Nov 02
Percussion Ensemble – Kevin Bobo and John Tafoya, directors
Auer Hall & LIVE@jacobs
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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: Rehearsal for Jacobs Live at the Movies, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos. Voice student Pelagia Pamel as "The Governess" in the 2025 production of The Turn of the Screw. Photos by Samantha Smith, 2024.

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 about them every month or so. This month, we celebrate our collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is at Lincoln Center now, but it started at the MAC!
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Find your program7:1student-to-faculty ratio
Learn how to apply1,100+performances per year
Attend an eventAt 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.

Nov 02
Percussion Ensemble – Kevin Bobo and John Tafoya, directors
Auer Hall & LIVE@jacobs
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Nov 02
Doctoral Recital – Benjamin Gittens, harpsichord
Recital Hall
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Nov 02
“A Soldier’s Tale” by Igor Stravinsky – An AI-Enhanced Animated Production
Ford-Crawford Hall
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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
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.