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.