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A Tempo: Princeton University Readies New Arts Center for Public Festival

WWFM The Classical Network | By Rachel Katz

Published September 28, 2017 at 5:22 AM EDT

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The black box theater alongside the "Forum" of the Lewis Center for the Arts.

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The "dancing" staircase climbing the Wallace Dance Building and Theater

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Practice rooms in the Music Building.

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The Lee Music Performance and Rehearsal Room in the Music Building

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Skylights at the bottom of the plaza's reflecting pool shine down into the "Forum" below

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The new arts complex's "Forum," which can be used as public and performance space and joins all the complex's wings together

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A view of the plaza, with its reflecting pool, from the music building wing of the new Lewis Center for the Arts complex at Princeton University. Skylights in the pool's bottom let sunlight shine down into the "Forum" below.

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One of the dance studios at the arts complex

When students returned to Princeton University this Fall, they were welcomed with brand new facilities for those in the creative and performing arts housed in the new Lewis Center for the Arts complex on Alexander Road. The public will be invited to explore these new rehearsal and performance spaces in early October when the University opens it up for a Festival for the Arts.

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Additional excerpts from host Rachel Katz's conversation with Michael Cadden, chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts, and Wendy Heller, chair of the music department, including a discussion of the architectural and design elements, as well as the way new technologies were integrated into the design and the programs.

This Saturday (9/30) at 7 pm on A Tempo, host Rachel Katz provides a preview of what's in store at the new complex and the festival. Her guests will be Michael Cadden, chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts, and Wendy Heller, chair of the music department.

Wendy Heller (left), chair of the Princeton University Music Department, and Michael Cadden, chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts, in the library of the new arts complex.