Voxman Music Building

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Voxman Music Building
General information
Location Iowa City, Iowa
Coordinates 41°39′28.35″N91°32′5.04″W / 41.6578750°N 91.5347333°W / 41.6578750; -91.5347333 Coordinates: 41°39′28.35″N91°32′5.04″W / 41.6578750°N 91.5347333°W / 41.6578750; -91.5347333
InauguratedOct 21, 2016
Cost$152 million [1]
Owner University of Iowa
Technical details
Floor area190,000 sq-ft [2]
Design and construction
Architect LMN Architects

The Voxman Music Building is an academic building of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The building is named in honor of former University of Iowa director of the school of music, Himie Voxman. [3]

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History

The original Voxman Music Building, located on the bank of the Iowa River, was destroyed in the Iowa flood of 2008. [4] In late 2009, a new location for the new music building was formally announced and, shortly afterwards, funding was approved by the Iowa Board of Regents. In December 2013, the Board of Regents voted that the new building would retain the Voxman name. [5] The building officially opened to the public in October 2016. [6]

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Iowa flood of 2008

The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa beginning around June 8, 2008 and ending about July 1. Flooding continued on the Upper Mississippi River in the southeastern portion of the state for several more days. The phrase "Iowa's Katrina" was often heard.

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Performing spaces

The Voxman Music Building contains to a 700-seat concert hall, a 200-seat recital hall, and a 75-seat organ hall. [7] [8]

Klais organ

The building's 700-seat concert hall contains a Klais organ composed of 3,883 individual pipes. [9] [10]

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Orgelbau Klais is a German firm that designs, builds and restores pipe organs. It is a family run company, founded in 1882 by Johannes Klais senior and is now run by his great-grandson Philipp Klais. The firm is based in Bonn, Germany, and has completed many large-scale building and restoration projects around the globe in more than a century of organ building.

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References

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