There will be no performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, no jazzy trumpet concert from Chris Botti, no performance of the musical, "A Bronx Tale." Artis—Naples on Thursday afternoon announced the cancellation of the rest of its season, which included those three events and nearly 30 more performances, exhibitions and lectures.
It had already cancelled all programming from March 12 to April 13 out of concern over the growing number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Southwest Florida and the known infectiousness of the disease.
A news release from the venue called it a "difficult decision." But in view of the coronavirus dangers, its administration, said the release, felt the cancellations were "in the best interest of our patrons, musicians, team members, visiting artists and our wider community."
The decision means Artis—Naples will have lost nearly 80 performances, events, lectures and exhibitions among its three internal venues: Hayes Hall, the Daniels Pavilion and The Baker Museum since March 12.
It is an especially painful decision for three facets of the performing arts venue’s operation.
The Baker Museum had only re-opened in late November. It had been closed since September 2017 from water damage by Hurricane Irma and a consequent reconfiguring to add a tier of conference and performance areas. Those were originally scheduled to open this spring.
The opening of the museum’s addition, with its floors available for classes, conference, banquets and performances, may be further delayed. If the orders for non-essential businesses to close includes contractors, that would halt any work yet to be done on the addition.
The performance of the Beethoven Symphony No. 9, a major concert that was scheduled for three performances with two different choruses, soloists and the Naples Philharmonic, would be a sizeable loss to the season.
But it was also to be the official farewell concert for James Cochran, founding director of the chorus, and his associate directors, Brice Gerlach and Michele Byrd. Cochran worked with then-executive director Myra Janco Daniels to form the Naples Philharmonic Chorus in 1991.
No Artis—Naples officials were available to say whether that concert could be rescheduled at another time.
The news release said administrative offices would send communication “soon on options for patrons holding tickets for any of those events.”
The news release said administrative offices would send communication soon on options for patrons holding tickets for any of the affected events.
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2020-04-02 19:46:00Z
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