““PSC is a great enthusiastic audience that really comes for the music and that lives for every note.””

““Having left NY four years ago, after living here for 17 years, this moment, this [concert] feels like such a quintessentially NY experience and I hope that you all don’t take it for granted. It’s really extraordinary what’s happening here, and what’s been happening for 125 years.””

“It’s always wonderful to be back making music for this audience”

“We love coming back to Peoples’ Symphony and sharing our explorations and musical journeys with the audience, which always has such reverence and appreciation for the music.”

“It’s been a highlight of our season for decades... it has been an honor sharing this music with all of you at PSC. As a student I used to come to Peoples’ Symphony Concerts all the time, I heard so many wonderful musicians like Serkin and the Budapest Quartet and Schneider, I think it was 50 cents or something. Later when we got to play for PSC, you got the sense not only of being such a great part of this historic series along with our mentors, you feel that whole history and connection in the audience as well as so many of the audience members have been there for decades and decades seeing this whole lineage unfold. It’s really an amazing thing to be a part of and it’s a very unique audience, there’s absolutely nothing like it!”

“Robert Mann said when they were students they couldn’t afford to go to Carnegie Hall and it was such a thrill for them to be able to go to Washington Irving and hear their idols and actually put down their quarters and buy a ticket. It shows how much the concerts mean to students as well as so many audience members”

“Peoples’ Symphony Concerts is such an important part of the New York City fabric. Look at all of the offerings that Peoples’ Symphony has going forward in the future!”