The 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth will be celebrated by the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with an international conference on the composer's choral works and several performances, including the Indiana premiere of the Mass in C minor as reconstructed and completed by celebrated pianist and Mozart scholar Robert Levin.   Full Story

Charles Rosen, who has enjoyed worldwide acclaim as a music theorist and virtuoso pianist, will visit the Indiana University Bloomington campus next week (Jan. 15-20) as a Patten Lecturer. Rosen will deliver a two-part Patten Lecture series on the representation of sentiment in music. He will supplement the lectures with a special performance of the last three Beethoven piano sonatas, Op. 109-111.   Full Story

American composer Ned Rorem has accomplished what many of his predecessors could only dream of: the transformation of the classic play Our Town into an opera. On Feb. 24 -- almost 68 years to the day that Thornton Wilder's quintessential American drama debuted in Princeton, N.J. -- what legendary composer Aaron Copland and others once imagined will finally become a reality. On that day, Indiana University Opera Theater will present the world premiere of Rorem's Our Town, with libretto by renowned American poet and writer J.D. McClatchy.   Full Story

Indiana University President Adam W. Herbert announced Thursday (Nov. 17) the naming of the IU School of Music in honor of the late David H. Jacobs and his wife, Barbara, of Cleveland. The school will be known as the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in recognition of Barbara and David Jacobs' long history of leadership and service to Indiana University and to the IU Foundation, as well as their gift of $40.6 million for the school. It is the largest single gift to a school of music at a public university. It is also the largest single gift ever given by individuals to IU.   Full Story

Adding to a burgeoning list of recent noteworthy faculty appointments, the Indiana University School of Music announced today (Nov. 11) that virtuoso violinist Alexander Kerr will join its faculty ranks, pending approval of the IU Board of Trustees. Kerr comes to IU from the famed Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, where he is concertmaster.   Full Story

The IU School of Music is pleased to announce that Artist Diploma violinist Frederieke Saeijs, a student of Mauricio Fuks, recently won the Long-Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris. The prestigious event, with more than 200 competitors, was held October 21-31, 2005.   Full Story

WTIU Public Television and the Indian University School of Music are proud to announce that Circling Around: The Violin Virtuosi will premiere on public television stations throughout the United States beginning January 2006. The one-hour program, produced by RIAX in association with WTIU, documents the extraordinary life-journey taken by talented and dedicated young violinists from the IU School of Music String Academy (Mimi Zweig, Director.) Click here to buy the DVD!   Full Story

Carol Vaness, one of the most sought-after opera sopranos in the world, is set to join one of the world's pre-eminent voice programs. Vaness, who performs regularly at major theaters, opera houses and concert halls across the globe and sang opposite Luciano Pavarotti in his celebrated final operatic performance, has been appointed to the Department of Voice faculty at the Indiana University School of Music, pending approval by the IU Board of Trustees.   Full Story

The Indiana University School of Music's Music Education Department is pleased to host the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's (CIC) 2005 Annual Conference Oct. 19-21 in Bloomington. The conference is titled "Intersections: Music Performance, Research, and Education."   Full Story

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra comes to Bloomington with a rare performance in the Musical Arts Center on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 3:00 p.m. The concert, featuring world-renowned pianist and School of Music professor Arnaldo Cohen, will be conducted by the ISO's Music Director Mario Venzago.   Full Story