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UI Monthly Jazz Jam with special guest Stefon Harris

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Tavern Blue
Jazz Studies faculty members host a monthly community jazz jam session with special guest Stefon Harris
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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.

Joint Chamber Recital: Dolce and Moonlight Brass Quintets

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

Joint Chamber Recital: Dolce and Moonlight Brass Quintets

Natalie Roth, trumpet
Emily Bach, trumpet
Brad Balster, euphonium
Elliot Baughman, trombone
Bryson Kinnan, tubaTyler Cook, trumpet
Ashton Heim, trumpet
Charlie Muehlberger, horn
Kaleb Sutcliffe, trombone
Elly Kern, tuba

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.

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Iowa New Play Festival

Wednesday, May 6 to Friday, May 8, 2026 (all day)
Theatre Building
We are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights. Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA and undergraduate playwrights.
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Lucia

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Theatre Building
By Emily Kaufman-Bell
Directed by Kayla Adams
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading Series

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.

Graduate Song Performance: Song Cycles

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

An Afternoon of Song Cycles

Paul Cort, Adam Griffiths, Wendi Griffiths, Sarah Hachtman, Jack Power and Dr. Minji Kwon

This performance is free and open to the public.

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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.