Volta is our annual Youth Music & Art Festival. Funds are raised for local children to have access to music and art at little to no cost.  Volta will feature live local bands from the Cedar Rapids area, in addition to all eight of our youth bands - each directed by well known local musicians. The bands will include a variety of genres such as blues, indie, country, 80’s, and pop music. Additionally, our art students will have the opportunity to display and sell their art to the community.

In a piece of music, “volta” highlights specific moments in time. At this moment in time, some of these young artists and musicians have been waiting patiently to perform again after many months of isolation. Others will be performing on stage or showing their personal
artwork to the public for the first time.

Our art and rock band students are ready to shine and we are excited to come together and present them for the world to see!

After a couple of tough pandemic years, we are bringing Volta back to its original format! Live music from local professional bands will perform and the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy’s eight youth bands will rock the stage in genres including blues, 80’s, pop, heavy metal, and country.

On the art side of things, many of our talented student artists will display their work and sell their pieces to the public.

Your support ensures that this event will shine like no other with one unified goal, supporting our incredible kids. 

73% of EIAA students are currently utilizing financial assistance. Your contribution to The Eastern Iowa Arts Academy goes directly towards our Financial Aid program to provide music and arts opportunities to EIAA students at little to no cost. Thank you for helping us bring the arts to our community!

Rich and Jenni Head