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

The Role of the Pelvic Floor in Respiration: Considerations for Brass Pedagogy

Friday, May 1, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

The Role of the Pelvic Floor in Respiration: Considerations for Brass Pedagogy

Presented by Katie Noll:

Conventional trombone pedagogy has much to say on the way the diaphragm and abdominal muscles play a role in breathing. Emerging research in the physiology of breathing is now highlighting how the pelvic floor muscles also play a role in allowing the body to take a full, relaxed breath. From a respiratory context, the pelvic floor functions similarly in men and women but they will experience...

Iowa Center for the Arts (ICA) Final Round Competition Recital

Saturday, May 2, 2026 1:00pm

Voxman Music Building

Iowa Center for the Arts (ICA) Final Round Competition Recital

This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Peyton Flynn, percussion

Saturday, May 2, 2026 1:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Peyton Flynn, percussion

This concert is free and open to the public.

Beetlejuice. The Musical. The Musical. The Musical.

Saturday, May 2, 2026 2:00pm

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!

Senior Recital: Cole Moorhead, Saxophone

Saturday, May 2, 2026 3:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Cole Moorhead, Saxophone

Cole Moorhead, Saxophone
Casey Dierlam Tse, Piano

This concert will 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

Recital: Gavin Leech, Trombone, Rhiann Zulfer, Trombone, Dan Reiter Bass Trombone.

Saturday, April 25, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Recital: Gavin Leech, Trombone, Rhiann Zulfer, Trombone, Dan Reiter Bass Trombone.

Gavin Leech, Trombone
Rhiann Zulfer, Trombone
Dan Reiter, Bass Trombone.

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.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Saturday, April 25, 2026 7:30pm

Hancher Auditorium

Based on the beloved tale by Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a sweeping, grand scale Disney musical featuring a cast of 40 singers and actors. The musical will be presented in an operatic theatrical style on the Hancher stage and will feature the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra.