St. Louis Symphony’s New Building Wing to be Named for Donor Jack Taylor

In Wednesday’s (9/18) St. Louis Today, Steph Kukuljan writes, “The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s expansion wing will be named the Jack C. Taylor Music Center, officials were set to announce Wednesday. Taylor, founder of Enterprise Mobility, was a longtime patron and gave a $40 million grant to the symphony to re-establish its endowment trust in 2000. That money helped save the venue from bankruptcy and ‘set the course for a more successful trajectory,’ said Marie-Hélène Bernard, the Symphony’s president and CEO…. The Powell Hall name will stay, officials said. The more than $134 million renovation will feature a 64,000-square-foot addition, new learning center, lobby and expanded backstage area that will be more inviting to visitors, musicians and the Grand Center neighborhood. The Symphony has been playing at various venues across the region during construction. This spring, the organization will test acoustics of the expansion and prepare to move back … Built in 1925, Powell Hall was initially … a vaudeville house and movie theater. It was renovated in 1968 when it became the Symphony’s permanent home. Powell’s expansion marks the organization’s first major project since…. The new wing is expected to open in September 2025.”