IU Southeast Music News and Features
Joanna Goldstein brings women composers into the light
March 20, 2018
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—When pianist and Professor of Music Joanna Goldstein takes the stage this Friday with a small chamber ensemble, it will mark a major milestone in a journey of academic, creative and political exploration. That journey includes not only the concert, but extensive research and the recording of women composers from ...
Jeramy Nichols reveals secrets of sight-singing in published article
October 11, 2017
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Close your eyes and listen to a piece of choral music. As a listener, you revel in pure sound. But for the performers, all that pristine audio is the product of a lot of visual training that starts with sight-singing, what you might call “reading music cold.” The ways and ...
International recognition for Mildred Kemp, pioneering trombonist and IU Southeast adjunct instructor
July 17, 2017
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—In the mid-1950s, Mildred Kemp discovered the trombone at Eastern High School in Louisville, Ky. Within a decade, the Prospect native was playing the instrument in the American Symphony Orchestra in New York City under famed conductor Leopold Stokowski, moonlighting in other orchestras and on Broadway, and giving lessons at ...
“Taste the Feeling” composer delivers real-world tips to performance, composing, audio engineering students
March 10, 2017
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—It’s probably safe to say that tens of millions of people in over 200 countries have seen Coca-Cola’s ad campaign, “Taste the Feeling.” The ads premiered in Jan., 2016 and the campaign hit stride during last year’s Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The music for the uplifting, ...
Faculty Spotlight: Erich Stem
December 8, 2015
Erich Stem School of Arts and Letters Associate Professor of Music Biography Erich Holt Stem is composer in residence and associate professor of music in the School of Arts and Letters at IU Southeast. He teaches composition for the stage, film and media. Prof. Stem founded and currently directs New Dynamic Records (NDR), a label ...
What’s New: B.S. in Music/Concentration in Music Education
November 27, 2015
What’s New at IU Southeast? With the B.S. in Music/Concentration in Music Education IU Southeast offers one of the most popular and career-focused music degrees, at a fraction of the cost of similar programs in the region. When is it offered? Fall 2016 What does it look like? After fulfilling general education and core music ...
