The IU Jacobs School of Music announced March 27 that it has appointed 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. >>Click here for more.

Two Jacobs School of Music professors were recently honored by the IU community. Helga Winold, cello, was the recipient of IU’s President's Award, and Marianne Kielian-Gilbert, music theory, received the 2008 Distinguished Scholar Award from the IU Office for Women's Affairs.
>>More about Helga Winold. | >> More about Marianne Kielian-Gilbert.

Sixty years ago, the first Indiana University Opera Theater production took place in an auditorium that was built as part of an army barracks during World War II. This weekend (April 4-5), IU Opera begins celebrating its 60th anniversary with a reprise of that same opera, Les Contes d'Hoffmann -- except now it will be performed on a stage that rivals New York City's Metropolitan Opera House. >>Click here for more.

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music continues IU's Moveable Feast of the Arts Series with a performance by the Indiana University Brass Choir on April 6 in Greensburg, Ind. The concert begins at 2:30p.m. in the Greensburg Junior High School Auditorium. >>Click here for more.

Don’t miss IU Opera Theater’s last production of the season, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, which opens tonight! Enjoy the IU Steel Drum Ensemble in Sweeney Hall Saturday evening, followed by a rite of spring as the Singing Hoosiers light up the IU Auditorium that night. Pianists André De Groote and Jean-Louis Haguenauer give a recital Sunday afternoon, and the University Chorale will be in full voice Sunday evening. The Percussion and Jazz Ensembles are each in concert on Monday to kick off another music-filled week. Of course, these are just a few of the highlights! >>Click here for more.

This edition of Fanfare sends kudos to Costanza Cuccaro, Brian Horne, Paul Kiesgen, Edwin Penhorwood, Dan Bubeck, Erin Houghton, Joseph Mace, Abigail Mitchell, Chester Pidduck, Caroline Worra, Katherine Altobello, Michael Berkowitz, and many others! >>Click here for more.

Read a fascinating story about Jacobs alumnus Karim Wasfi, director of the Iraq National Symphony Orchestra since 2004. 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.