Indiana University Ballet Theater begins its exciting new season Oct. 5 and 6 with the fall ballet "Perspectives 1900s," a varied selection of vignettes, all rooted in one of the most inventive artistic periods in the history of dance. "The turn of the century was a particularly fertile time for the art of ballet," said Michael Vernon, chair of the IU Jacobs School of Music's Ballet Department. "It was a time when, instead of ballet following fashion, ballet actually influenced fashion."   Full Story

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music continues IU's Moveable Feast of the Arts Series with three performances at the Ogle Center on the campus of IU Southeast in New Albany, Ind.   Full Story

W. Claude Baker Jr., Chancellor's Professor of Music Composition at Indiana University, will deliver the Sonneborn Award Lecture,"The Composer as Resident: The Role of the Composer in the Community," Thursday (Sept. 27), at 4 p.m. in Auer Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.   Full Story

Indiana University and its Jacobs School of Music will again be in the limelight when the Indiana Arts Commission presents the 2007 Governor's Arts Awards, Oct. 25, at 6:30 p.m., in the Musical Arts Center on the Bloomington campus. The event marks the first time in the 35-year history of the awards that ceremonies will be conducted outside the state capital.   Full Story

When IU Opera Theater kicks off its 2007-2008 on Sept. 21, with Giuseppe Verdi's ever-popular Rigoletto, few opera-goers sitting in the Musical Arts Center may realize that the opera's lavish set was built 33 years ago and is part of the oeuvre of legendary set designer Max Röthlisberger. Swiss-born Röthlisberger had acted, directed and designed sets in Europe's leading opera houses for more than 40 years and was in his 60s when he was recruited to IU by former School of Music Dean Wilfred Bain in 1973. Rigoletto's set was first used in 1974 and is being used for the last time for this season's production, which runs at 8 p.m. Sept. 21, 22, 28 and 29 in the MAC. Pre-show "Opera Insights" begins at 7 p.m. in the MAC Mezzanine before each performance.   Full Story

In an auspicious moment in the life of the Jacobs School of Music, internationally renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin will begin his tenure as faculty member by conducting the IU Philharmonic on Sept. 23. The maestro will lead the orchestra in Barber's Symphony No.1 in One Movement, Op. 9, and Elgar's Enigma Variations, Op. 36. Elevating the occasion even more, fellow Jacobs faculty member Sylvia McNair, Grammy-Award winning soprano, will join Slatkin and the orchestra for Canteloube's Selections from Chants d'Auvergne. Slatkin is the latest addition to a long line of musical superstars who, in the last three years, have chosen to base their teaching careers in Bloomington.   Full Story

David Dzubay, composer and professor of music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, took home first prize in the 2007 Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival/Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition. A 2007 Guggenheim Fellow, Dzubay was awarded $2,000, and his winning piece, "Double Black Diamond," will be performed at the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival on Nov. 9.   Full Story

Musical performances by Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, André Watts, Marietta Simpson and David Baker, and comedy by David Sedaris will highlight the cultural offerings of Indiana University's "Celebrate IU" week Oct. 13-21.   Full Story

Legendary jazz musician David Baker, the 2001 Indiana Living Legend award winner, has another honor to add to his resume. The opening of the newly renovated Baker Place Building and Art Gallery was recently announced by Ron and Liz Stanhouse, the Bloomington Area Arts Council (BAAC), Downtown Bloomington, Inc., the City of Bloomington Mayor's Office and the City's Housing and Neighborhood Development Department. In July, a dedication ceremony was conducted on the sidewalk in front of the building, located at 115 S. College Ave. in downtown Bloomington.   Full Story

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will continue its tradition of welcoming the world's most illustrious musicians -- both in residence and as guests -- and presenting new and legendary music when it kicks off its 2007-2008 season next month. Among other highlights is the debut of Leonard Slatkin as a Jacobs School faculty member conducting the IU Philharmonic.   Full Story