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
Forefront & the Black Pop Music Ensemble at Wildwood
Thursday, May 1, 2025 7:00pm
Forefront & the Black Pop Music EnsembleForefront (UI Jazz Faculty Ensemble) & the Black Pop Music Ensemble is excited to present a joint concert at Iowa City’s iconic Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon! Join as we perform selections by some of the world’s most iconic artists including Roy Hargrove, Curtis Mayfield, Sly & The Family Stone, Lakeside & more! You’ll want to be in the house for this one! We look forward to seeing you there!Admission: $5 general admission / $3 students. Advance tickets...
Center for New Music presents guest artists: LIGAMENT
Thursday, May 1, 2025 7:30pm
Guest Artists: LIGAMENT DuoRecently described as “perverse and nihilistic” by someone on Twitter, Anika Kildegaard (2020 MA, voice) and Will Yager (2021 DMA, double bass) are LIGAMENT, an ensemble dedicated to commissioning new music and creating work for their unique instrumentation. LIGAMENT’s performances are a fusion of standard and non-standard elements; sometimes there are high heels and sometimes there are electric toothbrushes (and sometimes both). The duo is equally at home with...
Iowa Symphony Band
Thursday, May 1, 2025 7:30pm
Iowa Symphony BandThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943887This concert is free and open to the public.
Miyawaki Forest Community Celebration
Friday, May 2, 2025 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Join us to dedicate our newly planted Miyawaki Forest! After the final tree is planted, explore the budding forest, enjoy music by Orion Orrico, and participate in a community sing led by Lyndsey Scott. Let's come together to honor this green space and our community effort to bring it to life.CelebrationFriday, May 24:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Special ProgrammingMusic by Orion Orrico, 5:00 p.m.Community Sing led by Lyndsey Scott, 5:15 p.m.
Our Roots: A Celebration of Jewish Heritage
Friday, May 2, 2025 5:00pm to 6:00pm
For Jewish American Heritage Month, join us on the Pentacrest, outside of Macbride Hall, as we celebrate Jewish stories through student speakers, music, and a reflection activity that pays homage to the Anne Frank Tree Sapling.Please bring your own seating.(Blankets and lawn chairs are encouraged)Rain Location: Phillips Hall Rm. 100 (16 N Clinton St.)Sponsored by Iowa Hillel and the Anne Frank Initiative at the University of Iowa
Event series
Upcoming events for recital attendance
Graduate Recital: Julia Holleman, Tracy Yu Qian, organ
Saturday, April 19, 2025 7:30pm
Graduate Recital: Julia Holleman, Tracy Yu Qian, organ
This concert is free and open to the public.
Davóne Tines Recital No. 1: MASS
Saturday, April 19, 2025 7:30pm
TICKETSTickets on sale to the general public: Monday, July 29, at 10 a.m.Adults $30 / $20Students & Youth $10Part of Hancher's 52nd SeasonAmerican bass-baritone Davóne Tines — heralded by the Los Angeles Times as “one of the most powerful voices of our time” — brings together opera, art song, contemporary classical, spirituals, gospel, and songs of protest to tell his deeply personal story of perseverance in ways that embrace all of humanity. In Recital No. 1: MASS, Tines offers a program of...
Center for New Music Ensemble Concert IV, feat. Gregory Rowland Evans
Sunday, April 20, 2025 7:30pm
Center for New Music Ensemble Concert IVThis concert features "Alu," a new composition by Gregory Rowland Evans (2024 PhD), and is part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by Performing Arts At Iowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts. Join us as we celebrate the energy and creativity that crackles across this performing arts community.Alu (2025)Alu - The title word "Alu" is a somewhat gnomic term found on a variety of runestones. While a...
University Band
Monday, April 21, 2025 7:30pm
University Band
M. Cory Schmitt, conductor
Jarrid Jaynes and Courtney Ridge, guest conductors
This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.
View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943870
This concert is free and open to the public.
DMA I Recital: Chris Hunley, saxophone
Monday, April 21, 2025 7:30pm
DMA I Recital: Chris Hunley, saxophone
Chris Hunley, saxophone
Casey Dierlam Tse, piano
This concert is free and open to the public.