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 »
2023 Innovation Grants
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 »
The Embodiment of African American Art Song Begins Rehearsals
Eliana Barwinski and her team are well on their way to a performance of African American Art Song. Joined my IU’s Baba Stafford C. Berry Jr. as well as choreographers, dancers, and musicians, Eliana hopes to display the final project on April 15th, 2023 at the 49th Annual Spring Concert taking place at the Buskirk-Chumley… Read more »
Conserve Bloomington Encourages Environmental Action Through Music
Senior Aislin Carpenter is a musician on a mission. Carpenter’s grant-winning project, Conserve Bloomington, aims to raise awareness for environmental action in Bloomington through music. In Carpenter’s eyes, this project has three main goals: …to inspire audiences to create actionable goals for local environmental improvement. The project aims to reframe the swaths of overwhelming scientific… Read more »
Music in Games Society Levels Up
Listen to a podcast about Michael’s project The Music in Games Society (MGS) “is designed to create an interdisciplinary platform for students and faculty to express their interests for game sound and game design”. Founded and run by Michael Klinberg, a Masters student in Music Education, this on-campus IU group has exploded in popularity garnering… Read more »
MusiCol Abilities Project Facilitates Music for All
The MusiCol Ability Project is a community outreach program headed by professor of music education, Dr. Amanda Draper. The goals of this project include establishing a space for children with disabilities to interact with creative music making and cultivate ability-oriented experiences and collaborations that reduce stigmas and ableist beliefs associated with people with disabilities. Additionally,… Read more »