Jacobs Music Center (San Diego, USA)
Jacobs Music Center
The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center, home of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, is a world-class facility that can host concerts, comedy shows, corporate & civic events, film screenings and more inside its performance chamber, known as Copley Symphony Hall.
Once reopened in the 2023-24 season, the new hall will be equipped with state-of-the-art digital sound and lighting technology, and will have a capacity of up to 1823 patrons. Embedded inside the performance chamber is a full-sized Robert Morton pneumatic pipe organ.
The Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall began life as The Fox Theatre movie palace in 1929, part of the famous nationwide Fox Theatres chain. It became the property of the San Diego Symphony in 1984 and was extensively renovated at that time.
In early 2022, the San Diego Symphony made the decision to take on a major project to restore and renovate its historic home, the Jacobs Music Center, as a long-term commitment to the vitality of downtown San Diego and an investment in the artistic ambitions of the orchestra. The project honors the history of the Jacobs Music Center’s building, while greatly enhancing the musical and performance experience for artists and audiences alike, resulting in a premier venue for music presentations.