Category: Faculty

IU composers excel in Third International Frank Ticheli Composition Contest

IU Jacobs School of Music composition students, alumni and faculty works for wind ensemble excelled at this year’s Frank Ticheli … Continue reading

Composer Joan Tower “Five Friends” residency includes lecture today and performance of works with New Music Ensemble, Friday

Joan Tower, widely regarded as one of the most important American composers living today, will spend this week at the … Continue reading

Jacobs composers at Florida State University

Last weekend, four Jacobs composers left the frozen north to attend the Sixteenth Biennial Festival of New Music at Florida State … Continue reading

Associate Professor P.Q. Phan receives IU Faculty fellowship in support of new requiem

Associate Professor P.Q. Phan has received $20,000 from a new IU funding program made possible by the Mellon Innovating International … Continue reading

Composer Joseph Schwantner visits Jacobs School for first “Five Friends Master Class Series” residency

The first guest in the “Five Friends Master Class Series”—honoring the lives of Chris Carducci, Garth Eppley, Georgina Joshi, Zachary … Continue reading

John Gibson is guest artist at Lipa Festival of Contemporary Music

John Gibson, assistant professor of composition (electronic music), is the guest artist of the Lipa Festival of Contemporary Music at … Continue reading

John Gibson premiere of “Uncanny Valley”

Boston-based pianist Oni Buchanan and poet Jon Woodward have commissioned Uncanny Valley, a 50-minute piece for piano and electronics from … Continue reading

Sven-David Sandstrom returns to Bloomington

After nine years as a professor of composition at the Jacobs School of Music, Sven-David Sandström “retired” in 2008. He … Continue reading

Don Freund receives warm review in GRAMOPHONE for Bach recording

Faculty composer and pianist Don Freund has received a wonderful review in Gramophone Magazine (September) for his recent recording of … Continue reading

The Well-Tempered Clavier performance released on CD and DVD by composer Don Freund

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: A Composer’s Approach On this three-disc release, Jacobs School of Music professor, composer and pianist … Continue reading