Peoples' Symphony Concerts

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.

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

Louis Armstrong meets Dvorak this Saturday at PSC! NY's most affordable concert series Peoples' Symphony Concerts - pscn...
04/10/2026

Louis Armstrong meets Dvorak this Saturday at PSC!

NY's most affordable concert series Peoples' Symphony Concerts - pscny.org - celebrates America@250 on Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 PM with David Ostwald and Terra String Quartet playing Armstrong Classics & Dvorak's American Quartet at High School of Fashion Industries - 225 West 24th St.

Tickets are $20 at pscny.org -212-586-4680 or at the door.

"There are 2 kinds of music - good music & bad music." L. Armstrong

Our April gets a little more beautiful starting this Saturday with a Celebration of America @ 250, featuring PSC's very ...
04/08/2026

Our April gets a little more beautiful starting this Saturday with a Celebration of America @ 250, featuring PSC's very first jazz and string quartet pairing with Birdland favorites David Ostwald David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band and the wonderful Terra String Quartet!

Have you ever heard American spirituals, jazz favorites, and Dvorak's 'American' Quartet on the same program? Don't miss it on Saturday night at Fashion Industries!

The month of exquisite and affordable live music continues on April 18 when our Resident Artist Richard Goode gives us Beethoven Diabelli and Schubert B-Flat Sonata, April 19 with Dover Quartet at the Town Hall, and April 25 with the long awaited return of the Jerusalem Quartet to PSC.

Tickets, programs, and more details at PSCNY.ORG!

Happy Birthday, Frank! We are so happy to celebrate your 90th today with you and grateful for all your contributions and...
04/02/2026

Happy Birthday, Frank! We are so happy to celebrate your 90th today with you and grateful for all your contributions and accomplishments as PSC's manager for over fifty years.

Come join us and wish Frank HBD in person on Saturday, Apr 11 at 7:30 PM at High School of Fashion Industries for Celebrating America @ 250 or any of our upcoming concerts this Spring!

📅 at PSCNY.ORG

Join us on Sat 3/21 at Fashion Industries for the PSC debut of pianist Aaron Diehl, who is "dedefining" the lines betwee...
03/18/2026

Join us on Sat 3/21 at Fashion Industries for the PSC debut of pianist Aaron Diehl, who is "dedefining" the lines between classical and jazz repertoire. As part of our celebration of America@250, Aaron brings us a program of Ragtime and Harlem Stride, from James P. Johnson to Scott Joplin and more!

Sat, March 21 at 7:30 PM
AARON DIEHL, PIANO
HS of Fashion Industries, 225 W 24th St NYC

🎟 🎫 pscny.org/diehl

Join us for a musical February, kicking off this Sunday with at ! Sun Feb 1 at 2 PM - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet at The...
01/28/2026

Join us for a musical February, kicking off this Sunday with at !

Sun Feb 1 at 2 PM - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet at The Town Hall

Sat Feb 7 at 7:30 PM - Juilliard String Quartet at Fashion Industries

Sun Feb 22 at 2 PM - Pianist Richard Goode is joined by Anthony McGill, clarinet, and Sarah Shafer, piano in a program of Schubert and Brahms in tribute to Benita Valente at The Town Hall

Our always affordable tickets start at $20 for the Saturday concert and $25 for Sundays--or watch online with a $20 virtual ticket (delayed broadcast) for six days after the performance.

Tickets & Programs ----> PSCNY.ORG

12/12/2025

Here's a taste of Brahms for your Friday afternoon - join us tomorrow for the full concert with Espressivo! Piano Quartet featuring Mozart, Brahms and Dvorak!

TICKETS---> pscny.org/esp25

It's been a wonderful year of chamber music here at PSC and we hope to see you all again in 2026.

12/10/2025

SATURDAY at FASHION INDUSTRIES: our annual visit from ! Come join us for delicious Brahms, Mozart & Dvorak and end 2025 with your PSC friends and family. We hope you enjoy this clip from the virtual concert coming out Monday.

Saturday December 13 at 730 PM
HSFI, 225 W 24th St, between 7th & 8th Aves

🎟 🎫 🎟: pscny.org/esp25

🔥This Sunday , come hear the WORLD PREMIERE of a fascinating new work for clarinet and string quartet by James Lee III, ...
12/05/2025

🔥This Sunday , come hear the WORLD PREMIERE of a fascinating new work for clarinet and string quartet by James Lee III, "Humanity's Essential Gems," commissioned for by Peoples' Symphony Concerts

❤️ Enjoy also the wonderfully romantic Brahms Clarinet Quintet and Beethoven's Op. 18, No. 6 Quartet with McGill and the exciting young

✨️ Be there for the opening concert in the amazing 6-concert Salomon Series, which also includes ; a Brahms/ Schubert program with pianist Richard Goode; soprano Sarah Shafer and clarinetist Anthony McGill; ; and

🎫🎫🎫🎫🎫🎫Experience it all for the most unbelievable prices anywhere: as little as $9.50 per concert with a 6-concert Series Ticket for $58!

🎟Single tickets for Sunday are $25 and $30, but for only $33 more, you get to hear FIVE more remarkable concerts--don't sleep on these amazing prices to hear incredible music and world premieres in NYC!

More info at pscny.org/jl3

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

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+12125864680

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