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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: Sam Hauser
Major: Instrumental Music Education (Tuba)
Hometown: Eagan, Minnesota
Planned Graduation Date: December 2023
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.
Guest Curated by Dr. Jonathan Sturm, Professor of Music
Color Matters explores the complex relationship humans have with color and how color shapes how we see and understand the world.
The ISU Wind Ensemble plans to honor John Philip Sousa's historic event and recreate its patriotic pride during a 101st anniversary concert and tribute to Sousa on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in State Gym. Originally planned for the 100th anniversary, the concert was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Name: Heaven Booker
Major: Performing Arts (Musical Theatre, Acting/Directing)
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: May 2022
Music and theatre department chair Brad Dell led an I-FIT session in June on devised theatre, a production collaboratively created by the performers. The challenge for the high schoolers was to make a 90-second piece of theater. He had an ensemble of current ISU students create a 20-second production during the workshop so challenge participants could see what was possible.
Name: Christopher Kent
Major at ISU: Acting/Directing
Graduation Year: 2015
Name: Kyle Grossnickle
Major: Music Education, Bass Trombone
Hometown: Gilbert, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: May 2023
Locker Rental Fall 2021
Locker rental request form is now available online HERE.
(All Lockers are $15 per semester)
The Organ Historical Society (OHS) premiere of “Kaleidoscope of Colors, A Festival of Pipes” is a five Sunday program representing three centuries of organ building in America.
Name: Jonathan O'Neill Rojas
Major: Management & Performing Arts (Acting/Directing)
Hometown: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Planned Graduation Date:
Spring 2021
Name: Michael Banwarth
Major: Piano Performance
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date:
May 2021