Adjunct Professor of Organ, Colin Andrews, has been made a “Membre d’honeur” of the “Association Grand Orgue Trinite Messiaen” based …
The Saint John’s University Men’s Chorus, Collegeville, Minn., performed at various churches while on its 2012 spring tour of the Midwest. Under …
In this article, Dennis James speaks of the unique style of glass music as well as smacking the hand of …
Concert-goers feel lively gusts of musical winds By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com February 2, 2012 click here for …
The latest installment (Volume III) of faculty member and organist Colin Andrews’ complete Messiaen recordings has been released on the Gothic/Loft label. Through …
Concerts filled with fine music-making By Peter Jacobi H-T Reviewer | pjacobi@heraldt.com January 13, 2012 click here for original article …
Adjunct Professor of Music, Colin Andrews (Organ Department), gave recitals and masterclasses in Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany and England during …
Fishell to give organ recital in Ilion http://www.herkimertelegram.com/newsnow/x1968428173/Fishell-to-give-organ-recital-in-Ilion Ilion, N.Y. — An organ recital will take place on Sunday, Oct. …
Flutist Wyton Performs in Greenwich Saturday, 08 October 2011 07:00 http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/wiltonbulletin/community/104655-flutist-wyton-performs-in-greenwich.html Flutist Richard Wyton, an instrumental music teacher at Cider …
Organist Janette Fishell to Perform in Potsdam http://readme.readmedia.com/Organist-Janette-Fishell-to-Perform-in-Potsdam/3019496 Community Performance Series Presents the 12th Annual Ranlett Organ Recital on Oct. …
Just two years following the installation of a major pipe organ in Auer Hall on Indiana University's Bloomington campus, the Jacobs School of Music has announced the acquisition of a second major instrument built by C.B. Fisk, America's leading organ builder.
Congratulations to undergraduate Jacobs Scholar Katie Minion, winner of the Arthur Poister Scholarship Competition in Organ Playing, a prestigious national competition for organists under the age of 30. Minion is a student of Professor Janette Fishell, chair of the Jacobs School Organ Department.
Jeffrey Smith, adjunct professor of organ at the IU Jacobs School of Music, is one of the first two Americans to receive the highest award bestowed by England's Fellowship of the Guild of Church Musicians.
Indiana University alumnus Dennis James returns to Bloomington for his annual Halloween organ performance, this year accompanying the 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
The Bloomington Chapter of the American Guild of Organists at Indiana University will present a free organ recital Friday, Oct. 7, at 12:15 p.m. on the IU Auditorium Schantz Organ.
A three-year cycle of 21 free, open-to-the-public Bach organ performances that take place at various locations on the Indiana University campus and churches in the Bloomington community will commence its second year Tuesday, Aug. 30, at Auer Hall at 8 p.m. "The Seasons of Sebastian: The solo works of Johann Sebastian Bach" is the brainchild of Janette Fishell, chair of the Organ Department at the IU Jacobs School of Music, who performs all of the concerts.
On Wednesday, May 4, the IU Jacobs School of Music hosted the first Schoenstein Competition in Organ Accompaniment, an event designed to promote the knowledge, appreciation and performance of the organ's role in vocal accompaniment. The competition was open to any current organ major at the Jacobs School. The first-place winner, awarded $1,000, is freshman Samuel Gaskin, who studies with Professor Christopher Young. The second-place award of $500 went to graduate student Matthew Middleton, who studies with Professor Janette Fishell.
Following a national search, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music announces that organist Bruce Neswick will join its faculty as associate professor of music (organ) in the fall of 2011, pending approval by the Trustees of Indiana University. "The Jacobs School of Music Organ Department is delighted to welcome Bruce Neswick to our faculty," said department chair Janette Fishell. "He is an undisputed master practitioner of sacred music, and his expertise in the areas of improvisation, choral training, accompanying and composition is rounded off by a full command of the concert literature."
