Past Events

“America: 250 Years” | Guest Recital

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First Thursdays showcase the diversity of arts and humanities at IU Bloomington and offer a welcoming environment for students, faculty, staff, and community members to explore new creative outlets...Read more

Faculty/Guest Recital

Noriko Manabe: Job Applications Workshop

Come to the lower floor Merrill Hall to get to know the Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development at our student open house!

An event for new Indiana University students

Your opportunity to get to know about the many student organizations on campus and within the Jacobs School that focus on performing arts. 

A time to celebrate the beginning of the semester with new friends and colleagues! 

The Jacobs School of Music Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development invites newly admitted undergraduate students to attend this information session. 

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The Jacobs School of Music Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development invites newly admitted graduate students to attend this information session.

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Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

String Quartet Festival | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Faculty Chamber Music Recital | Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy

Faculty/Guest Chamber Music Recital | Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Featuring Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” (arranged by Arakelyan and Wyrczynski) and Arad’s “Avivim” | Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

String Quartet Festival | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

A Concert Inspired by Edward Said’s “Orientalism” | Guest/Student Recital | Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy

with Nadia Reist, trumpet; Luke Gillespie, piano; Michael Santos, bass; and Joe Lorenz, drums | Faculty/Student Recital | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Guest Recital | Summer Piano Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy

Jacobs Academy

Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy

Faculty/Guest/Student Recital | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Guest Recital | Summer Piano Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

“Celebrating Benjamin Britten” | Faculty/Guest Chamber Music Recital | Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Faculty/Guest/Student Recital | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy

String Quartet Festival | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Faculty/Guest Chamber Music Recital | Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Guest Recital | Summer Piano Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Guest/Student Chamber Music Recital | Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy

Guest Recital | Summer Piano Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

String Quartet Festival | Faculty Chamber Music Recital | Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

“The Shapes of Water” | Guest Recital | Summer Piano Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Faculty/Guest Recital | Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Faculty Recital | Summer Piano Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

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Jacobs Academy

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Guest/Student Chamber Music Recital | Presented by Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Faculty/Guest Chamber Music Recital | Summer String Academy | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Faculty/Student Recital | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

In anticipation of the June 28th closing, join us as we celebrate Mulyana: Vital Ecosystems with an afternoon of multisensory experiences connecting music, art, and the ocean. 

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Guest Recital | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Music by Chick Corea, Brent Wallarab, Wayne Wallace, Luke Gillespie, Nicholas Payton, James Williams, and Carla Bley | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Music by Charlie Parker, Mulgrew Miller, Harold Battiste, John Raymond, Peter Lerner, Wayne Wallace, Thelonious Monk, and Wayne Shorter | Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Jacobs Academy | Summer Music 2026

Summer Music 2026

Music by Martin Hennessy; Libretto by Stephen Kitsakos (Guest Artists) | Presented by IU Jacobs Opera Theater and the IU Arts & Humanities Council | Summer Music 2026

Presented by the Historical Performance Institute

Presented by the Historical Performance Institute

Presented by the Historical Performance Institute

Jacobs Academy

Jacobs Academy

Jacobs Academy

Jacobs Academy

Jacobs Academy

Jacobs Academy

Reception – Doors open at 5 p.m. | Recognition Event starts promptly at 6 p.m. 

Jacobs Academy

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc (1981) Takemitsu: Rainspell (1982) Honstein: Patter (2009/10)...Read more

On the 40th anniversary of the night of John Lennon’s untimely death, IU Auditorium will host Remembering John Lennon 40 Years Later with Glenn Gass.

An encore broadcast of a 2019 performance by the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theater

Sponsored by the Jacobs Flute Academy

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Kurtág: A kis csáva (The Small Snag) Op. 15b Pärt: Fratres (1977; version for string quartet, 1989)Farkas...Read more

“Where Are We and How Do We Move Forward from Here?: A Look at the State of Art Music and Music Academics Through the Lens of Black Musicians”

Music Theory Colloquium Series | Five Friends Master Class Series – Honoring Robert Samels

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We are pleased to invite you to a spend an exclusive evening with Associate Professor Jamie Tagg and Jacobs School alumnus and professional recording engineer Drew Vandenberg as they demonstrate how t...Read more

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Presented by the Historical Performance Institute

Selections from Mark Adamo’s Little Women and Gioacchino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia

Music Theory Colloquium Series | Five Friends Master Class Series – Honoring Robert Samels

Joseph S. C. Lam (University of Michigan), “Chinese Theories and Practices of Guyue (Ancient Music): An Interpretive Overview”

Sonia Lee, “‘We Cannot Separate Our Pain from Our Resistance’: Trauma and Political Activism in the Black and Brown Freedom Movements”

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Wayne Wallace is professor of practice in jazz studies and jazz trombone at the IU Jacobs School of Music. A seven-t...Read more

“A Concert in Observance of the Quatrocentenary of the Birth of Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)”

Community Engagement Summit Keynote 3

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Sehrwald: The other side of disassociation (2020, premiere) Dozza: Isolation (2020, premiere) Godfrey: O...Read more

Community Engagement Summit Keynote 2

Join members of the Fifth House Ensemble for a fun Zoom-Jam!

