Poetic Tone Pictures George Mason Center For The Arts Fairfax

George Mason Center For The Arts is a performing arts center located on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University. After a few years of construction, the venue opened for the public on October 6, 1990. Award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch hosted the first show. He served the opening show with a star-studded concert featuring Jean-Pierre Rampal, Roberta Peters, and Robert Klein.

George Mason Center For The Arts is known as a premier destination for the arts in Northern Virginia. The venue presents many of today’s emerging and talented artists ranging from promising students to internationally-acclaimed stars. Hundreds of thousands of community members are welcomed by the facility on an annual basis. The seating capacity of the concert hall reaches 2,000. “Great Performances at Mason” is a yearly season of national and international artists, featuring some of the best classical music, jazz, opera, dance, theater, world music, and global music.

George Mason Center For The Arts hosts many student and faculty performances usually presented by the Schools of Music, Theater, and Dance. The venue also served as the performing home for the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. The center’s core mission is to make the arts an intrinsic part of George Mason University’s students.