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Jacob Smith, Development Director

PCMS Alum Anthony McGill Performed at the Obama Inauguration

January 21st, 2009

PCMS staff were excited to see Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and a frequently collaborator on our series, in performance with Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman at the inaguaration of President Barack Obama.
McGill performed on our series last season and will be back during 2009/2010.  We’re looking forward to it!
Performance on [...]

Miles Cohen, Artistic Administrator and Manager

Back stage with Vladimir Feltsman

January 13th, 2009

To my PCMS Patrons: It has been a while since I last chatted with you – my apologies!  Ten Dollar Day was a rousing success and the first half of our season concluded with a Tokyo Quartet performance at the Kimmel Center – this stellar performance had people walking up to Bradford and me stating [...]

Philip Maneval

PCMS Introduces its Concert Card

October 31st, 2008

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 to [...]

Dan Webster, Contributor

A Tribute to the Guarneri String Quartet

September 19th, 2008

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 founding cellist David Soyer, now 85, will rejoin the ensemble in a symbolic farewell, Schubert’s [...]

Bradford Kochel, Box Office Manager

Taking Full Advantage of the PCMS Box Office

September 19th, 2008

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” and [...]