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

DMA III Recital: Henrique Rabelo, piano

Thursday, April 30, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

DMA III Recital: Henrique Rabelo, piano

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA RECITAL I: Erik Lopez Reyes, bassoon

Friday, May 1, 2026 3:30pm

Voxman Music Building

DMA RECITAL I: Erik Lopez Reyes, bassoon

This event is free and open to the public.

DMA II Recital: Eric Luminais, Flute

Friday, May 1, 2026 5:30pm

Voxman Music Building

DMA II Recital: Eric Luminais, Flute

This event can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

This event is free and open to the public.

Black Pop Music Ensemble

Friday, May 1, 2026 7:00pm

Tavern Blue

Black Pop Music Ensemble

This concert is free and open to the public.

Canceled

Beetlejuice. The Musical. The Musical. The Musical.

Friday, May 1, 2026 7:30pm

Hancher Auditorium

It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, Beetlejuice is “SCREAMINGLY GOOD FUN!” (Variety). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about family, love, and making the most of every Day-O!

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

Joint Campus A Cappella Concert

Sunday, March 29, 2026 1:30pm

Voxman Music Building

A Night of A Cappella

Intersection A Cappella
Old Gold A Cappella
Hawkappellas
Aca-demics
Iowa Agni

This concert is free and open to the public.

The Music Man

Sunday, March 29, 2026 2:00pm to 4:45pm

Hancher Auditorium

There’s trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize — this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for...