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

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

Music

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!

Music

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

Music

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

Music

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

Music

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

Music

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

Music

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

Music

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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Music alumna appointed position in Library of Congress

Music, Office of the Dean

May 23, 2017/By Camila Fernandez

Like 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...

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FIU Counter Tenor And Organist Recognized as Worlds Ahead Graduate

Music

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

Music

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

Music

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 Celebrates Successful Partnership with Knight Arts Challenge Miami

Music, Theatre, Office of the Dean, Uncategorized, Art + Art History

April 13, 2017/By FIU University Advancement

For 10 years, the Knight Arts Challenge Miami has provided funding for winning ideas that have sought to challenge and enrich our community through the arts. In 2017 alone,...

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FIU Concerto Competition Winners Featured in Orchestral Concert

Music

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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Arts Advocacy Day Winners of the FHEAN Student Arts Advocacy Award in Tallahassee, Florida

Music, Theatre, Communication, Office of the Dean

March 29, 2017/By Sunem Roque

On March 21-22, 2017, the Florida Higher Education Arts Network (FHEAN) hosted their annual spring meeting in support of Arts Advocacy Day. The semi-annual meeting is an opportunity to...

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Music Alumnus Appointed Executive Director of GMYS

Music

March 14, 2017/By Michelle Vires

One of FIU School of Music’s recent graduates, Matthew Sheary, has been appointed as executive director of the Greater Miami Youth Symphony (GMYS). He received both a Bachelor of...

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Miami Beach Urban Studios Researcher Records New Music in Spain

Music, MBUS

March 6, 2017/By Article written by Erenia Lemus-Vazquez

Miami Beach Urban Studios Composer in Residence, Orlando Jacinto Garcia, is adding a new flare to contemporary music. While on his recent visit to Carranque, Spain, Garcia recorded his new...

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Music Student Selected As World Ahead Graduate

Music

December 20, 2016/By Michelle Vires

On Tuesday, December 13, Nimia Marquez was recognized by FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg as a Worlds Ahead graduate at FIU’s 2016 fall commencement ceremony. Only 22 students received this...

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Miami International GuitART Festival Wins Knight Arts Challenge

Music

December 8, 2016/By Michelle Vires

On November 28, 2016, the FIU School of Music’s Miami International GuitART Festival (MIGF) was recognized as one of the winners of the 2016 Knight Arts Challenge during the 9th annual celebration...

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