Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony visited the University of Iowa campus March 28, 2018 to deliver a lecture in the Creative Matters series co-sponsored by the UI Office of the Vice President for Research. Below are stories, text, photos, and other materials chronicling and related to the visit.

Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony, made history in 2007 as the first woman to head a major American orchestra. Alsop is an inspiring and powerful voice in Baltimore and the international music scene, a music director of vision and distinction who passionately believes that “music has the power to change lives.”

A video of the remarks is also available at https://youtu.be/22Fs8iLeDt0

Photos by Miranda Meyer.

Creative Matters is an initiative of the UI Arts Advancement Committee and is sponsored by the UI Office of the Vice President for Research.

All events are free and open to the public.

The Office of the Vice President for Research provides resources and support to researchers and scholars at the University of Iowa and to businesses across Iowa with the goal of forging new frontiers of discovery and innovation and promoting a culture of creativity that benefits the campus, the state, and the world.

More at https://research.uiowa.edu, and on Twitter: @DaretoDiscover.