Music Careers & Graduate Study
Alumni careers
High school vocal music teacher, Anna, Texas
Choir director and elementary music teacher, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Public Schools, Graceville, Minnesota
Teach For America, lead teacher, CAP Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
AmeriCorps VISTA, Hopa Mountain’s Indigenous Scholars of Promise Program, Bozeman, Montana
Fine arts teacher, Sabin Elementary Magnet School, Chicago, Illinois
Lead Teacher, Hope Academy, Greenville, South Carolina
Musician, live sound and recording engineer, producer, music instructor, Chicago, Illinois
Director of information technology. Joint and Pain Treatment Centers, Lompoc, California
Software engineer, SportsLabs, Denver, Colorado
Student naval aviator, U.S. Navy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Technical support engineer, Electronic Theatre Controls, Middleton, Wisconsin
Secondary choir teacher, H-L-V Community School, Victor, Iowa
Music teacher, Dominion Academy, Leesburg, Virginia
Business development manager, Pandora, Oakland, California
Teacher, Montessori school, St. Paul, Minnesota
Vocal music director, Iowa City Community Schools, Iowa City, Iowa
Professional freelance opera singer, teacher, Chicago, Illinois
High school vocal music teacher, St. Francis Community Schools, St. Francis, Minnesota
Professional violinist, international touring artist, Cologne, Germany
Miss Nebraska, now working as an actress and singer in film, television, and commercials, Los Angeles, California
Professional bass musician, Chicago, Illinois area
Elementary music teacher, Wright City, Missouri
Music writer and critic, The San Jose Examiner, San Jose, California
Piano faculty, Mount Mercy College; professional accompanist, opera coach, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Director of choral and instrumental activities, School District of Waupaca, Wisconsin
Vocal music teacher, Griffith Elementary School, St. Louis, Missouri
Director of choral activities, Kennedy High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Opera singer Stephanie Novacek, mezzo-soprano who has appeared at many of the world's opera houses and has been a regular performer at the Houston Grand Opera and Opera Atelier.
Music teacher and band director, Anchorage School District-Hanshew Middle, Anchorage, Alaska
General manager, entertainment operations, Disney California Adventure, Anaheim, California
Graduate schools attended
Students interested in pursuing performance or a professional field requiring a graduate degree are well-prepared by the department’s coursework and fast-paced One Course schedule.
M.M. candidate, percussion performance, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Ph.D. candidate, musicology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Master’s degrees, VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, Illinois
Ph.D., psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Master's degree, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
M.A., higher education and student affairs, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
M.A., musicology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
M.B.A. & M.F.A., theatre management, University of California at Long Beach, California
M.M., horn performance, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; tenor soloist on Naxos 2014 release of Parables, a new oratorio by Robert Aldridge
D.M.A., vocal performance, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; M.M., Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
D.M.A., vocal performance, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; M.M., music theatre, Boston Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
M.M., vocal performance, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
D.M.A., violin performance, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; M.M., University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Hochschule fur Musik, Cologne, Germany