Fanfare

Distinguished Professor Menahem Pressler has been named a commander in France's Order of Arts and Letters by French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres. The title is France's highest cultural honor. Mr. Pressler will be heard in concert with the Beaux Arts Trio this summer at the IU Summer Music Festival.

After a storybook ‘discovery’ and subsequent catapult to stardom this past fall, opera diva Angela Brown is paying her alma mater a visit on Monday, April 25. She will return to Bloomington to receive the IU African American Arts Institute's inaugural Herman C. Hudson Alumni Award at the institute's 30th anniversary banquet that evening.

Even though there are only a few days left in Spring Semester, there is still a wide variety of musical events to experience. You still have a chance to help celebrate the illustrious career of Director of Bands Ray E. Cramer, listen to cutting edge sounds of electronic and computer music, and revel in the harmonies and rhythms of vocal, chamber, and percussion ensembles.

This issue of Fanfare celebrates the achievements of Janos Starker, Bryan Christian, Eric Guinivan, Caroline Worra, and Ron Donenfeld, among others!

Read the media coverage Distinguished Professor Menahem Pressler has garnered after receiving France's highest cultural honor. And, with the decision by the Herald-Times to reduce the number of printed articles and reviews in their publication, you will want to visit this page to find out what Peter Jacobi has written. We also keep track of articles and reviews from around the state and country.

SUMMER 2005!