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12 IUMUSIC SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL Jacobs School of Music alumni and others in the Chicago area will get a rare chance to enjoy the Indiana University Summer Music Festival Orchestra, conducted by Michael Stern and featuring faculty violinist Joshua Bell, in their own back yard this coming July. e orchestra will perform the Joshua Bell IU Centennial Concert at Ravinia’s Pavilion on Saturday, July 2, 2011, at 7:30pm. e concert is part of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the IU Department of Music. Alumnus Bell will be the soloist for Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46, with violinist Jorja Fleezanis, Henry A. Upper Chair in Orchestral Bell to Join Festival Orchestra in Bloomington and Ravinia Studies, serving as concertmaster. e program will also include Dukas’s e Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Stravinsky’s Suite from e Firebird (1919), and Ives’ Variations on America (arranged by Schuman). e concert will follow the group’s perfor- mance of the same repertoire in Bloomington at the IU Auditorium on July 1 as part of the annual IU Summer Music Festival. Considered one of the finest ensembles in the region, the Festival Orchestra’s musicians include distinguished faculty members, guests from major symphony orchestras, and students at the Jacobs School of Music. Visit ravinia.org or music.indiana.edu/summer for more information. 2011 IU SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL A selection of upcoming events during the Jacobs School’s annual summer series. JUNE 21 | Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello 22 & 23 | Menahem Pressler and Friends Menahem Pressler, piano; Alexander Kerr, violin; Diemut Poppen, viola; Desmond Hobig, cello 25 | Festival Chamber Players Mihaela Martin, violin; Chih-Yi Chen, piano 26 | Penderecki Quartet with Jeannette Koekkoek, piano 27 | Gregory Sioles, piano 28 & 30 | Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio Yael Weiss, piano; Mark Kaplan, violin; Clancy Newman, cello JULY 1 | Festival Orchestra Michael Stern, Conductor | Joshua Bell, violin 3 | Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio 3 | Read Gainsford, piano 5 | Time for Three 6 | Cecilia Quartet 7 | Tai Murray, violin; Gilles Vonsattel, piano 8 | Afiara and Cecilia Quartets 9 | Festival Chamber Players 10 | Afiara Quartet and Atar Arad, viola 12 | Festival Chamber Players 13, 20, 27 | Summer Band 13 | Symphony Orchestra Cliff Colnot, Conductor 21 | Festival Orchestra Bramwell Tovey, Conductor AUGUST 5 | Festival Orchestra Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor 10 | Symphony Orchestra Cliff Colnot, Conductor Visit music.indiana.edu/summer for complete information and updates. Michael Stern conducts the Festival Orchestra. Joshua Bell, photo by Timothy White
