Membership Events

OPEN REHEARSALS

Open Rehearsals tickets are a benefit to Annual Fund donors beginning at the Friends’ Circle level ($75 and above) and are required for attendance. For more information regarding Open Rehearsals, please call our Open Rehearsal Hotline at 215.893.3126.

 

All Open Rehearsals begin at 10:30 AM and are held in Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

 

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Roger Norrington Conductor
Daniel Matsukawa Bassoon

Beethoven Symphony No. 4
Mozart Bassoon Concerto
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4

 

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Stéphane Denève Conductor
James Ehnes Violin

Prokofiev Suite from The Love for Three Oranges
Barber Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

 

Thursday, February 4, 2010
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Conductor
Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale

Mendelssohn Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade

 

Thursday, March 11, 2010
Osmo Vänskä Conductor
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger Piano

Aho Minea
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius Symphony No. 2

 

Thursday, April 15, 2010
Charles Dutoit Conductor
Emanuel Ax Piano

Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky Petrushka

Programs and artists are subject to change.

 

 

CLOSED REHEARSALS

The Closed Rehearsal is a benefit to Annual Fund donors beginning at the Concert Circle level ($500 and above).

 

Breakfast and Pre-Rehearsal Discussion with Maestro Andrew Davis — 9:30 AM
Rehearsal — 10:30 AM

 

Thursday, March 25, 2010
Andrew Davis Conductor
Stefan Jackiw Violin

Mozart Overture to La clemenza di Tito
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4
Elgar Symphony No. 1

Programs and artists are subject to change.

 

“MEET THE ARTIST” SALON SERIES

The Annual Fund’s “Meet the Artist” Salon Series features four lively cocktail parties followed by question-and-answer sessions with the Orchestra’s world-renowned musicians and guest artists. These exclusive events, held at assorted venues throughout the city, are offered as a benefit to Annual Fund donors beginning at the Musicians’ Circle level ($1,000 and above).

Friday, October 9, 2009
Yuja Wang, piano, in conversation with Stephen Millen, Philadelphia Orchestra vice president and general manager

 

Friday, December 11, 2009
George Walker, composer, and Gregory Walker, violin, in conversation with Jeremy Rothman, Philadelphia Orchestra vice president, artistic planning

 

Friday, February 19, 2010
Richard Danielpour, composer, in conversation with Rossen Milanov, Philadelphia Orchestra associate conductor

 

Friday, April 9, 2010
Richard Woodhams, oboe, in conversation with Thomas Lloyd, associate professor of music at Haverford College

 

MAESTRO’S CIRCLE HOUSE PARTY

The annual Maestro’s Circle House Party is offered as a benefit to Annual Fund Maestro’s Circle Partners ($7,500 and above) and is an opportunity to celebrate the end of the Orchestra’s regular subscription season with Maestro Charles Dutoit and Orchestra musicians.

 

For more information on the 2009-10 season event, please contact Mary Kate LaCroix at 215.893.1980.

 

THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT CARNEGIE HALL

This exclusive opportunity to join Orchestra musicians on The Philadelphia Orchestra’s train to New York and for dinner and a concert at Carnegie Hall is a benefit of Annual Fund Maestro’s Circle Partners ($10,000 and above).

 

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Charles Dutoit Conductor
Piotr Anderszewski Piano

Szymanowski Symphony No. 4, for piano and orchestra
Debussy La Mer
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

 

Program and artists are subject to change.

 

For more information regarding these membership events, please contact our Annual Fund Office at 215.893.3151.