I have to admit - I’m a big fan of the internet and all that it can do to bring people and ideas together.  A few months ago I even (grudging) signed up for Facebook, only to be delighted by [...]

The PCMS Concert Card: New, Convenient and Versatile
At a meeting last year, one of our PCMS directors said, “I would love to be able to buy PCMS tickets for some students I know, but to allow them to attend [...]

When PCMS was founded in 1986, it was in response to an obvious need in the Philadelphia community for a presenter of outstanding chamber music.  Inherenent in that founding principal (which traces its roots to the esteemed and collegial Marlboro [...]

PCMS patrons often ask me this very question: “Tell me Miles…what was it like backstage during last night’s concert?”  I can understand the curiosity!  While audience members get to see the world’s top artists performing on our series, they are [...]

Sometimes you get a compliment from the most unexpected of places!  Ours came today from “B-Love” over at www.phillyskyline.com.    If you haven’t read this particular home-grown blog before, you’re definitely missing out.  A fine mixture of commentary and outstanding [...]

Lesley Valdes spoke to András Schiff about his two-year Beethoven Project shortly after he began the performance and recording cycle last season. Schiff met with her shortly before the pianist’s recital with cellist Miklós Perényi for the Philadelphia Chamber [...]

Living and Breathing Our Mission: Part One of a Series
PCMS was founded to fill a void in the cultural life of our city: for decades eminent recital and chamber music musicians visited New York, Boston, and Washington but had no performance [...]

The Guarneri Quartet will play here on October 28, then return for the final concert of the PCMS season in May.  Then, silence – and memories.  
The Quartet will end its 45-year run after that May concert, one in which [...]

I thought it might be helpful to all of our patrons if I took the occasion of this initial blog posting to offer suggestions as to how our Box Office might make your concert going experience a more pleasurable one.
Important [...]

Welcome to the new pcmsconcerts.org!
Launching a new website is a bit like premiering a new piece of music - you work hard for months in relative solitude, only to place your efforts on public display and hope for a positive [...]