Events listed at Hancher Auditorium:
Dana Kunze’s Watershow Productions
We’re kicking off our 50th anniversary season with a splash! Actually, with a lot of splashes! Round up your family and friends to take in amazing feats of high dive…
Too Many Zooz
If your music and your vibe gleam with originality, you earn the right to call that music whatever you want.
Dana Kunze’s Watershow Productions
We’re kicking off our 50th anniversary season with a splash! Actually, with a lot of splashes! Round up your family and friends to take in amazing feats of high dive…
Fall 2022 Levitt Lecture: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Free tickets (limit two) will be available from the Hancher Box Office beginning Wednesday, August 10.
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Leslie Odom, Jr. —as Hancher audiences know from experience—is a multifaceted, award-winning vocalist, songwriter, author, and actor.
Soweto Gospel Choir
A Hancher commission and world premiere. HOPE: It’s Been a Long Time Coming commemorates and celebrates South Africa’s Freedom Movement and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Aaron Diehl (piano) and Brandon Patrick George (flute)
Two of today’s most exciting musicians come together to explore the rich culture of music, both traditional and classical, by Black American composers.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, All Rise – Symphony No. 1 (Marsalis)
Sat, Oct 22, 7:30 PM @ Hancher Auditorium
With Orchestra Iowa and 120 voice campus/community choirAll Rise, a monumental work by Wynton Marsalis, is the cornerstone of Hancher’s 50th anniversary season.
Brentano String Quartet and Dawn Upshaw, "Dido Reimagined"
Tue, Oct 25, 7:30 PM @ Hancher Auditorium
A collaboration with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program“Dido of ancient times, whether real or fictional, had no choice,” writes librettist Stephanie Fleischmann.
Annie
Holding on to hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package.
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, by Chip Davis
The bestselling Christmas artist of all time comes to Hancher Auditorium for the first time! Enjoy Mannheim Steamroller’s beloved renditions of your holiday favorites in a concert that is sure…
Cantus
Cantus has a simple but powerful vision: to give voice to shared human experiences. And what beautiful voices they bring to the task.
Patti LaBelle
She is known as the “Godmother of Soul” and her hitmaking career has spanned seven decades—and she’s coming to Hancher to help us ring in the holidays.
STOMP
STOMP is explosive, provocative, sophisticated, and utterly unique while appealing to audiences of all ages.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (music director)
Consistently counted among the world’s greatest orchestras, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra thrills audiences at home and in great concert halls around the world.
Pilobolus, "Big Five-Oh!"
Pilobolus—that feisty arts organism—is, like Hancher, celebrating 50 years! This remarkable company (and longtime Hancher favorite) secured an iconic place in American culture in the early 1970s and is still…
Kronos Quartet, "At War With Ourselves – 400 Years of You"
Sat, Feb 11, 7:30 PM @ Hancher Auditorium
A Hancher commissionA rhapsodic modern-day song cycle spun from the skin of history for string quartet, chorus, and narrator, At War With Ourselves – 400 Years of You features a…
Dan + Claudia Zanes, "Let Love Be Your Guide"
Grammy Award-winner (and longtime Hancher friend) Dan Zanes and Haitian-American jazz vocalist Claudia Zanes perform a mix of old and new songs from near and far in a style that…
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
One of the finest chamber orchestras in the world, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, is renowned for fresh, brilliant interpretations of musical masterworks.
Alexa Tarantino Band
Alexa Tarantino was named one of the “Top 5 Alto Saxophonists of 2019” by the JazzTimes Critics’ Poll and nominated as a “Rising Star–Alto Saxophone” by the DownBeat 2020 and…
Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet
Pianist Isaiah J. Thompson garnered the 2018 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award and earned second place in the Thelonious Monk Competition that same year.
Vuyo Sotashe Group
South African jazz vocalist (now based in Harlem) Vuyo Sotashe was the first male singer ever to place in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Vocal competition—and that’s just…
Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott
One of the world’s most beloved musicians and his longtime collaborator come to Hancher for an unmissable concert.
Conor Hanick (piano) with Keir GoGwilt (violin) and Jay Campbell (cello)
Iowa City native Conor Hanick has been called the “soloist of choice for…thorny works” by The New York Times and is a champion of many composers of his own generation—as…
Emerson String Quartet
Undeniably one of the finest string quartets of the last four decades, the Emerson String Quartet has announced it will disband in 2023.
American Ballet Theatre
Over the last several years, American Ballet Theatre has delivered astonishing performances for Hancher audiences—including the whimsical Whipped Cream and an incredible outdoor show on the Fourth of July in…