Amenities
In addition to the concert hall itself, an adjoining building contains the Robert H. Zellerbach Rehearsal Hall, comprising three separate rehearsal spaces. The largest of these was designed to be the same size as the stage of the Opera House across the street to accommodate Opera and Ballet rehearsals. Davies Hall also contains offices for Symphony staff, a music library, dressing rooms, a recreation room and lockers for Symphony musicians, and the Wattis Room, a private dining room for major donors. A proposed recital hall was never built; that portion of the site remains empty, and is used for employee parking.
A Henry Moore bronze sculpture, “Large Four Piece Reclining Figure” (1973), is displayed outside the hall at the corner of Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue.
Davies Hall also occasionally hosts non-orchestral performances by contemporary musicians.
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