The crown jewel in the Queen City's tiara is Music Hall.
Cincinnati has been in an incredible period of restoration and renewal, awakening with investment on the scale that only collaborating corporations and Fortune 500 companies could provide. Our defining feature, that which separates us from other Midwest cities and small cities around the World, is Cincinnati's architecture & arts.
At the core of the Cincinnati renaissance, surrounded by over a billion dollars in infrastructure & business investments, is Music Hall.
At the center of Music Hall, is the Friends of Music Hall (FMH)
At the core of Friends of Music Hall, as President, is BHMK Shareholder Peter Koenig, Esq.
Peter Koenig, Esq. has been the President of Friends of Music Hall since 2015 and helped guide the historic Music Hall renovation in 2017.
Cincinnati Music Hall Built in 1878
When Music Hall was built in 1878 only 36 States existed in the United States; Colorado had just become a State.
Music Hall is the home of our most cherished internationally recognized arts organizations:
- Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- Cincinnati Pops
- Cincinnati Ballet
- Cincinnati Opera
- May Festival
Music Hall was designed by architect Samuel Hannaford. Samuel Hannaford also designed:
- City Hall Cincinnati
- The Gatherall at Factory 52 (United States Playing Card Company).
What Does the FMH Do?
City Beautiful is Alive in Cincinnati
Do you ever consider who is behind the design of our city? How our public space and buildings are designed and take shape; what considerations are being accounted for and who is contributing to and looking out for our Community's historical architectural treasures?
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Intelligence Driving the Renovation
FMH added the intelligence and historical significance during the massive $143,000,000 renovation of Music Hall in 2017. This monumental and absolutely necessary renovation ensured Music Hall would stand another 100 years renovating the structure. From a historical perspective, maintaining and restoring important parts of a building alive with architecturally historical importance is where Friends of Music Hall managed. Things like: - The daylighting of the windows - The return of the original black brick facade design - The finials atop the towers - The original tile floor in the grand entrance hall - the restoration of the Corbett Tower third floor gallery
Restoration Intelligence
Restoration of historical architecture can not be preserved without the historical intelligence to guide it. That is where Friends of Music Hall stepped up during the renovation and guided the restoration to preserve, restore, and enhance historically imporant architecture features of Music Hall.
From Lumenocity to Blink, Music Hall & Washington Park have played a lead role in some of Cincinnati's most notable events.
Music Hall Blink 2024
This year during BLINK 2024 Friends of Music Hall is hosting a nightly event called "Blink In The Ballroom" along with incredible projection lighting illuminating the exterior of Music Hall.
While light projection mapping will cover the exterior of Music Hall with light, come inside to the Music Hall Ballroom for a respite from the Blink and hear the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ filling the ballroom air with sounds.
The Mighty Wurlitzer
Musician Trent Sims will play the Mighty Wurlitzer in the Ballroom each night of Blink. Enter the realm where light meets sound, have a seat and see with your ears inside one of Cincinnati's most impressive architectural masterpieces.
- What: Blink in the Ballroom
- When: Oct 17-20, 7pm - 11pm
- Where: Music Hall Ballroom
- Cost: FREE
Don't Drive to Blink
Parking Please consider taking an UBER, LYFT, or other rideshare options to get into and out of OTR during BLINK 2024. Unless you are in the Washington Park parking lot early and are leaving late, driving in and around OTR during Blink will be problematic. Have someone drop you off, User Rideshare apps, or take the bus into and out of OTR during BLINK. Parking is going to be difficult and people will be everywhere. Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky busses will be free during BLINK 2024.
Park & Ride There are several Park & Ride locations for Blink 2024. Get Park & Ride and road closure information here.
Musician Trent Sims will play the Mighty Wurlitzer in the Ballroom each night of Blink. Enter the realm where light meets sound, have a seat and see with your ears inside one of Cincinnati's most impressive architectural masterpieces.
BLINK in the Ballroom Sponsors
Sponsored by Friends Of Music Hall & Cincinnati Arts Association.
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