Sarasota Orchestra is a vibrant organization serving the region with an array of programs all year long. It is equally active behind the scenes as our Music Center project team continues its work. We made meaningful progress, advancing several important elements that will help shape the Orchestra’s future.
Longtime Sarasota Orchestra supporters Jack and Priscilla Schlegel have made a transformative $10 million gift to advance the future Music Center at 5701 Fruitville Road. Their investment marks a major milestone for the project and reflects an enduring belief in the power of the arts to shape and strengthen a community.
Sarasota Orchestra released initial conceptual designs for a new Music Center at 5701 Fruitville Road, marking a major step in a multiphase design process led by architects at William Rawn Associates. As preliminary concepts, the designs provide an early look at Sarasota Orchestra’s vision for a transformative community asset. Further refinement and development will unfold in the schematic design phase, which is just getting underway.
Sarasota Orchestra has selected OJB Landscape Architecture to lead the landscape design for the Music Center at 5701 Fruitville Road.
The firm will collaborate with design architect William Rawn Associates and executive architect HKS to integrate architecture and landscape throughout the 32-acre site, transforming the Music Center into a vibrant destination that supports community connections and social wellness.
Sarasota Orchestra’s Board of Directors approved the selection of William Rawn Associates as the design architect for the future Music Center at 5701 Fruitville Road. The Boston-based firm will work closely with the executive architect, HKS, acoustician and theatre planner, Stages Consultants, and other key project partners to bring the transformative project to life. The Music Center will bring the region its first concert hall purpose-built for acoustic music.
