The building is named in honor of former University of Iowa director of the school of music, Himie Voxman.

[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.

[7][8] The building's 700-seat concert hall contains a Klais organ composed of 3,883 individual pipes.