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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society feat. Marquise Lindsey-Bradley · philly has heART

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Hey, Robert. Hey, Lucinda. What'd you get into
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this weekend? We got to go to an amazing Phillies
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game on Sunday. The weather was beautiful. I
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ate all the food. I even got the ice cream in
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the cup. Oh, I saw the story. You have to. I
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added the red and white sprinkles. It was delicious.
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Delicious. Also got a cheesesteak. Also had peanuts.
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Also had a couple brews. What else did I have?
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Oh, John had... Manco Mancos, right? Yeah, Manco
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Mancos. I mean, we ate our way through this stadium,
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but another thing about this stadium is the art
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that's around there. There's so many different
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murals and statues. There's also fan art as well
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as some great tile work throughout the stadium
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that's kind of like sharing the story of Philadelphia
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along the way. Not even mentioning the player
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statues and the Harry Callis statue that's there.
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All the Hall of Fame or Wall of Fame stuff. It
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was really cool to kind of see the city being
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brought together. Even the symbol of the Liberty
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Bell as a home run is hit. dings the Liberty
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Bell. Like the art and the symbols are even pulled
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through the sports world. And it was so kind
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of fitting to see that public art this weekend
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to then find out today or I guess two days from
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now when you listen to this pod. We're recording
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Monday. Yes. Jane Golden herself after 42 years,
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I believe, as head of mural arts is going to
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step down as executive director of the mural
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arts program. I saw that headline and at first
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I was shocked and I was wondering, you know,
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was there a scandal? But then the sub headline
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was after 42 years. And I was like, Jesus Christ,
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that's longer than I have been alive. Oh, yeah,
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it's it's insane. I mean, she has been such a
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woven in piece of the Philadelphia community,
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just, and in the Philadelphia Inquirer article
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today, guess who was quoted? Meg. Meg. Love her.
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Love Meg. You know, in creating the largest public
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art that all started with a graffiti cover -up
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program and grew from there. Okay, moving on.
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It was a great weekend in the city. And with
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that, onto the conversation. Greetings. This
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is Robert Marsh and you're listening to Philly
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Has Heart podcast. In this podcast, we sit down
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with artists, gallerists, educators, curators,
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and other creatives who comprise the Philadelphia
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art world. to discuss upcoming performances,
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exhibits, and other events and initiatives that
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are not to be missed. The art scene in Philadelphia
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is so rich that it can seem daunting. Consider
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this your weekend cultural recommendation. With
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me always is my producer, Lucinda Deggerlin.
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Hello, hello. And today we have Marquise Lindsay
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Bradley of Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.
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Robert, Lisanda, thanks for having me. Thank
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you for coming in. This is great. Marquise, can
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you let us know a little bit about yourself and
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your origin story that brought you to Philadelphia
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Chamber Music Society? Well, starting a little
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bit further back in the day, I grew up here in
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Philly. I consider myself privileged having done
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so, growing up in the Alany section of the city.
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And I first got my introduction to music. at
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the Grover Washington Junior Middle School where
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I started playing clarinet. And for those who
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don't know, Grover Washington Junior was a legendary
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saxophonist who is largely credited as the inventor
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of smooth jazz. From being in that school, I
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was able to just kind of have music. in my life
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even in just kind of in the background and then
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eventually I found my way to the band room naturally
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wanting to play the saxophone. And our music
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teacher there he tells me you know we're all
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out of saxophones here's a clarinet if you want
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to play that then at some point down the line
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you can learn the saxophone pretty easily and
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so I took him up on the offer and From the first
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note I played, it felt like the clarinet had
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found me. Pretty much from that point on, I made
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it my business to be a part of any music organization.
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that the city had to offer and that led me to
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Temple Music Prep to take private lessons, Settlement
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Music School for chamber music, and the Creative
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and Performing Arts High School, also known as
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CAPA, to really dive into music and just make
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that my thing. All through high school, I was
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playing in ensembles like the... district, region,
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state bands and orchestras, the city orchestras
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and competitions. That was my thing. That was
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my jam. And also alongside that, I was able to
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join an entrepreneurship program that really
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was kind of the beginning of my administrative
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work. And my friends and I drew this entrepreneurship
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program. we started a chamber orchestra, we called
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it the Center City Chamber Orchestra, and there
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we got the opportunity and experience and budgeting
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and putting on events and concerts and finding
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venues and getting musicians to come together
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and, you know, these are all high school musicians.
