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Jacob Smith, Development Director

Music and Food: Restaurants Near the Kimmel Center

November 21st, 2009

Published in: Chamber Music

As you may know, PCMS presents concerts at venues throughout Center City Philadelphia.  A natural extension of any concert event is a meal at one of our city’s fine restaurants or a nightcap following an evening of great music.  We thought we’d start a list of some of our favorite places, and please feel free [...]

Jacob Smith, Development Director

A New Season Begins

October 21st, 2009

Each year about this time the hustle and bustle of the summer months transitions to an excitement that reminds all of us why we do what we do.  During the summer we work tirelessly preparing for our upcoming season – finalizing artist contracts, arranging concert hall details, renting pianos, booking hotel rooms, writing grants, collecting [...]

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 [...]

Miles Cohen, Artistic Administrator and Manager

Back Stage with the Emerson Quartet

October 14th, 2008

Published in: Chamber Music

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 often equally interested in the personalities behind those stellar performances. Many of our artists participate [...]