IU Southeast Music News and Features
Phil Thomas named 2020 Middle School Educator of the Year by Indiana Music Educator’s Association
February 1, 2021
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Phil Thomas, longtime director of the IU Southeast concert band and adjunct instructor in the music education program, has been named Middle School Educator of the Year by the Indiana Music Educator’s Association (IMEA). Aside from his duties at IU Southeast, Thomas teaches band at Highland Hills Middle School, and ...
Indiana bluegrass musicians Jim Smoak and Michael Cleveland to livestream performance at IU Southeast
September 2, 2020
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (Sept. 2, 2020) – Renowned Indiana bluegrass musicians Jim Smoak and Michael Cleveland will livestream a performance on Monday, Sep. 7, at 4 p.m. from the Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center on the IU Southeast campus. While there will be no in-person audience, this free event will be livestreamed on ...
Voice student Jareth Gaddis helps to celebrate rebirth and renewal through music
April 16, 2020
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–In a haunting and memorable ceremony, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz led the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, Kentucky. Due to the ever-expanding spread of COVID-19 and state restrictions on public gatherings, the expansive Cathedral was empty except for a handful of readers and celebrants. But it ...
IU Southeast Concert Choir invited to sing at Indiana Music Education Association conference
November 13, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–For the first time in its history, the IU Southeast Concert Choir has been invited to perform at a state conference. In January, the choir will sing at the Indiana Music Education Association (IMEA) conference, to be held in Fort Wayne, Indiana. To win the invitation, the choir was selected ...
A/Tonal to perform at 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville
November 7, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–The contemporary music ensemble A/Tonal, co-founded by Erich Stem, associate professor of music at IU Southeast and the group’s composer-in-residence, will perform a free concert at 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville on Sunday, November 10, at 7 p.m. It’s music like you’ve never seen it before. That’s right: seen. A/Tonal ...
Music by David Neville, IU Southeast composition student, receives world premiere
October 31, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–On November 15, the IU Southeast Concert Band will perform a new piece that tells the story of the 96th U.S. Infantry Division, a celebrated Army unit that served in such crucial Second World War battles as Leyte Gulf and the invasion of Okinawa. The work, “Remember the Deadeyes,” by ...
