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Our world-class faculty stay at the top of their fields through scholarship, artistic creation, and performance.

School of Music faculty members continually develop, grow, and maintain prominent visibility in their scholarly and creative work. Many of our faculty receive grants, awards, fellowships, or other recognition as a result of substantial scholarship, artistic creation, and performance. Works by our faculty can be found by exploring the following areas of expertise.

Performances

Curator Guided Tour of 'Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon' promotional image

Curator Guided Tour of 'Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon'

Monday, February 16, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library

Join co-curators Sarah Suhadolnik and Katie Buehner for a special guided tour of the current University of Iowa Libraries Main Library Gallery exhibition, Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon. Admission is free, and all are welcome.

This event is part of Free Week 2026, a festival sponsored by Think Iowa City and the Iowa City Downtown District.

About the exhibit:

An Iowa native and a Hawkeye, conductor James Dixon (1928–2007) was instrumental in building...

DMA Qualifying Recital: Jacob White, horn

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA Qualifying Recital: Jacob White, horn

Click here for concert program.

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Chamber Music Concert of Works by Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Lowell Liebermann promotional image

Chamber Music Concert of Works by Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Lowell Liebermann

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Chamber Music Concert of Works by Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Lowell Liebermann

This concert is free and open to the public, and is part of Free Week 2026, a festival sponsored by Think Iowa City and the Iowa City Downtown District.

Air for flute and organ Op.106 (2008) c.10’00”

Nicole Esposito, flute

Greg Hand, organ

Sonata for Contrabass and Piano Op.24 (1987) c.25'00"

Volkan Orhon, contrabass

Doreen Lee, piano

-Intermission-

Three Lullabies for Two Pianos, op. 76 (2001) c. 16’00...

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