2026-2027 MainStage Concerts

Cactus Quintet

PHOTO CREDIT: Fiorenza Ianzini

Christine Bellomy, clarinet
Miera Kim, violin
Renee Santos, violin
Oliver Bostian, viola
Carey Bostian, cello

Another Bellomy bucket list item checked! We’ve been waiting years to perform the exceptionally beautiful Mozart Clarinet Quintet with Christine. The program also includes five dances from Gumboots by David Bruce, a piece inspired by the gumboot dance of oppressed miners in South African gold mines. Finally, we treat the audience to a Gershwin medley, arranged by Steve Shanley.

Sunday, October 11 at 3 p.m.
Opus Concert Café
119 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids
Tickets $30 at artsiowa.com

Special thanks to Artist Sponsor The Giacoletto Foundation

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Celebrating America

PHOTO CREDIT: Fiorenza Ianzini

Miera Kiim, violin
Carey Bostian, cello

There is so much worth celebrating! Our American musical tradition is as diverse as our country. In a program which continues our quest to explore music in all styles as a violin and cello duo, we feature jazz, folk, and Broadway.  The program features Stephen Foster, Variations on an Unknown Folk Song by Michael Kimber, and several compositions inspired by the American landscape.

Sunday, April 4 at 3 p.m.
The James Theater
213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City
Tickets $30, students $15 at thejamesic.com

Special thanks to Artist Sponsor ImOn Communications

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Midwestern Roots

Eleni Katz, bassoon
Miera Kim, violin
Oliver Bostian, viola
Carey Bostian, cello

Welcome home, Eleni! Iowa City native Eleni Katz returns for this exciting program. A quartet of bassoon, violin, viola, and cello will premiere a newly commissioned work by San Francisco composer Jean Ahn. We will also play quartets by our old friend Philip Wharton, the great bassoonist and composer Bernard Garfield, and from the classical era, François Devienne.

Saturday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Opus Concert Café
119 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids
Tickets $30 at artsiowa.com

Sunday, April 25 at 3 p.m.
Voxman Recital Hall
93 E. Burlington St., Iowa City
FREE

Special thanks to Artist Sponsor Simmons Perrine PLC

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30th Extravaganza

It’s going to be a party! 16 guest artists will join Miera and Carey to form a small string orchestra in celebration of Red Cedar’s 30th Season. We will reprise Michael Kimber’s 2021 work Concerto Grosso DSCH and feature Snow, a 2025 work by Iowa City composer Brian Lenth. The program closes with Mendelssohn’s String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear an incredible chamber orchestra.

Saturday, June 12 at 2 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Public Library
450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids
FREE

Sunday, June 13 at 3 p.m.
The Englert Theatre
220 E. Washington St., Iowa City
FREE