Music Prof John Manning releases new tuba album

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

 Tuba Music from Iowa" cover
"Field Notes: Tuba Music from Iowa" cover

University of Iowa Music Professor John Manning has released his second solo recording, “Field Notes: Tuba Music from Iowa,” on Summit Records.

This recording features new works for tuba and piano with connections to Iowa performed by Manning, associate professor of tuba and euphonium and Alan Huckleberry, professor of piano. Two of the works on this recording were composed by University of Iowa alumnae Katharine Wohlman and Claire Sievers; two works were composed or arranged by Professor Emeritus Jerry Owen (Coe College); two works were commissioned by Manning, including "Four Paintings by Grant Wood" by Barbara York and "Sonata en Evoluçion Constante"; and one work, "Cheese Spread" was composed by Manning.

Manning and Huckleberry performed works from this recording at the recent International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Knoxville, Tenn. on May 30.

Manning is a faculty member in the School of Music, part of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.


The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.