Iowa conductor James Dixon (1928–2007) was both a conductor and a connoisseur of gourmet cuisine. In celebration of his birthday, drop by the Main Library Gallery between noon and 1:30 p.m. to pick up a sweet treat and see a pop-up display of fun vintage cookbooks and recipe pamphlets from Special Collections and Archives—all featuring tasty birthday desserts. Everyone is welcome.

While visiting, enjoy the spring 2026 Main Library Gallery exhibition Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of...

Recital: Brad Balster - Euphonium, Keegan Clark - Trombone

This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA Qualifying Recital: Zachary Bethel, Trombone

You can view the recital here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA II Recital: Chris Hunley, saxophone

Chris Hunley, saxophone
Casey Dierlam Tse, piano

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA Recital: Nuo Chen, piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

Symphony Band

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Molly Owen, voice

Molly Owen - Soprano
Jason Sifford - Piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 4: Structure

Professor Matthew Arndt emcees the fourth presentation in this series of intergalactic music poetics. Drawing together ancient wisdom and modern science, this poetics aims at transmuting one’s experience of everything as music and living joyfully even as we work confidently toward an abundant future.

Tyler Hagy, conductor
City High Concert Choir

This concert is free and open to the public.

Iowa Trombone Choir

This concert is free and open to the public.