Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music announced March 9 the receipt of an unprecedented gift from the family of Leonard Bernstein that contains the contents of Leonard Bernstein's Fairfield, Conn., composing studio, including a conducting stool from the Vienna Philharmonic that is said to have been used by Johannes Brahms.  >> Click here for more.

The Most Happy Fella has been called musical theater, an operetta and a good old-fashioned opera. When it debuted in 1956, The New York Daily Mirror called it "a masterpiece of our era." Appearing in the April 10 and April 18 productions as lead Tony Esposito is internationally renowned baritone Timothy Noble, a Distinguished Professor of Music at IU's Jacobs School of Music and a Jacobs alumnus. Following a renowned career on prominent stages around the world, this will be Noble's final set of performances within a production. >>Click here for more.

This weekend is your last chance to catch IU Ballet Theater this season, as it presents the Spring Ballet tonight and tomorrow. Sunday offers numerous major events, including the Brass Choir, Pro Arte Singers, Concentus, Sean McGhee and Kimberly Carballo, J. Alexander Hurd and Casey Robards, and Castellani & Andriaccio. Check out the many other Jacobs events, and make your plans now!>>Click here for more.

This edition of Fanfare sends kudos to Emile Naoumoff, Helga Winold, the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale winners, Rachel Copeland, Jonathan Green, Melanie Diener, and many others! >>Click here for more.

Read the New York Times article about the gifting of Leonard Bernstein’s studio to the Jacobs School, as well as all the other music school coverage in the Herald-Times and beyond.>>Click here for more.