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

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 4: Structure promotional image

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 4: Structure

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 4: Structure

Professor Matthew Arndt emcees the fourth presentation in this series of intergalactic music poetics. Drawing together ancient wisdom and modern science, this poetics aims at transmuting one’s experience of everything as music and living joyfully even as we work confidently toward an abundant future.

Tyler Hagy, conductor
City High Concert Choir

This concert is free and open to the public.

Iowa Trombone Choir

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Iowa Trombone Choir

This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA I Recital: Chaosupei Gao, Flute

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA I Recital: Chaosupei Gao, Flute

Chaosupei Gao, Flute
Mariya Akhadjanova, piano

This event is free and open to the public.

Harmony Cloud: Reimagining Music Education Through Listening, Technology, and Creative Play with Stefon Harris

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Stefon Harris introduces Harmony Cloud, an innovative digital platform designed to transform how musicians learn harmony, improvisation, and deep listening.

Blending decades of musical insight with cutting-edge technology, Harmony Cloud encourages musicians to move beyond rote theory toward an intuitive, embodied understanding of musical language. Harris will demonstrate how the platform works and discuss the broader implications of technology-enabled learning in the arts. Appropriate for...

Honors Recital: Emily Davisdon, saxophone

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Honors Recital: Emily Davisdon, saxophone

This concert is free and open to the public.

Event series

Upcoming events for recital attendance

MA Recital: John Thomas Morris, piano

Sunday, April 26, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

MA Recital: John Thomas Morris, piano

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

MA Recital: Jessica Baker, violin, and Nicklas Hull, piano

Sunday, April 26, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

MA Recital: Jessica Baker, violin, and Nicklas Hull, piano

Jessica Baker, violin
Nicklas Hull, piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Composers Workshop IV

Sunday, April 26, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

The Center for New Music will premiere new works by University of Iowa student composers.

It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts. Join us as we celebrate one part of the full range of creative work happening at the University of Iowa. Keep an eye out for more posts this spring featuring #NewWorkCity: a nod to the energy and...

Senior Recital: Sara Sample, clarinet

Sunday, April 26, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Sara Sample, clarinet

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Concert Band

Monday, April 27, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Concert Band

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

This concert is free and open to the public.