The Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the first performance by the new Vocal Jazz Ensembles I and …
A quartet of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Jazz Studies students has been invited to perform at the 2013 …
Congratulations to director of undergraduate studies, Lissa Fleming May, who has been selected as one of 25 recipients of the Jazz Journalists …
Trombonist, composer, arranger, and band leader Wayne Wallace, one of the more respected exponents of African American-Latin music in the …
The Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce that vocalist, pianist, and composer, Peter Eldridge will join the Steve …
In a partnership with the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, the IU Jacobs School of Music Department of Jazz Studies will present its …
IU Jacobs School of Music professor Michael Spiro, a seven-time Grammy nominee, is having a huge impact on Bloomington’s local and …
Quoting the press release from T.I.M.E. Institute, LLC “Larry M. Jacobson has become a #1 international best-selling author with his …
After establishing thriving careers under their own names over the last ten years, sisters Rachel and Sara Caswell, both Jacobs …
HeraldTimesOnline.com Ritmos Unidos mixes Latin sounds into unique music By Jaclyn Lansbery jlansbery@heraldt.com February 24, 2013 There’s little room for …
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music alumnus and "Saturday Night Live" band drummer Shawn Pelton recently worked with percussion students in Bloomington and donated a drum kit he used on the set of NBC's Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce that Norwegian-born Espen Jensen is its new director of admissions and financial aid. He began his activities as director March 18, 2013.
IU Jacobs School of Music professor Michael Spiro, a seven-time Grammy nominee, is having a huge impact on Bloomington's local and regional music scene since being hired to teach at the school in 2011. His impact took another leap forward recently with the forming of Ritmos Unidos, a high-energy ensemble, which released its first CD in January -- "iFunklorico!."
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will present its annual Jazz Celebration at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, in Bloomington's Musical Arts Center with a significant tribute to Indiana legend Cole Porter. The event is the first in a series of annual concerts that will focus on the impressive legacy of the art form in the state and coincides with the nationally celebrated Jazz Appreciation Month of April.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music continues to be a contender on the nominee list for the annual Grammy Awards, to be presented live on Feb. 10, 2013, on CBS by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of jazz vocalist and vocal jazz ensemble director Ly Wilder as adjunct lecturer in jazz voice, completing a faculty lineup that will introduce vocal jazz as a major study area in the school.
New concert offerings, a vocal jazz ensemble and world-class guest artists are just part of the "happenings" this fall in the Jazz Studies Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. The semester kicks off with the Brent Wallarab Jazz Ensemble in the Musical Arts Center Sept. 17.
Indiana University Distinguished Professor David N. Baker, chair of the Jacobs School of Music Jazz Studies department, will be among the Indianapolis jazz musicians honored when the "Jazz Masters of Indiana Avenue" mural is dedicated on Saturday, July 14, at 3 p.m. on the south side of Musicians' Repair and Sales at 332 N. Capitol Ave. in Indianapolis. The event is free and open to the public.
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor David N. Baker Jr., chair of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Department of Jazz Studies, who was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., during its commencement ceremony on May 20.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has announced that internationally recognized vocal jazz conductor and educator Steve Zegree will join its faculty in the fall as the Pam and Jack Burks Professor of Music and director of the legendary Singing Hoosiers, pending approval of the Trustees of Indiana University.
A $1.9 million gift has been made to the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Jazz Studies Department by the estate of Anne and Paul Plummer. A tenor saxophonist, Paul Plummer was a close friend of Distinguished Professor David N. Baker.
In partnership with the Indiana University Office of the President, Michael A. McRobbie, the IU Jacobs School of Music will present "Jazz Celebration" on April 21 in the Musical Arts Center -- a star-studded concert featuring four internationally recognized alumni and a host of ensembles.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Latin American Music Center (LAMC) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the pre-release of "Romance: A Collection of Latin Love Songs," a new CD featuring Grammy Award-winning vocalist Sylvia McNair and jazz faculty members Tom Walsh, Jeremy Allen and Luke Gillespie.
Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie presented the President's Medal for Excellence to David Baker, distinguished professor of jazz studies and chair of the Jazz Studies Department at the Jacobs School of Music. The presentation was made during a musical celebration honoring Baker's 80th's birthday on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Musical Arts Center.
In honor of his 60-year career as a jazz musician and educator, the Jacobs School of Music will present the David Baker 80th Birthday Celebration at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, in Bloomington's Musical Arts Center. Admission is free but requires tickets, available from the MAC box office beginning Tuesday, Jan. 10.
