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On March 12, 2003 the space formerly known as the Education Resource Center was officially designated the Terrace Gallery.

During Dr.Taylor’s tenure, the Center has created recognized educational initiatives, including national jazz satellite distance-learning programs; adult lecture series; master classes and workshops with national artists and local metro-D.C.students; and Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead—continuing the singer’s legacy of identifying outstanding young talent.The National Symphony Orchestra, the Kennedy Center's artistic affiliate since 1987, has commissioned dozens of new works, among them Stephen Albert's RiverRun, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music; Morton Gould’s StringMusic, also a Pulitzer Prize-winner; William Bolcolm's Sixth Symphony, and Michael Daughtery's UFO, a concerto for solo percussion and orchestra.In addition to its regular season concerts, the National Symphony Orchestra presents a host of outreach, education, and pops programs, as well as concerts at Wolf Trap each year.

In October 2008, a 16-month renovation of the theater (for which the color scheme and seating arrangements were altered) was completed.Other performance venues in the Center include:The Family Theater, with 324 seats, was opened on December 9, 2005.

Stevens recruited First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy as Honorary Chairman of the Center, and former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower as co-chairman. National Cultural Center was renamed as the Kennedy Center in 1964, following the assassination of President Kennedy.The total cost of construction was $70 million. Congress allocated $43 million for construction costs, including $23 million as an outright grant and the other $20 million in bonds. Funding was also provided through donations, including $5 million from the Ford Foundation, and approximately $500,000 from the Kennedy family. Other major donors included J.Willard Marriott, Marjorie Merriweather Post, John D.Rockefeller III, and Robert W.Woodruff, as well as many corporate donors. Gifts were also provided to the Kennedy Center from foreign countries, including a gift of 3,700 tons of Carrara marble from Italy (worth $1.5 million) from the Italian government, which was used in the building's construction. (left) watches as President Johnson breaks ground on December 2, 1964.

Now in its 38th season, the Center presents the greatest examples of music, dance, and theater; supports artists in the creation of new work; and serves the nation as leader in arts education.

Designed by the architectural firm Richter Cornbrooks Gribble, Inc.

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