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Media Relations

IU Summer Music Festival to begin Sunday (June 18)

Rich with a fine array of standout musicians and showcase events, IU's annual Summer Music Festival at the Jacobs School of Music will begin Sunday (June 18). This year's festival will feature violinist Joshua Bell with the IU Festival Orchestra; the debut of the IU Summer Music Festival Jazz Orchestra; the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra; concerts by the Beaux Arts Trio, American Chamber Players, Penderecki Quartet and Sequenza Trio; world-renowned conductors Michael Stern and Leonard Slatkin; Gilbert and Sullivan's exotic opera The Mikado; and much more.

To learn more about the festival, visit the official Web page at http://music.indiana.edu/summer.

For an online photo gallery, go to http://music.indiana.edu/publicity/summer_fest/2006/photoshow/01.html.

Here are some easy links to some of this year's major events.

• Chamber Music Series, starting June 18 with the American Chamber Players.
• Festival Orchestra Series, with Joshua Bell, June 29.
• Jazz Concerts, with the debut of the Festival Jazz Orchestra, June 30.
• IU Opera Theater production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado .
• Free concerts, including outdoor band concerts in July.
• Tickets: Buy a Festival Pass and save almost 50 percent.

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