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

Community Engagement Summit Keynote 1 With welcome by Alain Barker & Ed Comentale

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language.

Presented by the Latin American Music Center Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! About the Director Joe Galvin is a multi-instrumentalist who earne...Read more

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! Repertoire Pagán-Pérez: Justice Fanfare (2020, consortium premiere) Lenthe: Freedom Ring Beautiful (1998) J. Miller/...Read more

Joseph S. C. Lam (University of Michigan), “Songs Confucius Sang: Sounds, Memories, and Performances”

Javier León, talk and virtual film screening of Afro-Peruvian experimental play Karibú

About the Director Greg Ward is assistant professor of music in jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. A saxophonist and composer born in Peoria, Illinois, Ward has perfor...Read more

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Simulcast from Scholes Street Studio in New York City

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Composer Ryn Jorgensen and IU Jacobs School of Music Associate Professor Larry Groupé are scheduled to be present for a virtual conversation and interactive Q&A moderated by IU Cinema Assistant D...Read more

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Live from the Georgina Joshi Recording Studio

IU Auditorium is proud to present the Trombones of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra live at Prebys Amphitheater. This free performance is open to IU students, faculty, and staff.

Philippe Canguillhem (University of Toulouse), “The story and contents of a precious manuscript written by ‘the first published black composer’: Vicente Lusitano’s Expertise in Oral Counterpoi...Read more

With LA Phil principal horn Andrew Bain and business strategist Rupal Bain

“Sanguine and Celestial Fantasias for a Halloween Night”

Featuring Tehvon Fowler-Chapman, Katie McGuiness, and Nina Zhou!

Beatrice Capote, “Iya la panza, panza, Iya”

Speakers Lissa May, associate dean for instruction, Jacobs School of Music Frank Diaz, associate professor of music in music education, Jacobs School of Music DeeDee Dayhoff, assistant dean for ...Read more

Ruben Valenzuela (artistic director, Bach Collegium San Diego), “Music at Mexico City Cathedral, 1650-1750”

Judith Rodríguez: “Im/positions: Nominalizing the Black Aesthetic in Puerto Rico”

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world via IUMusicLive! John Raymond is assistant professor of music in jazz studies (trumpet) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. ...Read more

Elizabeth Weinfield (The Juilliard School), “Finding ‘Voice’ as a Scholar-Performer”

This summer, the IU Jacobs School of Music introduced Jeremy Allen as David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean (Interim), succeeding Gwyn Richards, who has returned to the Choral Conducting faculty after ...Read more

“The Music of Ludwig Senfl (c.1486-1543): Songs, Marian Motets and Instrumental Music from the German Reformation”

***NOTE NEW START TIME***

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language.

Originally performed at the Musical Arts Center by the Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater on October 18, 2014

Ayana Smith, “Creating Real Change: Race, Representation, and Early Music Pedagogy”

Featuring performances by Jacobs School of Music students from the Guitar, Historical Performance, Orchestral Studies, Piano, Voice, and Woodwinds departments

A roundtable examining “Whose Renaissance?” in relation to questions of “heritage,” lineage and belonging in light of the current context of a wider reckoning with the past.

Livestream Q&A with four-time Tony Award-winning producer and IU alumna Harriet Leve on Facebook and Zoom.

Join JSoM alums, along with representatives of the DC Chapter of the IU Alumni Association, for an info session and panel discussion on strategies for early career success in our nation’s cultural c...Read more

Music has always been a tool for storytelling and uniting. Artists and activists alike use music as a vehicle to shed light on social realities. From soul to jazz to hip-hop, musicians in Chicago have...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language.

Featuring performances by Jacobs School of Music students from the Ballet, Organ, Piano, and Strings departments

“What creates a sense of ‘welcome’ in our classroom and community?”

Featuring performances by Roger Roe (English horn), The Singing Hoosiers (Chris Albanese, director), and students of the IU Jacobs School of Music

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign langua...Read more

The Music First Year Language Exam (MFYLE) in French, German, Italian and Spanish is offered throughout the year for Music Performance majors who need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language.