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The name change was the result of a $25 million donation from Richard Worley and wife Leslie Anne Miller who are both former board members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center. [8] The hall contains a pipe organ by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, which is the largest mechanical action pipe organ in an American concert hall. The organ is ...
The Theatre of Living Arts (known commonly as the TLA) is a concert venue that is located on South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The venue, which opened in 1988, dates back to the early 1900s as a nickelodeon. Over the years, the venue has seen many incarnations ranging from concert hall to movie theatre to theatre.
The Philadelphia was the first American orchestra to make a digital recording of the complete Beethoven symphonies on compact disc (in 1988), and the first major orchestra to give a live cybercast of a concert on the internet (in 1997). In 2006, the orchestra was the first to offer downloads of music from its own website without a distributor.
Trocadero Theater, Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia; Information at CinemaTreasures.com; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1495, "Arch Street Opera House, 1003–1005 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 2 photos, 2 photo caption pages
Ensemble Arts Philly (also called Ensemble Arts) is a presenting brand name from the Kimmel Cultural Campus and The Philadelphia Orchestra, representing a wide variety of genres, including Broadway, comedy, theater, jazz, dance, and family presentations across three venues: the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Academy of Music, and the Miller Theater.
Singles events, including those organized by religious organizations, have been criticized for frequently being meet/meat markets [13] [14] —places where attendees are rapidly sizing up members of the opposite sex with objectifying criteria, such as attractiveness, wealth, and fashion sense, before taking the time to get to know attendees on a deeper level.
Share of the American Academy of Music, issued October 15, 1856 The Academy of Music in 1870. The Academy of Music held an inaugural ball on January 26, 1857. Following it, The New York Times described the theater as "magnificently gorgeous, brilliantly lighted, solidly constructed, finely located, beautifully ornamented" but went on to lament "all that lacks is a few singers to render it 'the ...