Twelfth Night, early music ensemble will perform on Sun., May 10 at 7:30 p.m. as a part of the Ames Town and Gown Chamber Music Association season. The concert will be held at the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Estes Music Hall, ISU (300 Union Dr.).
The ISU Chamber Orchestra will be in concert Monday, March 30. The concert will feature Professor Andrew Bishop on Trumpet and works by Mozart, Albinoni and Elgar.
Admission is $10 for the general public. ISU students and youth under 18 are free. Tickets can be purchased at the door prior to the performance.
This concert will have a livestream: https://www.music.iastate.edu/recital-hall-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 […]
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.
"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.
(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.
The Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association will present the third concert of its 2025-26 season on Saturday, November 15, featuring the Grammy-nominated duo, soprano LAURA STRICKLING and pianist DANIEL SCHLOSBERG. The concert will take place at 7:30 PM in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall on the Iowa State University campus.
Master Class (free and open to the public) Sun., Oct.19, 2025 | 2 - 4 p.m. | Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall
Winner in 2013 of both the Van Cliburn Competition Bronze Medal, and the American Piano Award, Sean Chen excels not only as a pianist, but also as composer, arranger, and transcriber. Sat., Oct. 18, 2025 | 7:30 p.m. | Martha Ellen-Tye Recital Hall, ISU
Guest Artist Molly Fillmore and pianist Jodi Goble will be in concert Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall. Joining Ms. Fillmore will be ISU's Shelby van Nordstrand and Samantha Schmitz.