For 75 years, Sarasota Orchestra has inspired music-lovers from across the region and around the world. Now, we’re taking our next great step forward.

As a hub for music and a home for community, the Music Center represents a once-in-a-generation commitment toward the future of Florida’s Cultural Coast.

Sound at its very best

Designed by some of the world’s leading architects and acousticians, the Music Center will be one of the 21st century’s most significant new concert halls, located right here in Sarasota.

A great concert hall is a place where the next generation of musicians are inspired and challenged to listen, learn, and participate in enriching the entire community.

Natalie Helm

Principal Cello


More space for
more impact

The Music Center will allow us to welcome even more people from Sarasota and across the region.

  • The Music Walk at Sarasota Orchestra’s future Music Center, designed as an engaging arrival experience that welcomes patrons, visitors and the broader community.

  • Natural light will illuminate the lobby and connect the concert-going experience with Sarasota’s natural environment.

  • A closer look at the courtyard space outside of Sarasota Orchestra’s future Music Center. Open and welcoming.

The magic for me, of a new concert hall, new Music Center, is the connections that can be made between performers and audience.

Daniel Jordan

Concertmaster

A student-first design

Professional-grade facilities dedicated to music education will bolster our student programs and give young players space to play, explore, and pursue new passions.

  • New gathering spaces will welcome youth and their families to sit, linger, and socialize.

  • A rehearsal space at Sarasota Orchestra’s future Music Center, designed to serve chamber ensembles and similar-sized groups as part of the facility’s robust education and performance offerings.

  • A closer look at one of the dual rehearsal/performance spaces at Sarasota Orchestra’s future Music Center, which can accommodate rehearsals and intimate performances.

When you give young people
 a place like this, you give them a place to dream.

Victoria Craft

Sarasota Youth Orchestra member

A campus of creativity

One of the largest arts building projects ever attempted here, the Music Center ensures that Sarasota will remain the undisputed capital of Florida’s Cultural Coast.

Across the Music Center, the natural landscape will be woven into the visitor experience to promote wellness and a sense of place.

This isn’t just for us today. It’s for the 
Sarasota of tomorrow.

Nicole Eibe

Sarasota Orchestra Senior Vice President 

of Advancement & Strategic Initiatives and 

Sarasota Youth Orchestra alumna

  • A closer look at the courtyard space outside of Sarasota Orchestra’s future Music Center. Open and welcoming.

  • One of the smaller-sized rehearsal spaces at Sarasota Orchestra’s future Music Center, designed to accommodate sectionals or provide flexible space for smaller local arts organizations to rehearse.

  • The flexible performance space at Sarasota Orchestra’s future Music Center, featuring 700 seats designed to accommodate a wide range of programs and community events.