Events

upcoming concerts + events Special event series events for recital attendance

Making music daily.

You can always find us making music in Voxman Music Building, whether our concert hall stage is full of orchestra members or a single musician is rehearsing in one of our high-tech studio spaces. You can catch our performances via livestream or watch a previous recording.

Concert livestreams

Can't make it in person? We have select live performances streamed in real time right here.

Concert recordings

Our YouTube channel is a treasure trove of concert videos, along with videos showing a glimpse into life as a music student at the University of Iowa.

Upcoming music events

"Only a Mask" a new musical by Blake Cordell

Thursday, October 30, 2025 7:30pm

The James Theatre

A workshop of a new musical about identity and superpowers written by a music composition graduate student as part of thesis research

An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma

Thursday, October 30, 2025 7:30pm

Hancher Auditorium

The beloved master musician comes to Iowa to reflect on a brilliantly consequential career.

Guest Artist Masterclass: Camille Thurman, jazz

Friday, October 31, 2025 2:30pm to 4:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Guest Artist Masterclass: Camille Thurman, jazz

This event is free and open to the public.

Faculty Chamber Concert

Friday, October 31, 2025 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Faculty Chamber Concert

Sonata in A Minor, George Frederick Handel

Sonata for Violin and Cello, Maurice Ravel

Trout Quintet in A, D. 667 Franz Schubert

Benjamin Coelho, bassoon

Jamie Clark, cello

Doreen Lee, piano

Kenny Lee, cello

Elizabeth Oakes, viola

Volkan Orhon, double bass

Patrick Yim, violin (Guest)

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

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/951327

This concert is free and open to the public.

"Only a Mask" a new musical by Blake Cordell

Friday, October 31, 2025 7:30pm

The James Theatre

A workshop of a new musical about identity and superpowers written by a music composition graduate student as part of thesis research

Audition Days

Event series

Piano Sundays

Eine Kleine Lunch Music

a recent jazz jam session with students shown playing bass, saxophone, trumpet, trombone in a retro-styled restaurant setting

Monthly Jazz Jam

Key Change: Piano Revolutionaries

JACK Quartet playing in Voxman's Recital Hall as part of a collaboration between Hancher Auditorium and the School of Music, part of the String Quartet Residency Program

UI String Quartet Residency Program

Upcoming events for recital attendance

Campus Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, April 23, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Campus Symphony Orchestra

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

This concert is free and open to the public.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Friday, April 24, 2026 7:30pm

Hancher Auditorium

Based on the beloved tale by Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a sweeping, grand scale Disney musical featuring a cast of 40 singers and actors. The musical will be presented in an operatic theatrical style on the Hancher stage and will feature the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra.