Samueli Theater, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California, USA

The Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall is housed in a new Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The stand alone building also houses a music library, two large orchestra chambers for rehearsals, eight individual rehearsal rooms, and fifteen dressing rooms, in order to accommodate and attract world-class performers to OCPAC. The concert hall opened on September 15th 2006.

Segerstrom Concert Hall accommodates up to 2,000 audience members. The "shoebox"-shaped hall features three, silver-leafed, acoustical canopies that form a shimmering ceiling, reflecting both the performers and audience below. The room is equipped with acoustics control chambers, which, in conjunction with adjustable canopies, create ideal performance conditions for large symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, chorales and solo instrumentalists and vocalists. Adjustable acoustic curtains and banners bring additional flexibility to the acoustical capabilities of Segerstrom Hall. An adjustable orchestra pit has the potential use of additional seating, or extra stage space. Removable chorus wagons can be positioned on stage, or removed, with the help of workhorse lifts. Additional equipment include a piano lift and a house mix position.

Segerstrom Concert Hall is the new home to Orange County's Pacific Symphony, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, and the Pacific Chorale.

Artec provided design and planning services covering Pre-Design Phase services, Auditorium Design, Facility Planning, Specialized Performance Equipment Systems Design and Background Noise and Vibration Control consulting for the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects was the architect of the new facility.