Co-Founder & Associate Artistic Director
Erik Jacobs
Erik Jacobs is a choir director at Willard Middle School in Aldie, VA. where he co-directs the Wildcat Chorus program which has over 400 singers in six different choirs. Prior to his current position, Jacobs was the choir director at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School in South Riding, VA. Both schools have been designated Blue Ribbon Schools of Musical Excellence consecutively by the Virginia Music Educator’s Association. Before his work in Loudoun County, Jacobs began his choral teaching career in Prince William County.
Jacobs is a frequent guest conductor and presenter, and is an active member of both the Virginia Choral Music Educator’s Association (VCDA) as well as the American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA), having served as an R&R Chair as well as on the leadership council of the VA-ACDA.
Prior to becoming a choral music educator, Jacobs was an active touring musician, releasing two albums and touring with two of his own music projects: the Po’Boys Brass Band and ROC City Stompers.
Jacobs received his B.M. in Music Education from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, and continues to enjoy a successful musical career as an instrumentalist in the DC and Baltimore areas.