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
- 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)
“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:
- About the NewMusic Initiative’s unique commissioning program
- Interviews about NewMusic programs at East Carolina University:
- 2013/opera,
- the 2014 season,
- the 2015,
- Our Premiere Performances series
- Young Composers, Jacobs’ program in the public schools
- ECU’s students creating a theme song for Public Radio East
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
- Snow Pond Composers Workshop, Co-Director, 2015-2018
- Composers Conference, member, Board of Trustees, 2013-2019
- NC NewMusic Initiative, founder, director, 2000-2021
- Speculum Musicae, Administrative Director, 1993-95
- PRISM Chamber Orchestra, Executive Director, 1986-93
Ed Jacobs
eddie@edwardjacobs.org or jacobse@ecu.edu
