Chapman University’s New Musco Center for the Arts
Chapman University’s new world-class Musco Center for the Arts is a state-of-the-art theatre for arts, education and community. The 88,000-square-foot facility is giving students and faculty an opportunity to achieve the highest standard of arts-related education by offering hands-on experiences with renowned arts organizations.
Designed by award-winning architects Pfeiffer Partners, and acoustics by Yasuhisa Toyota of Nagata Acoustics, whose projects include Disney Hall and Stanford's Bing Concert Hall, among many others.
The Center’s stunning Julianne Argyros Orchestra Hall features 1,044 seats spanning three levels where the community can enjoy large-scale opera and theatre productions, touring dance companies, symphonies, chamber performances, jazz, world and popular music, and much more.
Los Angeles Times music critic, Mark Swed just gave it the ultimate review: “An ideal opera house; potentially the best in the West and maybe even something more,” Swed said.
Just this month you can see Grammy-nominated Los Angeles Percussion Quartet performing "Rhythms of Our Time” on Sunday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m.; “The Merchant of Venice” on Friday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 16 at 2 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 23, 2 p.m. “Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica" on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 23, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 24, 3 p.m., Distinguished Piano Series Concert featuring Vadym Kholodenko, Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medalist on April 26 at 7:30 p.m.; EmC x BD Emerging Voices in Choreography on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m., Chapman Wind Symphony on Friday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m.; and the Annual Spring Concert on Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m.
For more information and a schedule of upcoming events, visit muscocenter.org
One University Drive in Orange. 844.626.8726.
Photo by Doug Gifford
