Kinan Azmeh's CityBand
Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh bridges cultures, musical styles, and ideas. The CityBand quartet includes guitar, bass, and percussion and explores jazz, classical music, and traditional music of Syria.
Storm Large
Storm Large—a musical chameleon with rock bonafides—delivers her own unique take on the American songbook. Building a fan base from her appearance on the televised singing competition “Rock Star: Supernova,” Large has conquered a variety of artistic avenues.
Rufus Reid
Jazz bassist and composer Rufus Reid’s big band project celebrates the life, art, and accomplishments of Elizabeth Catlett, the acclaimed sculptor, printmaker, and social activist. In 1940, Catlett was the first African American to receive an MFA from the University of Iowa.
Emerson String Quartet
The incomparable Emerson String Quartet return to Hancher for the first time since 2008. In forty years of music-making, the quartet has set an unsurpassed standard whether performing classic or contemporary work.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
One of the nation’s—and the world’s—preeminent orchestras, The Philadelphia Orchestra boasts a legacy of impeccable and innovative music making. The ensemble’s debut performance in the new Hancher Auditorium will no doubt be unforgettable.
Steep Canyon Rangers
The sensational bluegrass band that helped Steve Martin and Martin Short open the new Hancher Auditorium returns for a free outdoor concert. The Steep Canyon Rangers will have you up and dancing as they help us welcome students back to campus—and the community to our front yard.
Iowa City West High School Show Choir Winter Swing Show
The Winter Swing Show is an opportunity for the public to take in the 2017-18 Iowa City West High School Show Choir Competition Shows before they begin their season in January. The concert will consist of West High's varsity show choir, The Good Time Company, as well as West High's mixed prep group, Showtime. The show will also feature individual student acts as well as West's contemporary a cappella ensemble, Vox Novus.
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Grab your blanket or lawn chair—and your family and friends—and join us for a pop-up concert in Hancher's back yard! 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.
UI Bands Spring Pops Spectacular
PROGRAM
University Band
West Side Story Medley
Leonard Bernstein; arr. Jay Bocook
"I Dreamed a Dream," from Les Misérables
Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boubil; arr. Michael Brown
Hawkeye Glory
Karl L. King
Highlights from Fiddler on the Roof
Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock; arr. John Warrington
UI Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
William LaRue Jones, conductor
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
Chen Gang and He Zhanhao Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Yixue Zhang, tour soloist; Goh Suk Liang, erhu
Intermission
Leonard Bernstein; arr. Jack Mason
West Side Story selections for orchestra
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102
Ksenia Nosikova, piano