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

MA Recital: Jenna Winterton, organ

Saturday, April 25, 2026 1:30pm

Voxman Music Building

MA Recital: Jenna Winterton, organ

This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: James Kieser, piano

Saturday, April 25, 2026 1:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: James Kieser, piano

James Kieser, piano
Elizabeth Kerr, cello

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

This event is free and open to the public.

MA Recital: Yu (Tracy) Qian, organ

Saturday, April 25, 2026 3:30pm

Voxman Music Building

MA Recital: Yu (Tracy) Qian, organ

This concert is free and open to the public.

Master’s Degree Recital: Julia Van Den Top, organ

Saturday, April 25, 2026 5:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Master’s Degree Recital: Julia Van Den Top, organ

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.

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

Kenny Lee, Cello | Crumb x Tan Dun

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Kenny Lee, Cello | Crumb x Tan Dun

Featuring:

Kenny Lee, Cello

Nicole Esposito, Flute

Doreen Lee, Piano

with Seamless Percussion:

Miles Bohlman, Eva Chopskie, Shaun Everson, Evan Tanner

Join us for an evening of works by two pioneers of 20th-century classical music, George Crumb and Tan Dun! The program will feature Crumb’s breathtaking Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) and conclude with the Dun's raucous and gripping Elegy: Snow in June, Concerto for Cello and Four Percussion.

This concert will be...