The Office of Entrepreneurship & Career Development is thrilled to welcome the 2024-2025 student leadership team, as we prepare for the Fall semester. This highly accomplished group will assist us as we continue to expand our support for the IU Jacobs School of Music community. Please join us in welcoming Jamey Guzman, Katie Nam, Audrey… Read more »
Entrepreneurs of the Month: John Gibson, Chi Wang, and the Center for Electronic and Computer Music
With the focus on music and technology this week in the runup to the AlgoRhythms popup summit, we are thrilled to talk with Professor John Gibson, director of the Jacobs School of Music’s Center for Electronic and Computer Music (CECM) about its origins and how the world of AI will impact its creative operations. The… Read more »
Entrepreneur of the Month KRISHNA THIAGARAJAN, CEO of the Seattle Symphony
Jacobs School of Music alumnus Krishna Thiagarajan is president and CEO of the Seattle Symphony and Benaroya Hall. Thiagarajan spent time in Bloomington in early February to judge the annual JSoM Innovation Competition and to reconnect to his alma mater. While here, he sat down to talk about his musical roots, the world of music,… Read more »
Students Excel in the 2024 Jacobs School of Music Innovation Competition
This past Saturday, February 3, the OECD hosted the annual Jacobs School of Music Innovation Competition in partnership with the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Kelley School of Business. We’re thrilled to announce that the winner, receiving $6,000, was doctoral clarinet student Anoushka Divekar who presented her project Clarinet Chronicles that enriches… Read more »
Introducing MUSIC INNOVATION HOUR
You’re intived to join innovators and entrepreneurs to discuss emerging trends in the music profession/industry and to network. Innovation Hour is a collaboration between the IU Jacobs School of Music and IU Innovates – and is open to all who want to know more about Bloomington’s music scene! SCHEDULE, SPRING 2024 We meet from… Read more »
GameTunes Unleashed: Videri String Quartet Residency
The Videri String Quartet Gaming Residency is an exciting collaboration between the Music and Games Society and the nationally renowned Videri String Quartet, a professional string quartet at the crossroads of video game music and classical repertoire. Throughout this residency Videri will be providing their expert knowledge and phenomenal artistry through a variety of events… Read more »
Jacobs School of Music Announces Winners of Annual Innovation Grants
The Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development is pleased to announce winners of the 2023 Innovation Grant Competition, an initiative that supports and showcases creative work by faculty and students in the Jacobs School of Music. Each in their own way are collaborative in nature and build a sense of community within the creative world… Read more »
Entrepreneur of the Month: Alex Berko
With a career that expands by the day across the US, Jacobs School of Music alumnus Alex Berko is our October entrepreneur of the Month. His work, “You Through Me”, was featured last week by the Jacobs School’s NOTUS Contemporary New Music Ensemble. Alex is an artist-leader in the Louisville Orchestra Creator initiative, “developing meaningful… Read more »
Announcing the IU Ventures Fellowship for a JSoM student
JSoM Graduate Students! Do you have a knack for finance? An eye for entrepreneurship? A desire to use your talents beyond the practice room? The Jacobs School of Music is making it possible for one lucky graduate student to participate in the IU Ventures Fellows program next year. This is a 12-month program (5-10 hours… Read more »
Conserve Bloomington: A Concert of New Music with Art Exhibit and Reception
Melding art and music, Bloomington audiences are invited to experience a free public concert featuring the premier of three new compositions by IU Jacobs School of Music students that include environmental sounds along with narration and photography. The performances are part of the opening of a new art exhibit sponsored by Artists for Climate Awareness… Read more »