Performing arts center in Columbia, South Carolina
The Koger Center for the Arts is an arts center located in Columbia, South Carolina, on the University of South Carolina campus, adjacent to the School of Music.[1] It was built in 1988, and has 2,256 saleable seats. The center is the home of the Columbia City Ballet, and the South Carolina Philharmonic, and host the School of Music's large ensemble concerts.[2] It is also used for other functions such as The State of the State Address, The South Carolina Body Building Championships, The South Carolina Science Fair, Freshman Orientation, The Conductor's Institute, The Columbia Classical Ballet, and the dance concerts for the Columbia City Ballet, Southern Strutt's year-end concert and the university's doctoral hooding ceremonies.
The center is named for philanthropists Ira and Nancy Koger, who made a substantial donation for construction of the $15 million center.[3] The descendants of Ambrose Elliott Gonzales, Narciso Gener Gonzales, and William Elliott Gonzales also made a large donation to the center and the Gonzales Hall auditorium was named in acknowledgement of their contribution.
