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

UI Monthly Jazz Jam

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 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.

Brentano String Quartet

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Longtime friends of the School of Music and Hancher bring an all-Beethoven program.

Concert Band and Symphony Band Concert

Thursday, October 8, 2026 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

Black Pop Music Ensemble Concert

Friday, October 9, 2026 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

Miles Bohlman - Recital

Saturday, October 10, 2026 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

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

L'elisir d'amore

Saturday, April 24, 2027 7:30pm

Coralville Center for the Performing Arts

Can a magic potion really win someone's heart? Hoping to capture the affection of the clever and independent Adina, the lovestruck Nemorino places his faith in a mysterious "elixir of love" sold by a charismatic traveling salesman.