Don’t Miss Out: The Philadelphia Orchestra Is Holding a Bunch of Pop-Up Concerts Today
Quick! Check out this schedule of free small ensembles to find one near you.
Musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra are holding free pop-up concerts across the city today after they called a strike before last Friday’s traditional Opening Night Gala.
To make amends, members of the orchestra are holding 20 concerts by small ensembles through 7:30 p.m. today, in locations like the Reading Terminal Market, the Free Library’s Rittenhouse Square branch, Temple University and The Porch at 30th Street Station.
Check out the orchestra’s website for more details. Here’s a schedule of today’s remaining concerts:
- 2:15 p.m. String Quartet
Rittenhouse Square Branch Library
1905 Locust Street - 3 p.m. String Quartet
Perkins Center for the Arts
Collingswood, New Jersey - 4 p.m. String Bass Quartet
Haddon Township Library - 5 p.m. String Quartet with English Horn and Bass
Elkins Central Train Station - 6 p.m. String Quartet with Clarinet
Triangle Plaza
23rd and South streets - 6 p.m. String Quartet with Oboe and Piano
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Bryn Mawr - 6:30 p.m. String Quartet with Bass and Piano
Murphy Hall, Stiteler Auditorium
Arcadia University - 7 p.m. String Quartet
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Chestnut Hill - 7:30 p.m. Wind Quartet
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College
Private performances:
- 2 p.m. String Quartet
Inglis House, 2600 Belmont Avenue - 5 p.m. String Duo
New College House, University of Pennsylvania
34th and Chestnut streets
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