Max M. Fisher Music Center
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Orchestra Hall and Max M. Fisher Music Center
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| Address | 3711 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan United States |
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| Operator | Detroit Symphony Orchestra |
| Type | Concert hall |
| Capacity | Orchestra Hall: 2,000 The Music Box: 450 |
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| Opened | 1919 |
| Reopened | 1989, 2003 |
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Orchestra Hall
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| Coordinates | 42°20′55.49″N 83°3′33.48″W / 42.3487472°N 83.0593000°WCoordinates: 42°20′55.49″N 83°3′33.48″W / 42.3487472°N 83.0593000°W |
| Architect | C. Howard Crane |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP Reference # | 71000429 |
| Added to NRHP | April 16, 1971 |
Orchestra Hall is an elaborate concert hall in the United States, located at 3711 Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. The hall is renowned for its superior acoustic properties and serves as the home of the internationally known Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), the fourth oldest orchestra in the United States. With the creation of an adjoining auditorium for jazz and chamber music in 2003, Orchestra Hall became part of the Max M. Fisher Music Center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra had previously played at the old Detroit Opera House. However, Ossip Gabrilowitsch demanded that the DSO build a suitable auditorium before he assumed his position as music director. Construction on Orchestra Hall began on June 6, 1919, and was completed in barely six months.
The 2,014-seat hall was designed by the noted theater architect, C. Howard Crane. The first concert took place on October 23, 1919 and the hall remained the home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra until 1939. Due to the financial difficulties of the Great Depression, the orchestra was compelled to leave Orchestra Hall and enter into a more economical arrangement to share the Masonic Temple Theatre. Orchestra Hall was vacant for two years until it was purchased by new owners. For ten years Orchestra Hall presented jazz artists under the name Paradise Theater, opening on Christmas Eve 1941. The Paradise hosted the most renowned jazz musicians, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington.
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