Ian Sadock

About

PhD student in Music Theory at Temple University with experience in music education, arts leadership, grantmaking, and public scholarship. Works across writing, social media, and community-focused music initiatives in the Greater Philadelphia area.

Experience

• AI Fellowship
  Handshake AI
  Dec 2025 – Present
• Member, Board of Directors
  Jazz Bridge Project, Inc.
  May 2024 – Present
• Business Development / Marketing Analyst
  Paragon Ventures
  Aug 2021 – Present
• Advanced EMT / Supervisor / Field Training Officer
  Good Fellowship Ambulance
  2013 – Present
• Piano Faculty
  2012 – Present
• Jazz Lesson Videos, Transcription & Copy Work
  2023 – 2024
• Grant Panelist
  Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
  Apr 2022 – 2022
• Creative Director & Commissioned Composer
  Songs for Change New Music Festival
  Apr 2019 – 2019
• Staff Faculty (Piano & Musicianship)
  The Settlement Music School
  Sep 2018 – Jun 2024
• Composer/Performer/Instructor
  Boysie Lowery Living Jazz Residency
  2017 – 2018
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Music Theory & Jazz Theory
  The University of the Arts
  2017 – 2018
• President, Volunteer Fireman’s Relief Association
  Good Fellowship Ambulance
  2016 – 2016

Education

• PhD
  Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University
  Music Theory · 2025 – 2029
• Master of Music
  The University of the Arts
  Jazz Studies · 2017 – 2018
• Bachelor of Music
  West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  Music Performance (Jazz Concentration) · 2011 – 2017

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Grant Writing
• Music Composition
• Music theory
• Jazz Theory
• Piano