Articles Tagged: Orchestra Iowa

A new interactive piece of public art being installed in downtown Cedar Rapids will honor longtime musicians in the orchestra and let passersby tap into their musical side, too.

After the 2022 double rain-out, Orchestra Iowa is canceling its outdoor season opener.

Dubuque native returns with commissioned piece for Orchestra Iowa concerts

From opening a new art museum in Iowa City to goats grazing at Brucemore, 2022 has packed an entertaining punch

Ann Hampton Callaway bringing many moods of Christmas to Paramount program

Ballet Quad Cities holds auditions for the student dancers in early September, then they begin rehearsing in October. The professional dancers begin preparations in early November, then the various groups that have been rehearsing around work and school hours merge to put it all together before bringing the 50 cast members to Cedar Rapids.

Iowa City native returning for Orchestra Iowa concerts

Orchestra Iowa launches centennial season with rare gifts

Orchestra Iowa opens season with world premiere, internationally renown violinist

Maestro Timothy Hankewich offers his views at start of centennial season

Orchestra Iowa, Broadway’s Errico bring theatrical legacy to Brucemore’s front lawn

From the Old World creatures of “Jurassic Park” to Dvorak’s “New World Symphony,” Bernstein to the Beatles and Sondheim to Stravinsky, Orchestra Iowa is pulling out all the stops for its 2022-23 celebration.

Orchestra Iowa weaves social commentary from different centuries in “Voices of Change,” presenting Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, in concert Saturday at the Paramount in Cedar Rapids and Sunday at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City.

Orchestra Iowa woodwind ensemble teaches, entertains at Iowa City Public Library

Grammy-nominated pianist and Juilliard graduate Joyce Yang saw her career soar in 2005 when she won the silver medal at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano competition — the youngest contestant at age 19. Yang, born in South Korea and now living in Atlanta, will perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, with Orchestra Iowa on April 2 and 3.