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19-791: (Redirected from Paradise Theater ) Paradise Theatre or Paradise Theater may refer to: Orchestra Hall (Detroit) , known as the Paradise Theatre from 1941 to 1951 Paradise Center for the Arts , a 1929 theater in Faribault, Minnesota, originally called the Paradise Theatre Paradise Theater (Bronx) , a 1929 theater in the Bronx, New York, originally called Loew's Paradise Theatre Paradise Theatre (album) ,

38-620: A 14-month apprenticeship with the firm of John Abbey in Versailles. He and Samuel then visited many organs and workshops in western Europe before establishing their factory in 1879 on the site of their father's workshop on rue Girouard in Saint-Hyacinthe. Casavant's instruments boasted many innovations unique for that time, such as concave pedalboards, balanced expression pedals, keyboard improvements, and other enhancements. Their reputation as organ builders of international status

57-696: A 1981 concept album by the rock band Styx Paradise Theatre (Chicago) , a demolished 1928 movie palace and inspiration for the album by Styx Paradise Theatre (Toronto) , originally operated from 1937 to 2006, reopened in 2019 The Paradise, a fictional theatre featured in the film Phantom of the Paradise The Paradise Rock Club , a music venue located in Boston, Massachusetts, formerly known as Paradise Theater. See also [ edit ] Paradise (disambiguation) Paradise Club (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

76-474: A 450-seat venue for more intimate performances. The mayor of Detroit delivers the annual State of the City address at Orchestra Hall. Casavant Fr%C3%A8res Brothers Joseph-Claver (1855–1933) and Samuel-Marie (1859–1929) got their start in organ building in the shop of their father, Joseph Casavant , under his successor Eusèbe Brodeur . Claver worked with Brodeur during 1874–1878, then went to France for

95-628: A large 4-manual, 72-rank, 4,355-pipe Casavant Frères organ to the DSO and Orchestra Hall "so long as the society remained integrally what it was". The organ's dedicatory concert was given March 17, 1924 by Marcel Dupré . Due to the financial difficulties of the Great Depression , the orchestra was compelled to leave Orchestra Hall and enter into a more economical arrangement to share the Masonic Temple Theatre . Orchestra Hall

114-656: A single manual portable Continuo of four stops to two, three, and four manual organs. New technology, such as solid-state coupling and switching systems, multiplex, multi-memory combination actions and MIDI have been adopted. Other improvements, such as more effective expressive enclosures, continue to be made. The sound and style of Casavant organs has varied throughout the company's history. The Casavant brothers themselves, Samuel and Claver Casavant, reflected mostly influences from contemporary France, but they traveled widely and visited many European instruments. They later brought in an Englishman, Stephen Stoot, under whose direction

133-550: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Orchestra Hall (Detroit) Orchestra Hall is an elaborate concert hall in the United States, located at 3711 Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit , Michigan . The hall is renowned for its superior acoustic properties and serves as the home of the internationally known Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO),

152-522: The DSO build a suitable auditorium before he assumed his position as music director. Construction on Orchestra Hall began on June 6, 1919, and was completed in barely six months. The 2,014-seat hall was designed by the noted theater architect, C. Howard Crane . The first concert took place on October 23, 1919 and the hall remained the home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra until 1939. In 1924 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Murphy gifted

171-479: The West Indies, South and Central America, South Africa, and Japan. Their organs have been praised by many well-known organists over the last 100 years, including Guilmant, Vierne, Widor, Bonnet, Lemare, Dethier, Courboin, Bingham, and many others who inaugurated and played Casavant organs. Casavant organs are also found in colleges, universities and conservatories throughout the United States and Canada. After

190-616: The death of the Casavant brothers, the company continued to add innovations to their instruments. These include a particularly reliable key contact and tracker touch mechanism, which is a feature of the Casavant playing action. During the 1960s, Casavant developed new electronic technology to the capture system of combination actions. In 1960, the company returned to mechanical action technology (while continuing to build electropneumatic action instruments as well) and has since built over two hundred tracker action instruments ranging in size from

209-528: The fourth oldest orchestra in the United States. With the creation of an adjoining auditorium for jazz and chamber music in 2003, Orchestra Hall became part of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra had previously played at the old Detroit Opera House. However, Ossip Gabrilowitsch demanded that

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228-403: The hall and raise funds to restore it. Renovation work started in 1970 and continued for about two decades, costing roughly $ 6.8 million. The original building required extensive renovations including: a new stage, all new seating, plaster and lath work, and restoration of historical decorations. All of the restoration work was completed with the goal of maintaining the fine acoustic properties that

247-585: The hall was historically known for. The hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The DSO moved back into Orchestra Hall in 1989. Additional work on the hall was done in the summer months of 2002 and 2003 as part of the creation of the new Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, or "the MAX", as it is known. The work included renovations to the original facility as well as an expansion which houses additional lobbies and reception areas, dressing rooms and storage facilities, rehearsal space and

266-519: The movie That's My Baby! (Monogram, 1944, Richard Arlen , Ellen Drew ). The terms of the Murphy organ's donation to Orchestra Hall were such that the title of the organ reverted back to the Murphys when the DSO vacated Orchestra Hall in 1929. The Murphys arranged for the organ to be donated to Detroit's Calvary Presbyterian Church. A lawsuit was filed to compel Paradise Theater management to allow

285-501: The organ's removal; the move was eventually carried out by the Toledo Pipe Organ Company and church members in the middle of the night. The Paradise closed in 1951 and now Orchestra Hall sat vacant for nearly twenty years until the late 1960s when it was slated for demolition and the land used to construct a restaurant. Paul Ganson, the assistant principal bassoonist of the DSO, spearheaded a movement to rediscover

304-428: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Paradise Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paradise_Theatre&oldid=929367603 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

323-601: The tonal palette reflected additional influences from England. Later tonal directors, Lawrence Phelps and Gerhard Brunzema, contributed styles from the German " Organ Reform Movement ". The most recent tonal directors, Jean-Louis Coignet and Jacquelin Rochette, are rooted in but not limited to the various French organ building traditions. There have been many recordings performed on Casavant Frères organs. Celebrated Canadian pianist Glenn Gould recorded his 1962 album The Art of

342-672: Was cemented in 1891 with their construction of the organ for the Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica , a four-manual organ of eighty-two stops. This organ features adjustable combinations and speaking pipes of thirty-two foot length in the façade. They won the Grand Prix at the International Exhibition held in Antwerp , Belgium , in 1930. They built organs around the world, including Canada, the United States, France,

361-603: Was vacant for two years until it was purchased by new owners. For ten years Orchestra Hall presented jazz artists under the name Paradise Theater, opening on Christmas Eve 1941. The Paradise hosted the most renowned jazz musicians, including Ella Fitzgerald , Billie Holiday , Count Basie , and Duke Ellington . The entertainment at Paradise Theater often included a live act and a movie from a B movie studio like Republic Pictures , Monogram Pictures , or Producers Releasing Corporation . A typical show on October 27, 1944 featured Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra on stage and

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