Bass Performance Hall [Fort Worth]
Bass Performance Hall
theatre in Fort Worth
theater in Texas, Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Built 1998 by David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services Inc. in Beaux-Arts revival style. Named after the sponsors, Nancy Lee Bass and Perry Richardson Bass. The main hall is the Founders Concert Theater (2056 seats). 2001 addition of the Maddox-Muse Center with two halls: Van Cliburn Recital Hall (300 seats, named in honour of the pianist Van Cliburn who first promoted the building of the hall to the Bass family) and McDavid Studio (220 seats). - Used for symphony and rock concerts as well as for ballet, opera, and touring Broadway musical performances. Home to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Texas Ballet Theater, Fort Worth Opera, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and Cliburn Concerts.