IU Receives $1M Gift for Recording Studio
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Georgina Joshi Foundation has given a $1 million gift to the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. The money will be used to provide materials and equipment for a state-of-the-art audio recording studio.
The studio will be located in the extension of the Musical Arts Center, which is under construction on the IU Bloomington campus. IU says the facility will "fill a significant void for the Jacobs School while also creating opportunities to expand capacity and curricula in the recording arts."
The studio is named after Georgina Joshi, a graduate student at the Jacobs School and an alumna of the Royal College of Music in London. It’s the latest gift from the foundation since it was formed in 2007 with the intent to provide educational and career development opportunities for young musicians and to encourage and support public performance of music.
"Fluency in audio recording and media production are essential skills for today’s musicians," said Gwyn Richards, dean of the Jacobs School of Music. "Successful musicians must not only master their talent; they must be able to share and promote that talent. Every skill gained and recording made will be a lasting tribute to Georgina Joshi and her passion. We are so very thankful to Louise and Yatish (Joshi) for making this new chapter in the Jacobs School’s history possible."
IU says the new studio will be used to foster collaborations among students and faculty across the entire campus. It will have uses not only for music students, but those looking into starting careers in film production, game design and broadcast journalism.