Part of HANCHER’S 2026–2027 SEASON
Presented by HANCHER AUDITORIUM in collaboration with UNIVERSITY OF IOWA STRING QUARTET RESIDENCY PROGRAM
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Free and open to the public, no ticket required
The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present Owls for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room. This event is free and open to the public with limited seating capacity.
Owls is an inverted string quartet featuring violinist Alexi Kenney, violist Ayane Kozasa, cellist Gabriel Cabezas and cellist-composer (and Hancher composer-in-residence) Paul Wiancko.
“The phrase ‘string quartet’ is more likely than not to conjure an image of two violins, a viola and a cello. But what happens when you swap out a violin for an ’extra’ cello? You get Owls, the ’inverted string quartet’” – The Strad