Part of HANCHER’S 2026–2027 SEASON and FIFTY FOR THE FUTURE
Presented by HANCHER AUDITORIUM
The JACK Quartet—a new-music ensemble with a long history of teaching, coaching, and performing at the University of Iowa—opens Fifty for the Future with a wide-ranging set of selections from the project.
inti figgis-vizueta offers fleeting moments of order arising from ambient noise. Mark Applebaum channels Dadaist wit, while Onutė Narbutaitė invites patient contemplation. Barry Guy draws on Samuel Beckett's final poem, Missy Mazzoli builds from harmonics to an ecstatic chorale, and Stephan Thelen creates a musical world of layered meters.
Christopher Otto, violin
Austin Wulliman, violin
John Pickford Richards, viola
Jay Campbell, cello
PROGRAM
inti FIGGIS-VIZUETA: branching patterns
Mark APPLEBAUM: Flashlight
Onutė NARBUTAITĖ: just strings and a light wind above them
Barry GUY: what is the word
Missy MAZZOLI: Enthusiasm Strategies
Stephan THELEN: Circular Lines
"Virtuosic performances as mesmerizing as this come along once in a lifetime.” – Musical America
TICKETS
Adults $25
Students & Youth $10
Purchase your tickets through Hancher Box Office online or call 319-335-1160.
HANCHER EVENT PARTNERS
Bruce Gantz
David McCartney & James Petersen
John R. Menninger
Hazel H. Seaba
Joyce & Dick Summerwill Ventures Fund
Stephen & Victoria West
George & Carrol Woodworth
Photo collage includes photo by Shervin Lainez