Jacobs Music Center

Coordinates: 32°43′08″N 117°09′28″W / 32.719024°N 117.157903°W

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32°43′08″N 117°09′28″W / 32.719024°N 117.157903°W / 32.719024; -117.157903

Jacobs Music Center
Construction
Exterior view of the venue (c.2016)

Former names	Fox Theatre (1929-85) Copley Symphony Hall(1985-2013) Copley Symphony Hall at Jacobs Music Center(2013-2024)
Address	1245 7th Ave San Diego, CA 92101-4302 San Diego
Location	Jacobs Music Center
Owner	San Diego Symphony
Operator	San Diego Symphony
Type	Concert Hall
Capacity	1,831
Opened	November 8, 1929 (1929-11-08)
Renovated	2021- September 5, 2024
Construction cost	$1.5 million ($26.6 million in 2023 dollars^[1]) Renovations: $125 million ($125 million in 2023 dollars^[1])
Architect	Builder: Weeks and Day 2024 Renovator: HGA Acoustician: Paul Scarbrough Paul Scarbrough Theater Planner: Schuler Shook
Tenants
San Diego (Orchestra) 1984 - Present San Diego Symphony Festival Chorus (Chorus) 1984 - Present
Website
Venue Website

Jacobs Music Center is a performing arts theater in San Diego, California. It opened in 1929 as Fox Theatre, a Gothic Revival–style luxury theater. It was conferred to the San Diego Symphony in 1984. The center is also the location of various youth orchestra concerts, including the San Diego Youth Symphony's, and a conservatory.

History

Downtown's Symphony Towers (the second tallest building in San Diego County) was built around the center in 1989. The center features an enormous pipe organ that is built into five walled chambers and was recently restored to its original splendor. It has a seating capacity of 2,248. When it opened in 1929, it had a seating capacity of 2,876.^[2] The center was designed by Weeks and Day.

In early 2022, the San Diego Symphony announced that Copley Symphony Hall at Jacobs Music Center would be renovated for acoustic improvements and a major stage remodel including a choral terrace. A year later in early 2023, it was announced that the San Diego Symphony would be returning to the center in a November 4 grand reopening concert.^[3]

On September 28, 2024, the San Diego Symphony celebrated the grand reopening of the newly renovated Jacobs Music Center.

The extensive renovation, which spanned three years and cost $125 million has breathed new life into this historic concert hall.

Directors

Marc Wolff (1992-1995)
Evan T. Papel (1999-2001)

Notes

^ ^a ^b 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ Naylor; American Picture Palaces: The Architecture of Fantasy; Prentice Hall, NY, 1981
^ Varga, George (2023-02-05). "San Diego Symphony returning to Copley Symphony Hall at Jacobs Music Center after $125 million revitalization". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2023-02-12.

External links

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Official Web Page
Copley Symphony Hall at Cinema Treasures

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