Seattle Symphony Music Discovery Center

In 1998, Seattle Symphony inaugurated its downtown home, Benaroya Hall, noted for its architectural and acoustical splendor. Three years later, the Orchestra opened SoundbridgeSeattle Symphony Music Discovery Center, where people of all ages explore the world of symphonic music through exhibits, classes and live music presentations. The Symphony's education programs, alongside its nationally recognized community engagement programs, bring classical music to nearly 100,000 people of all ages each year, including students at more than 200 schools in the Pacific Northwest. Benaroya Hall houses two performance halls in a complex that is thoroughly integrated into downtown Seattle. Occupying an entire city block at the very core of the city, the development celebrates the vital role of performance events while maintaining the continuity of commercial life along one avenue and providing a much-needed public space, in the form of a terraced garden, along another.