President of Friends of Music Hall

BHMK Shareholder Peter Koenig has been the President of Friends of Music Hall for 8 Years.

Why Is Music Hall Important?

The Crown Jewel in the Queen City's Tiara is Music Hall.

Cincinnati has been in an incredible period of restoration, renewal, and awakening, with investment on the scale that only collaborating corporations and Fortune 500 companies could provide. Cincinnati's defining features, that which separates us from other Midwest cities and small cities around the World, is our architecture & arts.

At the core of the Cincinnati renaissance figuratively and literally, 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 was part of the team that supervised the historic Music Hall renovation in 2017.

Cincinnati Music Hall - Built in 1878

When Music Hall was built in 1878, there were only 36 States in existance in the United States; Colorado had just become a State.

Music Hall is the home of many of Cincinnati's most cherished internationally recognized arts organizations:

• Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• Cincinnati Pops
• Cincinnati Ballet
• Cincinnati Opera
• May Festival

Designed By Samuel Hannaford

Music Hall was designed by architect Samuel Hannaford. Among others in Cincinnati, Samuel Hannaford designed some of Cincinnati's most iconic buildings including:

• Palace Hotel / Cincinnatian Hotel
• Elsinore Tower
• City Hall Cincinnati
• The Gatherall at Factory 52 (United States Playing Card Company)
• The Cincinnati Observatory
• Cincinnati Times-Star Building
• Emery Theater.

What Does the FMH Do?

The Friends of Music Hall mission is to preserve, improve, promote and provide education about Cincinnati Music Hall. Our vision is to perpetuate Music Hall as the premier cultural center of the region and as a National Historic Landmark of international significance.

Intelligence Driving the Renovation

FMH added the intelligence and historical significance during the massive $143,000,000 renovation of Music Hall in 2017. Otherwise, who would have instructed construction crews, architects, and other tradespeople on the historical importance of parts of Music Hall. This monumental and absolutely necessary renovation ensured its preservation for another century. From a historical perspective, maintaining and restoring important aspects of a building alive with architecturally historical importance is where Friends of Music Hall was of signifigant importance, such as:

• 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

Insightful and sensitive restoration of historic architecture is essential with an iconic 19th-century building such as Music Hall. That is where Friends of Music Hall stepped up during the renovation and guided the work to preserve, restore, and enhance historically important architectural features of Music Hall.

Revitalization

From Lumenocity to Blink, Music Hall & Washington Park have played a lead role in some of Cincinnati's most notable events and the revitalization of downtown and Over The Rhine Cincinnati. Music Hall places Cincinnati on the Global stage and represents Cincinati with distinction, leaving a lasting positive impression on everyone who enters the hall that is carried with them as they return home.

Multiple Events Spaces: The Ballroom

Become A Member of Friends of Music Hall

Music Hall is all of ours but there is a special core of people dedicating their lives to the preservation and promotion of Music Hall known as Friends of Music Hall. BHMK shareholder Peter Koenig leads this organization as President of Friends of Music Hall. You can join Peter and the Friends of Music Hall by becoming a member. Click Here for membership opportunities.

Community Growth & BHMK

Buechner Haffer Meyers and Koenig Co., LPA Partner, Peter Koenig, personifies BHMK's commitment to the Cincinnati Community and the preservation of it's most dynamic aspects, architecture & art. Everyday BHMK goes to work finding Solutions for the people and businesses building and maintaining our Community and our City's best assets. Peter Koenig guides the law firm of BHMK providing decades of experience and real world solutions to our energized team of attorneys.

The experienced attorneys at BHMK care deeply for the success of Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky. We find solutions to help business grow and succeed; your family to form and grow, and for your wealth to transfer from generation to generation. Call us today.

Thank you Friends of Music Hall