Professional recording services are available to any School of Music students scheduling a recital in Voxman Music Building.  Please refer to Recital Scheduling Policies for more information. As a student performer fills out the forms to Schedule a Student Recital they’ll be able to view the recording options available and associated fees.

The audio recording fee for faculty recitals and faculty-directed ensemble concerts are subsidized and paid for by School of Music. Therefore, this service is available free-of-charge unless additional support like video or live-sound reinforcement is required. As a faculty performer or director fills out the Faculty Event Form they’ll be able to view the recording options available and associated fees (if any). An expansive archive of these recordings is available on campus through the Rita Benton Music Library and their online School of Music Recordings Archive.

For School of Music student and faculty musicians interested in scheduling one or more recording sessions with support from recording studios’ staff. Please complete the Room Request Form. The Recital Hall VOX 2301 is the first and best choice for most recording sessions. Ad-hoc sessions are quite common for student audition/application submissions and are billed at $24/hour.

Scheduling Recommendations

Please allow for a minimum of 1 week to schedule and process reservations for audition or application recording sessions. After finding an available time on Astra, please email <shu-min-chang@uiowa.edu> and <james-edel@uiowa.edu> before submitting your reservation request to coordinate with staff schedules.  The recording studios may be unavailable to support recording sessions during peak times of the semester for concerts and recitals. Thank you.

Cancellation Policy 

If you need to cancel your recording session, please notify the following staff by email as soon as possible:

• music-scheduler@uiowa.edu
• shu-min-chang@uiowa.edu
• james-edel@uiowa.edu 

Session cancellations made within less than 48 hours of the reserved setup time in the hall will be subject to the full recording fees for the scheduled session billed at $24/hour, as well as forfeiture of scheduled time in the hall.  Exceptions will be considered in cases of illness, emergency, inclement weather, or other safety concerns.

Please refer to the D.M.A. Recording Project Manual and the Scheduling Policies for direction.  Maximum session time per thesis project is 24 hours + 24 hours post production. 

Scheduling Recommendations

Please allow for a minimum of two weeks to schedule and process reservations for major recording project sessions. Sessions will be scheduled in blocks of 3 or 4 hours depending on performers' preferences and hall availability.  In order to coordinate with staff schedules, please email <shu-min-chang@uiowa.edu> and <james-edel@uiowa.edu> before submitting your reservation request.  If you are performing solo piano repertoire, then please include <jeremy-herrera@uiowa.edu> in that correspondence. Thank you.

Cancellation Policy

If you need to cancel your recording session, please notify the following staff by email as soon as possible:

• music-scheduler@uiowa.edu
• shu-min-chang@uiowa.edu
• james-edel@uiowa.edu
• jeremy-herrera@uiowa.edu

Session cancellations made within less than 48 hours of the reserved setup time in the hall will be subject to the full recording fees for the scheduled session billed at $35/hour, as well as forfeiture of scheduled time in the hall.  Exceptions will be considered in cases of illness, emergency, inclement weather, or other safety concerns.