Performance Events
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Just a word, and the word a movement.
Experimental performances inspired by the University of Iowa Dada and Fluxus special collections.
Ensemble Chamarré: Quartet for the End of Time Quartet for a New Tomorrow: Messiaen and Stephenson
Faculty and Guest Recital: Ensemble Chamarré
Katie Wolfe, violin
Catherine Hudgins, clarinet
Vytas Baksys, piano
William Rounds, cello
This concert is free and open to the public.
Fall Welcome Concert: Sierra Ferrell
This American rock band brings together indie hooks, sprawling improvisation, and driving rhythm to capture the ears of its dedicated and ever-growing fanbase. We invite the campus and community to a fun-filled evening of music by the Iowa River.
Ray LaMontagne
Part of Hancher's 2026–2027 season
TICKETS
Adults $135 / $95 / $65
Students & Youth $25*
*Limited tickets available
The beloved singer/songwriter revisits the album that launched his career.
Ray LaMontagne’s catalog spans nine full length records, chart topping radio singles, and a Grammy win in addition to multiple Grammy nominations. LaMontagne is on the road—including this first-ever stop in Iowa City—celebrating his first full length album, Trouble, playing the record in its entirety as well as...
Tig Notaro
Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season
Presented by HANCHER AUDITORIUM and ENGLERT THEATRE
One of Rolling Stone’s 50 best comedians of all time rolls into Hancher.
Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, and radio contributor, as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Her special Tig Notaro: Hello Again premiered in March of 2024 on Amazon, garnering multiple Emmy...
Piano Duet: Huckleberry, Lecuona
Faculty Performance: Piano Duet
Dr. Alan Huckleberry
Dr. Réne Lecuona
This concert is free and open to the public. Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream
24+24 Composers Concert
This concert is free and open to the public. Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream
5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 5: Semes
This concert is free and open to the public.
Professor Matthew Arndt emcees the fifth of seven presentations of an intergalactic music poetics that explains every kind of musical sign in our universe. The focus is on semes, or musical resemblances. There will be a première screening of a video episode produced by Rabalais Productions with artisan animation by Media Productions Workshop. The program then features the premières of two works for oboe, performed by Dr. David Cyzak. The first is a...
Punch Brothers
Yasmin Williams
Yasmin Williams
Screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The American Brass Quintet
Tiago Linck, trumpet
Brandon Ridenour, trumpet
Eric Reed, horn
Hillary Simms, trombone
John Rojack, bass trombone
This concert is free and open to the public.
