Win 2 tickets to Peoples’ Symphony Chamber Concerts!
New York’s oldest and most beloved concert series is celebrating its 125th season by partnering with ACMP by offering our members 125 tickets (in-person or virtual) for its star-studded season.
You may have received an email or two about this in August, but we are extending the deadline to the Autumn Equinox – namely, Sunday September 22.
Get a local friend to join ACMP, and you and your friend could each get a free ticket to your choice of one of the 18 Peoples’ Symphony Concerts (pscny.org) performances. Virtual or in-person. Hurry while supplies last!
Those of you in the NYC area can attend a Peoples’ Symphony concert in person, and ACMP members elsewhere can enjoy a virtual concert. The value of both the in-person and virtual concert tickets is $20 USD. To qualify, both you and your new ACMP member must have profiles in the ACMP directory.
Deadline: September 22, 2024
About Peoples’ Symphony Concerts
New York’s oldest and most affordable concert series that offers “Carnegie Hall-quality artists for less than a Manhattan movie ticket (NY TIMES) – Peoples’ Symphony Concerts (pscny.org) – is celebrating its 125th season in 2024-2025.
Performances feature the Juilliard, Takacs, Dover, Elias, and Calder Quartets, the latter performing the new piano quintet by and with composer Timo Andres, as well as works by Schubert and Debussy; instrumentalists Steven Isserlis and Augustin Hadelich; two concerts with pianist Paul Lewis; debuts by guitarist Raphael Feuillatre, baritone Benjamin Appl; a new piano trio with Gloria Chien, Soovin Kim, and the Emerson Quartet’s Paul Watkins; ‘Principal Brothers’ – four Black American orchestra woodwind principals with Anthony McGill, DeMarre McGill, Titus Underwood and Bryan Young; and The Knights Orchestra, featuring Mozart and a new work by Allison Loggins-Hull co-commissioned with the Boston and Seattle Symphonies. For dates, programs, and artist videos, please see pscny.org.
Live concerts take place on Saturday evenings in Union Square (Washington Irving Campus) and on Sunday afternoons in Times Square (Town Hall).
Virtual concerts (released on Mondays after each live concert) include a chat with the artists about their program, music and careers.
Concerts begin October 19 with the Takacs Quartet and conclude on May 17, 2025, with the Calder Quartet and Timo Andres.
ACMP members in the Players Directory who invite one new member to join will get two of these concert tickets before single tickets go on sale to the general public in October!
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