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Events

Iowa City Area High School Choir Concert with the University of Iowa University Choir

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Iowa City Area High School Choir Concert with the University of Iowa University Choir This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. This concert is free and open to the public. 

Guest Chamber Recital: Mirari Brass

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Guest Chamber Recital: Mirari Brass This concert is free and open to the public.  View the program: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A31153

Guest Artist Recital: Steven Mead, euphonium

Thursday, October 17, 2024 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Guest Artist Recital: Steven Mead, euphonium This event has been canceled. 
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Textural and Timbral Influences on Storytelling Narrative in Pop/Rock Music

Friday, October 18, 2024 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Through comparisons with rhetorical devices in storytelling, this paper explores subsets of the ways that texture and timbral narratives can play out over the course of a song. Ones that encompass and enhance the entire story, not just narrated verses interspersed with a catchy chorus, but ones that follow the narrative arc of the whole song.
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