<P> In 1942 the school staged its first full opera . Cavalleria Rusticana . That year the Metropolitan Opera Company visited IU for the first time, performing Aida, and would return again for the next 15 years, presenting two operas each visit . </P> <P> In 1982 Leonard Bernstein spent six weeks at the school to work on his final opera, A Quiet Place . In 1980, the School of Music launched a weekly radio chamber music series produced by WFIU . In its first year, the series featured student and faculty performers and was broadcast on six Indiana stations . By 1981 (and through 1984), "Music from Indiana" had achieved national syndication on American Public Radio, and in 1983, the number of stations carrying the program had jumped to 54 . </P> <P> In 2005 the school announced it had received a gift of $40.6 million from Barbara and David H. Jacobs for the school of music . (1) At the time, it was the largest single gift for a school of music at a public university and it is also the largest single gift ever given by individuals to IU . The school will use $20 million of the gift to endow graduate student fellowships and $10 million to endow undergraduate scholarships . The gift also establishes endowed faculty positions, including the Dean Charles H. Webb Chair in Music, the Henry A. Upper Chair in Music and the David H. Jacobs Chair in Music...</P> <P> In 2009, the school received a gift from the family of Leonard Bernstein that included the entire contents of Bernstein's conducting studio . (2) </P>

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