Miami is abuzz with symphony fever! Tuesday marks the opening of a new concert hall designed by legendary architect Frank Gehry for the New World Symphony. And the symphony is celebrating with a series of concerts and events all week.
Gehry's building is a masterpiece with a soaring glass façade and a huge exterior projection wall where the public will be able to watch free "wall-casts" -- live concerts and films piped through a state-of-the-art sound system -- while relaxing in the adjacent 2.5-acre park.
The new hall is just a block away from the old Lincoln Theatre on Lincoln Road, a renovated Art Deco movie theater that was the symphony's home since 1988. The new space features a main hall with 756 seats stacked steeply so that no seat is any more than 13 rows from the stage.
But one of the most exciting things about Miami's new symphony hall is that it's looking to venture beyond traditional concerts. There will be cabaret-style performances and concerts that incorporate video projections -- like Sunday's free performance of "Pictures at an Exhibition."
You can also look forward to evenings with several short half-hour performances -- each one costing less than the price of a movie ticket: just $2.50.
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