Long Island, NY
Tilles Center
Long Island’s Premier Concert Venue Since 1970
In 1970, Long Island University (formerly C. W. Post College) added a 3,500 seat theater to its Brookville, NY campus, designed and built by the Butler Manufacturing Company. Locally known as The Dome, and honored with several architectural awards for its technological innovation, it was considered a daring and symbolic structure. However, on the snowy, windy night of January 21, 1978, The Dome succumbed to mounds of snow that had accumulated atop it. The collapse was said to have been slow, the roof coming down without even damaging a single chair below. No one was injured.
The concert hall that we all know today was constructed in its footprint. This 42,000 square foot structure, designed by Paul Broches and Mitchell Giurgola Architects, was completed in 1981. The new concert hall seated 2,250 people, with no audience member more than 125 feet from the stage.
Initially, this new concert hall operated without a title, however, in 1985 it was named by the new president, Dr. David J. Steinberg, in honor of Dr. Albert Bush-Brown, the former president of the university. It operated as the Bush-Brown Concert Hall for two years until a generous donation by the Rose and Gilbert Tilles family brought about the renaming of the facility. In 1987, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts was born.
Completed in 2005, a $10 million, 10,000 square foot expansion designed by the same architects was added to Tilles Center, including the Atrium, administrative offices, additional restrooms, and auxiliary mechanical and support spaces. This grand, new entry provided an elegant pre-performance and intermission reception area, now equating the venue space with the high-caliber programming offered within.
Thanks to the generous support of Dolores and Herbert Goldsmith, Judith and Irwin Tantleff and Dori and Peter Tilles, Tilles Center upgraded and replaced many of the cosmetic aspects of the Concert Hall in 2020.
In 1970, Long Island University (formerly C. W. Post College) added a 3,500 seat theater to its Brookville, NY campus, designed and built by the Butler Manufacturing Company. Locally known as The Dome, and honored with several architectural awards for its technological innovation, it was considered a daring and symbolic structure. However, on the snowy, windy night of January 21, 1978, The Dome succumbed to mounds of snow that had accumulated atop it. The collapse was said to have been slow, the roof coming down without even damaging a single chair below. No one was injured.
The concert hall that we all know today was constructed in its footprint. This 42,000 square foot structure, designed by Paul Broches and Mitchell Giurgola Architects, was completed in 1981. The new concert hall seated 2,250 people, with no audience member more than 125 feet from the stage.
Initially, this new concert hall operated without a title, however, in 1985 it was named by the new president, Dr. David J. Steinberg, in honor of Dr. Albert Bush-Brown, the former president of the university. It operated as the Bush-Brown Concert Hall for two years until a generous donation by the Rose and Gilbert Tilles family brought about the renaming of the facility. In 1987, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts was born.
Completed in 2005, a $10 million, 10,000 square foot expansion designed by the same architects was added to Tilles Center, including the Atrium, administrative offices, additional restrooms, and auxiliary mechanical and support spaces. This grand, new entry provided an elegant pre-performance and intermission reception area, now equating the venue space with the high-caliber programming offered within.
Thanks to the generous support of Dolores and Herbert Goldsmith, Judith and Irwin Tantleff and Dori and Peter Tilles, Tilles Center upgraded and replaced many of the cosmetic aspects of the Concert Hall in 2020.
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