Jacobs School of Music
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| The Jacobs School of Music | |
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1201 E 3rd Street, Merrill Hall 003 , | |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1921 |
| Dean | Gwyn Richards |
| Enrollment | Approximately 1,600 |
| Campus | Small City |
| Information | 812 855 1583 |
| Website | http://music.indiana.edu |
The Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, is a music conservatory started in 1921. Until 2005, it was known as the Indiana University School of Music. It has more than 1,600 students, approximately half of whom are undergraduates, with the second largest enrollment of all music schools as said by the National Association of Schools of Music.[1]
Notable alumni[change | change source]
- Jamey Aebersold, jazz educator
- Kenny Aronoff, drumset
- David Baker, jazz composer
- Joshua Bell, violinist
- Jonathan Biss, pianist
- Chris Botti, jazz trumpeter
- Michael Brecker, jazz saxophonist
- Carl Broemel, lead guitarist/vocalist/saxophone for My Morning Jacket
- Angela Brown, soprano
- Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
- John Clayton, jazz and classical bassist, composer and arranger
- Jeremy Denk, pianist
- Alexandra du Bois, composer
- Peter Erskine, jazz drummer and educator
- Jack Everly, conductor
- Vivica Genaux, mezzo soprano
- Tom Gullion, jazz saxophonist
- Jeff Hamilton, jazz drummer
- Jacques Israelievitch, violinist, concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony
- Booker T. Jones, songwriter, producer, frontman for Booker T. and the MGs
- Paul Katz, cellist, founding member of the Cleveland Quartet
- Sylvia McNair, soprano
- Edgar Meyer, bassist, MacArthur Fellow
- Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu, Turkish harpist
- Shawn Pelton, session drummer
- Larry Ridley, jazz bassist and music educator
- Miguel Roig-Francolí, composer and music theorist
- Leonard Slatkin, conductor
- Michael Sweeney, composer of Concert Band literature
- Gwen Thompson, violinist
- Pharez Whitted, jazz trumpet
References[change | change source]
- ↑ HEADS Data – Special Report, 2010-11, National Association of Schools of Music Note: For more than 20 years, University of North Texas College of Music enrollment has tracked closely to that of Indiana. Institutions that include Berklee, Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music are not part of the 627 NASM members. One non-NASM music school has a student enrollment larger than North Texas – Berklee.
North Texas Indiana 2006-07 1,649 1,638 2007-08 1,659 1,633 2008-09 1,608 1,554 2009-10 1,635 1,557 2010-11 1,596 1,578
Other websites[change | change source]
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