The original Voxman Music Building , located on the bank of the Iowa River , was destroyed in the Iowa flood of 2008 . 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 . The building officially opened to the public in October 2016 . The Voxman Music Building contains to a 700-seat concert hall , a 200-seat recital hall , and a 75-seat organ hall . The building 's 700-seat concert hall contains a Klais organ composed of 3,883 individual pipes
Iowa flood of 2008
Iowa flood of 2008
Voxman Music Building