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IU student named finalist in worldwide composition competition
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music student Brian Buch has been named one of the finalists in the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Composition Competition in Brussels. Buch's piece, Prayer for an Unnamed Grave, was one of five scores selected from 165 compositions on five continents. At 22, Buch is also the youngest finalist, and the only composer from the western hemisphere. Full StoryInternational Harp Competition
Virtuosic harp music will once again ring through recital halls on the Indiana University Bloomington campus, as the 7th USA International Harp Competition continues today through July 14. Founded in 1989 by renowned harpist and IU Jacobs School of Music Distinguished Professor of Music Susann McDonald, the USA International Harp Competition is one of the largest and most prestigious events of its kind. The public is invited to attend all competition stages and competition events at no charge. Full StoryA conversation with Elixir of Love lead and Miss Indiana -- Betsy Uschkrat
Gaetano Donizetti's The Elixir of Love is considered by many to be comic opera at its sparkling best. In the Indiana University Opera Theatre's Summer Music Festival production, one of the two singers in the lead female role of Adina is Betsy Uschkrat, a masters student in vocal performance at the Jacobs School of Music and the reigning Miss Indiana. Live at IU caught up with Betsy during a rare pause in her busy schedule and asked her about the upcoming production and her future plans. Full StoryNew York actors and Brown County Playhouse favorites lend their talents to Tony-winning farce
Doors slam and identities are confused in Ken Ludwig's comedic farce "Lend Me a Tenor," the second show of the 59th season of professional theatre at the Brown County Playhouse. Director Dale McFadden brings together a cast of seasoned performers, new faces and actors who have already created great memories for the Brown County Playhouse audience. Full StoryAuer Hall organ transformation to begin
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music recently announced that it is in the final stages of negotiations with C. B. Fisk, Inc. of Gloucester, Mass., to build its pipe organ in Auer Concert Hall. With almost 4,000 pipes, the instrument -- originally conceived by organ builder Manuel Rosales -- will be transformed into a Fisk organ, Opus 135, and is expected to debut in the fall of 2010, the year the school turns 100. Full StoryFrom the stage to the recording booth
It's hard to disconcert Seungok Yoo. She's studied the violin since she was eight, and moved from South Korea to California at 16. After arriving at Indiana University, and after years of preparation, she switched her life's focus from the violin to music production when she changed her major from music performance to recording arts. Yet she describes all of this as "no big deal." Full StoryPrevious issue
The June 7, 2007, issue of Live at IU features a preview of the IU Summer Music Festival. Also featured are stories about the new IU Art Museum exhibit "Inconvenient Stories," details about the IU Writers' Conference, preview to the Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, a day in the life of a New York City singer, a look at the "Literacy through Photography" exhibit at IU East, and the images of Native Americans on exhibit at the Mathers Museum. Full Story |
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