The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts

The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts
Address 355 City Center Drive
Carmel, Indiana
United States
Owner City of Carmel, Indiana
Operator The Center for the Performing Arts
Type Performing arts center
Capacity 1,600
Construction
Opened January 29, 2011
Architect David M. Schwarz Architects
Website

www.thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

www.thecenterpresents.org

The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts is 1,600-seat, 151,000 square foot state-of-the-art concert hall located in Carmel, Indiana.[1]

After years of planning, The Palladium, one of three venues that comprises the Center for the Performing Arts, opened on January 29, 2011 and today serves as a venue for various local and world-renowned musical concerts and performances. It is located at 1 Center Green, adjacent to the Carmel City Center. The four-fronted, symmetrical design of The Palladium, massed around the domed central space of the single room concert hall was inspired by Andrea Palladio’s Villa Capra, La Rotonda (1566). The Palladium is based upon the traditional shoebox-shaped concert hall with high ceilings and massive, sound-reflecting walls. The facility also features a limestone façade and movable acoustical panels that can significantly alter the acoustics of the hall.

The Palladium was designed by David M. Schwarz Architects of Washington, D.C. with local consultation by CSO Architects[2] as Architect of Record. Indianapolis-based Shiel Sexton Co. Inc. served as construction manager.

The Palladium is home to the Great American Songbook Foundation. The organization's administrative headquarters are located on the Gallery level.

The other two venues that comprise the Center are the 500 seat Tarkington Theatre and the Studio Theatre – a black box with flexible seating.

Steven Libman was the founding President/ CEO of the The Center for the Performing Arts from 2009 to 2011. While there, he produced two major opening night festival galas[3] with: Michael Feinstein, Chris Botti, Neil Sedaka, Dionne Warwick, David Hyde Pierce and dancers from American Ballet Theatre. He also produced a PBS special with Michael Feinstein seen by 11 million viewers. The special titled "Michael Feinstein: The Sinatra Project"[4] was nominated for Outstanding Music Direction at the 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

In 2012, Tania Castroverde Moskalenko was hired to lead the organization. She was previously the CEO at the Germantown Performing Arts Center in Germantown, TN. [5] Under her leadership, the Center has significantly increased the breadth and diversity of programming offered in its three venues and attained financial stability via strong ticket sales and increased funding from individual and corporate sources. [6] In March of 2015, the Center announced a significant four-year sponsorship agreement[7] with Carmel-based Allied Solutions. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Rental Information". The Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  2. ↑ CSO Architects
  3. ↑ "Carmel’s Palladium: a spectacular concert hall".
  4. ↑ "Michael Feinstein: The Sinatra Legacy". Theater Mania. Retrieved June 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.ibj.com/articles/44270-2013-woman-of-influence-tania-castroverde-moskalenko
  6. ↑ http://www.ibj.com/articles/50400-carmels-center-for-the-performing-arts-ups-ambition-after-stemming-red-ink
  7. ↑ http://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/2015/03/24/carmel-lands-title-sponsor-arts-center/70391982/
  8. ↑ Allied Solutions

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