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Nov/Dec Entrepreneur of the Month: Innovation at the JSoM, Part 2!

Posted December 18, 2020 by Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development

Our final feature of the year spotlights a few of the innovative and creative adaptations made by Jacobs faculty, staff, and students in response to this new and crazy world of 2020. This is a three-part series, just a glimpse of the many ways that members of our community have channeled inspiration, resilience, and determination to… Read more »

Entrepreneur of the Month: Tucker Brothers

Posted September 25, 2019 by Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development

An innovative, genre-bending ensemble based in Indianapolis. Project Jumpstart’s theme for September is “Innovation in Improvisation” – and there’s no band more fitting for this theme than the Tucker Brothers, a forward-thinking contemporary jazz group based in Indianapolis, IN. The Tucker Brothers Group is composed of four musicians: Joel Tucker (guitar), Nick Tucker (bass), Sean… Read more »

Steve Houghton: February Entrepreneur of the Month

Posted February 28, 2017 by Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development

Steve Houghton: Jazz Drummer, Author, Entrepreneur and Educator This month, Project Jumpstart interviews Steve Houghton, Jacobs School professor, jazz drummer, author, and innovator! Always developing new projects, Professor Houghton has recently released three new albums: A Beautiful Friendship (Steve Houghton Trio), Brother to Brother (AHA Trio), and Driftin’ (Steve Houghton, Steve Allee, Rusty Burge, and Jeremy… Read more »

Jazz Innovators: April Entrepreneurs of the Month

Posted April 21, 2016 by Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development

JAZZ CELEBRATION: Young Jazz Alumni and Their Innovative Careers Congratulations to Rahsaan Barber, Benny Reid, Ashley Summers, Michael Burton, Zach Lupidus, Matt Mitchell, Josh Johnson, and Lance Tolbert! In honor of the 2016 Jazz Celebration, Project Jumpstart features eight young Jacobs jazz alumni as our April Entrepreneurs of the Month. Aside from being remarkable musicians… Read more »

Chris Botti: August Entrepreneur of the Month

Posted August 13, 2015 by Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development

Chris Botti: On Pursuing a Career in the 21st Century The phenomenally successful and deeply soulful trumpeter Chris Botti is Project Jumpstart’s Entrepreneur of the Month for August. Chris recently spent time talking with Project Jumpstart about his life as a student in the Jacobs School of Music, early career moves, and what it takes… Read more »

Sara Caswell: November Entrepreneur of the Month

Posted November 13, 2014 by Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development

Multi-stylistic Violinist, Versatile Instructor, Arts Advocate, and Bloomingtonian! Critically acclaimed violinist and Jacobs alumna Sara Caswell is defining what it means to be a multi-stylistic musician. Her solo and ensemble performing have led her around the world—from university concert halls, to jazz clubs, bluegrass gatherings, and everything in between. Her teaching includes equally varied arenas… Read more »

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