By now, you will have received an email announcing that IU has adopted a new career portal called HANDSHAKE, which replaces the Symplicity system we’ve been using in the Jacobs School of Music for the past 6 years. This is very good news! The new system is easier to use, more focused on your professional… Read more »
FEATURE: BATTLE HYMNS From Founders To Today, Protest Music Is American Music OPB: Claudia Meza From “Yankee Doodle” being sung back in defiance at the British soldiers who originally wrote it to ridicule the American Revolution, to the spirituals sung in fields, unifying and fortifying the voices of a people denied their own native… Read more »
FEATURE: LEARNING TO LISTEN Black Experience Within Classical Music The Violin Channel and Young Concert Artists An important roundtable discussion focusing on the Black experience within the classical music community. Panelists: Anthony Trionfo, Weston Sprott, Sanford Allen, Monica Ellis, Anthony McGill, Carlos Simon, Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Randall Goosby, Marcus Thompson, Steven Banks, Afa Dworkin and… Read more »
FEATURE: BLACK LIVES MATTER #BlackoutTuesday: A Music Industry Protest Becomes a Social Media Moment The New York Times: Joe Coscarelli What began as a proposed day of reflection after the death of George Floyd morphed into something broader, leading some to complain that #BlackLivesMatter posts were being silenced. Black Lives Matter Cofounder Patrisse Cullors… Read more »
FIRST BITE! THE BIG APPLE Performing Arts Alumni Strategies for Early Career Success in NYC This virtual event is ideal for IU performing arts students/alums living in NYC or preparing to move there Thursday, June 11, from 12-1pm – Zoom Connect to participate (registration required) – Facebook Live to just watch Hannah Horvath (IU- Kelley… Read more »
FEATURE: THE AMAZING ANDRÉ WATTS The Perseverance of André Watts The New York Times: Susan Gubar Putting physical disability on view in the highly competitive arena of classical music takes grit; playing with invisible disease seemed even more terrifying to me. ARTISTS REACT TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD Death Of George Floyd: Beyoncé,… Read more »
FEATURE: AIMING FOR NEW BEGINNING IN 2021 The Fall of Autumn: Live Performance Producers Are Giving Up on 2020 NY Times: Michael Paulson, Joshua Barone, Ben Sisario and Zachary Woolfe Even as reopened barbershops, beaches and bookstores herald the resumption of economic life across America, concert promoters, theater presenters, orchestras and dance companies are… Read more »
Innovation Roundtable: Cross-Disciplinary Modes in Choral Music A conversation with Choral Directors Carmen-Helena Téllez and Dominick DiOrio about music, media, interdisciplinarity, and the pandemic! PLEASE JOIN US! Friday, May 22, from 12-1pm (ET) Zoom Connect (registration required): https://iu.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZAtcOmurj0uHx0NYC7aul6TtRCLG-oLCg FacebookLive: http://facebook.com/jsomoecd/live Please join these two exceptionally innovative artists/ensemble and project directors, as we discuss the evolution… Read more »
FEATURE: SOCIALLY DISTANCED PERFORMANCE What Socially Distanced Live Performance Might Look Like Vulture: Justin Davidson The “foreseeable future” is a contradiction in terms, and among the infinity of things nobody knows is when we’ll be able to attend a live performance. RESEARCH AND OPINION #BetterMusicCities SoundDiplomacy.com Ensuring Music is at the Heart of Recovery in… Read more »
Innovation Roundtable: Organizational Adaptation during Covid-19 with members of the Guitar Foundation of America: Martha Masters, Namanje Ostojic, and Ryan Ayers PLEASE JOIN US! Friday, May 15, from 12-1pm (ET) Zoom Connect (registration required): https://iu.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZAtcOmurj0uHx0NYC7aul6TtRCLG-oLCg FacebookLive: http://facebook.com/jsomoecd/live Please join us to discuss the fast pace in which the GFA (Guitar Foundation of America) adapted to… Read more »