String AcademyIU Jacobs School of Music

All are invited to the Warren & Flick concert this Wednesday (June 29th) at 7 PM in Recital Hall.

Warren & Flick explore the nuanced textures of a two-person ensemble. Using both original material and arranged standards from many genres, this ensemble finds new depth in the simplicity of a duo. Jacob Warren plays double bass, while Grant Flick plays violin, tenor guitar, and nyckelharpa. The two met at the 2015 Acoustic Music Seminar (AMS), a program for young string players from around the world to collaborated and hone their improvisation, composition, and performance abilities. Jacob and Grant’s music reflects their friendship and wide musical interests. The duo spends much of their time arranging, composing, and performing together primarily developing original works. Their sound is documented with their first album “Kestrel,” released in 2019, and their second album “Waxwing” is on its way in May 2022. With Jacob’s classical foundation and Grant’s experience in bluegrass and jazz, their contrasting backgrounds give this collaboration a unique and compelling musical narrative.

The Virtuosi will be performing this Sunday, June 26th at 6 PM in Auer Hall. Not to be missed!

The 2022 Beginner Violin Class flourished. They are all moving up. Congrats to all!

We are happy to announce that we are adding an additional cello teacher to the String Academy faculty, Eunice Kim.  With Eunice, we are looking forward to growing the cello population. She will be working closely with Helen Ford.

Eunice Kim is currently pursuing her doctoral degree at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music where she is a student of Eric Kim. She is majoring in cello performance and minoring in music education and arts administration. In addition to her String Academy teaching, she is an associate instructor at the JSoM. Before moving to Indiana, Eunice received her Bachelor and master’s degree from the New England Conservatory. She was a teaching artist for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Josiah Quincy Orchestra Program, and the Boston String Academy.

The Virtuosi will be performing this Sunday at 2 PM in Ford Hall. The program will include music by Bartok, William Harvey, Wieniawski, Saint-Saens and more. Please join us!

Final concerts will take place on Saturday, May 14th in Auer Hall. The violinists will perform at 11 and the the celli at 3. These concerts will honor our high school seniors who are moving on. Congratulations to all and good luck with your next chapter. (Please remember to let us know how you are doing….)

Abby Ko will be attending Juilliard.
Natsume Wu is going on to Yale.
Ben Lee will be at Indiana University.
Daniel Larsen is off to MIT.
Kaitlyn Wong will be attending Indiana University.
Heidi Gaschke will be a music student at Falls Baptist College in WI
Addison Hightower will be coming to the Jacobs School of Music and will study viola with Atar Arad and composition.

The String Academy Virtuosi performed for the opening event of the IVCI (International Violin Competition of Indianapolis) – The Juried Exhibition of Student Art Awards Ceremony at Indiana Landmarks in Indianapolis. They played to a full and enthusiastic audience. Thank you Glen Kwok for this opportunity.

Congratulations to Cooper Olsen and Miranda Isbitts for placing 1st and 3rd in a new competition in Kentucky, The Essential Music Competition.

Heide and Andrew Gaschke placed 2nd in the National AACS Competition.

Bravo to all!!