Music Hall rumblings
A little bird tells me that arts patrons are concerned about planned renovations to Music Hall's Springer Auditorium, that would attempt to satisfy all the needs of symphony and opera -- while maintaining the integrity of the hall's historic status. Rumor is there is talk that the only answer is to BUILD A NEW CONCERT HALL just for the orchestra, between Music Hall and Memorial Hall.
posted by Janelle Gelfand at 10:36 AM
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Post a Comment*To build a new hall or not- I'll leave to the art scene heavy weights and those who fund it to make the decision. A case can be made for either refurbishing Music Hall and/or building new, more modern concert facilities. A trip to Dayton Philharmonic's hall certianly gets one appreciating the amenities of "new". One or the other doesn't matter to me as long as taxpayer dollers are not involved.
One question I have is if we are going to build a new hall why be anchored to Over the Rhine? There is a fairly new public building facility on the riverfront that that is not going so well that could be modified to provide the amenities of desired with a new concert venue and plenty of room to build the concert halls. Political nitroglyceren to say the least, but it would solve three issues in one fell swoop-new concert facilities with all the amenities, the "Banks" gets off dead center,and a good idea that just has not gained traction is given a second chance at perhaps the Museuem Center where it belonged in the first place.
I think that a new and exciting venue downtown is great and should be paid for with private and public funds. The arts is a vital part of this region and keeps compamies and people here. Music Hall is a great venue for the Orchestra and the Opera and should be renovated. Over-the-Rhine is the place of the future for the city. Let's all be glad that things are getting going. The Banks should be one big Park area.
Who said that a new symphony hall would mean that Music Hall would be abandoned? Ballet? Increased Opera season? Visiting Orchestras? the possibilities are endless!
This is a good point. No one has said Music Hall should be abandoned. A remodeled, updated Music Hall would benefit everyone. Besides that, what the city lacks is a good mid-sized (1,800 to 2,200-seat) orchestra hall. I think they both could co-exist nicely. The CSO could still do their Mahler-Beethoven 9 concerts there, as well as Pops, May Festival, opera and recording sessions. It's too bad that THE EMERY seems to have been forgotten amid all this. And another point you make about visiting orchestras -- I wrote a column at least 10 years ago noting that we don't get any visiting orchestras here. At the time, I had hoped that the Aronoff Center would provide a new venue for that. But then, the architect informed me that the board of the Aronoff Center specifically nixed an orchestra shell, for fear of competing with Music Hall. I give up!!
What is going on with the Emery Theatre? It was the home for the CSO for years. Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, and others played there. It just seems to have fallen off the radar. I spent many an evening there watching classic films and could see it was a diamond in the rough and it was real rough. Maybe a follow up article on its current status by someone at the Enquirer is in order?
I think it could revert back to a wrestling venue. You don't need good acoustics for that and the neighborhood envirnment kinda lends itself to that type of entertainment.
Very interesting!
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