UNI Vocal Studies / Lyric Theatre

10/23/2026

Congratulations to these UNI School of Music students who performed in the Fall Division Recital!

10/22/2026

Our faculty would love to connect with future University of Northern Iowa Panthers! Check out Music Career Day! 🎼💛💜

Are you a high school student looking to explore music careers? Know anyone who might be? Please join us and encourage your friends, family or students to join us for Music Career Day at UNI on Friday, November 6! 💜💛🎶 Find out more and register at https://music.uni.edu/musiccareerday

10/21/2026

Amplify Faculty & Staff update! S/O to our own - Dr. Suzanne Hedrix!

Name and position: Suzanne Hendrix, Associate Professor of Voice and Vocology

Year started at UNI: Fall 2019

In addition to teaching applied voice and vocology, Dr. Hendrix has worked at many of the world’s most prominent opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Oper Frankfurt, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Seattle Opera. She is known for the Wagnerian scope of her voice, and has participated in Der Ring des Nibelungen at five major opera companies. An alumna of UNI, Dr. Hendrix earned both her Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music while studying under Dr. Jean McDonald.

Accolades/achievements: Grammy Award for Philip Glass, Akhnaten (2019)

What students are saying: “I feel more confident as a singer and as a performer after being part of this instructor's studio.”

10/21/2026

POV: Davis Hall in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center - see you Thursday, October 22 at 6pm for the UNI: Voice Division Recital! Free and open to the public.

10/21/2026

10/20/2026

🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to 𝘼𝙮𝙜𝙪𝙡 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮𝙮𝙚𝙫𝙖 who placed third in the American International Czech and Slovak Voice Competition!

10/17/2026

Did you know our faculty are available to support various vocal activities including All-State and Solo & Ensemble? S/O to Dr. John Hines, Bass for visiting Waverly-Shell Rock High School!

Are you an Iowa HS Choral Conductor? Send us a FB message or email us to learn more: [email protected]

10/14/2026

Mark your calendar for Friday, October 16 at 8pm in Davis Hall, Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.

Great faculty performances with our own Jaime Webb and Korey Barrett!

The event is free and open to the public.

Livestream at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaJHhTHO9R3el8mX91GT0Mg/live

07/02/2026

I spy and for this upcoming A Summer Schubertiade! Click the link to learn more! 💜💛

2026 Festival Artist(s) Spotlight! Several works this season include voice as part of our festival program. On July 16, our "Summer Schubertiade" program will include art songs sung by tenor Mackenzie Whitney (Trockne Blumen, Die Forelle), bass John Hines (Der Wanderer), and mezzo-soprano Suzanne Hendrix (Der Tod und das Mädchen). This season also includes a performance on July 19 of Il Tramonto by Ottorino Respighi, sung by mezzo-soprano Michelle Monroe. All four artists are either graduates from, or faculty members at, the University of Northern Iowa, UNI School of Music.