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

Joshua Bell and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 7:30pm

Hancher Auditorium

Experience the beauty brought forth by some of the finest musicians to be found anywhere.

Guest Chamber Recital: JACK Quartet

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Guest Chamber Recital: JACK Quartet

JACK continues their long-standing relationship with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program. In their 2-part '25–'26 residency, the JACK Quartet will workshop drafts by student composers, and teach chamber music. In this recital, JACK will perform a recital of works written expressly for them by UI student composers.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Orchestral Programs on the Airwaves: Iowa Conductor James Dixon on “Raising the Musical Tone of the State”

Thursday, March 12, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Virtual

Tune in for an online lecture with exhibition co-curator Sarah Suhadolnik as she dives into the history of public access to Iowa orchestras. Please register in advance to receive the webinar link. All are welcome to attend this free event.

About the lecture:
Historically, public radio and television have played an important role in connecting Iowans across the state with the music of James Dixon’s orchestras. Through listener/viewer correspondence from the James Dixon Papers at the University of...

Lomazov / Rackers Piano Duo

Thursday, March 12, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Marina Lomazov, Piano
Joseph Rackers, Piano

This event is free and open to the public.

MA Recital: Henry Giles, piano

Friday, March 13, 2026 5:30pm

Voxman Music Building

MA Recital: Henry Giles, piano

Event can be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

This concert 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

DMA II Recital: Miles Bohlman, percussion

Saturday, March 7, 2026 11:30am

Voxman Music Building

DMA II Recital: Miles Bohlman, percussion

This concert is free and open to the public.

Canceled

University Choir/Camerata Singers Concert Featuring Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil

Saturday, March 7, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

University Choir / Camerata Singers Concert

Click here for program.

The University of Iowa Camerata Singers and University Choir come together to share an evening of choral music.

The event highlight is University Choir’s performance of The Sacred Veil by Eric Whitacre. Scored for choir, piano (Halie Augustus), and cello (Dr. Jamie Clark), the twelve-movement work sets texts by poet Tony Silvestri and traces the story of his wife Julie’s life, illness, and passing due to ovarian cancer. The piece...