Myths and Fables: A Voice Studio Recital

Students of Dr. Jeremiah Sanders Voice Studio

This concert is free and open to the public.

Optional Recital: Nathan Ortiz, percussion

Nathan Ortiz, percussion
Drew Hansen, percussion
Ava Chopskie, percussion
Peyton Flynn, percussion
Shaun Everson, percussion

This event is free and open to the public.

Key Change: Brahms and His Piano Legacy, Concert #4

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

Stop by the Main Library Gallery for a drop-in craft and a pop-up display featuring charming Valentine and music-themed delights from Special Collections and Archives! Create your own Valentine cards and pins, enjoy a sweet treat, and see rare objects that will set your heart aflutter. Drop in any time between noon and 2 p.m. All are welcome.

While in the gallery, check out the spring exhibition, Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon.

Iowa Percussion Arts Share Concert

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Join co-curators Sarah Suhadolnik and Katie Buehner for a special guided tour of the current University of Iowa Libraries Main Library Gallery exhibition, Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon. Admission is free, and all are welcome.

This event is part of Free Week 2026, a festival sponsored by Think Iowa City and the Iowa City Downtown District.

About the exhibit:

An Iowa native and a Hawkeye, conductor James Dixon (1928–2007) was instrumental in building...

DMA Qualifying Recital: Jacob White, horn

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

Chamber Music Concert of Works by Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Lowell Liebermann

This concert is free and open to the public, and is part of Free Week 2026, a festival sponsored by Think Iowa City and the Iowa City Downtown District.

Air for flute and organ Op.106 (2008) c.10’00”

Nicole Esposito, flute

Greg Hand, organ

Sonata for Contrabass and Piano Op.24 (1987) c.25'00"

Volkan Orhon, contrabass

Doreen Lee, piano

-Intermission-

Three Lullabies for Two Pianos, op. 76 (2001) c. 16’00...

Moderated by Director of Orchestral Studies and Music Assistant Professor Kenny Lee

Join us in conversation with two great working American composers, Lowell Liebermann and Gabriel Kahane, as they discuss process and artistry. Kahane is Hancher Auditorium’s 2025-26 Composer-in Residence, and Liebermann is an Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor hosted in the UI School of Music. The two composers are engaged in concurrent week-long residencies at the University of Iowa, and will each...

A concert bringing composers and musicians together.

The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra will perform a suite of murder ballads by Hancher’s composer-in-residence Gabriel Kahane—and Kahane himself will join the ensemble. In addition, composer Lowell Liebermann will be in attendance to experience the U.S. premiere of his Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra Op. 145, written for and performed by UI Professor of Saxophone, Dr. Kenneth Tse, during the first half of the program.

Conducted by...