Music Box

What started as a far reaching idea during a Bravo! Vail staff meeting — a vision of a piano on a flatbed trailer — led to the construction of a brand new, custom-built mobile performance venue: the Bravo! Vail Music Box. Designed exclusively for Bravo! Vail, the Music Box is acoustically excellent, with room for a Yamaha AvantGrand piano and chamber ensemble. Throughout the Bravo! Vail season, the Music Box traveled up and down the Vail Valley, bringing joy at each performance, both on stage and in the audience.

MAKING CONNECTIONS

Individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations volunteered to host Community Concerts. Over the course of the summer season, musicians performed 41 concerts in outdoor community settings from East Vail to Gypsum, with more than 1,000 people attending, following all safety protocols including mask-wearing and social distancing. Donors and their invited guests enjoyed beautiful music during our Front Porch Serenades, at which the Music Box was placed in a driveway or a neighborhood common area for an exclusive live performance.

The Bravo! Vail Music Box was designed and engineered by Todd Howe of THD Productions and built by Bryon Fears of SimBLISSity Tiny Homes. We are pleased to note that THD Productions has a patent pending on the Tiny Mobile Stage, and that this innovation— sparked by Bravo! Vail—may make it possible for more arts organizations around the country to serve their communities with outdoor performances.