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EDWARD JACOBS

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Education

Columbia University, NY, NY

D.M.A., Music Composition (1993)

University of California, Berkeley

M.A., Music Composition (1986)

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

B.A., Music/Composition (1984)

Composition Studies

Columbia University: Martin Boykan, Chou Wen-Chung, Mario Davidovsky, George Edwards

University of California, Berkeley: Andrew Imbrie, Olly Wilson, Gerard Grisey

University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Jeff Holmes, Sal Macchia, Robert Stern, Fred Tillis

Conducting Studies

Michael Senturia (at University of California, Berkeley)
George Rothman (at Columbia University)

Saxophone Studies

George Cordeiro, George Garzone, Lynn Klock

Awards & Honors (selected)
  • Guggenheim Fellowship (2018)
  • East Carolina University College of Fine Arts & Communication Research/Creative Activity Grant (2018)
  • Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music, East Carolina University School of Music (2014-pres.)
  • Guest Composer, Composers Conference (2015)
  • Charles Ives Fellowship, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (2005)
  • East Carolina University Scholar-Teacher Award (2004)
  • East Carolina University Research/Creative Activity Grant (2001)
  • East Carolina University Research/Creative Activity Grant (1999)
  • Utah Composers Guild Composition Competition, Orchestra Category 2nd prize (1994)
  • Nominee, Annual Award in Music, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (2017, 2002, 1994, 1988)
  • Dr. Boris and Eda Rapaport Prize in Composition, Columbia University (1992)
  • President’s Fellowship, Columbia University (1991)
  • Dr. Boris and Eda Rapaport Prize in Composition, Columbia University (1990)
  • Fellow, Wellesley Composer’s Conference (1989)
  • First Prize, Nicola DiLorenzo Prize in Composition, University of California (1986)
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of California (1986)
  • Second Prize, Nicola DiLorenzo Prize in Composition, University of California (1985)
  • Chancellor’s Award, University of Massachusetts (1983)
Music
Hear & browse some music
Articles, other media

“Elements of a Style,” Current Musicology, Issue No. 67-68, New York, Columbia University, fall, 1999.

“Imagine That,” Composition Studies, Issue 43.2, Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati, Fall, 2015.

Media related to teaching activities at East Carolina University:

Teaching Experience

1998-2024: School of Music, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

2014 – 2024: Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music
2009 – : Professor of Music
2002 – 2009: Associate Professor of Music
1998 – 2002: Assistant Professor of Music

Composition, Electronic Music, Orchestration, Music Theory, Musicianship, Advanced Analysis, Music of Modern & Post-Modern Eras, Founding Director of North Carolina NewMusic Initiative

2015-18 : Snow Pond Composers Workshop; Co-Director (with Rick Nelson)

1995-98: Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN.  Assistant Professor of Music

Other Positions
Contact Information

Ed Jacobs
eddie@edwardjacobs.org or jacobse@ecu.edu