The names and locations of performance venues

Performance venues’ names and places

For this task, New York City was chosen as the urban center of choice. Table 1 lists the locations and names of chosen performing venues.

Table 1 shows the locations and names of the selected performing venues.

Name\sLocation

Carnegie Hall is located at 881 Seventh Avenue.

West 74th Street Lincoln Center 10 Lincoln Center Plaza The Beacon Theatre

West 50th Street Town Hall between 123 West and 43rd Street Madison Square Garden between 7th and 8th Avenues, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza

Performed Musical Genres

The recommended musical genres for the aforementioned venues are listed in the section below.

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a revered venue for classical music in New York. Since its inception in 1891 (Carnegie Hall Corporation 2), the venue has recorded over 46,000 musical performances. The Carnegie Hall is a combination of three concert halls namely the Weil Recital Hall, Zankel Hall and Stern Auditorium (Carnegie Hall Corporation 2). The construction of the facility was funded by Andrew Carnegie and designed by William Tuthill (Carnegie Hall Corporation 1).

Beacon Theatre

The Beacon Theatre is a leading location for pop, rock, classical and R&B music in New York. The theater was inaugurated in 1929 as a center for movies, opera drama, musical productions, and vaudeville performances (MSG Sports and Entertainment, par 3). The Beacon Theatre was conceptualized by theatrical visionary Samuel Rothafel.

The Lincoln Center

The Lincoln Center is a leading performance venue for jazz and classical music that was founded in 1955 by John Rockefeller.

The Radio City Music Hall

The Radio City Music Hall has played host to a variety of musical performances such as the dance shows by the Rockettes, rock, and classical music. The hall was a joint project between the Radio Corporation of America and John Rockefeller. The hall is located within the Rockefeller Center. The hall was inaugurated in 1933.

The Town Hall

The Town Hall performances have featured pop, jazz, rock shows. Initially, the Hall was constructed as a place where people would be enlightened on critical issues (Town Hall, par 2, 3) such as planned parenthood and race relations.

The Madison Square Garden

The Madison Square Garden is a multipurpose venue for sports and music performances. Since its inception, the facility has hosted soul, pop, jazz, rock, rhythm and blues musicians among others.

List of programs from each venue list (titles, names of composers and performers)

Carnegie Hall

One of the most notable performances in Carnegie Hall was by the Beatles during the Ed Sullivan show in 1964 (Carnegie Hall Corporation, “History of the Hall,” par 1).

Beacon Theatre

The Ultimate Doo-Wop Show performed by the Drifters, Charlie Thomas and Duprees and the Singles Tour performed by Adam Ant are among the notable events hosted at the Beacon Theatre (Madison Square Garden, par 1).

The Radio City Music Hall

The Electronica Tour performed by Jean-Michel Jarre, and the Score Tour performed by 2Cellos are among the most significant music programs hosted by the Radio City Music Hall (Madison Square Garden, par 1).

The Town Hall

The JVC Jazz Festival at the Town Hall featured performers such as Tom Harrell, Fred Hersch, and Bill Goodwin (Town Hall, par 18). The concert took place in 1992 at the Town Hall and was one of the greatest jazz performances of the early 1990s.

The Madison Square Garden

The Darkness and Light Tour and 20th Year of Joy performed by John Legend and Leningrad are some performances that are planned to be hosted by the Madison Square Garden this year.

Attendance to One Event and Audience Reactions

On April 15, 2016, I attended Billy Joel’s concert performance at the Madison Square Garden. I was delighted to watch the live performance of a six times winner of the GRAMMY Awards. The performance featured songs such as Piano Man, Uptown Girl, and the River of Dreams. The crowd was ecstatic, and the arena was full. The audience’s demeanor was varied; some were wild and noisy while others hummed the lyrics in silence and slow dance. The performance was the best live event that I have ever attended at the Madison Square Garden.

Methodology

The primary methodology in this research report was a literature review and personal observations. Most of the relevant literature was derived from the websites of the above-mentioned performance venues. All the performance venues have detailed websites providing information regarding all the performances hosted in within their precincts.

Analysis

In light of the information presented, it can be observed that the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall are globally acclaimed music performance venues that have hosted some of the best composers and musicians of all time. The Madison Square Garden is a mixed-use indoor arena featuring sports and other events not related to music

Conclusion

This research report has highlighted different aspects of the selected performance venues in New York City. The Carnegie Hall was the first to be established, and therefore, as expected it has a rich history. The Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Hall feature similar performances owing to their shared history that can be traced back to Samuel Rothafel. In conclusion, all the performance venues have hosted local and international performers and composers of different genres.

Works Cited

Carnegie Hall Corporation. “Carnegie Hall: Then and Now.”https://www.carnegiehall.org/History/The-Carnegie-Hall-Story/.Accessed 11 June 2017.

Carnegie Hall Corporation. ”History of the Hall.” https://www.carnegiehall.org/History/The-Carnegie-Hall-Story/. Accessed 11 June 2017.

Madison Square Garden. ”Featured Events.” https://www.thegarden.com/concerts/concerts.html. Accessed 11 June 2017.

MSG Sports & Entertainment. ”The Beacon Theatre History.” http://www.beacontheatre.com/about/history.html. Accessed 11 June 2017.

Town Hall. ”The Town Hall History.” www.thetwonhall.org/history/#town-hall-history. Accessed 11 June 2017.