DMA candidate Sayyod Mirzomurodov earns first prize in clarinet

International Programs at the University of Iowa is pleased to announce that Duong (Jun) Le, a recent graduate with a Bachelor of Music in piano performance, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Peace, Charlie One World Scholarship.

Piano Professor Ksenia Nosikova is among nine faculty members nominated by their colleagues to receive the prestigious annual award from the college.

John Wombacher and Alix Bushard, both fourth-year School of Music students graduating in May, will sing the National Anthem at the start of each CLAS Commencement ceremony.

Grant Wood Fellow Lyndsey Scott helps individuals find themselves again through SONG*LINES, which are singing circles held in different locations around Iowa City

Violinist and 2024-25 UI Hancher Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery has received the honor

This spring, Performing Arts at Iowa is celebrating the UI's tradition of creativity by turning a spotlight on the creative work of graduate students in music, dance, and theatre arts.

Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer, dance/opera scenery and costume designer for the Performing Arts Production Unit, shared highlights of her creative career, which has included work in collaboration with Dance, Opera and Theatre for over four decades.

Katy Ambrose, assistant professor of horn, was awarded funding to support the new Mid-North Horn Workshop, hosted in the UI School of Music to offer hundreds of horn players across the region access to performance and pedagogy usually only available to musicians in urban areas.

The University of Iowa and Iowa State University have been fierce rivals for more than a century, but for the first time, the U of I Symphony Band and ISU Wind Ensemble will share the same stage, collaborating for a unique concert at the Chicago Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.