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  2. Academy of Music (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts - Wikipedia

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    In 1986, the Philadelphia Orchestra approved a plan to construct a new concert hall to replace the aging Academy of Music. It hoped to complete the new facility in time for its 1991 season. [ 2 ] The desire to move the orchestra from its facilities in the Academy of Music emerged as early as 1908, however plans stalled due to the lack of ...

  4. Music of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia's Academy of Music at Broad and Locust streets, the city's oldest performance venue, presenting operas and concerts annually since 1857 South Philadelphia native Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated classical contraltos of the 20th century Chubby Checker, one of Philadelphia's first mainstream stars

  5. Miller Theater (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    It is located at 250 South Broad Street within the Avenue of the Arts cultural district of Center City Philadelphia. The Theatre was built by The Shubert Organization in 1918. In 1972, the theater came under the ownership of the Academy of Music, and was owned by the University of the Arts.

  6. Philadelphia Orchestra - Wikipedia

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    From its founding until 2001, the Philadelphia Orchestra gave its concerts at the Academy of Music. The orchestra continues to own the Academy, and returns there one week per year for the Academy of Music's annual gala concert and concerts for school children. The Philadelphia Orchestra's summer home is the Mann Center for the Performing Arts.

  7. Musical Fund Hall - Wikipedia

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    With its busy and notable schedule of events, 1856 was the banner year for the Musical Fund Hall. By the end of the year, the 3,000-seat Philadelphia Academy of Music opened and immediately supplanted the Musical Fund Hall as the premier venue for concerts and lectures in the city. The Musical Fund Society moved its concerts to the Academy of ...

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