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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
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
Name: Abbigail Markus
Major: Performing Arts & Statistics
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date:
May 2022
Ryan Sheeler and David Stuart produce masterclass for the Surf Ballroom Enrichment Center
Name: Lexi Roelke
Major: Flute Performance
Hometown: Eagan, Minnesota
Planned Graduation Date:
Spring 2021
Name: Calvin Clark
Major: Performing Arts and Journalism
Hometown: Fort Dodge, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: Summer 2021
Simon Estes Music Hall Room Reservation
1. To reserve rooms 024, 102, 125, 130 or 140 recital hall, please email music-reservation@iastate.edu.
Gregory Oakes, professor of music, is the new recipient of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Jean Bacon Louis Faculty Fellowship in Instrumen
For the third year in a row, an ISU Theatre production directed by Associate Professor Amanda Petefish-Schrag has been selected for showcase at the Region 5 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF).