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IU Latin American Music Center invited to perform at New York festival

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The Indiana University Latin American Music Center (LAMC) has been invited by Composers Now, the city-wide festival of New York City, to design and present a program during its upcoming third season in February 2012. The invitation came from renowned composer Tania León, artistic director of Composers Now, who heard several performances at the Jacobs School of Music during the October 2011 conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the LAMC.

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IU Jacobs School of Music Wind Ensemble to perform at national convention in Indianapolis

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The Indiana University Wind Ensemble, from the Jacobs School of Music, has been invited to perform at the 78th Annual Convention of the American Bandmasters Association. The concert will take place at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in Clowes Memorial Hall on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis.

David Baker receives President's Medal at 80th birthday celebration

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Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie presented the President's Medal for Excellence to David Baker, distinguished professor of jazz studies and chair of the Jazz Studies Department at the Jacobs School of Music. The presentation was made during a musical celebration honoring Baker's 80th's birthday on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Musical Arts Center.

IU Cinema to host world premiere of silent film score written, conducted by Jacobs School of Music students

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The world premiere of "The David Copperfield Project," a collaboration between IU Cinema and the Jacobs School of Music, will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. The cinema commissioned IU sophomore Ari Fisher to score the 75-minute silent film, which will be performed by a 17-member student orchestra conducted by master's student Nicholas Hersh.

IU Jacobs School of Music presents Martin Luther King concert Jan. 15

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In remembrance of the revered civil rights leader and the principles he espoused, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, in conjunction with the IU African American Arts Institute and the IU Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, will present "Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." on Sunday, Jan. 15, at 4 p.m. in Auer Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

IU Jacobs School of Music alumnus named New York Philharmonic executive director

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Matthew VanBesien, an alumnus of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and managing director of Australia's Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, has been appointed executive director of the New York Philharmonic.

IU Distinguished Professor of Jazz Studies David N. Baker to be honored in 80th birthday celebration

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In honor of his 60-year career as a jazz musician and educator, the Jacobs School of Music will present the David Baker 80th Birthday Celebration at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, in Bloomington's Musical Arts Center. Admission is free but requires tickets, available from the MAC box office beginning Tuesday, Jan. 10.

IU Distinguished Professor of Piano Menahem Pressler wins national achievement award

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Menahem Pressler, distinguished professor of piano at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, was recently selected to receive the 2012 Music Teachers National Association Achievement Award. He will accept the accolade March 27 at the group's national conference in New York City.

IU Jacobs School of Music professor examines cultural concerns in recent book

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Kristina Muxfeldt, associate professor of musicology at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, examines once-passionate cultural concerns that shaped music of Schubert, Beethoven, Schumann and works of their contemporaries in drama or poetry in her recently published book, Vanishing Sensibilities: Schubert, Beethoven, Schumann (Oxford University Press, 2011).

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