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.
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music faculty and students will jazz up seasonal favorites during Holiday Celebration, a star-studded concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the Musical Arts Center. Admission is free but requires tickets, available from the MAC box office beginning Monday, Nov. 21.
The David Linard Trio was chosen as the recipient of the second annual Emerging Jazz Artist Project Award on Monday, Oct. 24, during the David N. Baker Jazz Ensemble concert at the Musical Arts Center of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Jazz musician and IU Distinguished Professor David Baker has received just about every honor imaginable in his 60-year career as a jazz musician and educator. But never has he been the subject of a book -- until now. David Baker: A Legacy in Music, published by Indiana University Press, celebrates Baker's life and his work as a musician, composer, author, arts advocate and, especially, teacher and educator.
Following three years as a visiting faculty member, internationally recognized world percussionist, recording artist and educator Michael Spiro has been appointed associate professor of percussion at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
The Eddie Gomez Trio mini residency at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music this week includes a free public performance in Auer Hall, Friday, September 2 at 8 p.m. Led by the legendary bassist Eddie Gomez, the trio will also offer a series of clinics to Jacobs School students during the day.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will host its annual Big Band Extravaganza Saturday, April 23, at 8 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center -- this year, with the addition of professional jazz dance and projections. The program will feature two student big bands led by IU jazz faculty members David N. Baker and Brent Wallarab.
One of the finest Jazz Ensembles from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will perform Sunday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. as part of the 10-day grand opening of The Palladium in the Carmel Center for the Performing Arts. The concert is free and open to the public. Brent Wallarab, Jacobs assistant professor of music, will conduct the ensemble of graduate and undergraduate students in a program featuring the music of Count Basie.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music continues to be a contender on the nominee list for the annual Grammy Awards, to be presented live on Feb. 13, 2011, on CBS by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Among Jacobs-related nominees are faculty member Michael Spiro and alumnae Jamie Barton and Vivica Genaux.
The Jeff McLaughlin Quartet was chosen as the recipient of the inaugural Emerging Jazz Artist Project (EJAP) Award Monday, Oct. 25, during the David N. Baker Jazz Ensemble concert at the Musical Arts Center of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. The EJAP, planned to become an annual competition, is sponsored by Owl Studios of Indianapolis. It is open to jazz students in the Jacobs School and culminates with a nationally released album.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, in partnership with Owl Studios of Indianapolis, announced the inaugural Emerging Jazz Artist Project (EJAP), an annual competition open to jazz students in the Jacobs School of Music that culminates in a nationally released album.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will offer a rare opportunity to talk with two music legends Thursday, May 6, at 6 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center. The session will be live-streamed on the Web at http://music.indiana.edu. David N. Baker, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Jazz Studies, will be joined by his long-time friend Quincy Jones -- legendary composer and arranger, record and television producer, magazine publisher and trumpeter known to many simply as "Q" -- in an informal question and answer session. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets are required. Doors will open for the event at 5:30 p.m.
The CD of jazz big band music, titled Basically Baker, features the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra (BWJO), co-founded in 1994 by now-faculty member of the Jacobs School of Music Brent Wallarab and Jacobs School alumnus Mark Buselli, who is currently director of jazz studies at Ball State University. It was recorded and mixed by Mark Hood, adjunct faculty member in the Department of Recording Arts.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will host its annual Big Band Extravaganza Saturday, April 24, at 8 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center.
Soprano Olivia Hairston, a graduate student at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, took home the Grand Prize of $5,000 from the 2009 Indiana Campus Super Star competition April 19 at the historic Madame Walker Theatre in downtown Indianapolis.
Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music will host its annual Big Band Extravaganza Saturday, April 25, at 8 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center. This year's concert, titled "When Swing Was King," will present music from many of the most famous bands of the Swing Era, including those of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman, performed by two outstanding student big bands led by IU jazz faculty members David Baker and Brent Wallarab.
Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music will host its annual Big Band Extravaganza Saturday, April 25, at 8 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center. This year's concert, titled "When Swing Was King," will present music from many of the most famous bands of the Swing Era, including those of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Benny Goodman, performed by two outstanding student big bands led by IU jazz faculty members David Baker and Brent Wallarab. Returning by popular demand are two exceptional jazz vocalists, Delores King Williams and Everett Greene, who performed in the concert last year.
Widely respected bassist Jeremy Allen has been appointed assistant professor at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Department of Jazz Studies, beginning Fall 2008. He has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Jazz Studies at the Jacobs School since 2006.
