FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce Jacobs in LA, a dynamic new initiative of its Music Scoring for Visual Media program that will launch in spring 2024.
Jacobs in LA will enable eligible Jacobs School of Music students to reside in Los Angeles, where they will finalize their capstone project course requirements, participate in an internship and network within the profession.
The Jacobs School anticipates that within two years, audio engineering students will also be able to take advantage of this opportunity as well as other new degree programs in process, further increasing the number of students the school will host in Los Angeles by 2030.
“We are thrilled to launch Jacobs in LA in these early years of our second century as the preeminent school for the study of music,” said Abra Bush, David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean. “Across the globe, our students engage in and define new careers in traditional classical music as well as commercial music, music business, film scoring, music production, audio engineering and more.
“The new LA residency program is a way to realize and fully engage an established network of industry professionals, many of whom are Jacobs alumni, and a way to catapult our students into the highest level of the profession.”
Offering more than 1,100 performances annually, including five operas, one musical and three ballets, the IU Jacobs School of Music plays a leading role in educating musicians, dancers, scholars, composers, music educators and audio engineers around the globe.
At Jacobs, approximately 1,600 students from all 50 states and over 55 countries study in a conservatory atmosphere—amidst the academic resources of a major research university—with more than 170 full-time faculty members who are among the finest performers, scholars, composers and educators today.