2025-2026 MainStage Concerts

 

Global Consortium

 

PHOTO CREDIT: Tintype photo by Ramin Roshandel

Jean-François Charles, clarinet & electronics
Miera Kim, violin
Carey Bostian, cello
Ramin Roshandel, setar

From Tehran to Paris in 70 minutes. Jamshid Jam, the duo comprised of artists and composers Jean-François Charles and Ramin Roshandel, will join the core ensemble in a program of newly commissioned music. This eclectic quartet of clarinet, violin, cello, and setar will perform a work composed by each guest artist. Roshandel has written Coping Mechanisms, an homage to the great Persian musical traditions and the struggle between good and evil. Charles’ The Blues and the Material Truth includes five separate blues inspired by everything from an alpine flower to the hunchback of Notre Dame. Don’t miss this powerful partnership!

Friday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Opus Concert Café
119 3rd  Ave SE, Cedar Rapids
Tickets $30 artsiowa.com. 
Tickets Here

Sunday, October 19 at 3 p.m.

Voxman Recital Hall
93 E Burlington St., Iowa City
FREE

Special thanks to Artist Sponsor ImOn Communications

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Return to Roots

PHOTO CREDIT: Fiorenza Ianzini

Miera Kim, violin
Carey Bostian, cello

We’re feeling nostalgic. After three years of duo programs featuring brand new compositions inspired by folk music from around the world, the core ensemble brings you this program of old and new favorites. The program opener, Red Cedar Express by Michael Kimber, was the very first commission and world premiere by Miera and Carey after becoming directors in 2016. We look forward to bringing new-to-our-audience works by Anton Stamitz and Francesco Barsanti and will also return to Zoltán Kodály’s Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7, an impressive work that bridges the gap between Hungarian folk music and the European art music tradition.

Friday, March 27 at 7 p.m.
The James Theater
213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City

Tickets $30, students $15 at thejamesic.com

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Reunion Redux

Miera Kim, violin
Choong-Jin Chang, viola
Carey Bostian, cello

It was so much fun we had to do it again! Choong-Jin Chang, principal violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, joins the core ensemble for a second program featuring works for string trio. We feature the viola in Bach’s Sonata in G Minor for Viola da Gamba and will premiere a newly commissioned work by Iowa City composer Brian Lenth. Other works on the program are by Zoltán Kodály, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Vinicio Meza. Don’t miss this tremendous opportunity to hear world-class chamber music.

Wednesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Opus Concert Café
119 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids

Tickets $30 artsiowa.com

Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m.

The James Theater
213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City
Tickets $30, students $15 at thejamesic.com

Special thanks to Artist Sponsor Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC