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”