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==Current==
==Current==
While much activity has shifted to NJPAC, Symphony Hall's continues to present theater, music and dance.<ref>http://www.nj.com/newarkguide/index.ssf/2007/09/historic_music_hall_has_bright.html</ref><ref>http://blog.nj.com/njv_joan_whitlow/2009/05/newarks_past_and_future_are_at.html</ref> Community organizations have been conducting their annual programs at Newark Symphony Hall for twenty-five years and more, and continue to do so. The area just south of [[Downtown Newark]] near Lincoln Park is known as [[The Coast, Newark, New Jersey|The Coast]]. Newark, and the Coast in particular, in the past has been a large producer of [[gospel music]] and continues to produce well-known black artists. In 2007 announcement was made for the development [[Museum of African American Music]], a [[Smithsonian Institution]] affiliate. The museum would be a collection of archives of "jazz, blues, spirituals, hip-hop, rock 'n'roll, gospel, house music, and rhythm and blues".<ref name="Lincoln Park/The Coast"/>
While much activity has shifted to NJPAC, Symphony Hall's continues to present theater, music and dance.<ref>http://www.nj.com/newarkguide/index.ssf/2007/09/historic_music_hall_has_bright.html</ref><ref>http://blog.nj.com/njv_joan_whitlow/2009/05/newarks_past_and_future_are_at.html</ref><ref>*[http://www.facebook.com/NewarkSymphonyHall Newark Symphony Hall on Facebook]</ref> Community organizations have been conducting their annual programs at Newark Symphony Hall for twenty-five years and more, and continue to do so. The area just south of [[Downtown Newark]] near Lincoln Park is known as [[The Coast, Newark, New Jersey|The Coast]]. Newark, and the Coast in particular, in the past has been a large producer of [[gospel music]] and continues to produce well-known black artists. In 2007 announcement was made for the development [[Museum of African American Music]], a [[Smithsonian Institution]] affiliate. The museum would be a collection of archives of "jazz, blues, spirituals, hip-hop, rock 'n'roll, gospel, house music, and rhythm and blues".<ref name="Lincoln Park/The Coast"/>
In 2010, it was announced that campaign to restore the theater was under way.<ref>http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/05/40m_sought_to_rehabilitate_sym.html</ref>
In 2010, it was announced that campaign to restore the theater was under way.<ref>http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/05/40m_sought_to_rehabilitate_sym.html</ref>


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Salaam Temple
Newark Symphony Hall is located in New Jersey
Newark Symphony Hall
Location1020 Broad St., Newark, New Jersey
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1925
ArchitectGrad Associates
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.77000867[1]
NJRHP No.[2]
Added to NRHPOctober 05, 1977

Newark Symphony Hall at 1020 Broad Street in Newark, New Jersey was built in 1925 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It was known for many years as The Mosque Theater.

Design and Construction

Originally built by the Shriners at a cost of more than $2 million as Salaam Temple and coloquially known as The Mosque, the four-storey building has been Newark Symphony Hall for several decades. The interior features a Greek and Egyptian motifs, marble columns, a crystal chandelier, gold-leaf fret work and two-columned side promenades. The neo-classical building was design by Frank Grad,[3] a prominent Newark architect, whose work includes the Lefcourt Newark Building and many others downtown. The main concert hall is renowned for its acoustics.[4]

History

During it early years Symphony Hall received the patronage of Mrs. Parker O. Griffith, with a foundation supported by the Griffith Piano Company. [5] The company also built the Griffith Building, used as a showroom, workshop, office tower and recital auditorium.[6][7] In the early 1920s, the company formed a partnership with Earl Beach, the Griffith Beach Organ Company. Beach had worked with Robert Hope-Jones at his factory in Elmira, NY. The organ in Symphony Hall is one of ten theatre organs installed in northeastern New Jersey between 1921 and 1925. The Harmonic Tuba has H.J. (Hope-Jones) stamped on it.

Prior to the opening of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Symphony Hall was the principal performance venues in the state, one of the homes of the New Jersey Symphony, the Newark Boys Choir, and the New Jersey State Opera.[8] The Newark Dance Theater,[9] African Globe Theater Works, and the New Jersey Ballet also showed work at the Hall.

Among the opera stars who have appeared at Symphony Hall are Jerome Hines, Beverly Sills, Roberta Peters, Leontyne Price, and Robert Merrill (who made his debut there). Victor Borge, Judy Garland, Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, Richard Pryor, James Cleveland, Count Basie, Kirk Franklin, , Queen Latifah, Gladys Knight, The Temptations, Tony Bennet and many, many more artists have also performed.[10][11]

Facilities

The 3,500-seat main concert hall is named for Sarah Vaughan, a native daughter. Newark Stage is a 200 seat black box theater used off-Broadway productions. The Terrace Ballroom is used for receptions. The Studio is a rehearsal space. The Dance Studio is home to one of three facilties in the state used by the school of the Garden State Ballet, founded in 1951.[12]

Current

While much activity has shifted to NJPAC, Symphony Hall's continues to present theater, music and dance.[13][14][15] Community organizations have been conducting their annual programs at Newark Symphony Hall for twenty-five years and more, and continue to do so. The area just south of Downtown Newark near Lincoln Park is known as The Coast. Newark, and the Coast in particular, in the past has been a large producer of gospel music and continues to produce well-known black artists. In 2007 announcement was made for the development Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate. The museum would be a collection of archives of "jazz, blues, spirituals, hip-hop, rock 'n'roll, gospel, house music, and rhythm and blues".[10] In 2010, it was announced that campaign to restore the theater was under way.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County" (PDF). NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 5. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  3. ^ Fahim, Kareem (November 28, 2006). "A Concert Hall Short on Top Acts, but Long on Potential". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-09-11. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Griffith Beach organ
  5. ^ https://[www.newarksymphonyhall.org/about-main.shtml Newark Symphony Hall website]
  6. ^ "OUTSIDER SHOWS FAITH IN NEWARK". NY Times. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  7. ^ Sills, JoAnne (November 23, 2008). "Newark's forgotten music center". Newark Star Ledger. Retrieved 2010-09-11. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ Nre Jersey State Opera
  9. ^ [1] Gallmans Newark Dance Theater]
  10. ^ a b Lincoln Park/The Coast
  11. ^ Old Newark.com Memories of the Mosque
  12. ^ http://www.gardenstateballet.org/ Garden State Ballet
  13. ^ http://www.nj.com/newarkguide/index.ssf/2007/09/historic_music_hall_has_bright.html
  14. ^ http://blog.nj.com/njv_joan_whitlow/2009/05/newarks_past_and_future_are_at.html
  15. ^ *Newark Symphony Hall on Facebook
  16. ^ http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/05/40m_sought_to_rehabilitate_sym.html

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