Bravo, Forbes Center
JMU senior R.J. Tester remembers well his first Madison Singers
rehearsal in the Concert Hall of the Forbes Center for the Performing
Arts.
"I got there a little early and the doors were unlocked, so I went
on in. I walked out on the stage and just looked out and it was
beautiful. I sang a few notes. That was a breath-taking moment and it
reassured me that performing and music is what I want to do. To have
that feeling at the university I chose for my undergraduate education is
a dream come true."
Thanks to the state-of-the-art Forbes Center, Tester and other
students and faculty are studying, practicing and performing in
customized spaces that elevate the quality of arts facilities at James
Madison University to match the music, theater and dance talents of the
people using the venue, which opened in 2010.
