Jacobs Music Center

Jacobs Music Center
	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
Location	Jacobs Music Center
Owner	San Diego Symphony
Capacity	2,248
Construction
Opened	November 8, 1929
Construction cost	$1.5 million; ($26.6 million in 2023 dollars)
Architect	Weeks and Day
Website
	Venue Website

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

Jacobs Music Center is a performing arts theater in San Diego, California. It opened in 1929 as the Fox Theatre, a 68,000-square-foot (6,300 m²) Gothic-revival luxury movie theater. The center was designed by Weeks and Day. It was conferred to the San Diego Symphony in 1984. The center is also the location of some 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 Copley Hall in 1989. The hall features an enormous pipe organ that is built into five walled chambers and was recently restored to its original splendor. The hall has a seating capacity of 2,248. When it opened in 1929, it had a seating capacity of 2,876.^[2]

In early 2022, the San Diego Symphony announced that the Copley Symphony Hall at the 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 hall in a November 4 grand reopening concert.^[3]

Directors

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

Notes

^ 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

Official Web Page
Copley Symphony Hall at Cinema Treasures

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[inflation-US-1] 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.

[2] Naylor; American Picture Palaces: The Architecture of Fantasy; Prentice Hall, NY, 1981

[3] 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.

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