The University of Iowa

Preucil School of Music 48th Annual String Concert

Part of The Preucil School of Music's curriculum, the 48th Annual String Concert will be held at Hancher on Sunday, February 4. 

The Preucil School of Music, established in Iowa City in 1975, has become internationally known for excellence in music instruction offering Suzuki instruction for instrument lessons in violin, viola, cello, bass, piano, flute, and harp. 

The concert will be live streamed on the Preucil School of Music's Facebook page by City Channel 4. 

Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concerts with Kantorei and Johnson County Landmark

Please join Johnson County Landmark and Kantorei for an exceptionally rare performance of selections from Duke Ellington’s “Sacred Concerts.” This composition is a truly collaborative masterwork which combines elements of jazz, classical music, choral music, spirituals, gospel, blues and dance into a single body of work. Originally composed as three separate concerts (premiered in ’65, ’68 and ’73), this music represents the very first time in jazz history that the traditional divide between the sacred and secular factions of Black music culture was blatantly crossed.

UI Orchestras & Choirs with the Chamber Singers of Iowa City

Jessica Faselt, soprano
Steven Soph, tenor
Royce Blackburn, baritone

University of Iowa Symphony Orchestras
Dr. David Gompper, interim director of orchestral studies
Dr. Timothy Stalter, conductor/director of choral activities

University of Iowa Faculty Chamber Orchestra
Dr. David Puderbaugh, conductor/assistant director of choral activities

University of Iowa Choirs:

Nickel Creek

A sum of more than their staggering parts, Nickle Creek is the trio that revolutionized bluegrass and folk in the early 2000s and ushered in a new era of Americana music.

Fall Welcome Concert

Hancher welcomes back our entire community for a music festival-style event on our front lawn. The event opens with big city rocker Elizabeth Moen and closes with the electronic/R&B dance party of Dawn Richard. Songwriter and vocalist Brittany Howard will headline this show.

Fierce

Fierce follows four teenage girls finding identity and purpose in the world as they write their college essays in a high school writers’ workshop featuring an ensemble of University of Iowa singers, musicians, and dancers with production support from the Performing Arts Production Unit and Hancher Auditorium.

Oumou Sangaré

Presented at The Englert Theatre
Oumou Sangaré is an icon whose powerful music and fierce feminism have inspired artists from Alicia Keys to Aya Nakamura to Beyoncé. Her most recent record, Timbuktu, blends the sounds of traditional West African instruments with those instruments most associated with the blues.