The Indiana University Ballet Theater continues its tradition of holiday excellence this year by introducing its classic The Nutcracker with a new twist. The 49th annual production, opening Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center, will feature new choreography by Michael Vernon, chair of the Jacobs School of Music Ballet Department, following a nine-year run of choreography by Jacobs School of Music professor Jacques Cesbron.   Full Story

Jacobs Professor Alexander Kerr, world-renowned violinist, added to his accolades this fall when he filled the newly-created position of Principal Guest Concertmaster with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO). He shares some of his thoughts in this interview, which includes a video version.   Full Story

Audiences will experience Giacomo Puccini's classic La Bohème like never before when they attend the Indiana University Opera Theater's all new production, which opens Nov. 9 in the Musical Arts Center on the IU Bloomington campus. A cutting-edge set by IU Jacobs School of Music master designer C. David Higgins recreates the streets of 19th-century Paris on three towering, intricately detailed, rotating stages, offering audiences an awe-inspiring visual experience equaled only by the beauty of the opera itself.   Full Story

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music continues IU's Moveable Feast of the Arts Series with the second of three performances this season at the Ogle Center on the campus of IU Southeast in New Albany, Ind. The IU Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jacobs Principal Guest Conductor Uriel Segal, will perform on Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.   Full Story

Nikolas Jeleniauskas, a graduate student at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., earned second place in the 21st Annual Young Composer's Competition for 2007, sponsored recently by the Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts.   Full Story

"Susannah" leads Elizabeth Ashantavi and Betsy Uschkrat share their thoughts about preparing for the Carlisle Floyd opera.   Full Story

The Indiana University New Music Ensemble (NME) will break musical boundaries with its new season that will feature some of the most imaginative and adventurous electronica ever heard, with a unique twist -- it will be arranged for chamber ensemble. The NME season opens on Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. in the Jacobs School of Music's Auer Hall.   Full Story

In a ceremony that marks a seminal event in the life of a university, Michael A. McRobbie will be inaugurated as the 18th president of Indiana University on Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. in the IU Auditorium on the Bloomington campus. The inauguration and a reception immediately following the ceremony are open to the public.   Full Story

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will be a source of highlights in an already superlative stretch of celebratory and history-making events during Indiana University's "Celebrate IU" week, Oct. 13-21. Several of its faculty -- famed conductors and composers, internationally known virtuoso performers and critically acclaimed singers, all of who are major artists on the world's stage -- offer events that are free and open to the public.   Full Story

The IU Jacobs School's Latin American Music Center (LAMC), in cooperation with the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble and the Chamber Orchestra, will present the collegiate premiere performance, in concert, of the chamber opera Ainadamar or Fountain of Tears, by Argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov. The performances are free and open to the public.   Full Story