Voxman Music Building (VOX)

Address:
93 East Burlington Street
Iowa City, IA 52242

For more information about accessibility, building artwork, lactation rooms, and restrooms, visit the University of Iowa Facilities website.

Voxman Music Building facilities

Voxman Music Building celebrates musical performance at every turn, embracing a collaborative and exploratory student-driven model of education that treats every space as performance space.

Featuring dynamic learning spaces and breathtaking stages for the School of Music's 350-plus yearly public performances and presentations, Voxman Music Building is optimized to support creative and scholarly work, with acoustically ideal performance and practice spaces and the nearly 90,000 music scores of the Rita Benton Music Library close at hand. This transformative space is a fitting home for the School of Music—a place rich in tradition, situated at the very heart of the vibrant cultural life that defines the University of Iowa and Iowa City. 

Built in 2016, the 190,000 square-foot space includes a 700-seat concert hall, 200-seat recital hall, organ performance hall, opera and chamber music rehearsal spaces, faculty studios, classrooms, practice rooms, electronic music and recording studios, and a student commons, where you can study, compose music, or meet over coffee with a professor. The building features the latest instructional and recording technology. All of this in a dynamic space that will not only become an architectural and cultural hallmark for the University, but also for the City of Iowa City.

An image of the Voxman Music Building at dusk
A wide view of the concert hall in Voxman Music Building
A large rehearsal space inside Voxman Music Building
A large well-lit rehearsal room with students and an instructor
A student playing piano with a faculty member instructing them
A modern classroom inside Voxman Music Building
A red recital hall in Voxman Music Building
A student playing saxophone in a private practice room
A wide view of a rehearsal in the Stark Opera Studio
A wide view of a large pipe organ being played by a student with an instructor behind them
A wide view of the well-lit commons area in the lower level of Voxman Music Building
A view of the sunny south-facing terrace in the upper levels of Voxman Music Building
Students practicing in a piano lab led by an instructor
A quartet rehearses in a well lit rehearsal space
A wide view of the well lit Rita Benton Music Library
A view of a piano workshop including shelves and tools

Building hours

Voxman Music Building is open during the following hours:

Administrative office hours are Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Note: Special hours may apply to holidays.

Building Hours

Academic year building hours begin the Saturday before the first week of classes:

Day Hours
Day Hours
Monday  7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Tuesday  7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Wednesday  7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Thursday  7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Friday  7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday  10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Summer building hours begin the Monday following finals week in May and end the Friday before fall semester begins:

Day Hours
Monday  8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Tuesday  8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Wednesday  8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Thursday  8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday  8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday  12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Sunday 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Voxman Music Building is closed for all university recognized holidays. The building runs on specialized hours for academic breaks. View a complete list of breaks & holidays.

Review the Rita Benton Music Library hours on their website.

Recording studios

Voxman Music Building features a full suite of state-of-the-art recording control rooms in support of the creative work of School of Music students and faculty. The recording studios include direct audio and video connections to all performance halls and rehearsal rooms within Voxman.

With a full complement of professional equipment and technological capabilities, studios’ staff and student employees support a diverse range of performances, sessions, and post-production projects.

The recording studios can assist student and faculty musicians with technological expertise in audio and video recording, live-sound reinforcement, commercial release recording production, and other related services.  

Practice and perform

Need to book a music room, request an accompanist, check out audition information, rent a locker, or use a recording studio? Visit the Music Callboard for all scheduling and policy information.

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