Pittsburgh Symphony Association

The Pittsburgh Symphony Association is a volunteer organization committed to the support of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra through financial, educational and promotional activities.

To speak with us, please leave your name and contact information via the Pittsburgh Symphony Association hotline at 412.392.3303 or psa@pittsburghsymphony.org.

Join the Pittsburgh Symphony Association! We’d love to have you become part of our fun and vibrant group that is “Keeping the Music Alive.” If you want to be with others who love the orchestra, listen to beautiful music in Heinz Hall, get to know the musicians, and learn the “back-stage scoop,” the PSA is for you! Annual dues are $60 for Individuals or, at a great value – the Family Membership for $75. For more information, contact the PSA at 412-392-3303 or PSAmember@gmail.com.

It’s easy to join – do it now so you don’t miss out! Click here for a printable membership form

Objectives

• Ensure that the world-class Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has the necessary tools to keep the world-class music coming by raising funds and awareness.
• Honor and show appreciation to our world-class Orchestra.
• Develop a strong relationship among members of the Pittsburgh community by providing an opportunity for personal interaction with PSO musicians.
• Promote music appreciation and educational opportunities throughout the community.
• Increase public awareness of the Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Association.
• Encourage participation, growth and diversity in PSA and Affiliate organizations.

Click here for a downloadable copy of the PSA Bylaws. (Word DOC format)

PSA Calendar

HOLIDAY
December 7, 2011
Duquesne Club
“SING NOEL”
Ensemble of the Mendelssohn Choir

SPRING
May 16, 2012
‘Spring Strings’
Mikhail Istomin, cello  - ‘Insurance for the Soul”
Venue – TO BE ANNOUNCED

Board of Directors Meetings

All PSA Members and Affiliates are welcome to attend PSA Board Meetings. We value your imput. Please call 412. 392.3303 for further information

JANUARY10. 2012
HOME OF JENNIFER MARTIN
11:30-1:30

MARCH 8, 2012
HEINZ HALL
3rd FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
11:30-1:30

MAY 16, 2012
HOME OF MILLIE RYAN
11:30-1:30

Affiliates

Learn more about Symphony North and Symphony East by visiting the PSA Affiliates page.

Music 101

Music 101 is a series of informal, educational lecture/performances presented by PSO musicians, conductors, composers and key staff. The Music 101 program has a long history both as part of the educational mission of the PSA and as an audience-building endeavor for the PSO.  It began in 1983 and is now in its 29th season.  The lectures are held at Heinz Hall at 12.30–1.30 pm, allowing the public to spend lunchtime listening to an informal and stimulating talk by a musician.  

Speakers discuss their lives, their careers, their sections and their instruments (including short performances), and are usually assailed with questions from an extremely engaged audience.  This audience is diverse, ranging from college students to business professionals to home-schooled children and their parents to senior citizens.  Audience members learn a lot, and also feel privileged to interact personally with PSO musicians, enhancing both their concert experience and their sense of responsibility as patrons of the Orchestra. 

Free and open to the public without reservations, the lectures are held 12:30-1:30 pm in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Regency Room at Heinz Hall. Guests may bring their own lunch or order a $12 gourmet picnic lunch in advance by calling 412-361-3303 or emailing PSAmusic101@gmail.com.  Pre-ordered lunches will be available from 11:15 am onwards.

OCTOBER 27, 2011
JEREMY BLACK, Violin
Melodic by Design

NOVEMBER 30, 2011 
BETSY HESTON, Bass
Why the Bass?

FEBRUARY 16, 2012
WILLIAM CABALLERO, Horn
A Triple Horn for a Triple Concerto 

MARCH 22, 2012
RON SAMUELS, Clarinet
The Clarinet: Last Will and Testament 

MAY 10, 2012
LAWRENCE LOH and THOMAS HONG
Confessions of a Staff Conductor

BNY Mellon Grand Classics (MGC) Introductory Concert Package

Join us for a specially designed package for PSA members and Affiliates who are not currently MGC subscribers. The offer includes seven concerts for the price of five, a free POPS voucher, and guaranteed discounted parking all for the price of $67.73 to $234.33 depending on day and seat selection. Call 412. 392.4900 or 800.743.8560 to subscribe. 

Informal gatherings, PSA SPARKLERS, are offered post-concert on the evening of each of these 7 performances at downtown venues.  All PSA/AFFILIATE members and their guests are invited to join this gathering to socialize with their friends and musicians.  Watch your e-mail for details prior to each performance.  For further information contact the PSA Hotline at  412.392.3303. 

Click here to download the PSA subscription series informational flyer (Adobe PDF format)

Fine Instrument Fund

The PSA's Fine Instrument Fund (FIF), established in 1984, assists the PSO by purchasing instruments for use by the musicians while under contract with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Since its inception, the FIF has purchased a Hinger timpani, a Steinway Grand Piano, a Galanti organ, Zildjian cymbals, four rotary trumpets, three Wagner tubas, four rotary trumpet cases, four Clevanlander timpani, a basset horn, a Lyon Healy Harp, and a Shiedmayer celesta.

In May 2010, the PSA completed the purchase of a marimba one® five-octave marimba designed to PSO specifications. We will continue to work with the PSO to identify future fine instrument purchases. In addition to generous donations, the FIF generates funds through the sale of Commemorative Cards, a distinctive way to acknowledge birthdays, graduations, weddings, births, anniversaries and memorials. Your donations are welcome and encouraged.

A package of 10 Fine Instrument Cards can be purchased for $90 by calling the Pittsburgh Symphony Association hotline at 412.392.3303 and leaving your name and contact number.

Board of Directors