ABOUT THE COVER: Soaring 150 feet above street level, the glass barrel vault of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts encloses Verizon Hall, new home to the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Perelman Theater recital hall. A public-access garden atop the latter signifies the Kimmel Center's role as a new downtown destination. For more on how the center came to be, see "Reach for the Sky" by David Patrick Stearns in the current issue of SYMPHONY. (photo: Roman Vinoly)
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