Nathan Platte’s article, “Mixed Motives: Soviet Symphonies and Propagandistic Duplicity in The Iron Curtain (1948),” received a 2023 Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism. Published in the open-access journal Music & Politics, Nathan’s article on the repurposing of Soviet symphonic music in an anti-Communist Hollywood film.

Steven Schick, a UI School of Music Graduate, shares his new music and the story of a beautiful 7-day stroll from San Diego to San Francisco.

University of Iowa's Band Extravaganza returns to Xtream Arena on November 5

The University of Iowa School of Music works hard to bring music to the people—wherever they are. The Iowa Music Magazine 2022-23 is an exciting review of the last 12 months in the life of our programs.