The Center for the Musical Arts will be a 1,400 seat concert hall with first-rate acoustics. The building will open at one end to provide additional lawn seating for 3,000 people with an excellent view of the stage and the Sonoma hills. For larger performances, additional lawn space will accommodate audiences of 10,000. The center is fashioned after Tanglewood in western Massachusetts which combines first class music within a beautiful rural setting. Once completed, the Center for the Musical Arts will serve as the new home for the Santa Rosa Symphony.
Construction begins as soon as the necessary gifts are committed.
The center will offer year-round performing arts events, including music, and dance as well as lectures and conferences. A guest artist series will attract acclaimed talent from around the world.