Known as “Music City,” Nashville is one of the South’s fastest-growing and most vibrant cities.  With so many beautiful Nashville neighborhoods including Brentwood, Franklin, Hendersonville, and Golden Triangle communities, music lovers and music makers are making their way to Nashville.  The 2006 opening of the new Schermerhorn Symphony Center in downtown Nashville real estate accents the phenomenal musical cultural heritage.  The Schermerhorn Symphony Center is located in the rapidly developing SoBro (South of Broadway) neighborhood at the terminus west of the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge.  It encompasses the entire block.

The Center is home to the critically acclaimed Nashville Symphony and is named in honor of the late Maestro Kenneth Schermerhorn who led the Nashville Symphony for 22 years.

Right at home in Nashville’s stately genre of historic, charming, and distinctive buildings, the Schermerhorn Symphony Center is inspired by some of the world’s great concert halls build in Europe in the late 19th century.  It includes a 1,860-seat Laura Turner Concert Hall that features natural interior light beaming through 30 special soundproof windows.  Purposefully designed to create an intimate setting for musicians and audiences, the seats are distributed over three levels.  A special choral loft behind the stage seats 146 chorus members and can also be filled with audience members during non-choral performances.  Up to 155 musicians are accommodated on the stage.

The Nashville Symphony performs and hosts classical, pops, special concert events, recitals, choral concerts, cabaret, jazz, and world music events.  The facilities provide acoustical clarity, warmth, and resonance to enhance the sound of natural instruments.  To accommodate a variety of sounds, an automated system of moveable banners and panels located around the hall adjust for various types of performances.

Another innovative, flexible feature is a convertible seating system.  The orchestra-level seating in the Laura Turner Concert Hall can be changed from comfortable raked seating at classical performances to a 5,700-square-foot hardwood ballroom floor for other types of events.  The rows of seats are moved into special storage below the surface of the ballroom floor using a unique chair wagon motorized system.
Computerized lights are also adaptable to the venue, featuring 102 various lights with the ability to focus, change color, and direct beams to any part of the concert hall rapidly.

Schoenstein & Co. of San Francisco custom built a concert organ comprised of 47 voices, 64 ranks, and 3,568 pipes with three 32-foot stops and the ability to create a lyrical sound with expressive range.

One of the key features of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center is the Mike Curb Family Music Education Hall.  This Music Education Hall is home to “Every Child, Every Grade, Every Year,” an ongoing education initiative as well as activities to promote music education and appreciation to children, parents, and teachers.

Enclosed by a colonnade connected to the west side of the building are a café and a public garden that faced the Hall of Fame Park across Fourth Avenue South.

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