Newly-named Marian Anderson Hall at the Kimmel Center is everlasting tribute for musical icon 02:31. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- From here on out, the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform at a concert ...

Singer Marian Anderson, a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, appears in her New York apartment on Aug. 5, 1958. The Philadelphia Orchestra’s home is being renamed Marian ...

The concert, featuring the Philadelphia Orchestra, will mark the formal renaming of the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall to Marian Anderson Hall, after the trailblazing contralto, born in ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Because of a $25 million gift, the venue, Verizon Hall, will be renamed to honor Anderson, a pioneering Black opera singer. By Javier C ...

Anderson, who was born in Philadelphia, in 1955 became the first Black singer to appear at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. The post Marian Anderson honored as Philadelphia’s orchestra ...