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Eight voice students win first prize in NATS Competition

February 18, 2019/By Michelle Vires

(Pictured L – R: Rachal Solomon, Orianna Gutierrez, Noelia Lee Luna, Erika Vasallo, Dr. Vindhya Khare (FIU Coordinator of Vocal Studies), Scott Bracken-Tripp (Adjunct Instructor of Voice), Gabriella Villalobos, Ethan Soledad, Catherine Magarino, Adam Levine) Eight...

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Music education alumnus Oliver Diez named Teacher of the Year

February 1, 2019/By Michelle Vires

Originally posted by Patricia Cárdenas, FIU News In 1999, Oliver Diez ’99, MM ’16 interviewed for the position of music teacher at Palmetto Elementary School — straight out of college. He was...

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Alumnus Darwin Aquino Returns to FIU for World Premiere

January 28, 2019/By Michelle Vires

“My music emerges from the heart of Caribbean rhythms and chants. We are a creative mixture of cultures – an explosion of sounds, colors, and imagination. It has always been my...

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Concerto Competition Winners To Take Center Stage, Earn Full Scholarship

November 29, 2018/By Michelle Vires

(Pictured: FIU Concerto Competition Collegiate Winners, L to R: Vanessa Gentzchein and Alejandro Viera) Since 1996, music students have competed for the chance to perform as a soloist with...

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Performance To Honor Victims in Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

October 30, 2018/By Michelle Vires

On November 1, the Amernet String Quartet, FIU’s Artist-in-Residence Ensemble, will hold a moment of silence and dedicate their “FIU Meets Juilliard: Amernet & Kalichstein” concert to the victims...

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FIU Music Festival brings world-renowned musicians to Miami, creates opportunities for students

October 17, 2018/By Michelle Vires

This October 26 – November 10, the FIU School of Music will welcome over 50 high caliber guest artists from top universities and ensembles from the United States and...

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FIU School of Music welcomes new faculty for 2018-19

August 16, 2018/By Michelle Vires

The FIU School of Music is pleased to announce two additions and two promotions to the faculty this fall. Jacob Berglin, Instructor Jacob Berglin joined the music education faculty...

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Music Alumnus Carlos Rafael Rivera Scores for Netflix Series “Godless”

June 26, 2018/By Michelle Vires

Composition alumnus Carlos Rafael Rivera (BM ’96) is a commissioned and award-winning composer whose career has spanned several genres of the music industry. Known for his original score of the...

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Crossing Boundaries with Alan Dershowitz and Amernet String Quartet

January 26, 2018/By Michelle Vires

On January 23, Florida international University School of Music welcomed world-renowned Professor Emeritus of Law at Harvard University, Alan Dershowitz, and members of the Amernet String Quartet, FIU’s celebrated...

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2018 FIU Concerto Competition Winners Announced!

January 24, 2018/By Michelle Vires

Every year the FIU School of Music sponsors the Concerto Competition, providing an opportunity for students to perform a concerto or similar work with the FIU Symphony Orchestra during its...

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A Recorder For Every Child

December 14, 2017/By Michelle Vires

All across America, students in elementary school are given a recorder to develop music literacy at an early age. As a simple, inexpensive instrument that children usually enjoy playing,...

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FIU Music Festival Returns November 3-18 with Top Artists To Benefit Relief Efforts

October 17, 2017/By Michelle Vires

On November 3 – 18, 2017, the FIU Music Festival will take Miami by storm with a star studded line up of Classical, Early Music, Jazz, and Latin Jazz...

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Shaking Things Up With FIU’s New Orchestra Director – An Interview with Javier Jose Mendoza

September 5, 2017/By Michelle Vires

This season, Javier Jose Mendoza will step onto the podium as the first Mexican-American conductor of FIU’s largest music ensemble, the FIU Symphony Orchestra, with plans to give it...

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FIU School of Music Announces 2017-18 Season

September 1, 2017/By Michelle Vires

Update 9/18/17: Please check music.fiu.edu/concerts for our list of rescheduled and/or cancelled concerts due to Hurricane Irma. Please note that our October 6th season kick off at the Wertheim...

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New Recordings of Handel Released on Toccata Classics

June 16, 2017/By Michelle Vires

Photo Credit: Teresa Michelangeli; Pictured L-R/T-B: Brad Michel, Robert Crowe, David Dolata, Juvenal Correa-Salas, Peter McGrath, and Victor Coelho FIU Professor of Musicology David Dolata and his early music...

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Music Graduate Awarded Prestigious Cota-Robles Doctoral Fellowship at UCLA

June 2, 2017/By Michelle Vires

Recent School of Music graduate, Marcus Norris (17’), has been awarded the prestigious Eugene Cota-Robles (ECR) Fellowship at UCLA where he will receive a full scholarship and a $100,000 fellowship...

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FIU Counter Tenor And Organist Recognized as Worlds Ahead Graduate

May 11, 2017/By Jennifer Lacayo

Humming “Once Upon a Dream” from Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty,” Edgar Sanfeliz-Botta took a short break between orders at the busy McDonald’s drive thru on Sunset Drive. Meanwhile, Roberta David,...

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FIU Opera Theater Stages Opera Buffa Il Matrimonio Segreto

April 27, 2017/By Michelle Vires

Premiered in Vienna in 1792, Domenico Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio segreto (The Secret Marriage) became one of the most popular 18th century comic operas, having allegedly received the longest encore...

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Alumnus Leads FIU Winterguard To Victory At 2017 Winter Guard International Championship

April 14, 2017/By Michelle Vires

Proud Golden Panther Enrique Perez (’11) led the FIU Winter Guard to victory for the first time in its history, beating out 62 other teams competing for the coveted...

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FIU Concerto Competition Winners Featured in Orchestral Concert

April 3, 2017/By Michelle Vires

The FIU Symphony Orchestra and the Miami Music Project orchestras, conducted by Raffaele Livio Ponti, performed on March 26 with the FIU Concerto Competition winners, pianist Monika Miodragovic and...

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