Ryan Haynes, an elementary music teacher at Austin Public Schools and 2002 graduate of the UI Music Education program, has received a Fulbright Teacher Exchange award for the 2025-2026 cycle from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

University of Iowa student musicians Antonio Ferraro and Kian Hyatt are quoted in the article. The concert was attended by approximately 1,400 local eighth graders, mostly from North Central Middle School, Northwest Middle School, and Southeast Middle School.

The quartet participated in a School of Music residency in collaboration with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program, the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, and the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.

The Ben Banta and Mathuin Smith trios, comprised of UI Jazz Studies students, performed during an evening of art and music at the Stanley Museum of Art.

Kahane to perform at hancher Auditorium Feb. 22 in Iowa City

More than 800 of the country’s best trumpeters from middle school to graduate school will gather in Voxman Music Building to compete in seven divisions. The entire event is free and open to the public.