The School’s main concert hall (formerly Borden Auditorium), has been newly renamed the Neidorff-Karpati Hall, to acknowledge Noémi K. and Michael Neidorff’s anchor gift to the project. The complete retrofit of the Hall is the contemporary translation of Manhattan School of Music’s flagship, Art Deco, 650-seat theater and the first modernization of the Hall in over 85 years. The renovation breathes new life into the original Art Deco space and features — designed by Arthur L. Harmon of the firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon (designers of the Empire State Building) in 1930 — while incorporating a contemporary aesthetic.