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It's a lot to handle. It was a lot to handle.
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We had to sell people on it. There are folks
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who are like, you know, we already play in the
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Philly Youth Orchestra and we're all in this
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ensemble together. Why won't we go to more rehearsals
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and get our parents to drive us to yet another
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thing during the week? And we said, well, we
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have food. That's how you get them there. Right.
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And you know, at that age, you give a group of
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kids $500 and a dream. And that's what we had
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to get that off the ground. at every corner of
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my life, music was there and just providing so
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much value. One of the more meaningful things
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in addition to the education experience was the
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relationships around the music, both with my
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peers and my friends. We were doing this together.
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This was like our thing. We'd go to school and
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then after school, we'd have rehearsals, stop
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at the halal cart and then go home and practice.
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And that was really what got me into music and
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had that spark in me that told me I'm gonna be
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doing this for a long time. And I eventually
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went to study at the Cleveland Institute of Music
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and Case Western Reserve University, where I
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got to, of course, elevate my game as a clarinetist,
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but also dive into business management and understanding
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the nuts and bolts of running a business. And
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eventually... I graduated and the other side
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of those relationships really started to show
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their value and my mentors were huge for me.
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Throughout high school and beyond, they were
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always there supporting me either through private
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lessons and being able to study and get coachings
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from Philly Orchestra musicians or just getting
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some advice and mentorship from executive directors
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of their own nonprofits or musicians who were
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freelancing and making it work. that way and
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adjunct professor here and there so I just had
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so many connections in the music world and I
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felt like there was a net of support for me and
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so once I finished school I had a very unique
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experience in that people were calling my phone
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saying Marquise, we know you're graduating. What
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are you doing? Where are you going? What's next?
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And that led me to my first job out of school
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with the Alany Culture Lab. And they brought
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me on as a concert curator. So it was kind of
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a full circle moment to be able to go back to
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my home neighborhood and start a community concert
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series. And that. eventually led me to doing
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more community concerts and joining another organization
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until eventually the right partnership with PCMS
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came along and I was invited to apply for a role
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there as a marketing engagement director and
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bringing in, of course, all of my experiences
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from being in the city and the relationships
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around the city was really the perfect match
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for what PCMS was looking for in building deeper
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relationships and connections. with Philadelphians
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and I was able to step into the role and really
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grow my skill set and also expand on more of
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those relationships and it's been a dream really
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come true to be here and doing this work. We
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have such amazing... musical community around
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Philadelphia, especially when it comes to music
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education. Sometimes it's the first thing that
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gets cut at a school, but at the same time we
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have very strong music -led and arts -led schools,
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magnet schools in the city that still have very
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high attendance and great teachers in there as
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well. And it's incredible to see some of the
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products that then and come out of that, those
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opportunities as well as the connections that
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are made, because it seems like the entire music
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community just lifts everyone up. Yeah, and you
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know, that's really... Unique to Philly. I heard
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from my friends who are coming from DC who are
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coming from New York and Baltimore where You
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know, it's it can be a little bit cutthroat,
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right? And you know, it's people don't want to
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share opportunities and resources but and only
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one first chair, but really my experience has
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been the opposite people are always looking to
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lift up others and especially the more seasoned
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professionals here, they really are great at
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creating space for other musicians to get in
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the limelight, take the stage. And you know what,
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even if you mess up, that's okay. It's about
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the experience, especially early on. And I'm
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glad that I had some really good places to succeed,
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but more importantly, to fail and learn from
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those experiences. There's no amount of money
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that could have gotten me that really. was those
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strong relationships that started for me as a
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teenager that are still helping me grow now.
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Chamber music can... you helped describe that
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for our audience. Yes, chamber music. It's pretty
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niche in terms of a genre, but chamber music
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is a genre of classical music that features small
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ensembles. So think trios, quartets and quintets.
