Category: News

Double the Festivals, Double the Fun!

August 25, 2018 by music

Lindsey Wiehl is a second year Doctor of Arts candidate from New York. This summer, Lindsey kept herself busy and attended two music festivals: the 2-week long Opera Maya International Summer Music Festival, based in Valladolid, Mexico and the 8-week long Bay View Summer Music Institute, located in Bay View, Michigan. The Opera Maya festival […]

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Flute Extravaganza by James Thompson

May 10, 2018 by music

The idea for the Ball State Flute Extravaganza came about in August 2017. I was attending the National Flute Association convention along Ball State’s flute professor, Dr. Mihoko Watanabe, another doctoral flute student, Hilary Janysek, and several undergraduate flute students from Ball State. Following a performance by Dr. Watanabe, a woman named Judy Herring introduced […]

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New Faculty at the School of Music

May 4, 2018 by music

This year we have five new professors joining our Ball State faculty! Zoran Jakovcic is the assistant teaching professor of music performance (viola). Mr. Jakovcic graduated from The Juilliard School as a student of Dorothy Delay and served as teaching assistant to Robert Mann of the Juilliard Quartet. A native of Croatia, Mr. Jakovcic made his […]

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Women’s Chorus Performs at the ACDA Central & North Central Conference

February 20, 2018 by music

In February 2018, the Ball State University Women’s Chorus, under the direction of Kerry Glann, traveled to Chicago to perform at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Central and North Central Conference. Aasia Sampley, a member of the Women’s Chorus, wrote about her experience: Being a part of the Women’s Chorus at Ball State University […]

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