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
José James
Thursday, September 18, 2025 8:30pm
With special guest Jim SwimPart of Hancher's Infinite Dream festivalPart of Club HancherPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonAn eclectic vision of musical crosspollination guides an artist unconstrained by genre.If each of José James’s influences was a stone tossed into a bucket, that bucket would be heavy with jazz, hip-hop, R&B, soul, funk, disco, rock, and pop as well as a curious appreciation for ‘70s kung-fu film aesthetics. His most recent project—a series of records called 1978—brings these...
Kaveh Akbar and Eve L. Ewing
Friday, September 19, 2025 5:30pm
Reading and conversationUniversity of Iowa Literary LegendsTICKETSFree and open to the public, registration recommended.Registration will go live Wednesday, July 9 at 10:00 a.m.Part of Hancher's Infinite Dream festivalPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonPresented in collaboration with University of Iowa Center for Advancement, University of Iowa Lecture Committee, University of Iowa Vice President for Research Creative Matter Series, Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Nonfiction Writing ProgramTwo renowned...
32 Sounds
Friday, September 19, 2025 6:30pm
A film by Sam Greenwith music by JD Samson & sound design by Mark ManginiPart of Hancher's Infinite Dream festivalPart of Hancher Up ClosePart of Hancher's 53rd seasonSink into an astonishing soundscape that just might change how you hear the world.32 Sounds is a documentary film—delivered in real-time—that explores the ways in which sound can shape our perception of the world, seemingly bend time itself, and make boundaries permeable. This full-immersion sensory experience includes headphones...
Alan Sparhawk and His Band followed by a DJ set with JD Samson
Friday, September 19, 2025 9:00pm
A special double billPart of Hancher's Infinite Dream festivalPart of Club HancherPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonTwo indie icons bring their current projects to Iowa City.Alan Sparhawk co-founded the seminal rock band, Low, in 1993 with his wife Mimi Parker. Low sustained critical success for nearly thirty years with its quiet/noisy dynamic. Following Parker’s passing in 2022, Sparhawk has carried the emotional intensity of his former project into an unexpected, gripping solo career. With material...
Piano Sundays at Old Capitol: Réne Lecuona, Tammie Walker and Studios
Sunday, September 21, 2025 1:30pm
Piano Sundays at Old CapitolThis event will feature Réne Lecuona, Tammie Walker and Studios.Upcoming Piano Sundays at Old Capitol:November 2, 2025 | Doreen Lee and UI Collaborative PianistsMarch 1, 2026 | Ksenia Nosikova and StudioMay 3, 2026 | Alan Huckleberry and StudioThis concert is free and open to the public.
Event series
Upcoming events for recital attendance
Kantorei & Camerata Concert
Friday, May 8, 2026 7:30pm
Kantorei & Camerata ConcertThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This event is free and open to the public.
Chamber Music Residency Program Recital II
Friday, May 8, 2026 7:30pm
Chamber Music Residency Program Recital IIThis concert is free and open to the public.