Kleinhans Music Hall

Join us for our next Chiavetta’s BBQ fundraiser on Tuesday, April 27 from 4-7pm! Proceeds support the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s education initiatives. Click here for more information: https://bpo.org//friends-of-the-bpo-chiavettas-spring-bbq/

Don't forget to grab your Chiavetta's dinner-to-go tomorrow at Kleinhans Music Hall! Click here for more info: https://bpo.org//friends-of-the-bpo-chiavettas-spring-bbq/

Revisit Kleinhans past tonight at 7pm with vocalist Nia Drummond, who takes on the role of Ella herself as your BPO performs favorites by Cole Porter, George Ge...rshwin, and more! Tickets for tonight’s performance are available for $10. Click here to purchase: https://bpo.org/event/charlie-parker-easy-to-love/ Special thanks to Cory Doctorow (via Twitter/@doctorow) for sharing this fantastic blast from the past!

BABEL, Just Buffalo Literary Center’s acclaimed lecture series typically held at Kleinhans Music Hall, features Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson in their first-ever virtual event on Thursday, March 18 at 8pm. Click here to learn more and purchase tickets: https://kleinhansbuffalo.org//virtual-babel-marilynne-rob/

Kleinhans Director Dan Hart will discuss Kleinhans Music Hall at 80 at this week’s free virtual IMAGINE Buffalo speaker series on Tuesday, March 9 at 12:30pm. The IMAGINE Buffalo Series features local speakers and includes a Q&A. This series is presented by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library in conjunction with C-SAAHN and ImagineLifelongLearning.com. Click here to access the event via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85839766406

Kleinhans Music Hall was encouraged to hear Governor Cuomo’s announcement on March 3, 2021 regarding the reopening of venues with capacities less than 10,000. We are in the process of evaluating what this means for the reopening of the concert hall. Over the past several months, we have developed a thorough reopening plan that takes the safety of everyone into consideration musicians and guest artists, staff, volunteers, and our audience but we are in no rush. We will be taking the time necessary to consider the execution of this plan with great caution for the health and well-being of everyone involved. Please check kleinhansbuffalo.org for the latest information.

BPO Musicians Amy Licata, Andrea Blanchard-Cone, Janz Castelo, and David Schmude pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with an original arrangement of Lif...t Every Voice and Sing by J. Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson. On November 9, 1967, Dr. King delivered one of his most eloquent and poignant speeches at Kleinhans Music Hall just 4 months after the Buffalo Riots of 1967, and just 5 months before his untimely death. Special thanks to University at Buffalo, Buffalo Toronto Public Media, Asbury Hall, and the BPO Diversity Council.

Even Kleinhans is getting in the spirit for today’s Buffalo Bills game! LET’S GO BUFFALO!

Spotted on tonight’s episode of Jeopardy! Do you know the answer?

The first snow of the season at Kleinhans Music Hall

HAPPY ESTHER LINK NIGHT! As you can imagine, 80 years ago tonight, people were no doubt bustling around taking care of all the last minute details before the grand opening of Kleinhans Music Hall on the 12th of October, 1940. But tonight, specifically, is an even more significant anniversary: 82 years ago, on the night of October 8th, 1938, Esther Link, the acting director of Kleinhans, was up late crafting the letter that would convince Ed Letchworth, Philip Wickser, George ...Rand, and the rest of the Governing Board of the Buffalo Foundation to do anything they could to work out a solution to get Eliel Saarinen on board as the designer of Kleinhans. I can picture her sitting with her family trying to convince them to pony up $10,000 to bring Saarinen on board. (By the way, that's almost $170,000 in today's dollars.) According to Letchworth's account, he had already told the Kidd's earlier in the day that they just wouldn't be able to make it work. The Saarinens were "out of the picture." There is a draft letter in the archives dated October 8th where Letchworth had actually written to Saarinen saying thank you, but we're very sorry to say no. The next day, Sunday, October 9th, Esther came to Ed with the letter in hand and convinced him to keep trying and to not give up yet. We all know what happened next. Thanks to Esther Link, thousands and thousands of people get to experience this acoustical and architectural marvel every year. So, in honor of Esther Link and her PERSISTENCE - her determination, problem-solving skills, powers of persuasion, and downright heart - HAPPY ESTHER LINK NIGHT!! Here's to all the people of the world who stay up late writing heart-felt letters and somehow make the world a better place by not giving up! Lauren Becker, Kleinhans archivist

Thanks for the awesome shot, Noelle Jean Photography! Tag us in your best #Kleinhans photos to be featured on our page!

The Friends of the BPO will hold a Chiavetta's Chicken BBQ Fundraiser tomorrow (Tue, Nov 10) from 4-7pm at Kleinhans Music Hall! Purchase your pre-sale tickets for $12, or drive up to purchase your dinner for $13 (while supplies last.) All proceeds go directly to benefit the BPO and its education initiatives. For more info and to purchase your pre-sale ticket, click here: https://bpo.org//friends-of-the-bpo-chiavettas-chicken-bb/

The Friends of the BPO, our tireless volunteer organization that hosts several fundraising events each year, has partnered with Chiavetta's BBQ for a special dr...ive-up chicken dinner to-go on Tuesday, November 10 from 4-7pm at Kleinhans Music Hall. Proceeds from the fundraiser go to support the BPO and its education initiatives. Pre-sale tickets are available for $12, or drive-up the day of for $13 while supplies last! Click here to purchase pre-sale dinner tickets: https://bpo.secure.force.com/ticket/