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The Milk Miracle

Monday, May 4, 2026 9:00pm to 11:00pm
Theatre Building
By Poonam Dhir
Directed by Cristina Goyeneche
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Production Series
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Iowa New Play Festival

Tuesday, May 5 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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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.

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.

DMA I 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.

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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.

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Selections from the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Theatre Building
Selections from the Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading Series
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University Band

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

University Band

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA III: Hyewon Lee, piano

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA III: Hyewon Lee, piano

Theresa Rukavina, violin

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Iowa New Play Festival

Thursday, May 7 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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Drag'daLore: The Musical Ballroom Epic

Thursday, May 7, 2026 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Theatre Building
By Adrian Enzastiga
Music by Mark Bruckner and Adrian Enzastiga
Directed and Choreographed by Michael C. Flores
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Production Series

Clarinet Studio Recital 581

Thursday, May 7, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Clarinet Studio Recital 581

This concert is free and open to the public.