Announcements

Preucil Preschool Ageless Play on KCRG

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Preucil Preschool and their Ageless Play partnership with Oaknoll Retirement home was featured on KCRG. You can watch the special segment HERE!

2025 Summer Session Music Together Now Open!

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Registration for the 2025 Summer session of Music Together is now open! Please email Molly at mleefers@preucil.org to get started! Registering your children for this 6-week session. Each class is 45 minutes long, at the same time each week…

Preucil Alum, Orion Weiss, performs with Ariel Quartet

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Do not miss another opportunity to see Preucil Alum, Orion Weiss perform with the Ariel Quartet at the Voxman Music Building on Wednesday, April 23rd. This event will be livestreamed. For more information click HERE!  

Senior Graduation Information

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Seniors, please look over the following information about the upcoming Preucil School of Music Graduation Ceremony. To access the information click on the following links: Senior Letter Arioso (all parts) Queen of Sheba (all pa…

2025 Summer Chamber Fest Registration

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Registration for 2025 Summer Chamber Fest is now open. Deadline for the early bird discount is April 1st, final registration deadline is May 1st.   Click here to read more about the event: Summer Chamber Brochure   To…

50th Anniversary Spring Concerts

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There are still several opportunities to experience performances to celebrate Preucil School's 50th Anniversary. Each performance is free and open to the public. Please mark your calendars and make an effort to attend some or all of these events.   1)…

News

In Memoriam

Lillian Davis

Preucil School of Music sends its condolences to Robert Davis and his extended family for the loss of his wife, Lillian Davis. Lillian is a former Preucil School of Music parent, Board member, Guild Committee Member, Chair of the Guild Committee…
In Memoriam

Héléne Jolas Soper

Preucil School of Music sends it condolences to our alumni Margaret and Tim Soper on the loss of their mother, Héléne Jolas Soper, Helene volunteered and accompanied at the school during “the early years” and remained a dear friend of…
Doris Preucil and Carol Bakker

Preucil School of Music Receives Private Gift From Carol A. Bekker

With much gratitude, Preucil School of Music announces a private gift from a long-time admirer of the School, Carol A. Bekker, of Iowa City. Ms. Bekker has donated $40,000 to the School’s Financial Aid Endowment which will now provide financial…
In Memoriam

Paul E. Van Dorpe

Preucil School of Music sends it condolences to our alumni Alex Van Dorpe, Rex Van Dorpe and Angelique Roesch for the loss of their father, Paul E. Van Dorpe. Read obituary here.
In Memoriam

Michael H. “Mick” Thompson

It is with much sadness we report the loss of a good friend of Preucil School, Michael Thompson. In 2014, Michael, his wife Judy and their family established the “Stacy L Thompson Memorial Fund” in memory of their daughter, Dr. Stacy L.…
In Memoriam

David Mark Rasmussen

Our condolences to Tabitha Rasmussen (Violin/Viola Faculty) and her family for the loss of her father, David Mark Rasmussen. Read obituary here.
In Memoriam

Raymond Lloyd Conklin

Our condolences to Scott Conklin (Violin Faculty) and his family for the loss of his father, Raymond Lloyd Conklin. Read obituary here. http://wkms.org/post/ray-conklin-murray-state-music-professor-dies  
In Memoriam

Akiko Takeda

Our condolences to Chiaki Kubota (Piano Faculty) and her family for the loss of her mother, Akiko Takeda. Akiko passed away on April 20, 2018. She loved Theater, Opera, Musicals and Music.
In Memoriam

Ron Reed

We are saddened to report the loss of a great friend of Preucil School of Music.  Ron Reed, former Trustee and Board President passed away February 5, 2018.  Ron served on the Board from 1999 to 2010 and as Board President from 2000 to 2010.…
Brian Cretzmeyer

2018 Brian Cretzmeyer Piano Fund

Preucil School of Music is excited to announce a new endowed financial aid fund: the Brian Cretzmeyer Piano Fund. This fund was established in January 2017 by an initial contribution from the Brian Cretzmeyer Trust for Young Musicians, a 501(c)(3)…
In Memoriam

Christian Meriwether Kennedy

Our condolences go out the parents and family of  Christian Meriwether Kennedy, former Preucil School of Music cello student who passed away on November 27, 2017. Click for obituary.
In Memoriam

Richard W. Felsing

Our deeptest sympathy to Christie Felsing on the loss of her father Richard W. Felsing, who passed away on September 27, 2017. Click for obituary.
In Memoriam

Kristina Rose Hart (Alumni)

Our deepest sympathy to Michael and Joan (Wallace) Hart on the loss of their daughter, Kristina Rose Hart, who passed away on September 23, 2017. Click for obituary.
In Memoriam

Chong Gong Ying, 7/22/33–4/25/2017

Husband of Gwen Ying, retired Preucil School of Music faculty
Janice and Herb Wilson

2017 Wilson Family Foundation

Twenty years from now a child will be born, like all children, with a love and innate talent for music – but to a family without the financial resources to make the most of those gifts. This child does not yet have a name, but his or her musical…
In Memoriam

Richard S. Rhinehart, 7/4/27–1/18/2017

Father of Roxanne Boysen, Preucil Guild member
Virginia Myers

2017 Virginia Myers Bequest

Virginia Myers, a friend of Preucil School of Music, passed away in 2015.  Virginia, a University of Iowa Post-Grad student in the 1950s, and a U of I faculty member in the 1960s, was an artist, a teacher, and an inventor. This year and…
In Memoriam

Louis W.F. Hayward (son of harp student, Nona France)

Our deepest sympathy to Nona France on the loss of her son, Louis W.F. Hayward, who passed away on October 10, 2016. Click for his obituary.