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And unlike a full orchestra where you have sometimes
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90 plus musicians on stage all sharing a part
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with chamber music, each musician is playing
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their own part. One of the key things you'll
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notice when you're attending a chamber concert
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is that there's no conductor so each musician
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has to really be locked in and bring their a
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game to every performance because they have to
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stay together and You know, you can't be the
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person at the back of a second violin section
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Just kind of the dozing off the violas has to
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be hitting those eighth notes each and every
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time and That makes for a really fun experience
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to watch from the audience perspective because
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you get to see the musicians communicating with
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each other whether that's the eye contact or
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breathing together and you know some it's always
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funny you know some musicians express with their
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shoulders and elbow or their their eyebrows and
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you get to see the emotion and just really the
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intricate communication that takes place on stage
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that you end up missing out on in orchestra sometimes
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either because you're just sitting so far away
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or because you can't really see that and the
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musicians aren't really tuned in all the time
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in that way. But in chamber music, no one gets
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a hall pass. You gotta be there the whole time.
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Get the page turning. Right. And so it's really
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a beautiful art form where you can see throughout
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the repertoire all of the great composers to
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Mozart's to Beethoven's were early innovators
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of the genre. through today, there are composers
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like Jesse Montgomery, Valerie Coleman, who are
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two of my favorites, who are still writing and
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innovating in this genre. And you get to see
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the musicians kind of let loose in a way that
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you don't always get to do when you're in an
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orchestra and, you know, there are 90 of you.
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So you one one person deviating or trying to
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be a little more expressive, which is something
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they feel they can't always do that. But in chamber
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music, the musicians as individuals, that's where
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they get the shine and just take those liberties
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from the audience I think that we see that it's
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almost like with the intimacy of the performance
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it's almost like you're on stage with the musicians
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with how close you can get especially a smaller
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recital hall and of course the the historical
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context here is in chamber musics that they'd
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be performing in the chamber of a royal court
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or in a church and we of course are now in recital
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halls PCMS we we always keep the intimacy of
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our venues across everywhere we perform. Speaking
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of performances, we are starting our new season
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at PCMS. And this would be our 40th year. And
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we have a large breadth of programs. Can you
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go into some of the programs that are going to
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be shared this year? Yes. Bear with me, everyone,
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because we present 50 concerts between October
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through May. I know what that sounds like. It's
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like going on Netflix and you're like, I don't
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know with the watch. There's just too much to
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choose. And we're here to help. When you visit
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PCMS, you're going to see a whole lot going on.
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Pianists, vocalists, string quartets, solo recitals.
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And there's something in there for everyone.
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I have to mention our opening night, October
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16th, featuring the Sphinx, Richard Wosy, and
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Sterling Elliott. That will be a really exciting
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concert and a great way to get introduced to
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chamber music if this is new for you. It's a
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bit of a larger chamber ensemble, no conductor,
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and it'll feature Sterling Elliott, whose career
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has just exploded over the years. He's a recent
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graduate of the Juilliard School, and that concert
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will be really phenomenal. The music is mostly
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by Living Compose. So you can feel the energy
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in a room and it's always a great way to start
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our season and open up the concert series and
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some other concerts to look forward to this season.
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We'll have actually the drum roll please. Our
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first Young Friends event of the season will
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be on November 6th with the Modigliani Quartet.
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Don't be fooled. They are not Italian. They're
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actually Frenchmen. If you come to this concert,
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not only will you be able to see the musicians
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on stage, but stick around for our post -concert
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reception, have a drink with us and the musicians.
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We love an artist talk. Yes. We love the meet
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and greets, and that's always a fun feature of
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our Young Friends events. And since we're on
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the topic of Young Friends, I'm sure you all
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want to know how to get tickets to this. Yes,
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we do. I'll let you in on a secret. One of the
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best, if not the best offer. for any subscription
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in the city has to be PCMS's Young Friends Pass.
