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

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Isidore String Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 1:00pm
Dey House
The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Isidore String Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room.

Catie Hickey - Trombone Guest Artist

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Catie Hickey - Trombone Guest Artist

This concert is free and open to the public.

Recital: Luke Gage, Clarinet

Thursday, February 26, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Optional Recital: Luke Gage, Clarinet

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Isidore String Quartet

Thursday, February 26, 2026 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
“Live performance is where the four of us love to be because so many things are possible,” says Adrian Steele, violinist in the Isidore String Quartet.
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VOCES8

Saturday, February 28, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
A spectacular vocal ensemble shares their talents—with UI students and with the audience
Audition Days

Event series

Piano Sundays

Piano Sundays

Lunch Concert

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

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

Sigma Alpha Iota x Phi Mu Alpha Recital

Saturday, December 6, 2025 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Sigma Alpha Iota x Phi Mu Alpha Recital

This concert is free and open to the public.

Intersection A Cappella

Saturday, December 6, 2025 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Intersection A Cappella

Tenor-Bass A Cappella
Harry Bui
Griffin Carroll
Jacob Cannon
Ethyn Tallman
Owen Ashbrook
Cyrus Johnson
Connor Barnes
Carter Owens
Dale Nuss
Connor Dolan
Derek Phillips
Beau Leavenworth
Haydon Bailey
Tony Galusha

This concert is free and open to the public.

Composers Workshop II

Saturday, December 6, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Composers Workshop II

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Handel’s Messiah, featuring UI Choirs and Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, December 6, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium

Perfectly timed to ring in the holiday season.

Handel’s Messiah is a beloved masterwork. University of Iowa student musicians from the choir and orchestra programs will come together to bring this perennial favorite gloriously to life. Hallelujah!

Music by George Frideric Handel
Conducted by David Puderbaugh

Double Bass Studio Recital

Sunday, December 7, 2025 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Double Bass Studio Recital

This concert is free and open to the public.