Please join PCMS on Friday December 1st at 7:30pm for the for a very special concert: Curtis on Tour. The husband-and-wife duo of violinist Erin Keefe (concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra and a Curtis faculty member) and conductor, clarinetist, and composer Osmo Vänskä joins young musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music in this touring ensemble. Built […]

The Musical Fund Society invites you to a free pre-concert reception at the American Philosophical Society on Tuesday, December 5th! Join us from 6:30pm - 7:15 PM for member mingling, tasty treats and a toast to celebrate the season, followed by a performance at 7:30 PM by the internationally-known duo Kuwento Mizik, presented by the […]

Piffaro presents Christmas in Southern Germany December 8 - 10  (locations listed below) December 8 @ 7:30PM - Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral MFS - MFS members can use code MFS2324 for $20 December 9 @ 7:30PM - Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, PA - MFS members can use code MFS2324 for $20 December 10 @ 3PM – […]

The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective is a “sparky, shape-shifting ensemble of starry young musicians” (Arts Desk) that serves as the Associate Ensemble of London’s Wigmore Hall. Their PCMS debut features the Philadelphia premiere of Gabriella Smith’s Divertimento and Florence Price’s Piano Quintet in A Minor, a long-overlooked masterwork that celebrates Price’s African American heritage with echoes […]

Tenors extraordinaire James Reese (Czech Christmas) and Jacob Perry (English Orpheus, Messiah) perform duets about love and heartbreak by Monteverdi, Peri and other Italian trailblazers, backed up by 3 (!) theorbos. Feb. 2, 2024 at 7:30 PM | Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Feb. 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM | Trinity Center for Urban Life […]

Vanessa Rose, Executive Director for the American Composers Forum (ACF), joins us for a virtual lunchtime presentation on how ACF has navigated the successes – and failures – of achieving greater equity in the organization and for its artist community. After the presentation we’ll have an opportunity to discuss how the lessons from the ACF experience can inform the practice of […]

In its annual PCMS concert, the “genuinely exciting” (New York Times) Aizuri Quartet presents a program that explores the idea of community in a multi-faceted way. It features works by four female composers, including Indian American composer Reena Esmail, whose raag-influenced Fantasie layers the voices of the string quartet to create a beautiful, swirling world that invites players […]

Join us for our next virtual lunchtime session! We’ll welcome leaders and members of community instrumental and vocal ensembles to share experiences, address common challenges, and explore opportunities for collaboration. Together we will explore topics such as audience building, performer recruitment, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, networking, and more. Our panelists include: Carson Elias (Philadelphia Wind Symphony), […]