The Bass Performance Hall is an acclaimed, multi-purpose facility in Fort Worth, Texas. It is named "one of the top 10 opera houses in the world". It regularly hosts popular musical performers of all kinds. This marvelous Bass Performance Hall is the permanent home of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Texas Ballet Theater, the Fort Worth Opera, the Cliburn Concerts, and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. It is also host to other events such as the Hall Series of eclectic entertainment, Casa Mañana musicals, and an annual bridal show.

The crown jewel of downtown Fort Worth is named after the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass. This 2,056 seats hall was opened in 1998. It was built entirely with private funds. It is regarded as an important symbol of one of the most successful downtown revitalization efforts in the country. The European opera house-inspired limestone structure features two 48-foot high sculpted angels on the Grand Facade and has been called the "crown jewel of downtown Fort Worth".

David M.Schwarz of Architectural Services, Inc. was responsible for the wonderful designing of the hall. The acoustics was made by Jaffe, Holden, Acoustics, Inc.. It is characteristic of the classic European opera house form. An 80-foot diameter Great Dome, artfully painted by Scott and Stuart Gentling, tops the Founders Concert Theater. Two 48-foot tall angels sculpted by Marton Varo from Texas limestone grace the Grand Façade.

Bass Performance Hall is the perfect coupling of a beautiful aesthetic with wonderful acoustics The superb acoustics, exceptional sightlines and ambience on level with the great halls of the world have earned worldwide reputation. It is regarded as “the newest star in the opera-house firmament. Two giant, hand-carved trumpet-playing angels on the façade announce its welcome presence in the middle of downtown (and), although not actually called an opera house, it most assuredly is one, designed in the grand old manner: a horseshoe auditorium surmounted by a dome that appears to float over trompe l'oeil clouds (built in) a mixture of Beaux-Arts and Vienna Secessionist styles”.

Bass Performance hall successfully hosts symphony, ballet, opera, stage, musicals, and rock concerts.It is an outstanding multi-purpose facility. It is also host to other events such as the Hall Series of eclectic entertainment, Casa Mañana musicals, and an annual bridal show.

In 2001, the adjacent Maddox-Muse Center officially opened; and with it, the new Van Cliburn Recital Hall and the McDavid Studio (renamed in 2006 from McNair Rehearsal Studio). Also housed within Maddox-Muse Center are offices for Performing Arts Fort Worth, the non-profit organization that oversees management of the Hall, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

McDavid Studio in the Maddox-Muse Center is gaining a strong reputation as a performance venue in its own right. The space can seat as many as 220 in cabaret style.

Bass Performance Hall has made Fort Worth a different city, and has changed lives here, both on communal and individual levels.It is a building that has made itself the heart of the community like no other arts venue in Texas.It is indeed a magnificent frame for fine performances.