Editing Carnegie Hall (section)

=== Other events ===
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the hall, during the 2015–2016 season, Carnegie Hall officials commissioned 125 new works, with "Fifty for the Future" coming from Kronos (25 by female composers and 25 by male composers).<ref name="WQXR 2015 j618">{{cite web | title=Carnegie Hall to Mark 125th Anniversary in 2015-16 Season | website=WQXR | date=January 28, 2015 | url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/carnegie-halls-2015-16-season/ | access-date=May 10, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Kaliss i530">{{cite web | last=Kaliss | first=Jeff | title=The Kronos Quartet Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary | website=Playbill | date=November 2, 2023 | url=https://playbill.com/article/the-world-of-kronos | access-date=May 10, 2024}}</ref>

The hall has also been the site of lectures, including the [[Tuskegee Institute Silver Anniversary Lecture]] by [[Booker T. Washington]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1906 |title=Choate and Twain Plead for Tuskegee; Brilliant Audience Cheers Them and Booker Washington|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/01/23/archives/choate-and-twain-plead-for-tuskegee-brilliant-audience-cheers-them.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121141948/https://www.nytimes.com/1906/01/23/archives/choate-and-twain-plead-for-tuskegee-brilliant-audience-cheers-them.html |archive-date=November 21, 2021}}</ref> and the last public lecture by [[Mark Twain]], both in 1906.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 22, 1906 |title=Nation's Orators Glorify Schurz; Carnegie Hall Memorial a People's Tribute|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/11/22/archives/nations-orators-glorify-schurz-carnegie-hall-memorial-a-peoples.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121141945/https://www.nytimes.com/1906/11/22/archives/nations-orators-glorify-schurz-carnegie-hall-memorial-a-peoples.html |archive-date=November 21, 2021}}</ref> The hall was also used for commencement ceremonies, including those of the [[City College of New York]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 24, 1904 |title=City College Holds Its Commencement; Largest Class in Its History Graduated at Carnegie Hall|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1904/06/24/archives/city-college-holds-its-commencement-largest-class-in-its-history.html |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> the [[New York Law School]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 19, 1925 |title=Large Crowd Sees Law School Rites; Ex-Justice Putnam Addresses 279 Graduates of New York Institution in Carnegie Hall|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/06/19/archives/large-crowd-sees-law-school-rites-exjustice-putnam-addresses-279.html |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> as well as the [[Juilliard School]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 3, 1929 |title=Juilliard School to Give 73 Diplomas; Music Institution Will Hold Its Commencement Tonight in Carnegie Hall|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/06/03/archives/juilliard-school-to-give-73-diplomas-music-institution-will-hold.html |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref>