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

Guest Artist Recital: Faina Lushtak, piano

Thursday, October 30, 2025 1:45pm

Voxman Music Building

Guest Artist Recital: Faina Lushtak, piano

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/951328

This concert is free and open to the public.

Guest Oboe Recital: Dr. William McMullen, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Thursday, October 30, 2025 5:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Guest Oboe Recital: Dr. William McMullen, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/951326

This concert is free and open to the public.

"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.

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

UI Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

UI Symphony Orchestra

University Symphony Orchestra Presents Voices Unbound

Kenny Lee, Conductor

Jamie Clark, Cello

Greg Hand, Organ

Join us for the second UISO concert of the fall semester! The program opens with Dvořák’s Carnival Overture, a vibrant and celebratory work full of bubbling energy. At the heart of the program is the haunting world premiere of The World According to…, a new cello concerto by Nicky Sohn, featuring Jamie Clark as soloist. This powerful work carries a deeply personal...