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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 following areas of expertise.

Performances

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

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 5: Semes

Monday, September 14, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

Professor Matthew Arndt emcees the fifth of seven presentations of an intergalactic music poetics that explains every kind of musical sign in our universe. The focus is on semes, or musical resemblances. There will be a première screening of a video episode produced by Rabalais Productions with artisan animation by Media Productions Workshop. The program then features the premières of two works for oboe, performed by Dr. David Cyzak. The first is a...

The American Brass Quintet promotional image

The American Brass Quintet

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Tiago Linck, trumpet

Brandon Ridenour, trumpet

Eric Reed, horn

Hillary Simms, trombone

John Rojack, bass trombone

This concert is free and open to the public.

Masterclass with Frederica von Stade

Thursday, September 24, 2026 11:00am
Voxman Music Building

Masterclass with Frederica von Stade

International Opera star Frederica von Stade and pianist Jim Meredith in masterclass with UI Voice Students.

Connor Vrooman, Tenor
Feng Meier, Soprano
Jack Power, Baritone

This event is free and open to the public.

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