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UI Monthly Jazz Jam

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Tavern Blue

Our Jazz Studies faculty members host a monthly community jazz jam session, joined by students, alumni, community members, and musicians passing through Iowa City.

All members of the community are welcome for this free community event, hosted the first Tuesday of each month during the school year at Tavern Blue.

To learn more or if you are interested in jamming, get in touch with Damani Phillips.

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Brentano String Quartet

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Longtime friends of the School of Music and Hancher bring an all-Beethoven program.
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Brentano String Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Thursday, October 8, 2026 1:00pm
Dey House
The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Brentano String Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room.
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Concert Band and Symphony Band Concert

Thursday, October 8, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Concert program will be available here: https://performingarts.uiowa.edu/digital-programs/music

This concert is free and open to the public. Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

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Global Express

Thursday, October 8, 2026 7:30pm
Theatre Building

Students from the UI Department of Theatre Arts bring the page to life in an evening of staged readings of work by the International Writing Program Fall Residents.

Global Express is a unique opportunity for writers from around the world and performers at Iowa to meet, work together, and present their work live on stage. Global Express, now, in its 25th year, help us to recognize our common humanity while celebrating our differences. The Express, part dramatic reading, part solo-turn, part poetry...

The Organ Underground: Continuo Crash Course

Friday, October 9, 2026 2:45pm
Voxman Music Building

This event is free and open to the public.

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Black Pop Music Ensemble Concert

Friday, October 9, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

Concert program will be available here: https://performingarts.uiowa.edu/digital-programs/music

Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

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The Government Inspector

Friday, October 9, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
When a small Russian town receives word that an undercover government inspector is headed their way to root out corruption, the town’s leaders panic and desperately try to maintain their status quo...by any means necessary. Greed, mistaken identity, ambition, and a healthy dose of stupidity steer Jeffrey Hatcher’s witty adaptation of Gogol’s timeless satirical farce.
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Joshua Redman Quartet

Saturday, October 10, 2026 7:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
Rooted in tradition, driven by curiosity, and defined by nuance, Redman embraces the in-between.
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Collaborative Performance: Dance x International Writing Program

Saturday, October 10, 2026 7:30pm
Space Place Theater
An Iowa tradition connects writers from around the world and Department of Dance students.
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The Government Inspector

Saturday, October 10, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
When a small Russian town receives word that an undercover government inspector is headed their way to root out corruption, the town’s leaders panic and desperately try to maintain their status quo...by any means necessary. Greed, mistaken identity, ambition, and a healthy dose of stupidity steer Jeffrey Hatcher’s witty adaptation of Gogol’s timeless satirical farce.
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Joshua Redman Quartet

Saturday, October 10, 2026 9:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
Rooted in tradition, driven by curiosity, and defined by nuance, Redman embraces the in-between.
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The Government Inspector

Sunday, October 11, 2026 2:00pm
Theatre Building
When a small Russian town receives word that an undercover government inspector is headed their way to root out corruption, the town’s leaders panic and desperately try to maintain their status quo...by any means necessary. Greed, mistaken identity, ambition, and a healthy dose of stupidity steer Jeffrey Hatcher’s witty adaptation of Gogol’s timeless satirical farce.

Almita Vamos, violin and Ksenia Nosikova, piano

Sunday, October 11, 2026 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Almita Vamos, violin and Ksenia Nosikova, piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

Canceled
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Center for New Music Concert I

Sunday, October 11, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

https://cnm.uiowa.edu/

This concert is free and open to the public.

Concert program will be available here: https://performingarts.uiowa.edu/digital-programs/music.

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