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Since Dr. Jennifer Rogers became the choir’s new director in August 2020, Lyrica has taken a new direction. Despite the pandemic’s multiple, tumultuous implications, Rodgers has ensured that her students continue exploring and embracing musical traditions far different from what they are used to. As a part of this new and exciting mission to spread awareness for creativity everywhere, the treble-voiced ensemble came together wiith Israel’s Hadar Maoz on behalf of Arts Midwest’s World Fest.
Name: Piper Smith
Major: Performing Arts
Hometown: Oskaloosa, IA
Planned Graduation Date: Spring 2022
After two years waiting to gather in person, we were thrilled to welcome an audience again for the annual Friends of Music and Theatre Musicale to hear some of ISU’s finest faculty and student artists share their gifts at the home of our gracious host, Dennis Wendell.
Name: Lydia Lee
Major: Music and English
Hometown: Inwood, IA
Planned Graduation Date: Spring 2024
Name: Mark Shanda
Major at ISU: Speech/Theatre & Political Science
Name: Grant Tetmeyer
Major: Performing Arts and Journalism
Hometown: Johnston, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: May 2022
On Sunday, February 27th, Kevin Judge performed the world premiere of Blue
We are proud to announce Simon Estes' induction to the Opera America Hall of Fame. Award ceremonies, previously postponed due to Covid, are schedule for October 21st, 2022 in New York City.
Opera legend Sherill Milnes and his wife Maria Zouves, a soprano and arts administrator, were the 2022 Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Artist in Residence.
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Monday, February 21, 2022
Iowa State University Department of Music and Theatre
Contact: Lori Sulzberger, ISU Theatre
Email: isutheatre@iastate.edu
Phone: 515-294-2624
ISU Theatre’s One-Act Play Festival highlights student directing, acting and design
Expect an innovative and bold range of storytelling at ISU Theatre’s One-Act Play Festival, opening March 3 in Fisher Theater at 7:30 p.m. The nine plays in the festival include stories of a lovestruck alien, first dates, issues of race and policing, assassins and vampires, pigeons in wartime and more.
Name: So-Yeoun Lee
Major: Vocal Music Education
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Planned Graduation Date: May 2022
After working in a memory care unit of a nursing home, I was able to see firsthand how music benefits people with Alzheimer’s disease.
Name: Leslie (Schafer) Meyer
Major at ISU: Music- Voice
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