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Marc M. Jacoby
Assistant Professor / Technology Specialist - Music Education

Room 224, Swope Music Building
Phone: 610-738-0539
mjacoby@wcupa.edu
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Curriculum Vitae

Education

B.M.Ed. Berklee College of Music;
M.M. Jazz Studies, New Englalnd Conservatory;
M.M. Music Technology, Northwestern University;
Ph.D. Music Education/Technology, Northwestern University

Before joining the faculty at WCU, Marc Jacoby was an Associate Professor of Music at the VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, IL. As Technology Coordinator at VanderCook, he was responsible for all academic and administrative computers and networks, managing the college’s web site, and developing instructional technology materials with the faculty.

While in Chicago, he co-founded the Dos Claves Orquesta, a Latin-Jazz big band and workshop for Chicago area youth. The ensemble has performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival, Illinois Music Educator’s Association Conference, Hot House’s Jazz en Clave Festival, Chicago Historical Society, Harold Washington Cultural Center, and school jazz festivals around the region.

Dr. Jacoby has instructed and arranged pit percussion music for many of the top Drum and Bugle Corps including the Madison Scouts, Blue Devils, Crossmen, Garfield Cadets, and Glassmen. Mark Wessels Publications recently released an audio CD of his arrangements for percussion ensemble that accompany the book, A Fresh Approach to Mallet Percussion.

Dr. Jacoby also runs Roxmedia, Inc., an educational multimedia development company. In addition to releasing their own educational CD-ROM titles, they have developed instructional software for Yamaha, PlayinTime Productions, Rowloff Productions, and Mark Wessels Publications.

Dr. Jacoby is an Apple Authorized Trainer, an artist/clinician for the Yamaha Corporation and Vic Firth, Inc., a Sibelius Ambassador/Trainer, an M-Audio M-Powered Educator, and is on the Educational Advisory Committee for Latin Percussion, Inc. He is an active performer and clinician and has presented at the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic, Music Educator’s National Conference, Association for Technology in Music Instruction, TI:ME national and regional conferences, Winter Guard International, Drum Corps International, and many state teachers conventions.

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