Carnegie Hall plans to remodel

Carnegie Hall plans to renovate its Studio Towers and backstage areas -- but the expansion would require doing away with residences that have been used over the years by artists such as Leonard Bernstein.

To accommodate its need for new classrooms, rehearsal spaces, practice and large ensemble rooms within its existing footprint, it will need to occupy all the available space in its two Studio Towers, now occupied by longtime tenant-artists, the venerable New York venue said.

“Central to our planning has been an analysis of how best to utilize our building to serve our mission, taking the hall into the 21st century and insuring that it is as important to the future of music as it has been to the past,” said Executive and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson.

The overall plan, officials said, “will for the first time enable a new and inspiring connection between Carnegie Hall’s performers, students and audiences all under one roof.”