What does a classical music enthusiast do when he moves to Philly and wants to make new friends who share his interests?  If you’re Gary King, you start a Meetup online. In the four years since its inception, the Philadelphia Fans of Classical Music has grown to 187 members from the Greater Philadelphia region including [...]

For a limited time, you can get both for free through our new Student and Young Friends Program.  Pretty sweet, right?   Here’s how: Get an iPod Nano on October 23rd That’s when violin virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos appears at the Kimmel Center for one of our most exciting concerts of the year.  Come to the concert, [...]

It’s been a busy summer and even busier fall, and one of the things we’ve been working hard at is building new relationships.  This includes new ticket buyers, new subscribers, and new donors, but we’re also happy to introduce a new corporate partner: One Village Coffee. We’re happy to have One Village as a partner [...]

We’re happy to start posting some really great videos that Sacha and Cassia (our absolutely fabulous summer interns) helped us with this year. The idea is to help all of you enjoy your concert experience as much as possible. Even you’ve never been to a venue, such as the Fleisher Art Memorial, you may not [...]

With the start of single ticket sales, I thought I would offer some suggestions to help you get the best possible seats for the upcoming season. Get to know our venues.  In subsequent blogs we will be featuring video clips that give you an inside glimpse into each of our concert halls.  A seating chart for [...]

PCMS is always looking for new and effective ways to engage under-served audiences and help build interest and future fans of outstanding live chamber music. Our low ticket prices have always helped to break down one of the main barriers to participation.  Our helpful and welcoming staff, convenient community venues, and outstanding artists all help [...]

I was forwarded this article by a friend, Kerry Candaele – he’s a filmmaker out in Los Angeles who did a documentary about Beethoven’s 9th around the world – and I loved it.  The title gives most of it away: Greg Mitchell, former rock n’ roll magazine editor, chronicles his recent discovery of classical music. [...]

Tired of dealing with all the crowds when it comes to shopping? Well, there is no better time to take advantage of our two outstanding holiday offers.  First and foremost there is $10 TICKET DAY – this Wednesday, December 17th.  From 9am-5pm only we’re offering unlimited tickets to these 12 fantastic concerts for only $10.00 each! [...]

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 whatever concerts they want, whatever fits into their schedules.” That seemed like a good idea [...]

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 services (and ones rarely taken advantage of by our patrons) include our “ticket upgrade” [...]