This playlist accompanies the “Exploring Our Sounds” exhibit, which is on display throughout the Spring 2019 semester on the first floor of the Voxman Music Building. Visit the Rita Benton Music Library website throughout the semester to read blog posts by the participating students, faculty, and library staff, which will examine the objects and themes of this exhibit in greater depth. 

1. Excerpt, John Rapson Oral History, origins of the University of Iowa jazz program, 2018

2. Excerpt of Maria Schneider, Wyrgly, performed by Johnson County Landmark, 2000.

3. Old Gold performing “Valerie”

4. Gene Mills, University of Iowa Alma Mater, performed by the Hawkeye Marching Band, 2015

5. Excerpt of Aaron Copland, “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land, performed by the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, 2010.

6. Excerpt of Olly Wilson, Voices, performed by the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, 1976.

7. Excerpt of Philip Bezanson, The Western Child, University of Iowa Opera Theater, 1959.

8. Michael Eckert, “Dialogo” from Three Pieces in Brazilian Style, performed by the University of Iowa Latin Jazz Ensemble, 2008.

9. Ernesto Nazareth, “Escorregando,” performed by Maurita Murphy Mead (clarinet)

10. Excerpt of Olly Wilson, Akwan

11. Ernst Krenek, Symphonic Elegy for String Orchestra (In Memoriam Anton Webern), performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra