Well, I’m feeling a bit better after getting this tidbit of news today - the OSO has met its single-ticket sales goal of nearly $1.9 million! They’re also within striking distance of meeting their total ticket sales goal (single-ticket and subscriptions combined) of just over $5.3 million, and we’re only at the end of the first week of February!

Congratulations to the hard working, dedicated management staff who are doing such a fabulous job of making these goals a reality. It makes the hard work we do on stage a bit more rewarding than it already is when we see good news like this!

Chamber Music Northwest is offering free tickets to college students from around Oregon and SW Washington for their upcoming Carter-Messiaen Project concerts, coming up this January 25 - 27, 2008 at Kaul Auditorum at Reed College. For additional info, check the CMNW website or call their ticket office at 503-294-6400.

Interested full-time college students should surf over to www.cmnw.org/students and fill out the form. A pass will then appear on screen - simply print it out and bring it, along with a current student ID to the ticket table at the concert, and you’ll be inside for all the fun, absolutely free!

David Schiff, noted professor, composer and writer, has prepared an essay about the works presented during this project - click here to download a pdf file to print and read at home.

This came in from the Oregon Symphony’s Director of Marketing today:

We are running a special 2-for-1 ticket offer through Ticketmaster online for Songs of Travel. If you know anyone who might like to take advantage of this offer, please feel free to pass on the link and password. **Please note that this offer is only available online.

Oregon Symphony Kids Concert:
Songs of Travel
Sun., January 6 at 2 p.m.

No passport needed! Explore musical sights and sounds from across the globe. Joining us on our travels are 14-year-old violinist Brandon Garbot, Aratás Hungarian Folk Dance Ensemble and the Skyview High School Tropical Storm Steel Drum Ensemble.

Link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/rr2ggd  

Password: PASSPORT

I just received a press release from the Oregon Symphony outlining improved ticket sales (up only slightly from last year, but with six fewer concerts (36 vs. 39) presented it represents greater attendance per concert). Read the complete release below. [Read more →]

Just got this email forwarded from the OSO marketing team:

$10 Friends and Family offer
High-Wire High Jinks with the Oregon Symphony
Saturday, Nov 24 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov 25 at 3 p.m.; Monday, Nov 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
MarchFourth Marching Band

Safety Last, the classic silent movie with Harold Lloyd

Great family fun for the Thanksgiving weekend! The concert opens with high-energy big band spectacle. After intermission the Symphony provides live accompaniment to a perilous, pulse-racing silent film classic.

Visit http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/8o1dhi and enter the password
TURKEY to receive your $10 tickets today.

This will be a great concert, and for $10 - c’mon, it’s a steal!

$10 Friends and Family offer

Spanish Splendor with the Oregon Symphony

October 13-15

Carlos Kalmar, conductor

Patricia Risley, mezzo-soprano

Join us for an evening filled with mystery and surprise… love, passion and seduction. Featuring the cheerful, warm and lively music of Haydn, Berio and Falla.

Visit http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/f72zfm and enter the password SPANISH to receive your $10 tickets today.