Contact Information

Jacobs School of Music
200 S. Eagleson Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47405-2200
(812) 856-5286

Administrative Officers

ABRA BUSH, Dean
BRENDA BRENNER, Executive Associate Dean
AYANA SMITH, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, Research, and Creative Activity
RYAN KELLY, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Student Success
SCOTT JORAANSTAD, Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration
THOMAS KERNAN, Associate Dean, Artistic Operations
DAVID CARTLEDGE, Director, Graduate Studies
KYLE ADAMS, Director, Undergraduate Studies
PHILIP PONELLA, Chief Administrative Officer 

Departmental Chairpersons

  • BAND, Donald McKinney
  • BRASS, Joey Tartell
  • CHAMBER AND COLLABORATIVE MUSIC, Anne Epperson and Kevin Murphy (co-chair)
  • CHORAL CONDUCTING, Dominick DiOrio
  • COMPOSITION, Aaron Travers
  • DANCE, Sarah Wroth
  • GUITAR, Petar Jankovic
  • HARP, Elzbieta Szmyt
  • HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE, Dana Marsh
  • JAZZ STUDIES, Thomas Walsh
  • MUSIC EDUCATION, Lauren Richerme
  • MUSIC INDUSTRY, Ryan Kelly (interim)
  • MUSIC IN GENERAL STUDIES, Constance Cook Glen
  • MUSIC THEORY, Noriko Manabe 
  • MUSICAL THEATRE: Richard Roland
  • MUSICOLOGY, Jennifer Saltzstein
  • ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING, Arthur Fagen and Jeffery Meyer (co-chairs)
  • ORGAN, Janette Fishell
  • PERCUSSION, Joseph Gramley
  • PIANO, Spencer Myer
  • STRINGS, Simin Ganatra
  • VOICE, Brian Horne
  • WOODWINDS, Joey Tartell

Administrative Offices

  • ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID, Espen Jensen, Director
  • CENTER FOR ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER MUSIC, John Gibson, Director
  • CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF MUSIC THEORY AND LITERATURE, Massimo Ossi, Director
  • CHORAL ENSEMBLES, Gabby Graves, Administrative Director
  • COMMUNICATIONS, Chris Mills, Director
  • CONTEMPORARY DANCE, Liz Shea, Director
  • DEVELOPMENT, Allison Gehl Hightower, Executive Director
  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT, Alain Barker, Director
  • HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE, Dana Marsh, Director
  • HUMAN RESOURCES, Joyce Leonard, Director
  • JACOBS ACADEMY, Mandy Smith, Director
  • LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC CENTER, Javier León, Director
  • OPERA AND BALLET THEATER
    • Thomas Kernan, General Director of the Opera and Ballet Theatre
    • Catherine Compton, Managing Director of the Opera and Ballet Theatre
    • Catie Sneath, Musical Arts Center Director of Production
    • Kevin Murphy, Director of Opera Coaching and Music Administration
    • Michael Shell, Resident Stage Director
    • Arthur Fagen, Resident Opera Conductor
    • Lisa Hasson, Director of Opera Choruses
  • ORCHESTRAS AND INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES, Vincent Carbone, Managing Director
  • WELLNESS AND ARTS HEALTH INITIATIVES, Frank Diaz, Coordinator
  • WILLIAM AND GAYLE COOK MUSIC LIBRARY, Philip Ponella, Director

Academic Bulletins

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Previous Bulletins

Students are ordinarily subject to the curricular requirements outlined in the Bulletin in effect at the start of their current degree. See below for links to previous Bulletins.