Committees

Undergraduate committee

Benjamin Coelho

Bassoon

Professor

Alan Huckleberry

Piano Pedagogy

Professor

Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

Hae Sun Kim

Music Therapy

Assistant Professor

William Menefield

Jazz Studies, Piano

Assistant Professor

Timothy Stalter

Director of Choral Activities

Professor

Sam Young

Theory/Composition

Assistant Professor

Graduate committee

Joshua Albrecht

Music Theory

Assistant Professor

Abbey Dvorak

Music Therapy

Associate Professor

Music Therapy Area Head

Dan Moore

Percussion

Professor

Percussion Area Head

David Puderbaugh

Assistant Director of Choral Activities

Professor

Director of Graduate Studies

Christine Rutledge

Viola

Professor

Peer review committee

Matthew Arndt

Music Theory

Associate Professor

Benjamin Coelho

Bassoon

Professor

Scott Conklin

Violin

Professor

Nicole Esposito

Flute

Professor

Woodwinds Area Head

David Gompper

Composition

Professor

Director of Center for New Music

Gregory Hand

Organ

Professor

Richard Mark Heidel

Director of Bands

Professor

Director of Iowa Summer Music Camps

Nathan Platte

Musicology

Associate Professor

Musicology Area Head

Facilities, technology and equipment purchase committee

Jean-François Charles

Composition, Digital Arts

Associate Professor

Composition/Music Theory Area Head

John Manning

Tuba/Euphonium

Associate Professor

Associate Director, Instructional Support & Enrollment Management

Jorge Montilla Moreno

Clarinet

Associate Professor

Volkan Orhon

Bass

Professor

Curtis Taylor

Jazz Studies, Trumpet

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Chad Walker

Instrument Repair Technician

Library committee

Mary Cohen

Music Education

Professor

Rachel Joselson

Voice

Associate Professor

Sarah Suhadolnik

Musicology

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Wayne Wyman

Vocal Coach

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Recruitment/enrollment management committee (“REM”)

Eric W. Bush

Associate Director of Bands

Director of the Hawkeye Marching Band

Professor of Instruction

Ensembles Area Head

Élise DesChamps

Voice

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Voice Area Head

Gregory Hand

Organ

Professor

John Manning

Tuba/Euphonium

Associate Professor

Associate Director, Instructional Support & Enrollment Management

Elizabeth Oakes

Director of University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program

Professor of Instruction

Kenneth Tse

University of Iowa Distinguished Chair

Saxophone

Professor

Equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging committee (“EDIB”)

McKenna Blenk

Grad EDIB Rep

Alix Bushard

Undergrad EDIB Rep

Mae Crooks

Administrative Services Coordinator

Kathy Ford

Hawkeye Marching Bands Operations Manager & Bands Administrator

Michael Gause

Trumpet

Assistant Professor

Adam Harry

Instrumental Music Education

Assistant Professor

Rachel Joselson

Voice

Associate Professor

Réne Lecuona

Piano

Professor

Kirsten Nelson

Music Therapy

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Elizabeth Oakes

Director of University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program

Professor of Instruction

Marian Wilson Kimber

Musicology

Professor

Associate Director of Faculty Development; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging

Music executive advisory council (“MEAC”)/2024-25 area heads

Jonathan Allen

Trombone

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Brass Area Head

Eric W. Bush

Associate Director of Bands

Director of the Hawkeye Marching Band

Professor of Instruction

Ensembles Area Head

Jean-François Charles

Composition, Digital Arts

Associate Professor

Composition/Music Theory Area Head

Élise DesChamps

Voice

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Voice Area Head

Abbey Dvorak

Music Therapy

Associate Professor

Music Therapy Area Head

Nicole Esposito

Flute

Professor

Woodwinds Area Head

Jeremy Manternach

Choral Music Education

Associate Professor

Music Education Area Head

Ksenia Nosikova

Piano

Professor

Piano Area Head

Damani Phillips

Jazz Studies, Saxophone

Professor

Jazz Studies Area Head

Nathan Platte

Musicology

Associate Professor

Musicology Area Head

Katie Wolfe

Violin

Associate Professor

Strings Area Head

Student Advisory Council (SAC)

McKenna Blenk

Grad EDIB Rep

Ella Boesen

Undergrad Rep - Woodwinds

Oliver Bostian

Undergrad Rep - Strings

Nathan Brown

Grad Rep - Voice

Alix Bushard

Undergrad EDIB Rep

Naomi Davis

Grad Rep - Music Therapy

Zoe Dorr

Undergrad Rep - Brass/Percussion

Sam Hoying

Undergrad Rep - Music Education

Anna Beth Johnson

Undergrad Rep - Organ/Piano

Craig Jordan

Grad Rep - Organ/ Piano

Zane Larson

Grad Rep - Musicology

Alex Lenaers

Undergrad Rep - Composition

Jose Medrano

Grad Rep - Jazz

Kevin Niese

Grad Rep - Music Education

Ani Perez-Brennan

Undergrad Rep - Music Therapy

Katelyn Peterson

Grad Rep - Conducting

Presley Pritchett Peterson

Undergrad Rep - Voice

Kristen Ronning

Grad Rep - Brass/ Percussion

Sam Ross

Undergrad Rep - Jazz

Hana Rumora

Grad Rep - Strings

Lucy Shirley

Grad Rep - Composition/ Theory

Maria Torres Melgares

Grad Rep - Woodwinds