Lincoln Center: A Promise Realized, 1979 - 2006

by Stephen Stamas

Overview

The Journey Continues for the World's Most Prestigious Cultural Association

This book chronicles the major milestones in the artistic, physical, and administrative history of Lincoln Center’s last two-and-a-half decades. Filled with over sixty beautiful black-and-white photographs that highlight the Center’s rich cultural history, it illuminates how Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts served and supported its constituent groups while producing its own innovative artistic programming and how, in the process, it became a role model for performing arts organizations throughout the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470101230
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	11/01/2006
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.48(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

STEPHEN STAMAS was vice chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts from 1986 to 1996. He was also the president of the New York Philharmonic from 1984 to 1989, and then chairman from 1989 to 1996.

SHARON ZANE is an oral historian who has been associated with Lincoln Center since 1990. Her oral histories include projects for corporate and nonprofit institutions.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. All in the Family: Lincoln Center and Its Constituents.

Music Theater at Lincoln Center.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Lincoln Center Theater.

School of American Ballet.

Jazz at Lincoln Center.

2. Filling Programming Gaps: Lincoln Center Presents.

Great Performers.

Mostly Mozart Festival.

Lincoln Center Festival.

American Songbook.

Live from Lincoln Center.

Community Programming.

Children???s Programming.

Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education.

3. The Changing Campus: Architecture and Art Serve the Community.

The Rose Building.

The New York State Theater.

Avery Fisher Hall.

The Visual Arts.

4. Making Things Happen: Leadership at Lincoln Center.

Amyas Ames.

Martin E. Segal.

George Weissman.

Beverly Sills.

Bruce Crawford.

Frank A. Bennack Jr.

5. A New Look: Redevelopment and Renewal.

Chronology 1955???2006.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Board of Directors.

Senior Staff.

Lincoln Center Council.

Notes.

Credits.

Index.