Gracias a una donaci\u00f3n de $6 millones del fil\u00e1ntropo y constructor de Point Loma, Conrad Prebys, la Universidad de California en San Diego ahora puede financiar por completo la construcci\u00f3n de su nuevo centro de m\u00fasica de \u00faltima generaci\u00f3n.
Slated to open in fall 2009, the center will feature a 400-seat concert hall, a black box theater, a professional recording studio and an abundance of practice spaces, among other amenities, said university officials.
El regalo de Prebys fue todo en nombre de la apreciaci\u00f3n musical, dijo.
\u201cLa ac\u00fastica est\u00e1 utilizando las t\u00e9cnicas m\u00e1s avanzadas. Ser\u00e1 una verdadera experiencia escuchar a alguien actuar en la nueva sala\u201d, dijo Prebys, y agreg\u00f3 que estudi\u00f3 los planos del centro.
UCSD Music Department chair Rand Steiger, who also teaches music composition and conducting courses, said he started working on plans for the center in 1989.
Steiger said there was initially some concern during the center’s planning stages over whether inflation might hinder its construction.
\u201cCuando el Sr. Prebys se present\u00f3 con su regalo, salv\u00f3 el d\u00eda e hizo posible la construcci\u00f3n\u201d, dijo Steiger. \u201cCreemos que va a ser un recurso importante y un gran espacio para interpretar m\u00fasica\u201d.
Prebys, a native of South Bend, Ind., at one time thought he would follow his father into a career in music. But he said it was one particular piano recital he gave at age 13 that changed the course of his life.
“How shall I say? I did not give a sterling performance,” Prebys said with a laugh. “But my love of music continued on.”
Prebys se instal\u00f3 en San Diego en 1965 con poco m\u00e1s de $500 en el bolsillo y sin autom\u00f3vil ni perspectivas laborales, seg\u00fan informaci\u00f3n biogr\u00e1fica. A\u00fan as\u00ed, pas\u00f3 a ser propietario de Progress Construction and Management, una empresa local de desarrollo inmobiliario.
In addition to his donation to UCSD, Prebys has also given substantially to other organizations around San Diego, including $10 million to the Old Globe Theater and $1 million toward the building of a Boys & Girls Club in Santee.
Steiger aplaudi\u00f3 a Prebys por su generosidad.
“I’m very grateful for not only what he’s done for us but for other important organizations, including the San Diego Zoo and the Old Globe in San Diego,” he said. “He built up his business here and now he’s giving back to the community, and I really admire him for that.”
Prebys dijo que no hace ning\u00fan plan fijo cuando se trata de generosidad, sino que contribuye donde siente que tiene sentido.
\u201cEstoy muy contento con todas mis contribuciones\u201d, dijo. \u201c[Son] solo las oportunidades que se presentaron y hay algo con lo que me siento muy cercano en cada una\u201d.
As a show of appreciation, UCSD announced that the new building will be named the Conrad Prebys Music Center in his honor.
Prebys dijo que se sent\u00eda honrado.
\u201cEstar conectado a una universidad de primer nivel como UCSD es muy gratificante\u201d, dijo. \u201cSe necesitaron dieciocho a\u00f1os para planificar esa instalaci\u00f3n, y ser parte de ella en esta fecha tard\u00eda es un verdadero honor y una emoci\u00f3n\u201d.
El centro ser\u00e1 una adici\u00f3n bienvenida a un programa de m\u00fasica ya apreciado en UCSD, que junto con MIT, Princeton y Stanford son los inventores y pioneros reconocidos del audio digital y la m\u00fasica por computadora, seg\u00fan funcionarios de la universidad.
“What’s little known about UCSD is that the music department has a world-renowned program for its percussionists,” Prebys said. “So now they’ll have proper, sound-proof rooms to practice in.”
Adem\u00e1s de la donaci\u00f3n de Prebys, se recibieron obsequios de John J. Moores, regente de la Universidad de California, y su esposa; y Elaine Galinson, presidenta de la Fundaci\u00f3n UC San Diego, y su esposo.
Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre el centro de m\u00fasica, visite www.campaign.ucsd.edu\/musiccenter.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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