David Sailer, the orchestra's co-director of marketing, said, "The idea was literally to turn Orchestra Hall inside out, to take the experience of what happens inside the hall and present it on the outside."

The photographs of V‹nsk‹ and the musicians are existing images taken by photographers Ann Marsden and Greg Helgeson, who also shot new images of audience members for the mural.

Of his 65-foot-high image, V‹nsk‹ said, "I had to accept it. It's another question if I like it."