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For $80. What? $80, people. $80, you're hearing
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me correctly. For $80, you get unlimited access
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to our full 50 concert season. All 50? Sounds
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so nice, you gotta say it twice. That Young Friends
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subscription is for which ages? So our Young
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Friends Pass is for audiences between the age
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of 22 to 40. And that, once again, gets you access
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to all of our concerts. If you are not between
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that age, but you are a student, then you get
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an even better value. You can get a $40 pass,
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a $40 student pass, same deal, unlimited access
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to our season, less than a dollar per performance.
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And of course, for our more seasoned folks out
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there, You can always get access to our unlimited
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season pass, which is a $500 rate. Once again,
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all of our concerts and the value can't be beat
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here. If an individual wanted to do a little
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bit more exploring and just wanted to do one
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or two this upcoming season, are there just some
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pop -in tickets? Our single tickets are on sale
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now. For $27 to $32, you can get single tickets
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for individual concerts and you can find all
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of our concerts listed on our website at PCMSConcerts
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.org and there you'll see everyone who's coming
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up and look at their programs and also you can
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look on our website on individual product pages.
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You can take a look at the Spotify playlist that
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has each. Program that's brilliant. I love that
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guys. I cannot get over What a great value These
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tickets are either by subscription or by single
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ticket and whose idea was that? It was really
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something that has always been a part of the
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organization back when Tony Chakri our founding
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artistic director Started PCMS. It was really
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all wrapped around this goal of making world
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-class chamber music accessible to people from
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all walks of life. That sentiment has permeated
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through the organization since then, and though,
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of course, we've raised our prices since 1985,
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we really aim to make that ticket price accessible
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to... all Philadelphians and this is evident
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of course in the pricing of our Young Friends
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Pass. We want you to come to PCMS and we'd like
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you to come often. We want to welcome you not
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just with the low price points but with the sense
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of camaraderie you get from attending concerts
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and getting to meet other patrons and connecting
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with the staff where we're real people too and
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when you come up to get your ticket I should
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mention, we're one of the few acts in town that
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will still give you a paper ticket. So no online
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PDFs. If you want to keepsake, we'll have it
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for you. You come up to our box office table.
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We'll learn your name. We'll remember you. And
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that is really the society part. I know that
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that word can have some extra meanings, but really
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for us, that society is about community, both
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with other patrons and with the artists as they
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come year after year. There are folks who are
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our core subscribers who have been attending
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since our founding year and they've gotten to
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see some of the most phenomenal string quartets
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grow old together and maybe some, you know, new
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members here and there and that's an opportunity
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I think for our young friends who are watching
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some quartets make their debuts this year. coming
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back year after year and seeing how the ensembles
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grow and how the music matures in their approach
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to playing the great works of Beethoven and Mozart
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and Haydn, how that just refines over time. It's
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really something special that you can't really
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take for granted. It's something that I think
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we all owe Tony a big thank you for. For just
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starting this one day because he just said, why
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can't, why do we have to go to New York to hear
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the best pianist? Why can't they come here? And
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since then, we've given them a home in Philadelphia.
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I love it, I love it. Celebrating 40 years this
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year, is there a crucial special event we should
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look out for? Yeah, right in the middle of our
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season and at the beginning of the new year January
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8 and 9 We will collaborate with ballet X who
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I know you guys have had on the show before They
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are really phenomenal. If you guys haven't seen
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them, this will be an excellent opportunity to
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do so on January 8 and 9 We'll present ballet
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X with ensemble 132 with a reimagined version
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of Petrushka one of Stravinsky's most famous
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ballets and it really will be something you don't
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want to miss. from the dancer's perspective,
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Amy Hall Garner is there a resident choreographer
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and she's been working tirelessly to make this
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really feel like something new, right? You know,
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the 21st century adaptation of an age old ballet
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and we'll get to see how she takes her own twist
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on the story and there's magic, there's lust,
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there's the hot blooded passion that I think,
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you know, the ballet really evokes. the best
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and then the music alongside it from the ensemble
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right on stage will really make for, especially
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for our chamber music audiences, it's going to
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make for a very memorable evening. And is that
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going to be at the Susie and Roberts Theater?
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So this will be at Pearlman Theater, PCMS's home.
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So we'll welcome Ballet X to our house. And of
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course. You'll have to join us for a drink afterwards,
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meet some of the dancers. Marquise, thank you.
