Jacobs School of Music

IU Opera to perform "Cosi fan tutte"

The Mozart-penned opera features disguises and self-discovery.

Summer Chorus to perform this weekend

The summer chorus will perform this weekend on Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. in Auer Hall. 

Piano Duo to perform Sunday

Piano duo Emile Naoumoff and Yau Cheng will perform at Auer Concert Hall in a free event as part of the Jacobs School of Music Summer Series and the IU Summer Festival of the Arts. The show will start at 8 p.m on July 6. 

Early Music to be featured before Shakespeare play

Summer Philharmonic gives tradition a twist

Mixing classical pieces with a variety of performances, such as show tunes and tap-dancing, the Summer Philharmonic Orchestra delivered a one-of-a-kind performance Saturday at the Musical Arts Center.

Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Saturday

The Summer Philharmonic Orchestra will play Saturday, June 28 at the Musical Arts Center. 

Barker appointed as a new director at Jacobs

Alain Barker was appointed as the new director of entrepreneurship and career development at the Jacobs School of Music.

Renowned pianist, conductor to perform with philharmonic

The Brahms Concerto will feature the internationally recognized pianist Eunjin Bang as soloist as well as the Jacobs School Philharmonic Orchestra.

Composer Libby Larsen to speak in Master Class, serve as a guest composer

Composer Libby Larsen will take up a residency Wednesday and Thursday at the Jacobs School of Music as part of the music school’s “Five Friends Master Class Series.”

Organist Janette Fishell to perform final concert in ‘Series of Sebastian’ series

Janette Fishell, chair of the organ department at the Jacobs School of Music, will play the last concert in her organ concert series at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9 in Alumni Hall, the school announced Tuesday.

Lecture concert to showcase Cuban music

“De la contradanza al son: The Predecessors of Latin Dance Music,” a concert celebrating Cuba’s musical history, will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Performing Arts Center.

Herlinger commences music lecture series

Monday evening, IU’s Lilly Library came alive with the sounds of Gregorian chants and the words of Jan Herlinger. The library was host to Herlinger, a visiting lecturer who teaches music at Louisiana State University, as the inaugural installation of the lecture series “Musica est ars sive scientia.”

IU alumnus Jeremy Denk named instrumentalist of the year

Music publication Musical America has named IU alumnus Jeremy Denk its 2014 instrumentalist of the year.

Jacobs dedicates new building

Audience members were able to attend a reception following the ceremony and receive tours of the 85,000-square-foot building located on the northeast corner of Third Street and Jordan Avenue.

Events honor Beethoven

The Jacobs School of Music will present the “Beethoven Fifth Project: Behind the Score,” an in-depth look at the composer’s fifth symphony.

Deborah Voigt added to Five Friends Master Class Series

Soprano Deborah Voigt will instruct a master class Oct. 20 as part of the Five Friends Master Class Series.

Singing Hoosiers debut show

The Jacobs School of Music’s Singing Hoosiers will perform their Fall Preview Concert at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Auer Hall.

Composer Larry Groupé to give lecture at Jacobs

Composer Larry Groupé will give a lecture Oct. 14, presented by the Jacobs School of Music and the Center for Electronic and Computer Music.

NOTUS performs 1st concert of the year

The Jacobs School of Music’s NOTUS: Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, under the direction of Dominick DiOrio and guest composer Caroline Shaw, performed its first show of the year Tuesday at Auer Hall.

Verdy receives President’s Medal of Excellence award

Jacobs School of Music Distinguished Professor Violette Verdy was honored by IU President Michael McRobbie Saturday with the President’s Medal of Excellence.