Student employee spotlight: Charmirose “Sugar” Durante (opens in new tab)

Charmirose “Sugar” Durante’s journey to the Rita Benton Music Library at the University of Iowa began an ocean away in her home country of the Philippines. It was there that Durante first lifted a violin’s bow and played the opening notes of a lifelong career. Years later, her passion for her instrument has brought her to the United States, where she earned a master’s degree from Western Illinois University before coming to the University of Iowa to pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in vi...