http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationNEWS...www.okcphilharmonic.orgMichelle Wintershttp://www.okcphilharmonic.orgWed, 22 May 2013 09:07:24 GMTNEWS...Tue, 07 May 2013 17:58:03 GMTSend Us Your Phil Photos!http://www.okcphilharmonic.org/send-us-your-phil-photosTue, 07 May 2013 05:00:00 GMTMichelle WintersMichelle WintersWe would love to share your pictures from Philharmonic events! If you'd like to share too, send your pic to tickets@okcphilharmonic.org.

At a concert... at the Symphony Show House... at an Instrument Playground -- we'd love to see!

]]>http://www.okcphilharmonic.org/send-us-your-phil-photosRenew Your Season Tickets Onlinehttp://www.okcphilharmonic.org/subscriber-renewals-are-in-the-mailTue, 05 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMTMichelle WintersMichelle WintersRenewals are in the mail for current subscribers at the Philharmonic. Get your tickets now for the 2013-2014 Season of Classics and Pops concerts! Check the links below for information and watch this website as details are posted.

We're headlining the Inasmuch Classics Series with cellist YO-YO MA performing on April 5, 2014. But there's more as we welcome pianists Conrad Tao, Andrew Von Oeyen and Garrick Ohlsson. Violinists Sarah Chang and Jennifer Koh are featured and we are excited to welcome the return of Norman native, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, who performs with flutist Marina Piccinini.

The Oklahoman Pops Series features the incomparable Neil Sedaka  in April, 2014,  but opens in November with Jack Everly conducting "Sci-Fi Spectacular" with special guest George Takei -- known as Lt. Sulu from the original Star Trek television series. The series includes "The Christmas Show," The Music of Queen, Midtown Men and an evening of audience favorites in "March Madness with Larry Blank."

Subscribers have renewal rights on seating until April 30. Get your renewal order in by March 29 and we waive handling charges on all your tickets purchased through the Philharmonic through the entire season! Call us at 405-TICKETS (842-5387). New subscribers will receive seat assignments after all current subscribers are seated (approximately early June) and be seated according to the order received date. Don't wait!

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]]>http://www.okcphilharmonic.org/subscriber-renewals-are-in-the-mailSocial media ... At least it's funhttp://www.okcphilharmonic.org/social-media-at-least-its-funMon, 03 Dec 2012 06:00:00 GMTEddie WalkerEddie WalkerFacebook, Twitter, Instagram ... Social media - it's been around long enough now that arts non-profits can begin to try to evaluate whether it's making a difference. In ticket sales, donations ... anything and everything. The one thing the 'experts' can say with certainty is, even if it's not making a difference, you still MUST have as broad an online presence as your resources will allow. And so we continue to tweet and post and reply and forward.

And whatever the results, at least it can make you smile.

Our November Classics Series concert featured the great pianist Barry Douglas. A few hours before the concert, Barry noticed a tweet from a Twitter follower - an OCU student was making a public plea to afford a ticket to the concert. Chris, our staffer who assists our guest artists, had also seen it, and he made arrangements for the student to use Barry's guest artist comp tickets. Barry reponded to the student with the good news and jokingly said, "just bring me a loaf of bread."

Five minutes to concert time, the student still had not picked up his tickets. But Chris found him at intermission. He was late because "the bread wasn't done baking". Yes, in his hands was a still-warm loaf of pumpkin and chocolate chip bread, which he presented to Barry following the concert.

But it gets better.

As Chris and Barry were telling this story after the concert, Chris showed me the student's picture from his Twitter profile. I recognized him. One week prior, a Philharmonic string quartet had performed the music of three Chickasaw student composers as part of the Oklahoma Creativity Forum. Our bread-baker was one of those three students!

How cool is that?

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