We’re excited to announce that the eighth annual Project Jumpstart Innovation Competition will be held completely virtually in February 2021! Your innovative musical project could win up to $1,500! Every year, Project Jumpstart puts on an Innovation Competition as part of our mission to spark innovation and encourage creativity in the Jacobs School–and this year,… Read more »
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Weekly Digest: Mending the Cultural Divide, Time for Reinvention, 2020 Women in Classical Muisc Sympoisum, and more…
FEATURE After Election 2020: How can Artists Help Mend our Cultural Divide? LA Times: Charles McNulty After Nov. 3 election, difficult repair work lies ahead. The work of mending the torn fabric of American society. The work of restoring the values that form the foundation of our institutions. Can we bridge our cultural divide? Times critics weigh in on how artists… Read more »
Weekly Digest: Rock the Vote!, State of the Music Industry, New Dawn on Broadway, and more…
FEATURE 27 Artists and Executives on the Importance of Voting in the 2020 Election Billboard Billboard asked artists and executives about the importance of voting this year. From Halsey to DJ Khaled, Nelly, Phillipa Soo, Mary Chapin Carpenter and more, here’s what everyone had to say. Rock the Vote: How the Music Industry Built a Youth Voting… Read more »
Weekly Digest: Outside the Opera House, K-12 Music Education, Musicians Improve Masks, and more…
FEATURE Think Outside the Opera House, and Inside the Parking Garage NY Times: Joshua Barone In Detroit, “Twilight: Gods” joins other recent performances that offer a path forward for the arts amid the pandemic. The performance radiated an inventiveness that, even in a normal year, would have made it one of the most inspired American opera productions… Read more »
NASHVILLE Career Discussion – Friday, Nov 6!
Are you considering starting your career in Nashville? Then this virtual event is for you! The final stop on our virtual road trip around the country takes us to Nashville, TN. Alumni and friends will share their stories, offer tips, and answer your questions about what it takes to start your career in Music City,… Read more »
Weekly Digest: Accordion History, CAG Winners, the British Empire of Musicians, and more…
FEATURE According The Accordion Its Historical Due Early Music America: Laura Stanfield Prichard The accordion and concertina have an incredibly rich history. The earliest forms of the accordion were inspired by the 1777 introduction of the Chinese free-reed sheng (bowl mouth organ) into Europe by Père Amiot, a Jesuit missionary in Qing China. Laura… Read more »
Weekly Digest: Saxophonist Steven Banks, Eddie Van Halen, Canadian Opera Company, and more…
FEATURE JSoM Alert! Aaron Dworkin interviews Saxophonist and Jacobs School of Music alumnus Steven Banks The Violin Channel Aaron Dworkin sits down with saxophonist and educator Steven Banks to discuss how orchestras can further diversity in their organizations. “As long as you come at it from a perspective of humility and knowing that your… Read more »
LA Career Discussion – Friday, Oct 16
Are you considering starting your career in the entertainment capital – LA? Then this virtual event is for you! JSoM alums in performance and production, along with representatives of the LA Chapter of the IU Alumni Association, will share strategies for early career success on the West coast – and answer your questions. This virtual… Read more »
Weekly Digest: (Ethno)Musicology(ology), Black Orchestral Composers, $156 Million to Arts Groups, and more…
FEATURE (Ethno)Music(ology): 12 Scholars Respond to a Field Undergoing a Key Change WQXR: Heather O’Donovan Music scholarship — like the art form itself — is a field that’s been taking a hard, introspective look at how it can do better. RESEARCH AND OPINION Orchestras Are Rushing to Add Black Composers. Will It Last? NY… Read more »
Performing Together in Real Time (Virtually!)
Performing Together in Real Time (Virtually!) For ALL Musicians (Instrumentalists and Vocalists) With Kim Carballo and Aram Arakelyan Friday, October 2 12:30-1:15pm | Zoom (registration required) Online latency has seemed like an insurmountable hurdle for musicians, making it impossible for many of us to perform together virtually with others. But Aram Arakelyan and Kim Carballo… Read more »