Artists. Scholars. Mentors.

Our world-class faculty stay at the top of their fields through scholarship, artistic creation, and performance.

School of Music faculty members continually develop, grow, and maintain prominent visibility in their scholarly and creative work. Many of our faculty receive grants, awards, fellowships, or other recognition as a result of substantial scholarship, artistic creation, and performance. Works by our faculty can be found by exploring the areas of expertise below.

Performances

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 1: From Polarity to Plurality promotional image

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 1: From Polarity to Plurality

Monday, October 6, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
The first of seven presentations of an intergalactic music poetics. Drawing together ancient wisdom and modern science, this poetics aims at transmuting one’s experience of everything as music and living joyfully even as we work confidently toward an abundant future.
Harlem Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop promotional image

Harlem Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 1:00pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library
Harlem Quartet is a New York-based, award-winning ensemble engaged in a week-long residency at the University of Iowa alongside renowned Imani Winds Ensemble and poet and orator A.B. Spellman.

Guest Artist Masterclass: Michael Bunchman, collaborative piano

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 5:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Guest Artist Masterclass: Michael Bunchman, collaborative piano

This event is free and open to the public. 

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Practice and perform

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