IU Jacobs School of Music Composition Department

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IU Jacobs School of Music Composition Department Faculty:

David Dzubay
Don Freund
John Gibson
Eugene O'Brien
PQ Phan
Aaron Travers
Chi Wang

The faculty of the Jacobs School's Department of Composition is thoroughly committed to providing the best environment, stimulation, training and opportunities for young composers, acting individually as teachers and mentors and together as a department. The number of students in the department averages around fifty, split fairly evenly between graduate and undergraduate students; all receive weekly private lessons with the artist faculty. IU composition students have been outstandingly successful, winning recognition in competitions, receiving significant commissions and performances, and finding placement in the academic and professional world when they complete their studies. Our students are also quite diverse in many ways and display a high regard for the interests, ideas, and creations of their student colleagues, an attitude that is strongly supported by the philosophy and structure of the composition department.

October isn’t over yet! 🍂There are still plenty of opportunities to support our IU Composition students and faculty! Mar...
10/19/2026

October isn’t over yet! 🍂

There are still plenty of opportunities to support our IU Composition students and faculty! Mark your calendars and join us for the remaining concerts and events happening this month!

Join us TONIGHT for the IU Student Composition Recital!Hear new works by IU composers Shicheng Yang, Jiayu Wu, and Tomer...
10/13/2026

Join us TONIGHT for the IU Student Composition Recital!

Hear new works by IU composers Shicheng Yang, Jiayu Wu, and Tomer Rozen, brought to life by our student performers. Come support our composers and experience an evening of new music!

📍 Auer Concert Hall
📅 Tuesday, October 13
🕗 8:00 PM

We hope to see you there!

This Friday, join us for Guitar in Bloom: Across Time & Strings, featuring IU guitar faculty Jiji Kim and IU Composition...
09/23/2026

This Friday, join us for Guitar in Bloom: Across Time & Strings, featuring IU guitar faculty Jiji Kim and IU Composition faculty member Roger Neill, composer and conductor.

The program includes music by Pärt, Vivaldi, Björnsson, and Boccherini, alongside world premieres of works by Neill.

📅 Friday, September 25
🕗 8:00 PM
📍 Auer Hall

Join us for an evening spanning centuries of music and featuring new works from our own Composition faculty!

NME concert is FRIDAY this time! Please come to Auer Hall if in Bloomington. Otehrwise, tune in to LIVE@Live at JacobsJ...
03/12/2026

NME concert is FRIDAY this time! Please come to Auer Hall if in Bloomington. Otehrwise, tune in to LIVE@Live at Jacobs

Jieun Ok: Domino (2025, premiere)
Beomseok Yoo: Vacant Skies (2025, premiere)
Yie Eun Chun: Under Construction (2025, premiere)
Caroline KyungA Ahn: Frac-tured (2025, premiere)
David Dzubay: Prismatic Variations (2025, premiere)

03/03/2026

Spring break is right around the corner, and the New Music Ensemble is getting ready to head on tour! ✈️ From March 15–22, 18 students and 3 faculty members will be traveling to South Korea for a series of performances in Seoul.

Titled "CONNECTIONS," the tour is a global celebration featuring eight commissioned world premieres written by Jacobs students, faculty, and Korean alumni. Join us in wishing the ensemble safe travels as they bring a piece of Jacobs abroad!

See the full tour itinerary and composer list: https://blogs.iu.edu/jsomnme/southkoreatour/

The Jacobs School of Music seeks candidates for a tenure-track or tenured position in composition to join the faculty of...
01/31/2026

The Jacobs School of Music seeks candidates for a tenure-track or tenured position in composition to join the faculty of a vibrantly active and performance-focused department. Expected start date: 08/01/2026. This is an open-rank search with a "best consideration" date of February 18.

The Jacobs School of Music seeks candidates for a tenure-track or tenured position in composition to join the faculty of a vibrantly active and performance-focused department. Expected start date: 08/01/2026. Responsibilities will include (1) teaching lessons for composition students at all levels a...

04/19/2025

Gayageum & Violin Collaboration

Younje Cho (b.1990) - Vestige (2025, premiere)
Eunsun Sunny Jung, 12-String Gayageum
Sangwoo Jun (a student of Prof. Kyung Sun Lee), Violin

April 6th 2025, Ford-Crawford Hall, Indiana University Bloomington

04/19/2025

Composition/Voice Studio Collaboration - Students of Prof. Michelle DeYoung, Prof. Jane Dutton, and Prof. P.Q. Phan

Theodore Morris (b.2002) - Bones (2025, premiere)
Carson Hardigree, Soprano
Theodore Morris, Piano

April 6th 2025, Ford-Crawford Hall, Indiana University Bloomington

04/19/2025

Composition/Voice Studio Collaboration - Students of Prof. Michelle DeYoung, Prof. Jane Dutton, and Prof. P.Q. Phan

Steven Naylor (b.1999) - Rilke's Fruits (2025, premiere)
Evan Schelton, Baritone
Steven Naylor, Piano

April 6th 2025, Ford-Crawford Hall, Indiana University Bloomington

04/19/2025

Composition/Voice Studio Collaboration - Students of Prof. Michelle DeYoung, Prof. Jane Dutton, and Prof. P.Q. Phan

Sadie Clutter (b.2005) - Moon and Stars (2025, premiere)
Ambriehl McCoy-Ivy, Mezzo-Soprano
Steven Naylor, Piano

April 6th 2025, Ford-Crawford Hall, Indiana University Bloomington

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Indiana University Jacobs School Of Music, 1201 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN
47405

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