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
Gabriel Kahane
Sunday, February 22, 2026 4:00pm
Magnificent Bird & Book of Travelers An evening of stories, music, and foodPart of Hancher Up ClosePart of Hancher's 53rd seasonThe confines of “singer-songwriter” are too limiting to hold this artist and his searching work.Hancher’s composer-in-residence revisits two of his exceptional song cycles in a single day—an opportunity to immerse yourself in Kahane’s lyrically beautiful work and affecting vocals. After the first cycle, Magnificent Bird, the audience will convene in Hancher’s Stanley...
Center for New Music Ensemble Concert III
Sunday, February 22, 2026 7:30pm
Center for New Music Ensemble Concert IIIMore concert details can be viewed here on the Center for New Music website: https://cnm.uiowa.edu/This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.This concert is free and open to the public.
Isidore String Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 1:00pm
TICKETSFree and open to the public, no ticket requiredPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonThe Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Isidore String Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room. This event is free and open to the public with limited seating capacity.Isidore String Quartet is engaged in a week-long residency at the University of Iowa.“Vivid, imaginative and bold...
Catie Hickey - Trombone Guest Artist
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 7:30pm
Catie Hickey - Trombone Guest ArtistThis concert is free and open to the public.
Isidore String Quartet
Thursday, February 26, 2026 7:30pm
Part of Hancher Up ClosePart of Hancher's 53rd seasonPresented in collaboration with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program“Live performance is where the four of us love to be because so many things are possible,” says Adrian Steele, violinist in the Isidore String Quartet. Winners of the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition and a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the members of the quartet forge an emotional connection with audiences—valuing the listener as a fifth...
Event series
Upcoming events for recital attendance
Chamber Music Residency Program Recital I
Thursday, May 7, 2026 7:30pm
Chamber Music Residency Program Recital IThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This concert 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.
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.
Music and Brain Health: An Iowa Neuroscience Institute Event
Friday, October 16, 2026 7:30pm
Music and Brain Health: An Iowa Neuroscience Institute EventThis event is free and open to the public.