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Opened February 5th, 1931, Severance Hall seats up to 2,000 people and has become one of the most beautiful concert halls in the world. Designed by the Cleveland architectural firm Walker & Weeks, the building is named for John L. Severance and his wife, Elisabeth, who initially pledged $1 million for its construction.

HomeThings To DoSeverance Hall. Opera House, Concerts, And Galas. The Severance Hall is one of the city's oldest performance venues. It is considered to be one of the world's most beautiful concert halls featuring an eclectic mix of architectural styles from Art Deco to French Nouveau.

Nestled inside of Severance is the more intimate Reinberger Chamber Hall. With a seating capacity of 400, room for a chamber orchestra on stage, and a beautiful ambiance. Contact us for more information about hosting your own concert, lecture, or other event. View 360 photo. The Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer

Severance Hall serves as the home of The Cleveland Orchestra for concerts, rehearsals, and administration. The building is also rented by a variety of local organizations and private citizens for performances, meetings, and gala events. Click here for information on renting Severance Hall.

The architecture of Severance Hall is a cross between the Georgian Neo-Classical style represented by the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART across the Wade Park Lagoon and the Art Deco or Art Moderne style developed in the late 1920s. The main entrance is a Renaissance portico.

A world class bucket list experience for all who enjoy a live symphonic orchestral music. The best in the world Cleveland Orchestra in the remodeled Severance Hall, creates one of the best in the world audio and visual venues to experience symphonic music.

Severance Music Center. Severance is Cleveland’s musical home for symphonic music and other presentations, including the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall and Reinberger Chamber Hall. We are strongly committed to making everyone feel welcome. The doors to Severance open three hours prior to most performances.

A Severance Hall tour will also allow you to see the Norton Memorial Organ and its 6000+ pipes behind the stage. Some of the organ pipes up close You can see when the next tours are on the Cleveland Orchestra’s Event Calendar. The tours are usually offered one day a month, with 2 or 3 one-hour-long tours offered on each public tour day.