La Santa Cecilia
Niyaz
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Leslie Odom Jr. - DATE CHANGE
Marsalis in Iowa
Jazz and classical saxophonist Branford Marsalis, of the famed Marsalis family, has established a career as a performer of international renown, equally at home in both concert halls and jazz clubs. For this concert, the three-time Grammy Award winner and NEA Jazz Master joins Orchestra Iowa for a concert featuring music by Duke Ellington, Sally Beamish, John Williams, and Aaron Copeland.
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Grab your blanket or lawn chair—and your family and friends—and join us for a pop-up concert on the grounds of the new Hancher Auditorium!
Hancher favorites Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience spread joy wherever they play—and they are eager to spread that joy once again in Iowa City.
This free concert is a moment of celebration as the opening of the new Hancher Auditorium draws nearer!
Hear the band at www.terrancesimien.com.
UI Symphony Orchestra
The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra has been hailed as one of the finest university orchestras in the U.S. Under the direction of Dr. William LaRue Jones, the UISO presents concerts of powerful symphonic literature and new works. Concerts presented by the UI School of Music are free and open to the public.
Hector Berlioz | March Hongroise (La Damnation de Faust)
Dmitri Shostakovich | Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
Sergei Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
UI Symphony Orchestra
The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra has been hailed as one of the finest university orchestras in the U.S. Under the direction of Dr. William LaRue Jones, the UISO presents concerts of powerful symphonic literature and new works. Concerts presented by the UI School of Music are free and open to the public.
Felix Mendelssohn | Symphony No. 5 ("Reformation")
Zhou Jin, guest conductor
Igor Stravinsky | "Dumbarton Oaks" Concerto
Nicole Esposito, flute
Jorge Montilla, clarinet
UI Symphony Orchestra and Choirs
William LaRue Jones and the UI Symphony Orchestra open a dramatic program on the new Hancher stage with the world premiere of alumnus composer Ching-Chu Hu’s The Phoenix. In a spectacle for the eyes and ears, the UISO will perform Mahler’s monumental “Resurrection” Symphony, an epic musical journey that explores the themes of life and death. Joined by UI School of Music alumni Michèle Crider and Ann Cravero, university choirs, and hundreds of student and alumni musicians, this will be a concert you won’t soon forget.