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Peoples' Symphony Concerts Dedicated to providing high-caliber artists to the public for affordable prices since 1900.

Peoples’ Symphony Concerts mission is to serve the citizens of the New York area who are on a limited budget by presenting classical music performances of the highest caliber at affordable ticket prices.

We offer three in-person and online series of six concerts for as little as $56 (less than $10 per concert)!

The Peoples’ Symphony Concerts series was founded in 1900 by the conductor Franz Arens, with the purpose of bringing the best music to students and workers for minimum prices. That winter, more than 7,000 people jammed into the old hall at Cooper Union to hear Mr. Arens, the son of an immigrant farmer, conduct his series of five Peoples' Symphony Concerts. Subscriptions for the five concerts ranged from $.25 to $1.25 and single tickets went for as little as $0.10 each. A conducting student in Europe who had been too poor to attend many concerts in his youth, Arens returned to New York determined to find a way to bring music to students, teachers, workers, and others unable to pay modern ticket prices. Since those early years, hundreds of thousands of Peoples' Symphony Concerts audience members have heard the world's foremost concert artists and ensembles at the lowest admission prices of any major series in the country.

10/06/2026

“[Weinberg’s music is] deeply sincere and emotionally charged, exceptionally inventive and full of strong human emotions” says Marc Danel, founding first violinist of the .

The quartet has extensively performed and recorded the music of Mieczysław Weinberg, the mid-20th Century Polish composer who emigrated to the Soviet Union after his family perished in the Holocaust and became a close friend and colleague of Shostakovich. This excerpt from the beginning of the Lento of Weinberg’s Quartet No. 16 in A-flat, dedicated to his sister, was recorded with at The Town Hall in 2023.

The quartet returns to PSC to open our 2026-27 season and the Mann Series on Saturday, October 17 with Weinberg’s Second quartet, Shostakovich’s Eighth, and Beethoven Op. 59, No. 1 at the High School of Fashion Industries.

NEW Ticket buyers use access code WELCOME for $10 tickets at:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/peoplessymphonyconcerts/2425003

PSC Series, Single Tickets, and Unlimited Passes for Students and Essential Workers are all ON SALE NOW 🌟Our first conce...
10/02/2026

PSC Series, Single Tickets, and Unlimited Passes for Students and Essential Workers are all ON SALE NOW 🌟

Our first concert is just two weeks from tomorrow on Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 PM with the to open our 2026-27 Mann Series at Fashion Industries, followed by the Dover Quartet on Halloween (Saturday, October 31) to kick off our Arens Series at Washington Irving!

Come hear world-renowned musicians affordably with our keen and lively audience at PSC. Tickets are less than $10 per concert with any 2026-27 series ticket, or just $1.95/concert if you are a student or essential worker with our Unlimited Pass.

Single tickets are also available if one concert specifically piques your interest on our website pscny.org. New ticket buyers use access code WELCOME on our single ticket pages to get $10 tickets to our series opening dates (10/17, 10/31, 12/13).

Questions? Email us at [email protected] or call us at (212) 586-4680.

As the leaves start to turn, we at PSC get more and more excited to fill our concert halls this fall! T-minus 39 days un...
09/08/2026

As the leaves start to turn, we at PSC get more and more excited to fill our concert halls this fall! T-minus 39 days until our first concert of the season: the on October 17th at the High School of Fashion Industries!

More info and tickets are available at pscny.org

08/28/2026

When a sound is so breathtakingly beautiful, you can’t help but stop and listen.

Randall Goosby returns in 26-27 as our Resident Artist, including a recital with collaborator Zhu Wang 王铸 to close our Mann Series on Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 PM!

Check out the full season and SAVE on tickets with our three series.

08/05/2026

We’ve been waiting on this one for a while now…

Happy Fourth of July from all of us at PSC!As an organization that prides itself on its history, we believe it to the of...
07/05/2026

Happy Fourth of July from all of us at PSC!

As an organization that prides itself on its history, we believe it to the of the utmost importance to celebrate historic accomplishments like this and to reflect on our legacy and traditions, so that we may uphold them and continue to grow as we serve our communities in the future.

06/29/2026

We're still reminiscing about the Randall Goosby and Zhu Wang 王铸 Spring Recital in May!

Consider this a friendly reminder that as AI seems to keep expanding, real human talent and art will never be replaced.

Also, keep your ears peeled for a special PSC announcement coming soon...

Saturday's PSC debut with superstar violinist Randall Goosby and acclaimed pianist Zhu Wang includes a FREE Open Rehears...
04/29/2026

Saturday's PSC debut with superstar violinist Randall Goosby and acclaimed pianist Zhu Wang includes a FREE Open Rehearsal at 4:30 PM and a 7:30 PM Concert - only $20 General Admission or $10 for students and essential workers. Bring the whole family and enjoy their wonderful program of Beethoven 'Spring' Sonata plus works by Dvorak, Debussy, Amy Beach, and Harry T. Burleigh!

Randall Goosby, violin & Zhu Wang, piano – High School of Fashion Industries, 225 W 24th Street, Sat May 2, 2026 - This concert will take place at High School of Fashion Industries at 225 W 24th St, between 7th & 8th Aves. One of today’s most acclaimed violinists, Randall Goosby, and piano c...

UNFORGETTABLE - A double header weekend featuring pianist Richard Goode on Saturday evening and Dover Quartet on Sunday ...
04/14/2026

UNFORGETTABLE - A double header weekend featuring pianist Richard Goode on Saturday evening and Dover Quartet on Sunday afternoon!

If you don't have tickets yet, head to PSCNY.ORG and pay only $20 General Admission (Saturday) or $25 Rear-Side Seats (Sunday) or $10 for Students/ Essential Workers.

Details ⬇️

Saturday, April 18 at 7:30 PM
Richard Goode, piano
Beethoven Diabelli Variations & Schubert B-flat, D960
High School of Fashion Industries, 225 West 24th St, between 7th & 8th Aves

Sunday, April 19 at 2 PM
Dover Quartet
Schubert, Bacewicz, Mendelssohn Op. 80
The Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St between B'way and 6th Ave

Tickets at PSCNY.ORG

Address

16 West 36th Street, Suite 1205
New York, NY
10018

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+12125864680

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