problems. Despite more than a few negative impressions, ‘the process of exploring early-music topics with ChatGPT opened my eyes to its potential as a valuable research tool’ RESEARCH AND OPINION Study… Read more »
Entrepreneurs of the Month: Nikki and Kaitlin Pet Bring Classical Music to Life with AI and Animation
The OECD is thrilled to feature embedded entrepreneur Nikki Pet and her sister Kaitlin Pet as our October Entrepreneurs of the Month! A clarinetist and multimedia artist, Nikki is developing innovative projects throughout the year with mentorship from the OECD, IU Innovates, and other collaborators across IU Bloomington. Her creative work focuses on using animation to visually… Read more »