Experience the magic of the holiday season with an enchanting evening of music at the ISU Holiday Concert, featuring the ISU Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Campus Band!
ISU Choirs join the Tuskegee University Golden Voices Concert Choir for a concert and interactive lecture about spirituals by Golden Voices conductor Wayne Barr. In addition to weekly Chapel services, Golden Voices now serves as an ambassadorial organization, promoting the rich heritage and legacy of Tuskegee University through choral music. Tickets are free with a goodwill donation at the door. Learn more about the Golden Voices: https://www.tuskegee.edu/Choir.html
Student and guest choreographers take inspiration for their dances from personal histories and a curiosity of going in the future. General admission tickets available through TicketMaster. Adults: $12; Students: $10
Two outstanding high school honor bands are featured in the 50th annual Cyclone Honor Band Festival. Guest conductors are world-renowned composer Johan de Meiji and Director of Bands at Johnston High School, Mr. Jason Heeren. Admission is $15 adults, youth and ISU students free. Tickets are available at the Stephens Ticket Office. Ticket office hours are […]
Student and guest choreographers take inspiration for their dances from personal histories and a curiosity of going in the future. General admission tickets available through TicketMaster. Adults: $12; Students: $10
(Rescheduled from January 27) American pianist Dror Biran, winner of top prizes at the M. K. Čiurlionis International Piano Competition, the Cleveland International Piano Competition, and others, will present an all-Bach recital featuring selected works from The Well-Tempered Clavier. Expect an evening of masterful artistry. This concert will have a livestream.
"Concerto for Wind Ensemble" is a new composition by ISU Director of Bands, Dr. Michael Golemo. Commissioned by University Museums in honor of Beverly and Warren Madden, this dynamic concerto is inspired by nationally recognized artist Beth Lipman's creative outputs—including the newest sculpture in the Art on Campus Collection, "Hive Mind". Audience members will have the opportunity to experience how physical matter is expressed through music, in three movements in this world premiere featuring the ISU Wind Ensemble.
The 30th International Festival of Women Composers is organized by Dr. Miriam Zach. The concert with her ISU Organ/Harpsichord studio is Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 1:30pm in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall in Simon Estes Music Hall on the Iowa State University campus. Additionally, a service with music by women composers will be on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 10am at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ames, Iowa.
Please contact festival founder Dr. Miriam Zach at minerva@iastate.edu for more information.
This concert will have a livestream.
Ned McGowan (1970) is a American-Dutch composer, flutist, researcher and teacher, living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Known for rhythmical vitality and technical virtuosity, his music has won awards and been performed at Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw and Purcell Room and other halls and festivals around the world by many orchestras, ensembles and soloists. As a flutist […]
ISU MUSIC AND THEATRE students present the semester's first FRIDAY SOIRÉE on Friday, February 27 from 5-7 pm in the Memorial Union’s Maintenance Shop.
A soirée is “an evening gathering for conversation, performance, and music.” Join Music and Theatre faculty, staff, and students in this time of fellowship and informal performance opportunity.