Press Release - July 28, 2009
AFFORDABLE SEATING FOR ALL BAY-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY CONCERTS THROUGH PNC ARTS ALIVE GRANT
Bay-Atlantic Symphony ticket prices will become more affordable thanks to a $40,000 PNC Arts Alive grant awarded to the Symphony.
Because of this grant, which will be used to subsidize the cost of concert tickets, subscription concert tickets will be at the flat rate of $25 regardless of venue, seat location, or when the ticket is purchased.
It will also be used to keep tickets affordable for the Symphony’s Swinging with the Symphony event at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on September 24—a tribute to the “King of Swing” Benny Goodman with The Dave Bennett Sextet as guest artists and pianist Jeffrey Biegel performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.. Tickets for that event will be $65, $50, and $35.
“We are extremely proud and grateful for this grant, which will help to make our concerts more accessible to people in these tough economic times,” said Bay-Atlantic Symphony Executive Director Paul Herron. “Anything that enables us to bring great music to more people helps us in our mission.”
This grant is part of $1 million in grants given out this year by the PNC Foundation through its PNC Arts Alive program. This program is a five-year, $5 million investment designed to support visual and performing arts organizations. Its aim is to increase engagement in the arts and make the arts more accessible to diverse audiences in the Greater Philadelphia and Southern Jersey region.
“The PNC Foundation has a long history of providing grants to non-profit organizations that strengthen and enrich the lives of our neighbors,” said Bill Mills, regional president of PNC for Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. “We understand the valuable return that investing in the arts can deliver. Today more than ever, the businesses we attract, the jobs we create and the visitors who extend their stay are drawn by what the Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey region has to offer.”
For more information on the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, please call (856) 451-1169 or visit the Symphony’s website at www.bayatlanticsymphony.org.
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