Music

Jeremy Denk in conversation

Prairie Lights welcomes pianist and writer Jeremy Denk on Wednesday, October 22, for a reading from his newest book, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons. Following his reading, Denk will be in conversation with Katie Buehner, Director of the University of Iowa’s Rita Benton Music Library.

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Isidore String Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Isidore String Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room.

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Attacca Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Attacca Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room. This event is free and open to the public.

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Harlem Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Harlem Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room. This event is free and open to the public.

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University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra

The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra will perform music by Hancher’s composer-in-residence Gabriel Kahane—and Kahane himself will join the ensemble.

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University of Iowa Choirs and University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra

Handel’s Messiah is a beloved masterwork. University of Iowa student musicians from the choir and orchestra programs will come together to bring this perennial favorite gloriously to life.

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Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

Sharon Van Etten has been a creature of evolution, her music moving across modes and styles. Helado Negro opens the show with a solo set of music mixing electronics, pop songcraft, and psychedelic textures.

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Joshua Bell and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Undeniably among the most celebrated violinists of his era, Joshua Bell is also music director of the chamber ensemble The Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Bell and the orchestra will perform music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Antonin Dvořák, and Charles Ives.