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The season sounds absolutely amazing. The ticket
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opportunities are absolutely incredible for the
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city. People have many different options to either
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dip their feet in or dive into the deep end.
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Where can people find PCMS, both online and in
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real life? You can find us online at our website.
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That's PCMSConcerts with an S dot org. Or you
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can follow us on Instagram at PCMSConcerts. I'm
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gonna assume that most of us are not using Facebook
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every day, but same name, you know where to find
23:20
us. Or you can give us a call at 215 -569 -8080.
23:26
One of our box office staff will pick up the
23:28
phone and they will be happy to walk through
23:30
the ticket buying process with you, help you
23:32
find your seat, and really find the best concert
23:35
for you. You can also visit us in real life.
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IRL and this will this is this is always fun
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when people walk into the office It's it's a
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great it's a great brain break for all of us
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who are behind our desk And you know you come
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and get your tickets try out some of our M &Ms
23:53
Look at our bobblehead collection. It's always
23:55
a retreat guys will come into the office. We
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do invite you in 1528 Walnut Street Sweet 301,
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come up, say hello, get some tickets, and get
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to meet some of the folks behind the scenes.
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Rapid fire questions. Let's go for it. Let's
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do it. If you could describe the Philly art scene
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in one word. Love. Cheesesteaks, with whiz, or
24:16
without? Without whiz, and that is the hill I
24:20
will die on. That's all right, that's all right.
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Shots fired. I'll take it. Do you have a favorite
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spot? Too controversial? Mm -mm. Okay. Max's.
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Broad and eerie, right around there. The measure
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is, if you're afraid you might get shot, you're
24:35
gonna get a delicious cheese pie. Yes, 100%.
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If it's under a bridge or a subway, yes. If you
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could pick one instrument other than the clarinet
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or the saxophone to learn and work on exclusively
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for the rest of your life, what would it be?
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I'd have to say the cello. That's because the
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cello is just the sexiest instrument. Both in
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sound and in appearance while you're playing.
25:03
You know, you can do your head movements and
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it just looks so like, you know, just, ah, you're
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so cool. When you watch a cello, you can do the
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hair wave. You can just rip the bow off the string
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for the big finish. It's, yeah, I love it. Also
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interjection. It's the only string instrument
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that is played while sitting down. Yes. My running
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joke is I wish I played a string instrument so
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I can cry while I practice. You know, you just
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save so much time. The Suzuki kids will understand.
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F. Mary Kill, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven. Well,
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if you've ever seen Amadeus, then you probably
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know Mozart's a freak, so I'd probably pick him.
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I'd marry Bach. He was a real family man. We'd
25:54
kill Beethoven. He's done. Yeah, he's too temperamental
25:56
for me. I feel like he'd be a little edgy. He
25:59
might try to kill me first. Favorite Philadelphia
26:03
neighborhood? I got to say Alany. You have to.
26:05
Born and raised? Favorite Philadelphia based
26:08
musician people are sleeping on? I'm going to
26:11
go with Heroic Turf. He's a saxophonist and he's
26:15
been in Philly for quite some time now. He has
26:17
a debut album, 10 ,000 Hours. You can check that
26:20
out on all streaming platforms. He's been really
26:23
an inspiration for me and just I love listening
26:25
to his music, going to hear him live around the
26:28
city. And of course, he's been on his tours and
26:31
like the whole thing. It's been great watching
26:33
his career explode. But I think that he can still
26:36
use some more love from from folks in the city.
26:38
We'll link him. Set the scene. The building is
26:40
on fire, but is empty. people and the ensemble
26:43
has left their instruments behind in said burning
26:46
building. Which instrument are you saving and
26:50
running out with? The most expensive violin I
26:53
can find. So many musicians are faced with the
26:58
conundrum at a certain age where you go, do I
27:01
buy an instrument or do I buy a house? Favorite
27:09
beverage of the moment? I've been enjoying those
27:13
Celsius drinks. I did a long drive recently and
27:17
I had like one of those at the very beginning
27:19
and then six hours later I'm still going. I can't
27:22
drink it every day. But yeah, the Celsius, they've
27:25
been... just putting that thing everywhere and
27:28
I'm drinking it. I like them. Marquis, thank
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you so much for your time today. Everyone, please
27:34
check out Chamber Music Society. It's going to
27:37
be an incredible season. 40 years and they're
27:41
still going. Yeah, we're middle aged and we're
27:43
in our prime. We're loving it. Thanks so much.
