🏆 Voted Best Music Venue 2024 in the "Best of Orange County" balloting - Orange County Register
Soka Performing Arts Center, now is in its 12th season of presenting the best of live performances on its extraordinary stage, is located on the campus of Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California. The 1,000-seat concert hall features world-class acoustics designed by Yasuhisa Toyota, acoustic designer of noted performance venues like Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.
Designed to truly reflect the University’s commitment to sustainability, the Concert Hall and adjacent Maathai Hall, featuring the Black Box Theatre, have been built to Gold LEED standards and feature vegetated green roofs. Photo voltaic cells on the Soka Performing Arts Center roof generate approximately 15% of the facility’s electrical needs.