Fanfare

In what amounts to a homecoming of sorts, IU alumna Sylvia McNair, two-time Grammy Award-winner and world-renowned soprano, is returning to Bloomington next week to join the voice faculty at the IU Jacobs School of Music. She has maintained a longstanding relationship with the school, its faculty, and administration. She will begin teaching this fall. Click for more >>

Led by Distinguished Professor David N. Baker, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra provides the 2006 IU Summer Festival finale in a performance devoted to the legendary music greats Quincy Jones and Oliver Nelson. As the orchestra-in-residence at the National Museum of American History the SJMO continues a vibrant tradition of historically authentic jazz performances. Click for more >>

Sun-Dogs, the latest work by James MacMillan, one of today’s most successful living composers and an internationally active conductor, had its world premiere this Sunday (August 6)! Sun-Dogs is a setting of a poem with richly allegorical text by Michael Symmons Roberts. MacMillan was present at the premiere and participated in a Colloquium in Honor of Thomas Dunn, professor emeritus of choral conducting. Click for more >>

The forecast at the Indiana State Fair will be "Red Hot" next Thursday (August 10), when Indiana University takes center stage at the 150th edition of this treasured Hoosier tradition, and the Jacobs School of Music will be a featured part of the festivities. David Baker will lead the Festival Jazz Orchestra in a free concert on August 8, and IU's Moveable Feast of the Arts program, which has showcased university cultural resources across the state, will support many of the 25 performances by 200 faculty, students, staff, and alumni from across the university. Click here to view all IU-related State Fair events.

This issue of Fanfare heralds news about the Early Music Institute, the USA International Harp Competition, Mimi Zweig, Don Freund, Paul Kiesgen, Betsy Uschkrat, Julian Bliss, and others! Click for more >>

Read coverage of the latest Jacobs faculty appointees Sylvia McNair, soprano, and Michael Vernon, choreographer, as well as a preview of the August 12 Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra concert. We keep track of these articles and many more from around the state and country for your information and convenience.

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