IU Jacobs School of Music

Join us for Puccini’s La Rondine March 4, 5, 10, 11 at 7:30pm in the MAC! You’ll laugh, cry and nearly 🤯 from the emotional rollercoaster that is a Puccini opera Leave feeling virtuous that you didn’t Netflix and chill for the entire weekend (that's what Sunday is for)!

Hey @IUBloomington What do you call a dino anxiously awaiting the results of their orchestra audition? A nervous Rex 🦖 RaRaRaRa! It took 65 million years but Jurassic Park Live at the Movies is TONIGHT @ 7:30 pm in the MAC, With a live concert orchestra! am.ticketmaster.com/iumac/buy

A concurrent resolution honoring IUJSoM on the 100th anniversary of its founding will be presented on the State Senate floor this afternoon beginning at 1:30 p.m. EST. This will include a performance by the Pacifica Quartet! Watch here: iga.in.gov/legislative/20…

A #FridayFact for you! Photographed here, is Mitchell Hall, the first home of the IU Jacobs School of Music, shortly after it was built in 1885. To learn much more about our 100 year history check out today’s press release here ➡️ bit.ly/3i1BqOj

For the 2020/21 season, Visiting Lecturer Michael Shell took on the herculean task of directing five back-to-back operas during an ongoing global pandemic. Our shows couldn't have been staged without you, Michael. Bravo! #TheShowMustGoOn #MyJacobs #IUIsHome #IUBloomington

Check out eight original works by students from our Composition Department presented with original choreography by eight majors from our Ballet Department. Tune in this Thursday, April 29th at 2:00 p.m. (ET) on IUMusicLive! iumusiclive.music.indiana.edu

Everyone is invited for the next in our series of virtual discussions, “Jacobs School of Music Community Conversations: Diversity Guidance from Campus Experts.” Tune in this Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. (ET) on IUMusicLive! iumusiclive.music.indiana.edu

Have you heard the buzz? Student of Joey Tartell, sophomore trumpeter Andrew Roembke will return to the soprano ranks of the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps this summer! Break a leg, Andrew (but not really—that would be bad)! 🎺 🎺 🎺 More info here: bluecoats.com

The Dior Quartet just won both the Silver prize and the Audience Prize at the Chesapeake International Chamber Music competition. Congratulations, all! Read more here: bit.ly/3ejGXwX

Otis Murphy is professor of saxophone at the IU JSoM. He joined us in 2001 and became one of the youngest faculty members in our history. Professor Murphy has garnered a number of awards as a performer and holds Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Jacobs. 🎶 🎷

Bohemians and highbrows alike are sure to be inspired by the drama and achingly beautiful music of one of the world’s favorite operas. Puccini's La bohème streams this Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. (ET)., only on IUMusicLive! iumusiclive.music.indiana.edu

Having that humdrum feeling? Ensnared with cabin fever? March, don’t walk, to your garage or back yard and record your pre-screen video for the Marching Hundred Drumline today! Don’t drag—first submissions are due May 1! Click here for more info: bit.ly/3tlhPfo ⬅️ ⬅️ ⬅️

Don't miss David Dzubay and the New Music Ensemble performing TONIGHT at 8:00 p.m. (EDT)! The concert will take place live from the Georgina Joshi Recording Studio as a part of the Jacobs Virtual Performance Series. Watch via IUMusicLive! here: 👀 iumusiclive.music.indiana.edu 👀

Meet Professor of Flute Kathryn Lukas! She is a former faculty member of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (awarded the distinction of a Fellow of the GSM&D) in London and of the Royal Academy of London. She's also the former principal flute of the Santa Fe Opera Company.

Catch the John Raymond Jazz Ensemble in concert tonight at 8:00 p.m. (EDT)! “Contemporary Women in Jazz” features all new arrangements of songs written exclusively by women jazz composers. Tune on IUMusicLive! iumusiclive.music.indiana.edu

Congratulations to Distinguished Professor of Music Stanley Ritchie on a truly remarkable and historic career. Best wishes, warmest regards. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Read more about his legacy and retirement here: bit.ly/3wK18wr

❗📢❗Announcing the IU Jacobs School of Music 2021 Trustees’ Teaching Award recipients: Chris Albanese, Allan Armstrong, David Dzubay, Larry Groupé, Charles Prestinari, Julia Shaw, Greg Ward, Mimi Zweig. Congratulations, and thank you for your pedagogical excellence!

Do you love to dance? We are offering LIVE online ballet classes! Enroll and experience our wonderful faculty and receive personal corrections and guidance in a VIRTUAL, safe, and nurturing ballet class setting. Click the link to learn more! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ jacobsacademy.indiana.edu/descriptions/b…

Voila! Meet Mark Holloway, a Professor of Practice in String Chamber Music and Viola. He is the current violist of the Pacifica Quartet, which recently won their second Grammy Award. He has played with the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus, and Metropolitan Opera orchestras. 🎻 🎶

A young governess is directed to never write her new employer about the children, never ask about the history of the house, and never abandon her charges. But happiness quickly descends into horror... Tune in Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET! iumusiclive.music.indiana.edu