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A real showstopper

UI dedicates its new state-of-the-art and thoughtfully designed Voxman Music Building

President Bruce Harreld speaks to a packed house during the dedication ceremony for the Voxman Music Building on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. The state-of-the-art building includes 200- and 700-seat performance halls; the Rita Benton Music Library; a recording studio wired into every large performance space; specialized studios for the recording of percussion, opera, and electronic music; music therapy; and more. Photo by Tim Schoon.

Voxman Music Building dedication ceremony and open house

David Gier speaks at the Voxman Music Building dedicatation ceremony

A student prepares to speak at the Voxman Music Building dedication ceremony

A student trio performs during the Voxman Music Building dedication ceremony

Professor Greg Hand /// The pipes, the longest stretching 24 feet and the shortest less than half an inch.

Piano performance at the Voxman Music Building

People enjoy an open house at the Voxman Music Building

By: Office of Strategic Communication | 2016.10.24 | 09:44 am

It was a packed house for the official dedication of the new Voxman Music Building on Oct. 21, 2016.

The 189,000-square-foot facility, which is centrally located in downtown Iowa City, reunites the University of Iowa School of Music under one roof. The UI School of Music utilized several interim facilities across campus and Iowa City after floodwaters irreparably damaged its previous home along the Iowa River in 2008.

“The arts are back…and better than ever,” David Gier, director of the UI School of Music, told the packed, 700-seat concert hall.