Dear Fellow Musician,
My name is Peter Jacobson, the school’s founder.
Our website is in the process of getting a total makeover, but I can assure you: our school is very much alive and well!
In the meantime, check out two things currently on offer:
Practicing Joy: A 30-Day Practice Experiment (starting April 19th)
2026 Summer Retreat: Playing With(out) Pain, Singing With(out) Fear
Please feel free to be in touch with any questions or inquiries. I personally read and respond to every message that comes through.
Check back soon for our updated website.
In Music,
Peter
Peter Jacobson, Founder & Director
Peter Jacobson is a music artist-teacher with a passion for making and teaching music in a way that includes the whole person. His work stands at the intersection of music, healing, learning and creativity. He is also a passionate advocate of entrepreneurship, using innovation and ingenuity to address long-standing problems in the music field.
He has earned advanced degrees in Orchestral Conducting from University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign and the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University as well as a bachelor’s of music education from Concordia College (Moorhead, MN). His music mentors and teachers have included Marianne Ploger, Marin Alsop, Leon Fleisher, Gustav Meier, Larry Rachleff, Don Schleicher and Markand Thakar.
In addition to being a teacher, conductor, multi-instrumentalist and composer/arranger, Peter is an AmSAT-certified (American Society of the Alexander Technique) teacher of the Alexander Technique. He did his Alexander Technique teacher training at Alexander Technique Mid-Atlantic (with Nancy Romita & Wendy Salkind) and Alexander Technique Urbana (with Rose Bronec & Rick Carbaugh). He is also a Certified Transformative Coach (Supercoach Academy with Michael Neill).
Peter is the Founder and Director of Mind Body Music School, which offers an innovative and integrative approach to music education that combines Integrative Alexander Technique (and other relevant fields) with the core principles of music learning and performance.
He has taught workshops to musicians at: Peabody Conservatory (USA), Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Belgium), Toronto NATS Chapter (Canada), Gettysburg College (USA), Shepherd University (USA), Sonoma State University (USA), Orchestra Institute of Napa Valley (USA), Towson University (USA), Zagreb Academy of Music (Croatia), University of Graz (Austria), University of Minnesota-Morris (USA), Gustavus Adolphus College (USA), Concordia College – Moorhead (USA) and Mindful Music Making (Germany).
Peter lives in the historic Cathedral Hill neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota. When he’s not working, you’ll find him playing a racket sport, reading 7 books at once or cooking up something tasty in the kitchen.