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5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 1: From Polarity to Plurality promotional image

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 1: From Polarity to Plurality

Monday, October 6, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 1: From Polarity to PluralityKenneth Tse, saxophoneJonathan Allen, tromboneJean-François Charles, live electronicsRamin Roshandel, sétarJhe Russell, spoken wordThis concert is free and open to the public.

Harlem Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 1:00pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library
TICKETSFree and open to the public, no ticket requiredPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonThe Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Harlem Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at Glenn Schaeffer Library/Dey House in the Frank Conroy Reading Room. This event is free and open to the public with limited seating capacity.Harlem Quartet is a New York-based, award-winning ensemble engaged in a week-long residency at the University...
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Jazz Repertory Ensemble

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Jazz Repertory EnsembleThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.This concert is free and open to the public.

Guest Artist Recital: Hsaopei Lee, viola

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Guest Artist Recital: Hsaopei Lee, violaHsaopei Lee, violaMichael Bunchman, pianoThis concert is free and open to the public.
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Concert Band & Symphony Band

Thursday, October 9, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Concert Band & Symphony BandThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This concert is free and open to the public.
Waters of the United States: POTUS, SCOTUS, WOTUS, and the Politics of a National Resource with Royal C. Gardner  promotional image

Waters of the United States: POTUS, SCOTUS, WOTUS, and the Politics of a National Resource with Royal C. Gardner

Friday, October 10, 2025 12:45pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building
Join Royal C. Gardner, the Professor of Law, Hugh F. Culverhouse Chair, and Director of the Stetson Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy at Stetson Law, when he discusses his new book Waters of the United States: POTUS, SCOTUS, WOTUS, and the Politics of a National Resource, published by Island Press. In 2023, the Supreme Court made one of its most devastating rulings in environmental history in Sackett v. EPA. By narrowing the legal definition of ‘waters of the United States’ (WOTUS), the...

Imani Winds and Harlem Quartet

Friday, October 10, 2025 7:30pm
The Englert
With A.B. Spellman, OratorPassion for Bach and ColtranePart of Hancher's 53rd seasonPresented in collaboration with the University of Iowa String Quartet and Woodwind Ensemble Residency ProgramsFunded in part by the Richard E. Kerber Woodwind Excellence FundEnsembles from different traditions share a passion for two of music’s towering figures.Jeff Scott was a founding horn player of the wind quintet Imani Winds and created the Grammy-winning oratorio Passion for Bach and Coltrane. The current...

Black Pop Music Ensemble

Friday, October 10, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Black Pop Music EnsembleThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.This concert is free and open to the public.
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Romeo and Juliet

Friday, October 10, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
By William ShakespeareReinterpreted and Directed by Søren OlsenFrom its chaotic, unorthodox opening brawl, Søren Olsen’s Romeo and Juliet delivers a bold, unapologetic reimagining that challenges the legacy of Shakespeare’s classic romance. Hot-mess celebrity parties, perilous make-outs, and passion-fueled duels collide in this director-designer’s vision of theatrical candy. Barreling forward at breakneck speed and interlaced with the iconic text, this highly physical production offers its own...
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Romeo and Juliet

Saturday, October 11, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
By William ShakespeareReinterpreted and Directed by Søren OlsenFrom its chaotic, unorthodox opening brawl, Søren Olsen’s Romeo and Juliet delivers a bold, unapologetic reimagining that challenges the legacy of Shakespeare’s classic romance. Hot-mess celebrity parties, perilous make-outs, and passion-fueled duels collide in this director-designer’s vision of theatrical candy. Barreling forward at breakneck speed and interlaced with the iconic text, this highly physical production offers its own...