In Pictures: Miami International GuitART Festival 2019
Music(Photo: Feb. 22, 2019: FIU Composer Federico Bonacossa performs the Bichord Drone after explaining the story behind its 3D design from the MONAD Studio.) In its fourth year, the...
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From Studio to Stage: FIU Opera Theater brings Zarzuela to Life
MusicFor the first time, the FIU Opera Theater produced a fully-staged zarzuela at FIU on March 1 and 2: Doña Francisquita. It is based on Lope de Vega’s play...
Michael Orta Benefit Concert on April 26 to Honor Longtime Jazz Piano Professor, to Endow New Scholarship
MusicThe FIU School of Music is partnering with the Miami Jazz Cooperative to present a concert at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center on Friday, April 26, 2019 at 8...
Eight voice students win first prize in NATS Competition
Music(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...
Music education alumnus Oliver Diez named Teacher of the Year
MusicOriginally 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...
Alumnus Darwin Aquino Returns to FIU for World Premiere
Music“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...
Concerto Competition Winners To Take Center Stage, Earn Full Scholarship
Music(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...
Performance To Honor Victims in Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
MusicOn 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...
FIU Music Festival brings world-renowned musicians to Miami, creates opportunities for students
MusicThis 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...
FIU School of Music welcomes new faculty for 2018-19
MusicThe 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...
Music Alumnus Carlos Rafael Rivera Scores for Netflix Series “Godless”
MusicComposition 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...
Crossing Boundaries with Alan Dershowitz and Amernet String Quartet
MusicOn 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...
2018 FIU Concerto Competition Winners Announced!
MusicEvery 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...
A Recorder For Every Child
MusicAll 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,...
FIU Music Festival Returns November 3-18 with Top Artists To Benefit Relief Efforts
MusicOn 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...
Shaking Things Up With FIU’s New Orchestra Director – An Interview with Javier Jose Mendoza
MusicThis 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...
FIU School of Music Announces 2017-18 Season
MusicUpdate 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...
New Recordings of Handel Released on Toccata Classics
MusicPhoto 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...
Music Graduate Awarded Prestigious Cota-Robles Doctoral Fellowship at UCLA
MusicRecent 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...
Music alumna appointed position in Library of Congress
Music, Office of the DeanLike many other Cuban immigrants, music alumna Eva Reyes Cisnero, ‘11 moved to South Florida with little resource and knowledge of the English language in pursuit of a better...