About

Jacob grew up in rural Indiana and attended New Prairie High School, where he graduated in 2021. Currently, Jacob resides in Boston, Massachusetts where he is in his final year of undergraduate studies at Berklee College of Music. He will graduate with a major in Film Scoring, a minor in Game and Interactive Media Scoring, a minor in Conducting, and having been an orchestral percussion principal. 

 

Jacob started his professional performing career off early, taking the stage during the 2021 summer before his first year at Berklee, drumming at Kings Island in Ohio. The following summer, he took a contract drumming at Cedar Point, and again for the 2023 summer at Kings Island. Jacob also performed with the Spartans Indoor Percussion from Nashua, New Hampshire in 2023 and 2024, South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Macy’s Great American Marching Band, River City Rhythm Drum Corps, Berklee Motion Picture Orchestra, Berklee Percussion Ensemble, Berklee Cirque du Soleil Ensemble, and Berklee Film Scoring Studio Orchestra.

 

As a media composer, Jacob has been busy writing scores for numerous short films and documentaries, such as Revelations, Prioritas, The Protagonist, Shark Tickler, and Sanctuary. In addition to his work for linear media, he also writes music and designs sounds for games such as Dread Not and Inheritance. Currently, he is the Audio Lead with Leviathan Interactive where he has written original music and sound design for the game Dread Not.