The Jacobs School of Music is pleased to host a residency by nationally recognized ensemble, New Morse Code, from October 24-November 7. Update: Read their Entrepreneur of the Month Interview > As Grand Prize Winners of the Ariel Avant Impact Performance Prize, the duo – Hannah Collins, cello, and Michael Compitello, percussion – will join… Read more »
A jazz trumpet player whose visionary debut EP showcases the power of ambition, collaboration, and creative problem-solving. Project Jumpstart’s Entrepreneur of the Month for June 2021 is emerging jazz trumpet player and recent Jacobs graduate Sammy Haig. When the COVID-19 pandemic shut the door on Sammy’s capstone senior recital, he pivoted in a new direction,… Read more »
Three string quartets at different stages of their careers talk creativity, collaboration, and the changing world of music. DIOR QUARTET The Dior Quartet – Noa Sarid and Tobias Elser (violin), Caleb Georges (viola), and Joanne Yesol Choi (cello) – formed in Fall 2018 at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Within eight months of… Read more »
FEATURE What Makes Music Universal Nautilus: Kevin Berger Music brings us together to show us how different we are. In the past two years, the debate over whether music is universal, or even whether that debate has merit, has raged like a battle of the bands among scientists. The stage has expanded from musicology… Read more »
FEATURE Bloomington-Based Secretly Canadian Co-Founder Chris Swanson Looks Back on the Label’s First 25 Years Variety: Jonathan Cohen The company, which was founded by brothers Chris and Ben Swanson in 1996 and is still based in Bloomington, will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year via an extended campaign of reissues and new releases, all… Read more »
FEATURE The Kennedy Center is Turning 50 with a Year-Long Celebration of New Works and Special Performances The Washington Post: Peggy McGlone The Kennedy Center is planning an extended celebration of its 50th anniversary in its 2021-2022 season, featuring new commissions by Philip Glass and Esperanza Spalding, year-long artist residencies by the Roots and… Read more »
A seasoned LA Philharmonic artist now taking her career in new directions as the visionary leader of the Taos School of Music. “There are more creative options available to the new generation of musicians….The creativity and resilience shown in how we artists have adapted to this pandemic has given me hope for the future of… Read more »
FEATURE The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Donates $3 Million to Silkroad Ensemble The Violin Channel The generous donation will be used to expand arts and education programs and further develop social impact initiatives. RESEARCH AND OPINION The Future Becoming Howlround: Deborah Cullinan When we finally arrive in this future, we, the people, will be… Read more »
FEATURE How Independent Companies are Saving Opera in Canada CBC Music: Michael Zarathus-Cook Across Canada, indie opera companies are making the art form cool again; daring and provocative. RESEARCH AND OPINION Let’s Make the Future That the ‘New World’ Symphony Predicted NY Times: Doublas W. Shadle To grasp in full this classic work’s complex… Read more »
FEATURE The Musicological Zest of “Switched On Pop” The New Yorker: Alex Ross Music appreciation is having a resurgence, although the music being appreciated has changed. Early in the twenty-tens, song-explainer videos began proliferating on the Internet. When podcasts took off, dissections of the innards of pop hits were in demand. Now TikTok has its own pithy army… Read more »
