About
Nancy Hill Cobb is an American composer who has spent a large part of her career as a music faculty member and administrator in American universities. Cobb is retired Professor of Music and Associate Provost Emerita at the University of Northern Iowa. Other universities where she served as a composer and conductor were Mercer University, Oklahoma Baptist University, Dallas Baptist University, Florida Gulf Coast University and Indiana State University. She holds the D.M.A. in composition from the University of Oklahoma, the M.M. in composition from Michigan State University, and the B.M. in theory and composition from Oklahoma Baptist University. Her principal teachers were Claude Bass, H. Owen Reed, Carlisle Floyd and Michael Hennagin.
Cobb’s works are performed nationally and internationally. Her full length musical,The Suffragist (book and lyrics by Cavan Hallman), was performed at the Gallagher Bluedorn Theater in Cedar Falls, IA, July 16-18, 2021. Chronicling the last 10 years of the women’s right to vote effort (1910-1920),The Suffragistwas performed under the direction of Rachel Klein. Music Director was Rebecca Burkhardt. To hear a three-minute overview of the show, click here.
To learn more about Nancy Hill Cobb’s life and music, click on the link below to read Stephanie Keegan-Moring’s “American Composer Nancy Hill Cobb: Her Story, Her Music and Her Threnody”.
News & Announcements
The Suffragist
Upcoming performances are at Texas Woman’s University, Denton Texas, October 22-24, 2026. Click here for tickets.
Latest publication: Jubilant, distributed by GIA Publications, published by Alliance Music
Threnody
University of Northern Iowa Combined Chorus and Orchestra, John Wiles Conductor from April 13, 2018. Listen to the recording.
Agnus Dei
O Lord God, Unto Whom
Absalom, Fili Mi
Ubi Caritas
Cantate Domino
Threnody now has a new reduced orchestration available. The reduced orchestration was created by Stephanie Keegan-Moring. Contact me for details.
Shades and Illumination
Shades and Illumination for orchestra, commissioned by Orchestra Iowa was premiered on May 23, 2023. The Great Falls Symphony performed the work on April 18, 2026.