Don't miss this! The Philadelphia Orchestra musicians are celebrating their loyal audience members on Monday, October 23rd with their 3rd annual Audience Appreciation Day—26 small ensemble, free concerts, every 30 minutes starting at 9 am, and going all the way until 7:30 pm—in the city and suburbs.
It is really to thank our audiences. Without our audiences, we would have no reason to play." -Violinist Barbara Govatos.
“This is all organized purely by the musicians," says Associate Concertmaster Ying Fu, "so it's a way we try to tell the people in the city how much we care about them, and how much we love them.”
These public concerts will pop up in libraries, schools, houses of worship, SEPTA stations, restaurants, and plazas all over the region, and are meant to be very laid-back and welcoming to everyone.
“We love going out in the community, especially compressing it into one day so people have the opportunity no matter where they live or work in the city."—Violinist Philip Kates
“Sometimes we forget in the business of our daily lives, how wonderful it is to take a few minutes and just enjoy some beautiful music, and how much we really need that these days.”—Violinist Dara Morales
So come see your Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians spread the joy of classical music all day long!
Please see below for a complete list of times and locations of these performances:
9:00 AM: Solo Violin
City Hall, Main Entry Foyer
9:30 AM: Woodwind Trio
Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School, 2600 South Broad Street
10:30 AM: String Quartet
Bala Cynwyd Library
11:00 AM: Cello Duo
Elixr Coffee, 15th and Locust Streets
12:00 PM: String Quartet
Reading Terminal Market
12:00 PM: String Quartet
Tyler Hall Atrium, Boyer School of Music, Temple University
12:00 PM: Brass Quintet
The Porch at 30th Street Station
12:30 PM: String Quartet
Philadelphia City Institute Branch Library, Rittenhouse Square
1:00 PM: String Quartet
Deliverance Evangelistic Church, 2001 West Lehigh Ave
1:30 PM: Solo Violin
Wellington at Hershey’s Mill, West Chester
2:00 PM: String Quartet
Atria Senior Living
2:00 PM: Brass Trio
Parc, Rittenhouse Square
2:45 PM: String Trio
Elcy’s Cafe, Glenside
3:45: Chamber Orchestra
South Philadelphia Library, Broad and Morris
4:00: Woodwind Quintet
Haddon Township Library
4:00: String Quartet
Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ
4:45: String Quartet
Suburban Station
4:45: String Quartet
Jefferson Station
5:00: String Quartet
University of Pennsylvania, New College House, 34th and Chestnut Streets
5:00: String Ensemble
Elkins Park Train Station
5:30: Percussion Group
Triangles at Grays Ferry, 2235 South Street
6:00: String Quartet with Clarinet
Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr
6:30: String Bass Quartet
Arcadia University, Murphy Hall, Stiteler Auditorium
7:00: String Quartet
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill
7:00: Woodwind Quintet
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College
7:00: String Quartet
Temple Beth Zion Beth Israel, Spruce Street, near Rittenhouse Square