1006 Voxman Music Building, 93 E. Burlington Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240, USA

Undergraduate programs

Bachelor of Arts in Music. Four years. Studies in performance, music history, theory, aural skills. Bachelor of Music. Four years. Concentrations in performance (classical, jazz), composition, music education, music therapy. Studies include choral and instrumental conducting, music technology, music history, theory, aural skills.

Graduate programs

Master of Arts. In performance, opera performance, choral, band and orchestral conducting, jazz studies, composition, musicology, music education, music therapy. A minor in theory pedagogy is offered. Doctor of Musical Arts. Doctor of Philosophy.

Other programs

Graduate Certificate in Sacred Music. Certificate in Arts Entrepreneurship. In collaboration with the Tippie College of Business. Undergraduate Certificate in Event Management.

The University of Iowa was founded in 1847, being the State’s first public institution of higher learning. The School of Music was established in 1906 and occupies the Voxman Music Building with a number of fine performing spaces. The Division of Performing Arts comprises departments of dance, music, theatre arts and performing arts entrepreneurship. There are well-equipped recording studios and an instructional technology centre as well as a Center for New Music concentrating on music of the late 20th and early 21st century. Facilities include eight practice and recital organs. The Rita Benton Music Library holds a collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century music theory treatises and instrument method books, and a large collection of keyboard and chamber music by Ignaz Pleyel as well as manuscripts of Phillip Greeley Clapp (a former director of the School) and the Goldman Band Collection. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

October 2022