Familiar favorites combine with forays into fantasy in the 60th Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater season. The 2008-2009 lineup includes beloved standards like Verdi's La Traviata, Giulio Cesare by Handel and The Nutcracker ballet, in addition to fairy-tale fun in Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges and Massenet's Le Cendrillon, the Cinderella story interpreted in the French operatic style. >>Click here for more.

The IU Jacobs School of Music announced Feb. 26 that Maestro Arthur Fagen has been appointed as Professor of Music in instrumental conducting. Fagen will commence his activities in Bloomington in the fall of 2008. >>Click here for more.

The IU Ballet Department's origins as a means of supplying operas with dancers inspired Michael Vernon, chair of the IU Jacobs School's Ballet Department, to offer audiences "A Night at the Opera (at the Ballet)." On March 21 and 22, dancers will perform to ballet music from beloved operas by Gounod, Rossini, Handel, and Meyerbeer. >>Click here for more.

Marking a historic evening at the IU Auditorium on March 23, world-renowned composer and pianist Michel Camilo will play his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, originally commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra with Indiana University faculty member Leonard Slatkin as music director, for the first time in Bloomington. >>Click here for more.

JACOBS SCHOOL TO COLLABORATE IN A CONCERT SERIES FEATURING CHILDREN

Three major Indiana musical entities—the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Music for All Foundation—will host the premiere of the Finding The Groove™ concert series this fall. The concerts are part of a larger project by the same name created to celebrate the formative role music plays in the educational development of children. >>Click here for more.

After a week off for Spring Break, don’t miss the much-anticipated second half of Don Freund’s Faculty Recital on March 17. Enjoy William Ludwig in Faculty Recital on March 19, Aleksandr Tsiboulski in Guest Recital on March 20, and Atar Arad in Faculty Recital with guests that same evening. The JSoM Lecture Series continues on March 21 with Pal Moe, and treat yourself to a Guest Recital by Colin Corner that night. Of course, there are also many stellar student recitals and other events to relish! >>Click here for more.

This edition of Fanfare celebrates the achievements of Thomas Baldner, Susann McDonald, Sian Davies, Nathan Giem, Clint Needham, Nemanja Ostojic, Naomi Ruiz, Tyler Belluz, Robert Kemble Dodson, and many others! >>Click here for more.

Read coverage of a new music program for children, Finding the Groove, and a special profile of jazz great David N. Baker. Also, link directly to all of Peter Jacobi’s previews and reviews, as well as other Jacobs articles in The Herald-Times; no password needed. We keep track of these articles and many more from around the globe for your information and convenience. >>Click here for more.