New Building Update

Avery Todd atodd@UH.EDU
Mon Sep 22 11:25 MDT 1997


List,

   Well, we started using our new music building July 5th and everything is
now pretty well all finished and running. It's WONDERFUL, especially
compared to what we were in before. It's great to have a shop I can
actually put a couple of pianos in to work on. Everything isn't like I want
it yet, but eventually......
   I got all 136 pianos tuned before the Fall semester started, with a lot
of help from a couple of "associates" (thanks Danny & Les). Actually I
still have a few of our "lease" pianos not tuned yet, but soon.
   Our new S & S 'D' and 5 B's are also here. The B's need a lot of prep
yet, which the dealer is providing and I've just been putting out "brush
fires" as they've come up. Once they're done and all the problems are
corrected, I think they're going to be very good instruments.
   The 'D' sounds great in the new hall and the acoustics in the hall are
wonderful and it's georgeous to look at. The shell around the stage is
two-toned wood and the panels above the stage are adjustable. There's a
large orchestra pit where the floor can be raised/lowered. All in all, I
think it's going to be a great year.
   This is our grand opening week with concerts beginning Tuesday and
running through next Monday (this Thursday is dark). For those interested,
here is the list of concerts:

   Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-Soprano & the UH Orchestra
   John Bayless, Pianist (Rhapsody in Blue) with the UH Wind Ensemble
   Academy of Ancient Music - London (Vivaldi's The Four Seasons)
   Verdi Requiem, Robert Shaw, Conductor - with a 250 voice choir and UH
      Orchestra
   Larry Gatlin - A Salute to His Alma Mater
   UH Jazz Orchestra with The Three Tenors (Joe Henderson, George Coleman and
      Joe Lovano, Tenor Saxophone's)

   How's that for a variety!!!! :-) The concerts are being used for fund
raising, with the cheapest ticket available to any concert being $75.00.
Marilyn Horne's cheapest ticket is $500.00!! Other categories range on up
to as much as $25,000.00. We can get comp tickets, of course!
   Sorry about being a little off-topic, but I just had to talk about it a
"little".

Avery


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Avery Todd, RPT
Moores School of Music
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4893
713-743-3226
atodd@uh.edu
http://www.uh.edu/music/




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