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IU Jacobs School of Music
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B’Town Jazz Fest Set for August 31
B’Town Jazz has been bringing jazz to Bloomington since 1999, when trumpeter Pat Harbison; his wife, Kristin; and pianist Monika Herzig formed the nonprofit…
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Sylvia McNair Back at WFIU Hosting Classical Music Show
When Sylvia McNair began hosting a new program of classical music on WFIU-FM in January, it was a homecoming of sorts. McNair worked at…
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Bodybuilder, Personal Trainer & Artists’ Model
Personal trainer Brian Bourkland is a serious bodybuilder. His clients generally aren’t, but that’s fine with him. “I’m mostly interested in working with people…
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China Remixed: IU Presents a 10-Week Culture Festival
China Remixed, a 10-week culture festival at Indiana University, is highlighting the most progressive aspects of Chinese culture today.
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Jerry Horner: Helping Chamber Musicians Around the World
Twice-retired, 81-year-old music professor finds a new career coaching young musicians.
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100 Reasons to Love Bloomington (August Cover Story)
BY CARMEN SIERING WITH BARB BERGGOETZ & ELISABETH ANDREWS, ILLUSTRATIONS BY MIKE CAGLE It’s a wonderful town. It was no easy task honing down the…
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Pacifica Quartet: Valued Mentors at Music School, Renowned Musicians Worldwide
BY STEPHANIE VON HIRSCHBERG Chamber ensembles rarely perform all 16 of Beethoven’s string quartets or all 15 of Shostakovich’s quartets in live, back-to-back concerts,…
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It Takes Math, Physics, & Voodoo to Learn to Make a Violin at IU (Photo Gallery)
BY PAUL BICKLEY “My mother was a violinist,” says Tom Sparks, “and when I was 14, I took her Joseph Guarneri violin apart with a butter…
