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Three Early Music students receive scholarships to attend summer workshops and festivals May 16, 2012

Congratulations to three Early Music students in the Jacobs School of Music who have received scholarships from Early Music America …

Fulbrighter Bernard Gordillo in Nicaragua Apr 12, 2012

An essay on alumnus and Fulbright winner Bernard Gordillo’s project and experience in Nicaragua has appeared in the latest Fulbright U.S. Student Grantee …

Review: Nigel North Performs at Lilly Library Mar 27, 2012

Want to hear the unusual? Look no further than Bloomington By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com March 27, 2012 …

Fortepianist Hsuan Chang wins Early Music Institute – Indy Baroque Orchestra concerto competition Feb 22, 2012

The Indiana University Early Music Institute and Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra are pleased to announce that fortepianist Hsuan Chang is the …

Professor Wendy Gillespie wins Wellesley College alumnae award Jan 31, 2012

Wendy Gillespie, professor of viola da gamba, has been named a 2012 recipient of the Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Award, the college’s …

Early Music Afternoons at Somerville Museum continues 23rd season Jan 23, 2012

Early Music Afternoons at Somerville Museum continues 23rd season Wicked Local Somerville click here to read original article Posted Jan …

Phantasm ensemble with Professor Wendy Gillespie nominated for an International Classical Music Award Nov 23, 2011

The latest recording of early music ensemble Phantasm, of which Professor Wendy Gillespie is a member,Phantasm, has been nominated for an …

Phantasm ensemble with Professor Wendy Gillespie receives praise on NPR Nov 17, 2011

The latest recording of early music ensemble Phantasm, of which Professor Wendy Gillespie is a member, has received praise on NPR …

EMI alumna Vanessa Paloma nominated for Best Book award Oct 13, 2011

Goan Bools announce that Vanessa Paloma, an EMI alumna and student of Paul Elliott, has been nominated as a finalist …

Alumni ensemble “Wayward Sisters” wins Early Music America / Naxos competition Sep 26, 2011

Congratulations to Early Music alumni Anne Timberlake and John Lenti, members of “Wayward Sisters”.  The ensemble has just won the …

‘Glory Without Love?’ Lully opera selections performed in Baroque style

The delights of Jean-Baptiste Lully's magical dances, airs, recitatives and triumphant marches will be on display April 21 and 22 at 4 p.m. in Auer Hall as the Early Music Institute, Jacobs School Ballet Department and Pro Arte Singers combine forces to present "Lully: Glory Without Love?"

Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra and IU Early Music Institute partner for concerto competition, concert and master classes

The Indiana University Early Music Institute (EMI) and the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra (IBO) have teamed up to present the inaugural EMI/IBO concerto competition, designed to provide early music students in the IU Jacobs School of Music an opportunity to perform with a professional period-instruments orchestra. The resulting concert will take place Saturday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m. in Auer Hall.

IU Jacobs School of Music faculty and alumni among Grammy contenders
Booker T. Jones

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music remains prominent on the nominee list for the annual Grammy Awards, to be presented live Feb. 12 on CBS by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

With links to the Early Music Institute and Themester, Bloomington Early Music Festival opens Sept. 7

The 18th annual Bloomington Early Music Festival (BLEMF), held Sept. 7-11, continues a tradition of collaboration with the IU Jacobs School of Music Early Music Institute, presenting renowned local and national musicians, many of whom are alumni, students and faculty.

IU Jacobs School of Music Professor Wendy Gillespie wins Thomas Binkley Award
Wendy Gillespie

Wendy Gillespie, professor of viola da gamba at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, has been named the winner of the Thomas Binkley Award from Early Music America, the national service organization for the field of early music. The award will be presented at the group's annual meeting and awards ceremony at the Boston Early Music Festival on June 18.

IU Jacobs School of Music presents Handel's 'Judas Maccabaeus' in Indianapolis and Bloomington

A formidable force of 60 musicians and singers from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is set to present George Frideric Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63. The ensemble will perform the work three times: on Friday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Indianapolis and on Saturday, March 5, at 8 p.m., and Sunday March 6, at 4 p.m., in Bloomington's Auer Hall.

Jacobs concert at IU Art Museum Sunday celebrates artist Kandinsky, composer Schoenberg
Kandinsky - Orange

Two of the greatest innovators in modern art and music will be celebrated with a concert this Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Indiana University Art Museum. Faculty and students from IU's Jacobs School of Music will present the concert in honor of the 100th anniversary of the meeting of Vassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) and Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951).

As China tour commences, IU Jacobs School ensemble ¡Sacabuche! welcomes critical acclaim, blog followers

Amidst critical fanfare and with a new blog set to chronicle its movements on and off stage, ¡Sacabuche!, an ensemble of 13 performers and scholars based at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music's Early Music Institute, commenced its highly anticipated 11-day tour of China (Dec. 9-19).

¡Sacabuche! early music ensemble tour to China blog

Follow the early music ensemble ¡Sacabuche! blog as they tour China, December 9-19. The 13 performers and scholars, based at the Jacobs School of Music's Early Music Institute, travels to China to present the international premiere of its program The Map and Music of Matteo Ricci at the China National Centre for the Performing Arts (The "Egg") in Beijing. With narration and projections of Ricci's 1602 map, the interdisciplinary project takes advantage of collaboration with Ann Waltner, professor of history at the University of Minnesota, who will participate in the performance. They will also perform at the prestigious Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing's 798 Art District and offer residency activities at Beijing's top universities, music conservatories and other cultural institutions, including the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music.

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music ensemble ¡Sacabuche! invited to perform in China

¡Sacabuche!, an ensemble based at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music's Early Music Institute, has been invited to present the international premiere of its program The Map and Music of Matteo Ricci at the China National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Dec. 12. Read the ¡Sacabuche! blog at http://blogs.music.indiana.edu/sacabuche/.

