Give the gift of music to young people through our HEAR initiative! Each year, The Philadelphia Orchestra introduces thousands of students and young people to classical music, many for the first time, through education and community programs that are part of our HEAR initiative. HEAR enriches and shapes young minds, opening students to the joy and beauty of music and to a powerful new art form that many pursue throughout their lives. Your gifts to the Annual Fund support our HEAR initiative and fund such programs as: • Health: Providing healing and comfort through small-group music therapy sessions by our musicians at Broad Street Ministry, in collaboration with Temple University • Education: Supporting the All-City Orchestra and the School District of Philadelphia, as well as instrumental ensembles in partnership with the KIPP Charter Schools, and identifying and training young talent through the Albert M. Greenfield Student Competition and Side-by-Side rehearsals • Access: Increasing access to music through Family, School, Sound All Around, and PopUP Concerts; Free Neighborhood Concerts; and PlayINs; as well as through our eZseatU free-ticket program for college students and our TeenTix program for high-school students • Research: Assuring maximum impact of our programs through evaluation and dialogue
Please help the Orchestra provide the gift of music through a generous gift to the Annual Fund. The cost of your ticket covers only a portion of the Orchestra’s annual operating budget—we depend upon the generosity of donors to make important educational programs like the HEAR initiative open and accessible to as many young people as possible.
Contribute online: www.philorch.org Contribute by phone: 215.893.3151 Contribute by mail: The Philadelphia Orchestra Annual Fund One South Broad Street, 14th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 Please make checks payable to “The Philadelphia Orchestra”
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For questions or comments, please e-mail development@philorch.org.