Jacobs School of Music

Approximately 1,600 students from all 50 U.S. states and more than 55 countries study in a conservatory atmosphere amidst the academic resources of a major research university. Approximately half of the school's students are undergraduates, with the second-largest enrollment of all music schools accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.

• Name — Jacobs School of Music • Type — Public • Head Label — Dean • Head — Abra K. Bush • Address — 1201 East Third Street • City — Bloomington • State — Indiana • Campus — Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. • Enrollment — More than 1,500 • Faculty — 250 • Website — https: music.indiana.edu/ The Jacobs School of Music is the music school of Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana. Established in 1921, the school was known as the Indiana University School of Music until 2005, when it became the Jacobs School. The school offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in performance (classical, jazz, voice, ballet, contemporary dance, theatre), music business, music education, musicology, music theory, composition, and technology (audio engineering, music production, scoring). Approximately 1,600 students from all 50 U.S. states and more than 55 countries study in a conservatory atmosphere amidst the academic resources of a major research university. Approximately half of the school's students are undergraduates, with the second-largest enrollment of all music schools accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.

In 1910, Charles D. Campbell was appointed professor of music and head of the new Department of Music at Indiana University. Barzille Winfred Merrill succeeded Campbell in 1919, and the Department of Music was officially renamed to the School of Music in 1921. In 1948, IU Opera Theater began with Jacques Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann. The Latin American Music Center was founded in 1961, followed by the Jazz Studies Department in 1968, by David N. Baker, and the Historical Performance Institute in 1980, by Thomas Binkley. In 2005, the school was renamed the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music following a donation from Barbara B. and David H. Jacobs. In 2009, the school received a gift from the family of Leonard Bernstein that included the entire contents of Bernstein's conducting studio.

Admission to the Jacobs School of Music is contingent on a live or recorded audition, a formal application, admission to Indiana University itself, and sometimes a recorded prescreen tape. The overall acceptance rate is generally about 25 percent for undergraduate students and about 30 percent for graduate students. However, acceptance rates vary greatly between programs. Each freshman class contains about 200 new students. The class of 2030 is the largest freshman class in the school's history so far.

The school contains six bands, five jazz bands, eight orchestras, seven choral ensembles, as well as a myriad of other large and small ensembles (Percussion Ensemble, Latin American Ensemble, Jazz Combos, etc.). Between all ensembles, the Jacobs School of Music holds more than 1,100 performances a year. The school is also home to two contemporary music ensembles: the New Music Ensemble, founded by former professor Frederick A. Fox in 1975, and currently directed by David Dzubay, and NOTUS, a 24-voice choir that specializes in contemporary choral repertoire and especially the works of living composers. Directed by Dominick DiOrio, the ensemble frequently premieres works by students, faculty, and emerging professional composers and frequently tours nationally.

The opera program at the Jacobs School has presented more than 500 productions since it began in 1948. Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater currently produces five operas and one musical each year. It frequently performs classics by composers such as Donizetti, Mozart, Puccini, and Verdi, and also Baroque operas by Handel as well as contemporary works by Mason Bates, Jonathan Dove, and Jake Heggie, among others.

The school offers Bachelor of Music (B.M.), Bachelor of Music Education (B.M.E.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Music (M.M.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Doctor of Music (D.M.) degrees. Jacobs also awards a Performer's Certificate or Artist's Diploma. The school offers degrees in Historical Performance, and it is possible for students to enroll in a unique degree program available at Indiana University known as the Bachelor of Science in an Outside Field (B.S.O.F.) in some select areas of study.

• Illustration — Musical Arts Center The Musical Arts Center was designed by architect Evans Woollen III and completed in 1972. It is an example of Brutalist architecture. The facility is equipped with European-style seating for 1,460 and space for a 100-piece orchestra, as well as studios, classrooms, and rehearsal studios for opera and ballet. • Illustration — Auer Hall

Located on the second floor of the Simon Music Center, Auer Hall was made possible by a $1 million gift from Ione B. Auer. The 400-seat auditorium is home to the Maidee H. and Jackson A. Seward Organ, also known as C. B. Fisk, Op. 135. The instrument has nearly 4,000 pipes, and was realized through a gift from the Sewards.

This 100-seat auditorium was funded by a gift from Richard E. Ford.

The recital hall, which is seven decades old and seats 500, has hosted many world-famous musicians.

This building contains a dedicated rehearsal space for the Marching Hundred, plus two additional rehearsal rooms.

Seating 275 guests, this small amphitheater holds performances from many departments of the Jacobs School of Music as well as performances from visiting guests and artists.

While not a permanent residence of the school, the Jacobs School of Music regularly performs in this 3,200 seat auditorium.

Located in the Indiana Memorial Union, this venue is commonly used for organ concerts and recitals thanks to its substantial 2,838 pipe organ (C. B. Fisk, Op. 91) which was relocated from Jacques M. Littlefield estate in 2012.

The building was completed in August 2013. It's a practice and studio building which is home to admissions and faculty offices as well as the percussion department.

The Simon Music Center opened in 1995. The William and Gayle Cook Music Library is located there. • Illustration — Classroom in Music Addition

The Music Addition contains many practice rooms as well as rehearsal spaces for both large and small ensembles.

Merrill Hall contains mostly instructional and administrative offices. The Ford-Crawford Hall is located in Merrill Hall.

The Musical Arts Center Addition contains multiple large rehearsal and recording facilities.