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

Italian Shadows (Yager and Charles)

Thursday, January 28, 2027 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Jean-Francois Charles: bass clarinet
Will Yager: double bass

This concert is free and open to the public.

Concert program will be available here: https://performingarts.uiowa.edu/digital-programs/music.

Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

Songs for Lulu

Friday, January 29, 2027 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Abbigail Coté, Soprano

Ting-Ting Yang, Pianist

This concert is free and open to the public.

Concert program will be available here: https://performingarts.uiowa.edu/digital-programs/music.

Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

MA Recital: Joshua Levy, Trumpet

Monday, February 1, 2027 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

UI Monthly Jazz Jam

Tuesday, February 2, 2027 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Tavern Blue

Our Jazz Studies faculty members host a monthly community jazz jam session, joined by students, alumni, community members, and musicians passing through Iowa City.

All members of the community are welcome for this free community event, hosted the first Tuesday of each month during the school year at Tavern Blue.

To learn more or if you are interested in jamming, get in touch with Damani Phillips.

Arie VandeWaa, Trombone Guest Artist

Tuesday, February 2, 2027 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

Audition Days

Event series

Piano Sundays

Eine Kleine Lunch Music

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

Shucked

Saturday, March 27, 2027 7:30pm

Hancher Auditorium

Shucked is the Tony Award–winning musical comedy about an unlikely hero, a lovable con man, and an a-maize-ing battle for the heart and soil of Cob County—featuring the knockout songs “Woman of the World,” “Somebody Will” and “Independently Owned.”