About Us

What is the Iowa City Music Auxiliary?

Iowa City Music Auxiliary is an all-volunteer parent organization dedicated to the support and enrichment of all perfomance music programs – band, orchestra, choir, show choir, and jazz bands– in the Iowa City Community School District. These outstanding programs are avaliable to all district students in fifth through twelth grades.

What We Support:

Each year we provide approximately $55,000 to our music programs, including:

  • Transportation (elementary and junior high tours, travel for high school performing groups to honor festivals)
  • Entry fees for competitions and honors ensembles
  • Direct support to all elementary, junior high, and high school music programs (choreography, clinicians, supplemental materials)
  • $10,000 for District-Wide Curriculum Supplemental Stipend
  • Uniform cleaning
  • Student awards

Our support significantly reduces the cost of music education for the families in our community!

ICCSD is committed to delivering our high-quality Performance Music programs, so the need for financial support from parents and the community remains. Our goal is to increase our fundraising efforts to expand our support for new music experiences for our students.

How can you join the Music Auxiliary? How much does it cost?

Music Auxiliary is free to join. We raise funds to support our music programs by asking for donations:

  • through mailings
  • fundraisers
  • at will donations at concerts
  • via MySchoolBucks (select “Iowa City Music Auxiliary” under School Store Donations tab
  • through the ICCSD Foundation website (select “Music Auxiliary” from campaign list): Donate at the ICCSD Foundation

How else can you help?

  • Volunteer at one of our fundraisers
  • Become a parent representative – ask your school’s music director for more information
  • Become an At-Large member

Iowa City Music Auxiliary Meetings:

Throughout the school year (no meeting in December), parent representatives and Executive Board members meet to discuss varying topics and provide reports from each ICCSD Band, Orchestra, and Choir program

2025-2026 Meeting Dates:

All meetings are held via Zoom on the 4th Monday of the month at 7 pm. Executive Board meetings begin a 6pm.

        • September 22, 2025
        • October 27, 2025
        • November 24, 2025
        • No December meeting
        • January 26, 2026
        • February 23, 2026
        • March 23, 2026
        • April 27, 2026
        • May 2026 – TBD

Roles and Responsibilities of a Parent Representative:

      • Attend monthly Auxiliary meetings (4th Monday of the month) and give director’s report.
      • Best practice: email your director a week or so before the meeting, to remind the director to send you their monthly report
      • Participate on committees, such as:
        • Corporate fund raising
        • Winter sale
        • Merchandise
        • Spring sale
        • Social media
      • Concert Procedures

        • Display Music Auxiliary information sign and donation bucket(s) on donation table
        • School Directors may also opt to have a school program donation container on the donation table
        • Collect donations
        • Hand out programs
        • Hand out donor inserts at the end-of-the-year concerts
        • Give donations to a school administrator or the director at the end of the concert

Thank you for your continued support of the Iowa City Music Auxiliary!