Music at Simpson

05/21/2026

Come join the fun!

🚨🚨🚨4 more days to register for the 2026 Simpson College Jazz Camp! There are just a few spots left for campers who are in the rhythm section (minus vibes) and with saxophones. Link to register in the comments!

05/15/2026

There's still time to stop by the Simpson Booth here at the Iowa Bandmaster Association Conference! Come by to say hi and get a sticker!

04/30/2026

The Simpson College Music Department is excited to announce that Dr. Jennifer Kreider will be joining us this Fall as the new Assistant Professor of Music, Voice.
Jennifer Kreider, a soprano, is a passionate performer of new music, art song, and opera. Her notable engagements include performances at the Aldeburgh Festival in England, the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, Opera Theater of St. Louis, and the Spoleto Festival USA. In 2022 and 2023, Jennifer was named a district winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition, and in 2023 she placed second in the Upper Midwest Region.

In May 2025, Jennifer completed her DM in Voice Performance & Literature with a minor in Musicology from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. For her dissertation, Jennifer received a grant to complete her research on 19th century female Italian composer and writer Carlotta Ferrari da Lodi. Jennifer is currently editing a two-volume anthology of Ferrari’s vocal works which will be published by Classical Vocal Reprints.

While at Indiana University, Jennifer taught private voice lessons and Song Literature I & II as an Associate Instructor. Since completing her doctoral coursework, Jennifer has been working as an adjunct faculty member at St. Cloud State University and Anoka Ramsey Community College in Minnesota. Along with her DM from Indiana University, Jennifer received her Artist Diploma from the same institution, her MM in Voice from Rice University in Houston, TX, and her BM in Voice from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.

Please help us in welcoming Dr. Kreider to Simpson!

04/25/2026

Come join the SCCO for their final concert of the year! The concert will feature pieces by Mendelssohn, Verdi, Sibelius, and Piazzolla. The concert will be at 7 PM this Sunday (04/26/26) in The Blank Performing Arts Center. Hope to see you there!

04/22/2026

Come join the Simpson College Symphonic Band for their last concert of the season! Tomorrow night at 7 pm in Pote Theatre (located in the Blank Performing Arts Building). Concert is free to the public and we hope to see you there!

04/13/2026

Come join the Simpson College Jazz band for a night of energetic and smooth jazz! Free to the public and no ticket required. Tuesday April 14th in Lekberg hall on Simpson CampusCan’t wait to see you there!

04/10/2026

03/26/2026

Come join the Heartland Marimba Quartet for a masterclass at 5:30 PM with a performance at 7:00 PM in Lekberg Hall on Tuesday, April 7th!

03/05/2026

Tonight at 7 pm in Lekberg, come support our own Dr Angeroth Franks and Dr Sander at their trumpet recital!

02/26/2026

Alumni and friends at Midwestern ACDA: come see us in the exhibit area!

02/08/2026

This weekend six Simpson students participated in the 30th Annual Iowa Intercollegiate Honor Band, hosted at Central College. Students are selected from among those nominated by directors from colleges and universities throughout the state. They represent some of the finest instrumentalists in the state of Iowa.

This year's honor band conductor was Dr. Scott A. Jones, professor of music, associate director of Bands, and director of
the Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Congrats to Alexa Martinez-Vargas (tpt), Jessica McMartin (tpt), Tyler Johnson (tpt), Reggie Wearmouth-Gweah (tbn), Austin Young (bass tbn), Ryan Rosales-Eide (tuba) on a great performance!