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Symphony Players Speak

ByBree Scheer

Official ask from the Musicians of the Utah Symphony:

A woman playing a piano on the plaza in front of Abravanel Hall

Please take a moment right now to write to please write to Mayor Mendenhall
and your Council member and ask them to: 

“We ask that the City Council earmark either a percentage or dollar amount of funds to go toward a renovation of Abravanel Hall as a part of the participation agreement and provide that such funding is contingent upon Salt Lake County deciding that Abravanel Hall will remain on-site within the SECC District, in its present performance hall form and location.”

If you do not live in the city, Also write to Mayor Mendenhall
Eva Lopez Chavez
 (whose district includes Abravanel Hall) with the same request. 

Please ask your friends, family, and neighbors to write as well, and plan on attending the Salt Lake City Council vote on the evening of July 9th.

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