Jabarie Glass is the Associate Director of Choral Studies at the University of South Carolina, where he conducts the University Chorus and Gamecock Chorale and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conducting and choral pedagogy. His varied conducting experiences include work with university, secondary, community, festival, and church ensembles. Choral organizations under his leadership have been selected to perform at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Southern Region Conference, the Mississippi-ACDA Conference, and the South Carolina Music Educators Association Conference.

Glass is a conductor and collaborator driven by a commitment to excellence in the choral arts. In addition to his passion for works of the choral-orchestral repertory, he is a fervent advocate for new music, dedicated to enriching the choral canon by commissioning and premiering works that embrace diverse artistic perspectives. His scholarship focuses on conducting pedagogy, choral pedagogy, and culturally responsive pedagogy. He has presented sessions on these topics at regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, led conducting masterclasses, and published in The Choral Journal. Glass also serves in leadership positions within professional choral organizations, currently serving a second term as the Student Activities Coordinator for the ACDA Southern Region and on the National Board for the National Collegiate Choral Organization. His previous roles include serving as the Tenor-Bass Choir Repertoire & Resources Chair and the World Musics & Cultures Chair for the Mississippi Chapter of ACDA.

Glass previously served as Director of Choirs at Southaven High School and Middle School, conductor of the Michigan Youth Chamber Singers, and founding conductor of CoroFuente, the tenor-bass chorus of CoroRio, a community choral organization serving northwest Mississippi. He continues to invest in the musical growth of young choral artists through clinics with secondary choral programs and conducting honor choruses. Notable engagements include conducting the ACDA Southwestern Region 10-12 Mixed Choir; All-State choirs in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Wisconsin; and regional honor choirs in Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

A native Mississippian, Glass earned dual bachelor's degrees in business management and music education from the University of Mississippi, where he was inducted into the University's Student Hall of Fame, a university-wide honor bestowed upon only ten seniors annually based on leadership, scholarship, and service. He earned a master's degree in music education from the Florida State University College of Music and a doctoral degree in conducting from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. He pursued additional conducting studies as a conducting fellow with the Chorus America Conducting Academy and the Yale-Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Choral Conducting Workshop.