Gabriel Kahane and Attacca Quartet
Final Privacy Song
Gabriel Kahane and Attacca Quartet
Final Privacy Song
Adults $25
Students & Youth $10
Additional ticket fees may apply; total ticket price listed on ticketing page
Presented in collaboration with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program
An inventive quartet collaborates—in the classroom and on the stage—with our composer-in-residence.
Pianist, vocalist, and Hancher’s composer-in-residence Gabriel Kahane joins the vibrant Attacca Quartet for a performance which employs Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major as a scaffolding. Ravel’s work will be interwoven with Gabriel Kahane’s Klee and Final Privacy Song. The artists, who will also spend significant time in residency with University of Iowa School of Music students, will end the program with a new set of songs written for this occasion.
Gabriel Kahane: The 2025-2026 Hancher Composer-In-Residence
In October 2020, at the end of a year-long internet hiatus, Gabriel Kahane wrote a song each day. “I wanted to…give myself permission to write about small things, rather than trying to distill the enormity of the moment into grand statements,” he explains. His next project? A searing oratorio about the unhoused called emergency shelter intake form. No moment or idea is too big or too small for his capacious talent to excavate.
Kahane is a celebrated singer-songwriter, an arranger for Sylvan Esso and Sufjan Stevens, a creator of works for symphony orchestra, and a composer for musical theater.
Throughout the 2024-2025 season, Kahane will do intensive work with students in the University of Iowa School of Music—including performing with the UI Symphony Orchestra on Friday, February 20, in the Voxman Music Building Concert Hall. Over the course of the season, he will also perform in two concerts at Hancher.
ARTIST ENGAGEMENTS
Free and open to the public
Gabriel Kahane | Composer in Residence Masterclass with Chamber Music Seminar / Monday, November 17, 2025 / 12:00 p.m.
Under the Hood with Gabriel Kahane and Attacca Quartet / Wednesday, November 19, 2025 / 12:00 p.m.
Gabriel KAHANE: String Quartet No. 1, “Klee”
KAHANE: Final Privacy Song
KAHANE: A new set of songs for Kahane and Attacca Quartet
Ryan & Amanda West
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Paris Young in advance at (319) 467-4849 or at [email protected] or fill out an accessibility request using the linked form below.
HANCHER ACCESSIBILITY REQUEST FORM- Please refrain from wearing perfume or cologne out of respect for smell-sensitive patrons.
- Photos and video inside the auditorium are prohibited.
- Seating is general admission.
- Entrance to the stage will be through Door 1 exclusively. There will be Hancher staff available to help direct you.
- Parking: The Hancher lot can be accessed from both Park Road and Riverside Drive. Click the button below to view a detailed, interactive map.
- Entrances: The main entrance to Hancher Auditorium is located at the south end of the building and near the accessible parking lot on the building’s west side.
- For those wishing to dine at Hancher prior to the performance there will be limited snacks available onsite.
- Beverages purchased from the Smith Lobby Bar can only be taken into the auditorium in a Hancher Season Cup which can be purchased from any concession location, the Hancher Box Office, or in the Hancher Showcase. Cups are $5.00 and reusable.
- Snacks are available from the Smith Lobby Bar 60 minutes prior to the performance. Food is not allowed in the auditorium.
- Hancher bars do not accept cash. American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard, Google Pay, and Apple Pay are all accepted.