Commencing with a free concert at Auer Hall Oct. 5 at 8 p.m., IU Organ Professor Janette Fishell will present "The Seasons of Sebastian: The solo works of Johann Sebastian Bach," a three-year cycle of 21 free, open-to-the-public Bach organ performances that take place at various locations on campus and churches in the Bloomington community. The works are organized into "secular" -- the seasons of Bach's life, performed on the IU campus -- and the "spiritual" seasons of his faith, performed at area churches, with some "cross-pollination" to keep each concert as artistically significant as possible.
Kicking off the new year in style, the IU Jacobs School of Music Organ Department has teamed up with its alumni counterpart, Indiana Organists United, to host "Bach to School," a reunion conference weekend, Sept. 16-18 (Thursday-Saturday) that includes the world premiere of a new scholarly edition of J. S. Bach's monumental pedagogical work Clavier-Übung, Volume III.
Dongho Lee, a doctoral student at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, won First Prize and the Audience Prize at the biennial National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP) July 6 in Washington, D.C. The competition is sponsored by the American Guild of Organists.
Featuring more than 50 free and ticketed events running from June 19 through Aug. 10, the 2010 Indiana University Summer Music Festival on the IU Bloomington campus welcomes alumna soprano Angela Brown and the 8th USA International Harp Competition, and celebrates the 200th anniversary of composers Robert Schumann and Frederic Chopin's birth. In addition, an array of world-class orchestral concerts, chamber music, piano recitals, band concerts, percussion and other special events will be offered. Tickets are on sale starting Friday, May 28.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and WFIU Public Radio announce that there will be two live media events during the dedication concerts of the Jacobs School's Maidee H. and Jackson A. Seward Organ April 30-May 2. The inaugural concert will be video-streamed on Friday, April 30, at 8 p.m. at http://music.indiana.edu. In addition, WFIU Public Radio will live-broadcast most of the Sunday, May 2, performance, starting at 3:50 p.m. and ending at 5 p.m., through 103.7 FM (in Bloomington) and wfiu.org. There are no more tickets available for any of the three dedication concerts in Auer Hall.
The Indiana University School of Music is pleased to announce a carillon recital by John Gouwens, Organist and Carillonneur of the Indiana Culver Academies. The program - open to the public - will be presented on Saturday, April 3, at 1:00 P.M. on the Arthur Metz Carillon off of North Jordan Avenue, on the IU campus in Bloomington.
For the first time in its history, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has an organ of international distinction to equal the outstanding caliber of its organ faculty and students. The school is preparing a celebration at the end of spring semester. These concerts are free but ticketed; no more tickets are available.
Indiana University alumnus Dennis James returns to IU Auditorium for his annual Halloween organ performance, this year accompanying Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Blackmail, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. Audience members who arrive by 7:30 p.m. will be eligible to compete in the B97-sponsored costume contest in the categories of "Scariest Costume," "Most Creative Costume" and "Best Overall."
IU Auditorium and the Bloomington chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present a series of noontime organ recitals performed by the IU Jacobs School of Music organ students beginning Sept. 17 at 12:15 p.m. "We're very excited to provide these talented students the opportunity to perform on the grand IU Auditorium organ, and at the same time restore an IU tradition dating back to the 1950s," said IU Auditorium Director Doug Booher. "We look forward to opening our doors to the campus and the community, inviting folks to enjoy their lunch break while enjoying inspiring performances by members of the AGO. "
Coinciding with the installation of a new pipe organ in Indiana University's Auer Hall, the Jacobs School of Music announced the appointment of acclaimed organist Jeffrey Smith, who will join the Jacobs faculty roster as a visiting associate professor in the fall of 2009.
Coinciding with the installation of a new pipe organ in Indiana University's Auer Hall, the Jacobs School of Music announced the appointment of acclaimed organist Jeffrey Smith, who will join the Jacobs faculty roster as a visiting associate professor in the fall of 2009.
The IU Jacobs School of Music announced today (March 27) that it has appointed not one but two internationally prominent performer-teachers to its ranks. Organists Janette Fishell and Todd Wilson will begin their tenure as professors of music in the fall of 2008.
