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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.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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
Name: Elise Cameron
Major: Performing Arts with emphases in Acting and Directing and Musical Theatre; Music BM
Hometown: Arcadia, IA
Planned Graduation Date: May 2022
Name: Jami (Paper) Lercher
Major at ISU: Music Education
The Department of Music and Theatre appointed Professor Sonja Giles as Associate Chair. Giles is in her 19th year as professor of flute at Iowa State University.
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