INNOVATE. CREATE. EXPAND HORIZONS.
The Jacobs School of Music is home to innovative artists who expand creative horizons through their entrepreneurial activity. We invite you to explore projects by faculty and students that are supported through the annual Innovation Grants, the Innovation Competition, the IU Arts & Humanities Council, and other sources. Read our 2022-23 Annual Report >
AlgoRhythms II: The World of Music and AI
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March 2025 | Explore the Future of Music and AI
After a groundbreaking and tremendously successful first conference, AlgoRhythms is back! The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, in collaboration with partners on campus, within the Bloomington community, and nationally, will be hosting AlgoRhythms II, a dynamic popup summit which will take place on a weekend in late March, 2025. This event will delve further profound impact of generative AI on the music landscape, offering an exploration, celebration, and a deep discussion on the evolving creative paradigm and our place within it.
Event Highlights:
- Panel Discussions: Thought-provoking conversations led by industry luminaries on crucial topics such as “Copyright Law in the Age of AI,” “AI Tools Empowering Artists,” “Startups in Music and AI,” and “Emerging Creativity in AI.”
- Conversations by national thinkers, startups, and legal minds in the vibrant IU/Bloomington creative ecosystem.
PROJECTS
COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANTS
The Jacobs School of Music Community Impact Grants are designed to support innovative ideas in performance or research for musicians, scholars and dancers with projects that are collaborative in nature and embedded in the Bloomington community. The 2024-2025 applications are now open! Apply before October 14th for a chance to get the support and mentorship you need to turn your innovative idea into reality. Learn more about Community Impact Grants here >
THE 2024 JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC INNOVATION COMPETITION
The JSoM OECD’s annual Innovation Competition was held on Saturday, February 3, 2024, at the Kelley School of Business. Featuring nine finalists, the jury chose Anoushka Divekar as the grand prize winner and Kathiana Dargenson as runner-up, while the remaining finalists received honorable mention awards. The competition held first an application round, before hosting a live elevator pitch round, and finally a five-minute project presentation before a jury panel including Professor Donald F. Kuratko (Kelley School of Business), Chief Executive & President of Seattle Symphony and Benaroya Hall Krishna Thiagarajan, Senior Executive Assistant Dean Travis Brown (Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering), Director of IU Corps Suzanne Allen, David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean Abra Bush (Jacobs School of Music), and graduate student Daixuan Ai (Jacobs School of Music). Find out more about the Innovation Competition here >
FUNDERS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
JSoM Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development
JSoM Rural Engagement Initiative
IU Arts & Humanities Council
IU Center for Rural Engagement
IU Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Innovation Competition
Student and Faculty Innovation Grants