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“There’s an app for that” now rings true for us—we’ve launched an app that allows our fans and followers to browse our upcoming season and more from mobile phones and tablets. Among the features of the app, visitors can purchase tickets for individual performances or watch Orchestra videos, such as this one of Yannick discussing the guest conductors and soloists that will appear during the 2013-14 season.

The Philadelphia Orchestra presented the C. Hartman Kuhn Award to Acting Associate Principal Cello Yumi Kendall at a special ceremony during its subscription concert on May 4, 2013. Philadelphia Orchestra Association Board Chairman Richard B. Worley presented the Award, which was established in 1941 and named for a charter member of the Board of Directors who served from 1901 to 1933.

It’s hard to believe but it’s been almost 50 years since the Orchestra last performed in Princeton, NJ, and we’re coming back! On July 17, 2013, William and Judith Scheide welcome The Philadelphia Orchestra for their Fifth Annual Scheide “Midsummer Celebration” concert at 8:00 PM in Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall.

Settlement Music School was the site of Yannick's latest visit with music students and leaders in the community, as he learns more about Philadelphia's rich and varied musical life. Greeted warmly at the door by Settlement's executive director, Helen Eaton, and retired Philadelphia Orchestra Associate Principal Viola Sidney Curtiss, Yannick and Orchestra President and CEO Allison Vulgamore spent time in discussion with Ms. Eaton and Board member Ben Auger, who shared Settlement's history, mission, and current initiatives.

“Wow.” That’s how Stephanie Brandow, newly-named president of the Volunteer Committees for The Philadelphia Orchestra, describes her first time hearing the Orchestra. “It was remarkable—like going to Disneyland for the first time.”