Committees

Undergraduate committee

Jonathan Allen

Trombone

Assistant Professor

Abbigail Coté

Director of Opera

Assistant Professor

Adam Harry

Instrumental Music Education

Assistant Professor

Trevor Harvey

Ethnomusicology

Professor of Instruction

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Hae Sun Kim

Music Therapy

Assistant Professor

Melanie Sigafoose

Undergraduate Academic Advisor

Curtis Taylor

Jazz Studies, Trumpet

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Graduate committee

Joshua Albrecht

Music Theory

Assistant Professor

Benjamin Coelho

Bassoon

Professor

Associate Director of Graduate Studies

Réne Lecuona

Piano

Professor

Piano Area Co-Head

David Puderbaugh

Director of Choral Studies

Professor

Margaret Rowley

Ethnomusicology

Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology

Pauline Wieland

Academic Coordinator

Graduate Coordinator

Katie Wolfe

Violin

Associate Professor

Peer review committee

Matthew Arndt

Music Theory

Associate Professor

Jean-François Charles

Composition, Digital Arts

Associate Professor

Scott Conklin

Violin

Professor

Gregory Hand

Organ

Professor

Richard Mark Heidel

Director of Bands

Professor

Ensembles Area Head

John Manning

Tuba/Euphonium

Associate Professor

David Puderbaugh

Director of Choral Studies

Professor

Sarah Suhadolnik

Musicology

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Wayne Wyman

Vocal Coach

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Facilities, technology and equipment purchase committee

Eric W. Bush

Associate Director of Bands

Director of the Hawkeye Marching Band

Professor of Instruction

Associate Director, Instructional Support & Enrollment Management

Gwyneth Forsythe

Scheduling and Facilities Manager

David Gompper

Composition

Professor

Director of Center for New Music

Nick Miller

Director of Marching Percussion

Associate Director of Hawkeye Marching Band

Assistant Director of Bands

Visiting Assistant Professor

Kirsten Nelson

Music Therapy

Assistant Professor of Instruction

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

Music Education Area Head (Spring 2026)

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

Chelsea Majkut

Admissions and Outreach/Engagement Specialist

William Menefield

Jazz Studies, Piano

Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Oakes

Director of University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program

Professor of Instruction

Kenneth Tse

University of Iowa Distinguished Chair

Saxophone

Professor

Woodwind Area Head Fall 2026

Music executive advisory council (“MEAC”)/2025-26 area heads

Mary Cohen

Music Education

Professor

Music Education Area Head (Spring 2026)

Abbigail Coté

Director of Opera

Assistant Professor

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

Ensembles Area Head

Alan Huckleberry

Piano Pedagogy

Professor

Piano Area Co-Head

Réne Lecuona

Piano

Professor

Piano Area Co-Head

David Meyer

Voice

Assistant Professor

Voice Area Co-Head

Kati Meyer

Music Theory

Visiting Assistant Professor

Composition/Music Theory Area Head

Volkan Orhon

Bass

Professor

Strings Area Head

Damani Phillips

Jazz Studies, Saxophone

Professor

Director of Jazz Studies

Nathan Platte

Musicology

Associate Professor

Musicology Area Head

Jeremiah Sanders

Voice

Visiting Assistant Professor

Voice Area Co-Head

Kenneth Tse

University of Iowa Distinguished Chair

Saxophone

Professor

Woodwind Area Head Fall 2026

Student Advisory Council (SAC)

Andrea Allen

Undergrad Rep - Strings

Ben Banta

Undergrad Rep - Jazz

Miles Bohlman

Grad Rep - Brass/Percussion

Haziel Candido da Silva Santos

Grad Rep - Strings

Elena Cressy

Grad Rep - Conducting

Naomi Davis

Grad Rep - Music Therapy

Ali DeRagon

Grad Rep - Jazz

Biyanca Dokter

Undergrad Rep - Music Education

Henry Giles

Grad Rep - Piano/Organ

Sarah Hachtmann

Grad Rep - Voice

Maia Hammann

Grad Rep - Music Education

Lydia Kilgore

Undergrad Rep - Music Therapy

Mary Kotrba

Undergrad Rep - Woodwinds

Maddie Manternach

Undergrad Rep - Voice

Claudia Peverini

Grad Rep - Musicology

Hannah Rees

Undergrad Rep - Brass/Percussion

Sofia Sena Ferreira

Grad Rep - Woodwinds

Lucy Shirley

Grad Rep - Composition/ Theory

Haleena Thompson

Undergrad Rep - Organ/Piano

Brett Tomkins

Undergrad Rep - Composition