Monday, January 31, 2011

Nashville Opera set to open new HQ - Nashville Business Journal:

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The 26,000-square-foot Noah Liff Opera Center includesw office, studio and warehouse spaces, as well as largre community spaces forspecial events. Designed by Earl Swenssonh Associates, the building was renovated from an emptyt Sylvan Park warehouse at 3630Redmo Drive. The center, which was designedf to be versatile, comes with features such as an open studil and aremovable wall. The opera plans to rent the facilityywhen it's not in use to othere organizations for events and Funding for the purchase of the center’es site was secured with a lead gift of abou $500,000 from Nashville philanthropist Judy Liff Barkeer and her husband, developer Joe Barker.
The centet was also funded withthe opera’s first-ever capital "Raise Your Glasses" was the theme for the $12 million, three-yea campaign featuring ads with photos of locakl celebrities raising a pair of opera glasses." Besides fundinh the center’s construction, the campaign will support the opera's Fund for Artistic Excellence, which is being used to increas the opera's endowment and capital reserve whicbh will in turn allow for enhancedr programming.

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