Nashville Symphony - Leonard Slatkin Schermerhorn Symphony Center Nashville

The Schermerhorn Symphony Center is a place to see concerts in the middle of Nashville, Tennessee. December 3, 2003, saw the breaking of ground. On September 9, 2006, the facility was officially launched with a gala concert led by Leonard Slatkin and televised by PBS stations across the state.

The center was designated before maestro Kenneth Schermerhorn died, but it is named after him. Schermerhorn was the music supervisor and director of the Nashville Symphony from 1983 until he died in 2005.

The Nashville Symphony calls the 1,844-seat Laura Turner Concert Hall—a space spanning 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2)—the beating heart of Schermerhorn Symphony Center. The room has a shoebox shape. Through thirty soundproof, double-paned, clerestory windows, natural light floods the space.

Schermerhorn Symphony Center stood out among the 25 North and South American contenders for the 2009 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Awards for Excellence. These yearly awards aim to recognize construction projects that have significantly contributed to their communities via excellent design, environmentally responsible methods, and sustainable design.

With Nashville's Earl Swensson Associates serving as the official architect, the facility was designed by the Washington, D.C.-based company of David M. Schwarz Architects, Inc., which was the 2015 Driehaus Prize winner. Paul Scarbrough of Akustiks crafted the hall's acoustic design.