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 Qualifying Recital: Omar H Elmusa, Trombone

Monday, February 23, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

DMA Qualifying Recital: Omar H Elmusa, Trombone

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

Isidore String Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 1:00pm

Dey House

The 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.

Recital: Luke Gage, Clarinet

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Optional Recital: Luke Gage, Clarinet

This concert is free and open to the public.

Catie Hickey - Trombone Guest Artist

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 7:30pm

Voxman Music Building

Catie Hickey - Trombone Guest Artist

This concert is free and open to the public.

Isidore String Quartet

Thursday, February 26, 2026 7:30pm

Hancher Auditorium

“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.

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

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Friday, April 24, 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.