The Jacobs School of Music has appointed Joyce Ritchie as director of development, starting in April (2009). Over a 30-year career, Ritchie, an Indiana native, has led extensive development and public relations programs in music and the arts, as well as in social services and public media. She joins the Jacobs School after a decade at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.  >> Click here for more.

The Jacobs School of Music will host its annual Big Band Extravaganza, featuring IU jazzmen David N. Baker and Brent Wallarab, Saturday, April 25, at 8 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center. The evening will feature special guests Delores King Williams and Everett Greene, and the event will mark the first Big Band Extravaganza for Wallarab since he joined the Jacobs faculty in the fall of 2008. >>Click here for more.

Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music will present its annual "Ballet at the BCT: The Choreography Project" at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington on April 15-16 at 8 p.m., with a matinee performance April 16 at 2 p.m. The event is free, open to the public and appropriate for all ages. >>Click here for more.

Don’t miss the last opera of the season, The Most Happy Fella, featuring the final two stage performances by Distinguished Professor Timothy Noble, opening tonight at the MAC! Other upcoming highlights include the Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, two Jazz Ensembles and the Orion String Quartet on Monday, and the Kuttner Quartet and Concert Orchestra on Wednesday. Choose one of three free IU Ballet Department performances as it presents its annual Choreographic Workshop April 15-16 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington. Check our online listings for much more!>>Click here for more.

This edition of Fanfare applauds the accomplishments of Edward Auer, Costanza Cuccaro, Yael Weiss, Lindsey Ammann, Clint Needham, Jung Nan Yoon, Cary Boyce, Matthias Klink, and many others! >>Click here for more.

Read all the coverage of IU Ballet Theater’s spring ballet production, including Swan Lake, as well as all the other music school coverage in the Herald-Times and beyond.>>Click here for more.