Mobile Symphony and Mobile Opera are housed in the Larkins Music Center at 257 Dauphin Street, a historic building faithfully redesigned by architect Don Bowden.

"Through collaboration, the symphony and opera are now able to better serve the community's musical needs," says Celia Mann Baehr, Chair of Mobile Symphony's Board of Directors. This building houses a rehearsal hall, practice rooms and administrative office space for the opera and symphony. The rehearsal hall is utilized by the Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Bay Area Strings, and doubles as a performance space for smaller productions. The seven practice rooms are used as private teaching studios. Because this building connects to the lobby of the Saenger Theatre, it doubles as a social room for parties or post-concert greetings with visiting guest artists. Please help this project remain debt-free. Cost of the building is approximately $1.4 million. To date, $1.0 million dollars in cash and pledges has been given to the opera and symphony for this project, including leadership gifts from the Moorer, Hearin-Chandler and Bedsole Foundations and the Josephine M. Larkins Foundation. Naming opportunities are still available for the Pocket Park, The Mobile Symphony office suite, the Park Terrace and others.

To find out how you can help, please contact us 251-432-2010 , or send a check directly to Mobile Symphony, P.O. Box 3127, Mobile, AL 36652-3127. You can also avoid capital gains taxes by making gifts of appreciated stock.