Samuel Jacobs
Piano
Samuel (Sam) Jacobs joined the piano faculty of the New Mexico School of Music in August, 2008. As a performer, he has been heard in such esteemed venues as Symphony Hall in Boston, MA, and as diverse as the Paisiello Academy in Lucera, Italy, and Rando Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada. His principal teachers have been Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Emanuela Friscioni, Peter Takacs, and Jonathan Bass. Mr. Jacobs has also participated in competitions, master classes, and festivals in the United States and Europe, in which he has been influenced by the pedagogy of such piano teachers as Jerome Lowenthal, Boris Slutsky, and Ursula Oppens. Degrees include a Master’s from the Cleveland Institute of Music (OH) in 2008, and a Bachelor’s from the Oberlin Conservatory (OH) in 2006. Mr. Jacobs taught piano to college students and conservatory non-piano majors for several years while at Oberlin.
