Jacob is a performer, educator, and doctoral student at the University of North Texas. He is a licensed EC-12 Music Teacher in Texas, and teaches private lessons in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Jacob has been a musician in multiple ensembles including the Latin Grammy nominated North Texas Wind Symphony and the touring brass group The King's Brass. While on tour, Jacob's responsibilities would include performing music and choreography from memory, assisting in live sound, and other supportive roles. He can be heard on the North Texas Wind Symphony albums Respair, Closure, and The King's Brass album Festive Brass.

Since 2021 Jacob has been a private lesson teacher for middle and high school students in Texas. He currently teaches in seven schools spread across Northwest Independent School District and Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District.

Within the past two years alone he has had twenty-five of his students win positions in honor bands and with thirteen of these being TMEA All-Region positions. In addition to teaching music lessons Jacob has also been a conductor for the University of North Texas’ 7 O’clock Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, a low brass sectional instructor across the USA, a TMEA adjudicator, and a summer music instructor for the Salvation Army at Camp Hoblitzelle.

He holds a Master of Music degree from Bowling Green State University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors degree from Carnegie Mellon University. His primary music instructors are Craig Knox, Dave Saltzman, Donald Little and Matthew Good.

Originally from Michigan, Jacob enjoys spending time with family, friends, and playing fetch with his two dogs Bear and Ruby.