Jun 13
Summer Jazz Workshop – Closing Concert
Auer Hall
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Discover a new level of musical excellence
As a Jacobs student, you’ll have exceptional educational opportunities. You will learn from internationally renowned faculty, study in cutting-edge facilities, and have a broad range of performance opportunities.
You’ll also become part of a musical community unlike anything you’ve experienced. Collaboration is the name of the game here, with support for your growth and progress.
At the Jacobs School of Music, you’re free to unleash your creativity and encouraged to smash through limits you’ve placed on yourself. Join us and find out how amazing you can become.
Photos above: Professor Jeffery Meyer coaching a student conductor and dancers in 2024 production of The Nutcracker. Photos by Samantha Smith, 2024.
This Is Us
Explore our ongoing series—new and growing—of feature stories.
It's the people who make Jacobs great, so we'll share a new story every month or so. This month, we're highlighting Musicology Department chair Ayana Smith and the book she created based on work with students at Jacobs.
70+degrees & programs
Find your program7:1student-to-faculty ratio
Learn how to apply1,100+performances per year
Attend an eventPerform on a regular basis
At the Jacobs School of Music, performance is part of the curriculum.
No matter what academic program you choose, you’ll have numerous opportunities to enhance what you’ve learned in the classroom through performance—live, on stage.
There are more than 1,100 performances each year—and more than three dozen ensembles you can perform with, focusing on just about any type and genre of music you can think of.
Upcoming events
Jun 15
Doctoral Lecture Recital – Ubeeng Kueq, piano
Ford-Crawford Hall
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Jun 18
Summer Music Clinic – Faculty Recital
Auer Hall
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Work with passionate and committed mentors
The more than 210 faculty members in residence here include internationally celebrated performers and teachers who are dedicated to inspiring and mentoring the next generation of music and dance leaders who will further shape the cultural life of our nation.
Meet our faculty
I chose the Jacobs School of Music because to be here is simply a dream come true. To get to perform on the MAC stage, and to have professors that are world-renowned, is more than I could have ever asked for.
Kathiana Dargenson, M.M. Voice, Class of '23
Join an alumni network 16,000+ strong
After you graduate, you’ll become one of our more than 16,000 alumni working as musicians, dancers, and scholars around the world.
Wherever you go, chances are there will be a Jacob School of Music alum there ready to greet and support you.