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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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. 

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.

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Camila Fernández

Thursday, March 12, 2026 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
An incomparable singer expands what you think you know about Mexican music.
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National Trumpet Competition

Thursday, March 19, 2026 9:00am to 9:00pm
Voxman Music Building
The UI School of Music is hosting the National Trumpet Competition in 2026!
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National Trumpet Competition

Friday, March 20, 2026 9:00am to 9:00pm
Voxman Music Building
The UI School of Music is hosting the National Trumpet Competition in 2026!

Event series

Upcoming events for recital attendance

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Chamber Music Concert of Works by Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Lowell Liebermann

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Chamber Music Concert of Works by Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Lowell Liebermann

This concert is free and open to the public.

Air for flute and organ Op.106 (2008) c.10’00”

Nicole Esposito, flute

Greg Hand, organ

Sonata for Contrabass and Piano Op.24 (1987) c.25'00"

Volkan Orhon, contrabass

Doreen Lee, piano

-Intermission-

Three Lullabies for Two Pianos, op. 76 (2001) c. 16’00”

Jonathan Bass, piano

Nicklas Hull, piano

Trio No 3 Op 122 (2012) c. 17'00”

Luis Infante Hernandez, violin

Eli...

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UI Symphony Orchestra with Gabriel Kahane

Friday, February 20, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

A concert bringing composers and musicians together.

The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra will perform a suite of murder ballads by Hancher’s composer-in-residence Gabriel Kahane—and Kahane himself will join the ensemble. In addition, composer Lowell Liebermann will be in attendance to experience the U.S. premiere of his Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra Op. 142, written for and performed by UI Professor of Saxophone, Dr. Kenneth Tse, during the first half of the program.

Conducted by...

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Symphony Band Showcase Concert

Saturday, February 21, 2026 6:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Symphony Band Showcase Concert

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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Del Sol Quartet, presented by UI String Quartet Residency Program + UI Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

Saturday, February 21, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Del Sol Quartet, presented by UI String Quartet Residency Program + UI Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

Benjamin Kreith & Hyeyung Sol Yoon, violin
Charlton Lee, viola
Kathryn Bates, cello

The Del Sol Quartet residency is a UI String Quartet Residency Program / Center for Asian and Pacific Studies/ Obermann Center for Advanced Studies collaboration with support from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Endowment Fund

delsolquartet.com

This concert is free and open to the public, and sponsored in part by...

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Iowa Honor Band Showcase Concert

Sunday, February 22, 2026 1:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Iowa Honor Band Showcase Concert

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

This concert is free and open to the public.