Maggie Polk Olivo is a musical collaborator, creative, and educator. She holds degrees in music composition and music education from IU Jacobs School of Music and is a certified Kodaly educator and arts integration specialist. She works alongside Dr. Brenda Brenner at the Jacobs Fairview Violin Project, also directing Jacobs Academy’s Musical Beginnings and Bloomington’s Bridges Musical Arts Youth Organization.
She’s presented sessions at the American String Teachers Association, Indiana Music Educators Association, and the South Central Indiana Early Youth and Childhood. Olivo’s been recognized as the 2021 Greater Chamber of Commerce’s “Outstanding Educator of the Year,” Jacobs OECD’s “Entrepreneur of the Month,” IMEA Music Teacher of the Year finalist, and presented her district’s Star of Excellence and Equity and Inclusion Spotlight Award. As a composer, her works have been performed by faculty from Jacobs School of Music, University of New Mexico, Willamette University, and University of Arizona, with commissions from the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Amity Trio. Recently, she’s authored interactive music lessons for Peter Burkholder’s “Charles Ives at 150” festival, Amity Trio’s “Illuminating Apologues,” and F-flat Books.