27:46
Thank you. stopped rolling with Marquis. We actually
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sat around and talked for a solid 20 more minutes
28:07
with both him and Chelsea, who is the managing
28:14
and education director at the Philadelphia Chamber
28:18
Music Society. Shout out to Chelsea because a
28:22
whopping six months ago when we started to talk
28:25
to people about this idea and whether they would
28:28
be willing to trust us for our conversation she
28:31
was one of the first people who said yes and
28:35
we want to promote our Young Friends program.
28:38
Oh yeah it was incredible and she invited us
28:41
to one of their Young Friends programs and I
28:44
got a chance to see it. live and in person and
28:48
they are doing some incredible incredible work.
28:53
I don't know how they've scheduled 50 different
28:57
performances. It's amazing and the the individuals
29:04
and the subscription holders are so dedicated
29:09
to the work that they're putting on. So it was
29:13
really great. really fun. They're such a great
29:16
group. Mm hmm. I can't wait to to dive into the
29:21
season this year. Yeah. I'm going to take Marquise's
29:24
advice and try to get tickets to the opening
29:28
to the opening to the Young Friends Night in
29:34
November. Yep. And then to the Ballet X Petrushka.
29:39
That'd be great. Yeah. So what do we got going
29:42
on this weekend? From Paris to Provence French
29:46
painting at the barns an exhibition of Monet
29:49
Cezanne van Gogh and other Frenchies until August
29:52
31st nice Originally distincts exhibition. I'm
29:58
me. Who are you at pie gallery is on until August
30:02
30th Lauren Sepore's exhibition flightless bird
30:06
headed east at Muse Gallery until August 31st
30:10
Take it over Lucy Henderson's exhibition Cornerstone
30:14
at Jane Gallery until the end of August. Boom!
30:20
Exhibition at Philadelphia Museum of Art until
30:22
September 1st. Brand By Additions Innovation
30:26
and Screen Printing exhibition at the PMA until
30:29
November 16th. Robert, we have an exciting event
30:33
coming up. The Philly has Heart podcast. That's
30:37
us. Yeah. We are teaming up with Bridget Meyer
30:39
Gallery for a preview of DC based artist Alan
30:43
Bentley's exhibition titled Flight. People pencil
30:47
this in 6 p .m. September 11th. Leave your wallet
30:51
at home because the drinks are on us. Just don't
30:54
buy a painting or do or do. There's a Bind Your
30:59
Own Book workshop at Brook Lanier Fine Art Gallery
31:02
on Friday, September 12th. And To Know Blue as
31:07
Blue by Scott Vredalis, who was put on our radar
31:10
by Brook, opening reception at 5U, that's the
31:14
number five and the letter U, on September 20th.
31:18
The 5U space was founded in 2024 in the Callow
31:22
Hill section of Philadelphia. And the gallery
31:25
prioritizes new work of emerging visual artists
31:28
who demonstrate a knowledge of visual history
31:31
and an interest in subject and space beyond convention.
31:36
Wait, hey, Robert, one more thing. Yeah. Have
31:39
you seen the new mural in Fishtown of. It's incredible.
31:45
I have not gone yet, but I have seen pictures.
31:50
The best part is like. Philadelphians just being
31:55
like taking you from their apartment to walk
31:59
to go see the new mural. Do you want to express
32:04
what it is? I would say it was a politically
32:07
driven mural of our United States vice president.
32:17
Of the United States vice president. Some of
32:19
us are not claiming it. Yeah. With a great interpretation
32:25
through the artist's lens of the true JD Vance.
32:32
And it is a jump scare if it shows up on your
32:34
phone out of nowhere. You're telling me. Woo.
32:38
Robert, are we done? I think so. Billy has heart.
32:42
And dart.