Ann Cavanaugh

Jones Hall is undergoing a $25.5M upgrade to improve sound and replace aging infrastructure

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Over the span of a month, Jones Hall served as the setting for an emotional farewell to Houston Symphony music director Andres Orozco-Estrada and a grandiose welcome to his successor Juraj Valcuha.

Rather than Mahler’s “Resurrection” symphony or Beethoven’s Ninth, the sounds emanating inside the downtown hall this week are from construction, the first step in an endeavor called “Overture to the Future,” a multi-year, multi-million-dollar update of the performing arts space that opened in 1966. In a city known for tearing buildings down, Jones Hall will — like the Alley Theatre a few years ago — be the beneficiary of a significant renovation rather than demolition.

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William Cavanaugh

Inspiring Conversations with Jacquie Baly of BalyProjects

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Today we’d like to introduce you to Jacquie Baly. She shares her story with us below:

*Native of St. Croix USVI, came to Texas at the age of 7.
*Parents are from the French West Indies and a majority of my relatives live in St. Martin/Maarten
*I am the first of my family to graduate from college (however my mother earned her degree soon after).
*My parents taught me that hard work, discipline, dedication and a good work-ethic will take me very far.
*After graduate school (I have a master’s in City Planning with a concentration in Public Affairs) I began my work career as a city planner and progressed to Vice President of the Greater Houston Partnership before starting my own consulting practice.

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