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IU Cinema premieres 'Double Exposure' collaboration featuring student filmmakers and composers

In what could be the first collaborative undertaking of its kind at an American university, original works created by Indiana University film and musical composition students as part of the "Double Exposure" project will premiere at IU Cinema on Sunday, Feb. 19.

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

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 students, alumna named 2012 Marshall Scholars

Indiana University students Madalyn Parnas and Miles Taylor and alumna Elizabeth Ogonek have been named 2012 Marshall Scholars, tying the university's 1995 record for highest number of recipients for the prestigious scholarship in a single year. Founded by the British Parliament in 1953 to commemorate the Marshall Plan, in which the United States helped the countries of Western Europe rebuild after the destruction of World War II, the scholarships pay for graduate study at any university in the United Kingdom.

IU Jacobs School of Music student receives Fromm Music Foundation Commission

Jeremy Podgursky, an Indiana University Jacobs School of Music doctoral fellow and associate instructor in music composition, has been awarded a 2011 Fromm Music Foundation Commission in the amount of $10,000.

IU Jacobs School of Music professor Claude Baker commissioned to write symphonic work

Claude Baker, class of 1956 provost's professor of composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, has been commissioned to write a multi-movement symphonic work commemorating next year's 75th-anniversary season of Ohio's Canton Symphony Orchestra.

IU Jacobs School's Summer Music series presents workshop performances of new opera by P.Q. Phan

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music's Summer Music series, a highlight of the IU Summer Festival of the Arts, will present two workshop performances of a new opera, The Tale of Lady Thi Kinh by Jacobs faculty composer P.Q. Phan, July 29 and 30 at 8 p.m. in Auer Hall. Both performances are free and open to the public.

National composer awards go to five IU Jacobs School of Music students and alumni

Two Indiana University Jacobs School of Music composition students, two alumni and one incoming student have been named winners in the 59th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards competition. The Jacobs-affiliated contingent captured five of the total 11 awards that went to young classical composers ranging in age from 14 to 27.

Jacobs undergrad wins competition to score IU Cinema premiere of 1922 'David Copperfield' film

The Jacobs School of Music and IU Cinema have teamed up for a collaboration known as "The David Copperfield Project," the result of which will be seen -- and heard -- in February 2012. Undergraduate Jacobs student Ari Fisher, a composition major with a minor in orchestral conducting, has been selected to score the entire, 70-minute silent film David Copperfield (the rare 1922 Nordisk version), based on the novel by Charles Dickens. The IU Cinema will gradually disburse the prize of $6,000 to Fisher for the project.

Dean's Prizes in composition awarded

Indiana University's Composition Department has announced the 2011 Dean's Prize Composition Competition awards in categories that include Orchestra or Wind Ensemble, Chamber or Ensemble, Undergraduate Composition and Electronic Music. The Dean's Prize competition, sponsored by IU's Jacobs School of Music Office of the Dean and Composition Department, has been held annually since 1977 and since 1993, has also included the commission of a new work from the winner of Chamber or Ensemble.

Composer Aaron Travers appointed to faculty of the IU Jacobs School of Music

After serving as visiting professor, composer Aaron Travers has been appointed assistant professor of music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, pending approval of the Trustees of Indiana University. His appointment begins Aug. 1, 2011.

Jacobs School Professor David Dzubay receives 2011 American Academy Arts and Letters Award

David Dzubay, professor and chair of the IU Jacobs School of Music Department of Composition, has been awarded a 2011 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Music. One of four composers to be recognized for outstanding artistic achievement, the award acknowledges "the composer who has arrived at his or her own voice." The award of $7,500 is matched by an additional $7,500 toward the recording of one work from each composer.

IU Jacobs School of Music celebrates 80th birthday of composer Frederick Fox

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will celebrate the 80th birthday of composer and former faculty member Frederick Fox with a concert on Saturday, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m. in Auer Hall. The audience at this free public event is invited to attend a post-concert reception in the Musical Arts Center lobby.

IU students well represented among international fellowship and scholarship recipients

Students from Indiana University Bloomington received more than 35 nationally competitive awards that sent them to study in countries around the world last summer and during the 2010-2011 academic year. The awards are sponsored by a number of agencies including the Departments of State and Education, the National Security Education Program (NSEP), the Marshall and Rhodes programs of the United Kingdom, the American Scandinavian Foundation and the German-American Exchange Service.

The works of 'Contemporary Masters,' IU choreographers, featured at annual concert

Contemporary dance masterpieces from the 1980s will be performed by Indiana University dance majors in the upcoming Contemporary Masters, the annual faculty/guest artist concert presented by the Indiana University departments of Kinesiology and Theatre and Drama. Famed modern dance choreographer Bella Lewitzky's seminal piece, Suite Satie, has been restaged for the first time, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

IU Jacobs School, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra to present free concert in Bloomington

Bloomington and regional audiences will be treated to a free performance by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) on Sunday, Jan. 9, at 3 p.m. in the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music's Musical Arts Center. The concert will be led by international conductor Gilbert Varga and will feature the world premiere of From Noon to Starry Night by Chancellor's Professor of Composition Claude Baker. Baker's composition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the IU Department of Music.

Jacobs student Natalie Williams pronounced �Iron Composer�

Natalie Williams, doctoral fellow and associate instructor in composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, took first place in the Analog Arts "Iron Composer" competition at Baldwin-Wallace College, Ohio, Oct. 22. She was selected as a finalist from a nationwide call for scores and competed alongside four other accomplished composers from across the country.

IU Jacobs School of Music releases 'Song Tapestry' CD

The IU Jacobs School of Music announces the release of the double-CD set Song Tapestry on the IU Music label. The collection of works features Associate Professor of Voice Patricia Stiles, mezzo-soprano, and colleagues from the Jacobs School in songs that represent a wide range of cultures and languages, touching on themes of nature, love, conflict, dreams, death and God. The compositions were written by eight current and past composers from the Jacobs School of Music.

IU Jacobs School of Music student composer wins Bowdoin Festival competition

Elliott Bark, a doctoral student at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, has won the Bowdoin International Music Festival's third annual student composition competition. His work, autumn leaves canvas for Harp, will make its world premiere during the July 31 Charles E. Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music concert at Bowdoin College in Maine.

Unique music and technology show stretches boundaries

Annunciation + Visitation, a unique musical performance exploring two vastly different expressions of female sexuality, stretches the boundaries of what defines opera.

IU President's Concert to feature Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, violinist Kerr

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra returns to Bloomington Sunday, Oct. 11, at 3 p.m. for the inaugural Indiana University President's Concert in the Musical Arts Center. The concert, offered free by the university to the campus and Bloomington community, will be conducted by renowned maestro Juanjo Mena and will feature Jacobs School of Music Professor Alexander Kerr in a performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Kerr is also the principal guest concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Additional works on the program include Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5 and IU composer and Jacobs Professor Claude Baker's "Aus Schwanengesang."

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