IU Pro Arte Singers group collaborates with Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra
William Jon Gray and choir

Combining efforts with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Pro Arte Singers will present "The Saxon & the Priest," a program of virtuosic Italian works on Monday, Oct. 11, in Indianapolis and on Tuesday, Oct. 12, in Bloomington.

Jacobs School of Music partners with Bloomington Early Music Festival to present a conference on Isaac

In May the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will welcome international and national scholars for a conference and a series of concert performances that focus on the Renaissance Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac and his times.

Ensemble Lipzodes to perform CD-release concert at Lilly Library

Ensemble Lipzodes, an early music ensemble comprised of students and alumni of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and its Early Music Institute, will present a CD release concert and lecture April 6 at 7 p.m. at the Lilly Library on the IU Bloomington campus.

IU Jacobs School ensemble ¡Sacabuche! invited to the Berkeley Early Music Festival

¡Sacabuche!, an ensemble formed at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, has been invited to appear as a mainstage attraction at the 2010 Berkeley Early Music Festival, performing on June 10th. The ensemble was formed by faculty and students of the Early Music Institute and is emerging as America's premier sackbut group.

IU Jacobs School of Music student receives award for Early Music project

William Hudson, doctoral voice student at the Jacobs School of Music's Early Music Institute, received the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society in a recent ceremony in Philadelphia.

J.S. Bach's B Minor Mass to be performed in Bloomington and Indianapolis

J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 -- widely considered one of the composer's most intriguing and monumental compositions -- is scheduled to be performed in Bloomington Nov. 11 and 14 and in Indianapolis Nov. 13 by the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Pro Arte Singers and Chamber Orchestra.

IU Professor Stanley Ritchie receives lifetime achievement award
Stanley Ritchie

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Professor Stanley Ritchie was awarded Early Music America's (EMA) Howard Mayer Brown lifetime achievement award June 12 at the 2009 Boston Early Music Festival. Ritchie is the first Indiana University faculty member to receive a lifetime achievement award from EMA, although one of its annual honors is named for former IU Early Music Institute Director Thomas Binkley.

Baroque trombone ensemble invited to Boston Early Music Festival 'fringe'

The Baroque trombone ensemble ¡Sacabuche!, made up of students and alumni of the IU Jacobs School of Music, has been invited to perform in the fringe festival of the internationally recognized 2009 Boston Early Music Festival.

IU Baroque Orchestra to perform 're-discovered' work last staged in 1741

In a unique collaboration between the IU Jacobs School of Music's Early Music Institute and musicology professor Lawrence Bennett at Wabash College, Ind., the IU Baroque Orchestra and singers from the Jacobs School will offer two semi-staged performances of Ignaz Holzbauer's dramatic opera Hypermnestra.

CD Release: Cornucopia II

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the release of Cornucopia II, the second CD by the group Cornucopia that features natural horn player and IU horn professor Richard Seraphinoff. The ensemble includes IU alumnus Cynthia Roberts, violin (student of Stanley Ritchie and Josef Gingold); Rachel Evans, violin and viola; David Miller, viola; and Allen Whear, cello. All are prominent performers in the period-instrument field.

Trio of renowned early music performers to give free concert

A trio of world-renowned specialists on period instruments will be making a stop in Bloomington as one of their U.S. tour destinations, culminating in a chamber music concert on Feb. 26 at 8:30 p.m. in the IU Jacobs School of Music's Recital Hall.

2007 BLEMF presents world-class performances and educational offerings
Bloomington Early Music Festival

Now in its fourteenth year, the Bloomington Early Music Festival (BLEMF), an annual celebration of music from Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical times, will take place May 18-28 at a variety of venues in the Bloomington community, including two performance spaces on the Indiana University Bloomington campus.

IU Jacobs School of Music scores at Grammys

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music intended to make some noise at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on February 11, and make some noise it did. At least five Jacobs alumni and one former faculty member brought home the coveted golden gramophone on "music's biggest night."

Windy City hosts early music performance from the Jacobs School

As part of its ongoing commitment to present performances in the region, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will deliver a concert of choral works at the St. James Cathedral in Chicago on Feb. 18 at 4 p.m.

First steps: Baroque dance introduced to a new generation

In its 30-year history, the New York Baroque Dance Company has been embraced by music and dance lovers worldwide and credited with the revival of 18th-century ballet. Its members have taken steps, literally, to ensure that future generations experience this influential style of dance. As part of that effort to reach out to future generations, Turocy and her troupe are now partnering with music and dance students at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. They are engaged in a two-week residency at the school, which will culminate with a performance with the IU Baroque Orchestra under the direction of IU violin professor Stanley Ritchie on April 2 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington.

IU Jacobs School of Music presents at the Buskirk Chumley Theater in April

Baroque dance, opera, ballet. In Bloomington, most people would associate these things with the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and they would be correct. However, this time there's a twist. Expanding its ongoing partnership with the community, the Jacobs School of Music is proud to present three world-class events at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington in April 2006. All events are free and open to the public!

Michael McCraw appointed Director of Early Music Institute

Indiana University School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of world-renowned bassoonist Michael McCraw as Director of the Early Music Institute. Following a restructuring of the department, Mr. McCraw will partner his leadership responsibilities with internationally respected viola da gamba virtuoso Wendy Gillespie, who will assume her role as academic Chair of the Department of Early Music.

Bloomington Early Music Festival to serve more of state

Now in its 11th year, the Bloomington Early Music Festival, an annual celebration of music from medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and classical times, will expand its offerings to the state level.