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Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

See regional authors and share your own work. 7:00: creative writing open mic.  7:30: featured reading by J. D. Schraffenberger 

Schraffenberger is the author of the recent poetry chapbook, American Sad (Main Street Rag), which Dan O’Brien describes as “deeply moving, unnerving, provocative, darkly comic, and thoroughly recognizable.” His other poetry collections include The Waxen Poor and Saint Joe’s Passion. Schraffenberger is an editor of the North American Review and a professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa.

Can’t make it in person? Register for a Zoom link for the 7:30 featured readings at https://uni.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpduysrT0uG9St_jVB6kUNS-C5XWvjP6DH

Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 8:00 pm

This faculty recital will feature Randall Harlow, organ; Ann Bradfield, saxophone; Matt Andreini, percussion; John Wiles, directing students from UNI choirs; and the world premiere of the work "MacDougal Street" by Daniel Swilley. The program includes compositions by Henry Brant, JacobTV, Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Pärt and Elliot Sokolov, as well as archival readings by American beat writers William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsburg and Jack Kerouac. This concert is a live preview of an upcoming album "Holy!" featuring the UNI Jebe Hall organ. This event is free and open to the public.

Friday, March 29, 2024 - 6:00 pm

Under the direction of Ann Bradfield, the UNI Saxophone Studio will offer a spring concert. This event is free and open to the public.

Friday, March 29, 2024 - 8:00 pm

Faculty artist Nash Ryder will coordinate the spring UNI Violin Studio recital. This event is free and open the public.

Monday, April 1, 2024 - 8:00 pm

Faculty artist Amanda McCandless will be performing chamber works for clarinet. Contributing artists include Hannah Porter-Occeña, flute, Heather Peyton, oboe, Brisa de Paula, bassoon, Maddy Tarantelli, horn, Erik Rohde, violin, Sean Botkin, piano, and Matt Andreini, percussion. This event is free and open to the public.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 12:00 pm

This event is open to all treble-voiced singers in grades 4-6. Students will have sectionals and rehearsals on the concert repertoire, have the opportunity to work with members of the UNI Cecilians, and all events will culminate in a performance in the Gallagher Bluedorn. To register, visit  https://music.uni.edu/elementarytreblefestival.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 7:30 pm

This event has been postponed and will now be held in the fall semester. 

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 8:00 pm

This event has been postponed.

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - 7:30 pm

The UNI School of Music Emerging Artist Competition Finals concert is a great opportunity to get involved in the music education of our students. This showcase features talented student finalists competing for the Charles and Marleta Matheson Award, the Fullerton-Curtis Award, the Myron and Ruth Russell Award and the People's Choice Award. This event is free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 6:00 pm

From the studio of Heather Peyton, music students Caroline McReynolds and Lauren Geerlings will present a shared oboe recital with faculty artist Serena Hou, piano. This event is free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 7:30 pm

The UNI Concert Band will present its spring concert. This event is free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 8:00 pm

From the studio of Daniel Swilley, music student Yiyang Cheng will offer a composition recital. This event is free and open to the public.

Friday, April 5, 2024 - 6:00 pm

The UNI Faculty Saxophone Quartet will present a recital with repertoire and collaborators to be announced. This event is free and open to the public.

Friday, April 5, 2024 - 7:30 pm

Biscotti Brass, featuring music students Megan Bennett, trumpet, Kate McAlister, trumpet, Morgan Stumpf, horn, Owen Weimer, trombone, and Mason Bush, tuba, will offer a shared spring recital with Bells Brass, featuring music students Abigail Holschlag, trumpet, Dora Roorda, trumpet, JD Deninger, horn, Jackson Elliott, trombone, and Aidan Anderson, tuba. This event is free and open to the public. 

Friday, April 5, 2024 - 8:00 pm

From the studio of Vakhtang Kodanashvili, music student Morgan List will offer a piano recital. This event is free and open to the public.

Saturday, April 6, 2024 - 9:00 am

School of Music instructor of music education Michelle Swanson will coordinate this workshop. For more information, contact Michelle.Swanson@uni.edu.

Saturday, April 6, 2024 - 9:00 am to Sunday, April 7, 2024 - 5:00 pm

The UNI Suzuki School will present their bi-annual recital weekend. For more information, visit music.uni.edu/suzuki. This event is free and open to the public.

Saturday, April 6, 2024 - 7:00 pm

Seamlessly blending illusion, acrobatics, magic and whimsy, MOMIX sends audiences flying down the rabbit hole in Moses Pendleton’s newest creation, Alice, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. “I don’t intend to retell the whole Alice story” Pendleton says, “but to use it as a starting point for invention.”

Join this dazzling company on a mind-bending adventure, as Alice encounters time-honored characters including the undulating Caterpillar, a lobster quadrille, frenzied White Rabbits, a mad Queen of Hearts and a variety of other surprises. Filled with visual splendor and startling creative movement, Alice reveals that nothing in MOMIX’s world is as it seems!

Sunday, April 7, 2024 - 2:00 pm

This wild and wacky showcase will feature unconventional performances by UNI faculty artists. This event is free and open to the public, though freewill donations will be accepted with proceeds to benefit the UNI Panther Pantry. 

Monday, April 8, 2024 - 6:00 pm

From the studio of Daniel Swilley, music student Caleb Self will offer a composition recital. This event is free and open to the public.