Maureen McGovern's 35-year career includes recordings, concerts, Broadway, theater, films, television, radio and composing, all with a voice that defies categorization. Her collaborations with Indiana University Professor Steve Houghton, faculty and students from the IU Jacobs School of Music and regional professionals will include a hard-swinging big band, followed by a studio orchestra playing the beautiful sounds of the Great American Songbook at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, in the Musical Arts Center, as the IU Summer Music Festival draws to a close.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music announced today (May 1) that Brent Wallarab -- a jazz performer, teacher, researcher, Jacobs School alumnus and artistic director of the Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra -- has been appointed to the jazz faculty.
An Indiana University professor from the Jacobs School of Music was recenetly recognized as a living legend among jazz artists. IU Jacobs School of Music's Distinguished Professor David N. Baker was among those included in the roster of musicians who received their "Living Jazz Legend Award" for lifetime achievement. The award is one of many accolades Baker has received in his extraordinary career.
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."
Move over Mary J. Blige and Justin Timberlake. Step aside Red Hot Chili Peppers. Some red hot musicians from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music are ready to crash the Grammy Awards. With one legendary faculty member and a host of alums competing, the school will be heavily represented at the annual awards ceremony, to be held on Feb. 11.
Distinguished Professor David N. Baker, chair of the Jazz Studies Department, received the Tracy M. Sonneborn Award for 2006 on Thursday, September 7. The annual award recognizes an IU faculty member who has achieved international recognition for work as a performer, composer, scholar, and educator. With an extraordinary career as composer, jazz pedagogue, performer, and national arts leader, Baker continues to inspire students, faculty colleagues, and alumni, as well as musicians and arts leaders around the world.
A new composition by Indiana University Distinguished Professor of Music David Baker will incorporate audience members' cell phones in order to create a shared participatory performance experience. Baker's Concertino for Cellular Phones and Orchestra is scheduled to kick off the 20th anniversary season of the Chicago Sinfonietta on Oct. 1 and 2 under the direction of Maestro Paul Freeman.
The IU Jacobs School of Music has assembled the crème de la crème of the Indiana jazz world, and beyond, to form a new ensemble to add to the already impressive ranks of its Summer Music Festival. The Festival Jazz Orchestra, directed by IU jazz legend David Baker, makes its debut on Friday, June 30, at 8 p.m. in the university's Musical Arts Center. "The assemblage of such top-flight jazz talent into one performance group is unprecedented since I've been here," said Baker, "and I've been here since 1949!"
The Indiana University School of Music will host a benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Katrina on Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center. "A Benefit for New Orleans: The Cradle of Jazz" will feature the IU Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Distinguished Professor of Music David Baker along with IU alumna and Grammy Award-winning soprano Sylvia McNair and Distinguished Professor of Music and renowned baritone Timothy Noble. All proceeds raised from the benefit concert will be given to the Red Cross in support of its efforts to assist New Orleans refugees.
They'll be boogying in Bloomington on Saturday night, August 14, when the renowned Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra debuts a performance dedicated strictly to the music of William "Count" Basie and his orchestra.
School of Music's 2004 Summer Music Festival is set to present a spectacular array of opera, concerts, workshops, and talks. This year's substantial offering includes four major series: the IU Opera Theater presenting two lovely gems, the superb Symphonic Series directed by world-renowned conductors, the Chamber Music Series with some of the most impressive ensembles from around the country, and the Outdoor Band Concerts - always a community favorite. In addition to these events, the School of Music will host the ground-breaking Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, directed by IU's Distinguished Professor David Baker.
Indiana University musicians are prepared to sing -- and play -- the praises of their newly inaugurated leader, President Adam W. Herbert. The university community will come together with music, a cornerstone of academic and artistic excellence at IU for more than half a century.
Legendary jazz masters Vernice "Bunky" Green and David Baker, and Indiana University President Adam W. Herbert, haven't always traveled the same roads, and yet there is a strong bond that connects them. Each is, in his own right, a major player in educating and inspiring America's youth. Green and Baker will perform a free concert on Wednesday evening (April 14) to celebrate the next day's inauguration of Herbert as IU's 17th president.
IU's David Baker and several of his fellow Indianapolis jazz masters will revisit Indiana Avenue, the heart of the Indianapolis jazz scene of the 1930s and '40s, in a Feb. 28 concert at the John Waldron Arts Center auditorium in Bloomington.
