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

Joint Sophomore Recital: Josiah Goodlett, Bass and Kirsten Staker, Soprano

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Joint Sophomore Recital: Josiah Goodlett, Bass and Kirsten Staker, Soprano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Protecting Water, Protecting Community: Short Films & Dialogue on Indigenous Land and Water Defense

Thursday, April 9, 2026 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Join us for an evening of short films and community conversation exploring movements to protect water, land, and community.

The program will feature a curated selection of short films highlighting water protection movements in the Midwest, and beyond. Following the screenings, Dakota elder and historian Tim Mentz Sr. and Sikowis Nobiss, Cree-Saulteaux of the George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan and the founder and executive director of the Great Plains Action Society, will participate in a...

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Faculty Recital: Ksenia Nosikova, piano

Thursday, April 9, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Faculty Recital: Ksenia Nosikova, piano

This concert is free and open to the public. 

Canceled

Recital: Kylie Little, viola

Friday, April 10, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA III Recital: Kylie Little, viola

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Orchestra Baobab

Friday, April 10, 2026 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
A multi-generation Afro-Cuban band endlessly reinvigorating its sound.
Canceled

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.