“Carnegie Hall and its three stages will remain shuttered through the summer,” writes Susan Elliott in Thursday’s (2/18) Musical America (subscription required). “As per executive orders from the City of New York and the state, the hall has been closed since March 13, 2020…. A spokeswoman indicated that staff was planning an October return, with emphasis on the word planning. Streamed programming, such as Live with Carnegie Hall and Learn with Carnegie Hall, continues. Voices of Hope, announced in January of 2020 as a citywide festival with some 40 collaborating institutions, will move online. Details of the revised event ‘honoring the life-affirming power of music and the arts,’ have yet to be announced, other than moving the original dates of March 12-May 22, 2021, to April 16-30. Preparations for convening the three youth ensemble—the National Youth Orchestra of the USA, NYO2, and NYO Jazz—continue, with the usual in-person residency at Purchase College, SUNY, still scheduled, albeit under strict safety rules…. In addition to the Hall’s three auditoriums being closed, the Resnick Education Wing is as well, at least until fall 2021. In-person education and social impact details will be shared when an opening appears nigh.”
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