Committees

Undergraduate committee

Jonathan Allen

Trombone

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Abbigail Coté

Director of Opera

Assistant Professor

Adam Harry

Instrumental Music Education

Assistant Professor

Hae Sun Kim

Music Therapy

Assistant Professor

John Manning

Tuba/Euphonium

Associate Professor

Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

William Menefield

Jazz Studies, Piano

Assistant Professor

Graduate committee

Joshua Albrecht

Music Theory

Assistant Professor

Katy Ambrose

Horn

Assistant Professor

Benjamin Coelho

Bassoon

Professor

Associate Director of Graduate Studies

Trevor Harvey

Ethnomusicology

Professor of Instruction

Réne Lecuona

Piano

Professor

Christine Rutledge

Viola

Professor

Pauline Wieland

Academic Coordinator

Graduate Coordinator

Peer review committee

Scott Conklin

Violin

Professor

Abbey Dvorak

Music Therapy

Associate Professor

Music Therapy Area Head

Nicole Esposito

Flute

Professor

Woodwinds Area Head

Gregory Hand

Organ

Professor

Trevor Harvey

Ethnomusicology

Professor of Instruction

Richard Mark Heidel

Director of Bands

Professor

Director of Iowa Summer Music Camps

Ensembles Area Head

Nathan Platte

Musicology

Associate Professor

Musicology Area Head

David Puderbaugh

Director of Choral Studies

Professor

Sarah Suhadolnik

Musicology

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Facilities, technology and equipment purchase committee

Katy Ambrose

Horn

Assistant Professor

Eric W. Bush

Associate Director of Bands

Director of the Hawkeye Marching Band

Professor of Instruction

Associate Director, Instructional Support & Enrollment Management

Jean-François Charles

Composition, Digital Arts

Associate Professor

Composition/Music Theory Area Head

David Gompper

Composition

Professor

Director of Center for New Music

Justin Goodchild

Facilities and Scheduling Manager

Volkan Orhon

Bass

Professor

Strings Area Head

Chad Walker

Instrument Repair Technician

Sam Young

Theory/Composition

Assistant Professor

Library committee

Mary Cohen

Music Education

Professor

Jorge Montilla Moreno

Clarinet

Associate Professor

Dan Moore

Percussion

Professor

Percussion Area Head

Sarah Suhadolnik

Musicology

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

Associate Director, Instructional Support & Enrollment Management

Michael Gause

Trumpet

Assistant Professor

Brass Area Head

Gregory Hand

Organ

Professor

Kenny Lee

Director of Orchestral Studies

Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Oakes

Director of University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program

Professor of Instruction

Ciara Solby

Admissions Counselor

Kenneth Tse

University of Iowa Distinguished Chair

Saxophone

Professor

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

Jean-François Charles

Composition, Digital Arts

Associate Professor

Composition/Music Theory Area Head

Abbey Dvorak

Music Therapy

Associate Professor

Music Therapy Area Head

Nicole Esposito

Flute

Professor

Woodwinds Area Head

Michael Gause

Trumpet

Assistant Professor

Brass Area Head

Richard Mark Heidel

Director of Bands

Professor

Director of Iowa Summer Music Camps

Ensembles Area Head

Jeremy Manternach

Choral Music Education

Associate Professor

Music Education Area Head

David Meyer

Voice

Assistant Professor

Voice Area Head

Ksenia Nosikova

Piano

Professor

Piano Area Head

Volkan Orhon

Bass

Professor

Strings Area Head

Damani Phillips

Jazz Studies, Saxophone

Professor

Jazz Studies Area Head

Nathan Platte

Musicology

Associate Professor

Musicology Area Head

Student Advisory Council (SAC)

Ella Boesen

Undergrad Rep - Music Education

Miles Bohlman

Grad Rep - Brass/Percussion

Sam Chen

Grad Rep - Conducting

Naomi Davis

Grad Rep - Music Therapy

Chiara Dusanek

Undergrad Rep - Music Therapy

Julia Holleman

Grad Rep - Organ/Piano

Tyler Kalina

Grad Rep - Music Education

Mary Kotrba

Undergrad Rep - Woodwinds

Zane Larson

Grad Rep - Musicology

Alex Lenaers

Undergrad Rep - Composition

Joanna Leston

Undergrad Rep - Brass/Percussion

Alicia Maiz Alonso

Grad Rep - Strings

Kate O'Connell

Undergrad Rep - Voice

Carson Parker

Undergrad Rep - Jazz

Lucy Shirley

Grad Rep - Composition/ Theory

Maria Torres Melgares

Grad Rep - Woodwinds