From the Director
SCHOOL OF MUSIC 2021-22 MAGAZINE
TURNING OUR DIFFERENCES INTO ASSETS
EDITOR Tammie Walker CONTRIBUTING WRITER Leah Grout Garris DESIGN Creative Mellen PHOTOGRAPHERS Miranda Meyer Jill Tobin
Hello from the School of Music!
Tim Schoon Justin Torner
I hope your last two years have been filled with rich harmonies. Here at the School of Music, so many exciting things have happened since our last update in 2020. In this combined 2021-2022 issue, we’re sharing the highlights of the past several months. As we compose excellence, it’s also our goal to compose community. Through everything we do, our students, faculty, staff, and alumni are dedicated to nurturing equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging (EDIB). With help from wonderful supporters, we’ve been able to make our music more accessible to all types of audiences around the world. Through a truly inspiring collaboration, we received the opportunity to support an 82-year-old Black female composer living in California who dreamed about creating a new edition of her orchestral work Five Movements of Color. We’ve made time to reflect on our stories, experiences, and ideas about how to weave EDIB into what we do today—and what we do tomorrow. Our students, faculty, staff, and alumni have been recognized for their visionary work, research, performances, publications, and so much more. As Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Professor of African American Studies Dr. Damani Phillips says on page 5, “Though we still have much work to do, we’re inching closer to a more thoughtful School of Music that reflects the people, sounds, and cultural reality of our world—musical or otherwise.” We know that the difficult work of bringing our vision of an equitable, diverse, inclusive environment to life is a long journey—but one we’re dedicated to completing.
FRONT COVER Voxman Concert Hall mosaic is made up of 567 images of School of Music faculty, students, and community members.
CONTACT INFORMATION School of Music
93 E. Burlington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52242 319-335-1603 music@uiowa.edu
The University of Iowa is a charter member of NASM (National Association of Schools of Music), accredited since 1928. National Association of Schools of Music 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21 Reston, VA 20190-5248 (703) 437-0700 info@arts-accredit.org The University of Iowa prohibits discrimination in employment, educational programs, and activities on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, associational preferences, or any other classification that deprives the person of consideration as an individual. The university pregnancy, disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. also affirms its commitment to providing equal opportunities and equal access to university facilities. For additional information on nondiscrimination policies, contact the Director, Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, The University of Iowa, 202 Jessup Hall, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1316, 319-335- 0705 (voice), 319-335-0697 (TDD), diversity@uiowa.edu.
Stay well and stay in touch,
Tammie Walker, D.M.A. Director, School of Music
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