Faculty and alumni from the Jacobs School of Music were recently awarded a total of six Grammy Awards. Legendary conductor and IU faculty member Leonard Slatkin received three awards, prolific jazz saxophonist and alumnus Michael Brecker was recognized posthumously, and acclaimed jazz artist and alumnus John Clayton won an award. >>Click here for more.

The Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra and Oratorio Chorus, conducted by William Jon Gray, will offer two free performances of Verdi's masterwork, Requiem, in Bloomington (Feb. 27 at 8 p.m.) and Indianapolis (March 1 at 8 p.m.). >>Click here for more.

Soprano and Jacobs School of Music graduate student Carolina Castells has made it through to the Grand Finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the elite competition to identify the best young opera singers throughout the nation. >>Click here for more.

JACOBS SCHOOL COMPOSER RECEIVES TWO PRESTIGIOUS HONORS

Jeffrey Hass, director of the Indiana University Center for Electronic and Computer Music and professor of composition, received two significant professional honors during the past several weeks. Hass, an IU faculty member since 1987, was named as one of the first four fellows of the newly-created IU Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities.>>Click here for more.

A CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF IU'S THOMAS BALDNER

The Jacobs School of Music will host a celebration, March 6, in honor of the life of conducting professor Thomas Baldner, who retires from the Jacobs School at the end of the 2008 spring semester, following more than 30 years of service.>>Click here for more.

This week celebrates ArtsWeek in Bloomington with performances by the Orion Quartet (with Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson,) a multi-media performance by Concentus in the IU Art Museum, a premiere by composer Don Freund, a performance by violin virtuoso Gilles Apap, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra with JSoM alumni Anthony Kniffen and Ju-Fang Liu (see info to your right), Baroque Orchestra with Stanley Ritchie, as well as guest recitals, lectures, new music and early music ensembles.>>Click here for more.

This edition of Fanfare applauds the accomplishments of Ayana Smith, Angela Brown, Don Freund, Carolina Castells, Sian Davies, Josh Whitener, Lindsay Amman, Megan Radder, Jennifer Jakob, Caroline Worra, Kevin and Karen Pearce, Mark Phillips, Jeffrey Shumway, Kathryn Leemhuis, Angela Mannino, Jennifer Feinstein, Evelyn Pollock, Carol Dusdieker, Misha Rosenker, Jeannette Wee-Yang, John Marshall, Patrick McNally, and many more! >>Click here for more.

Read about the current production of ‘Figaro’, which bounds on to the Musical Arts Center stage, led by the energetic efforts of Will Crutchfield, Michael Ehrman, and with a recent set design by Robert O’Hearn. Also read the latest reviews of the Chamber Orchestra, Symphonic Choir, and various Faculty recitals by Peter Jacobi; no password needed. We collect these local, national, and international articles for your information and convenience. >>Click here for more.