University of Texas Performing Arts Center, Performing arts center at University of Texas, Austin, United States

The University of Texas Performing Arts Center is a multi-venue complex on the University of Texas campus in Austin, made up of five performance spaces of different sizes. The largest of these is the Bass Concert Hall, which has a full orchestra pit and professional stage equipment.

The complex opened in 1981 as a major addition to the campus arts facilities. In the 2000s it went through a modernization that updated its technical infrastructure and expanded its capacity.

The center is open to both students and the general public, with performances ranging from classical music to contemporary dance. Audiences tend to be a mix of university community members and Austin residents who come regularly for the varied programming.

The center sits on the main University of Texas campus and is easy to reach on foot from the central part of the grounds. Coming early is a good idea since shows tend to draw full houses and finding a seat before curtain time can take a moment.

The tracker organ is in Bates Recital Hall, not Bass Concert Hall. Built to an 18th-century Dutch design, the Visser-Rowland organ is three stories tall, weighs 24 tons and has 5,315 pipes, the third largest tracker organ in the country.