Making connections with visiting Hancher artists Steve Schick: Born in Iowa In October 2024, world-renowned percussionist Steve Schick returned to his home state of Iowa for a residency at his alma mater, the University of Iowa. This week-long engagement was full of music, conversation, reminiscences, and the making of new memories, such at the performanceContinue reading “Iowa Music Magazine: Digital Extras (2025)”
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Iowa Music Magazine: Digital Extras
Fall 2024 Edition This spring the University of Iowa released a special video called “Iowa: Your Destination for the Performing Arts,” all about our vibrant, collaborative arts campus in the greatest small city for the arts. Sean Harken, a bass-baritone vocalist pursuing his B.M. in Voice Performance, composed the music for the new Performing ArtsContinue reading “Iowa Music Magazine: Digital Extras”
In step with the Hawkeye Marching Band: headliners and collaborations
Is adding collaborators or guest performers to a Hawkeye Marching Band (HMB) halftime show one step too far? Can there be too much of a good thing? The HMB has always had a collaborative streak in its DNA, from its longtime association with the Scottish Highlanders to several impressive performers and conductors. Here are aContinue reading “In step with the Hawkeye Marching Band: headliners and collaborations”
A brief history of school songs at the University of Iowa
“Songs of SUI have peculiar origins,” states The Daily Iowan in a 1962 article. “Old Gold” (1905); “On Iowa” (1917); “The Iowa Fight Song” (1950); and “Roll Along, Iowa” (1954) and “Alma Mater Iowa” (1947/1960) have all assumed distinct roles in campus life, and in the traditions of the Hawkeye Marching Band. This brief history,Continue reading “A brief history of school songs at the University of Iowa”
Chamber Music at the University of Iowa: Faculty Ensembles
Chamber music has been integral to the educational and creative life of the University of Iowa School of Music for over a century. Below are a few examples, including audio clips, from 1972 to the present that allow you to experience this delightful form of music making – whether you were there to hear itContinue reading “Chamber Music at the University of Iowa: Faculty Ensembles”
Wulfie Parsons Music Library Guide, 2022 Edition
Welcome back, Hawkeyes! The Rita Benton Music Library is excited to have students and faculty return to campus to use the scores, books, recordings, journals, and other resources available in our stacks. It can be tricky to navigate the Music Library for the first…or twentieth…time, so every year our resident mascot Wulfie Parsons writes upContinue reading “Wulfie Parsons Music Library Guide, 2022 Edition”
Upcoming Lecture: Bohemia on Records with Guest Speaker Filip Šír
Filip Šír, coordinator for Digitization of Audio Documents at the National Museum (Prague), will talk of his work to track down and preserve early 20th century Czech sound recordings made in the United States. Ed. Jedlička cylinder recordings from the Music Library’s collections will also be exhibited. Filip’s book on this topic, co-authored with collectorContinue reading “Upcoming Lecture: Bohemia on Records with Guest Speaker Filip Šír”
BAND 141: an exhibit celebrating the history of the Hawkeye Marching Band
This Fall, come to the Voxman Music Building for BAND 141, a look at the Hawkeye Marching Band. Director Eric Bush donated a significant collection of materials from the Band’s history including photographs, drill charts, papers, scrapbooks, uniform pieces, audio and video recordings, and other memorabilia to the Rita Benton Music Library in 2020. TheContinue reading “BAND 141: an exhibit celebrating the history of the Hawkeye Marching Band”
SOUNDS FROM THE FIELD – Jane Austen in the Age of Digital Discovery
by Marian Wilson Kimber Discovering lost pieces of music in dusty archives is what most people think musicologists do. We only make the news if someone finds an unknown manuscript by a famous composer buried in a library. It’s true that the most rewarding part of my job is getting to hold centuries-old letters, scores,Continue reading “SOUNDS FROM THE FIELD – Jane Austen in the Age of Digital Discovery”
BabelScores Now Available
The Rita Benton Music Library now provides access to BabelScores, an online scores database of over 210,000 pages of contemporary music. The catalog features composers from around the world, related media (videos of performances, sound recordings), and methods for contacting composers. This resource was recommended to the Music Library by School of Music composer SivanContinue reading “BabelScores Now Available”