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 »
Jacobs School of Music alumna Anne Hiatt is the co-founder and general director of the international organization Opera on Tap, which has the mission of bringing opera to new audiences by taking it to places where people least expect. She is the executive producer of the world’s first VR opera, The Parksville Murders, which won… Read more »
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 »
“So many students have come up to me to express how gratifying and validating it is to have a space which recognizes their interests and which allows them to meet and hang out with other people who are passionate about similar things.” -Michael Klinberg With their concert coming up on Saturday, we thought this week… Read more »
We are thrilled to announce that our Entrepreneurs of the Month for February 2023 are the winners of the 10th Annual Jacobs School of Music Innovation Competition. The OECD has been bustling with activities the past few weeks in preparation for our big event which took place last Saturday, February 4. With a record number… Read more »
This past Saturday, February 5, the Project Jumpstart team hosted the 9th annual Innovation Competition in partnership with the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Kelley School of Business. Learn about these amazing projects! THE WINNERS Walker Smith MAESTRO MOLECULES – 1st Place, $3,000 What does a molecule sound like? While this may seem… Read more »
On Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Jacobs School of Music By Kyle Adams Republished here by permission of The Ryder Magazine. Editors Note: This article reflects a collaborative spirit through input from several colleagues on the Diversity and Equity Committee which includes Frank Diaz (Music Education), Sarah Wroth (Ballet), Connie Glen (Music in General Studies),… Read more »
The Jacobs School of Music is pleased to host a residency by nationally recognized ensemble, New Morse Code, from October 24-November 7. Update: Read their Entrepreneur of the Month Interview > As Grand Prize Winners of the Ariel Avant Impact Performance Prize, the duo – Hannah Collins, cello, and Michael Compitello, percussion – will join… Read more »
A jazz trumpet player whose visionary debut EP showcases the power of ambition, collaboration, and creative problem-solving. Project Jumpstart’s Entrepreneur of the Month for June 2021 is emerging jazz trumpet player and recent Jacobs graduate Sammy Haig. When the COVID-19 pandemic shut the door on Sammy’s capstone senior recital, he pivoted in a new direction,… Read more »
Three string quartets at different stages of their careers talk creativity, collaboration, and the changing world of music. DIOR QUARTET The Dior Quartet – Noa Sarid and Tobias Elser (violin), Caleb Georges (viola), and Joanne Yesol Choi (cello) – formed in Fall 2018 at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Within eight months of… Read more »