Subscriptions & Discounts

All K-12 and university students can reserve $9 tickets to Curtis Symphony Orchestra concerts for the 2025–26 season.

Box Office

Student tickets can be purchased with a valid student ID at the Ensemble Arts Philly Box Office, located at 240 S. Broad Street. The box office is open from 10 AM to 6 PM, seven days a week, and also opens 90 minutes before each concert.

Online and Phone

For instructions on purchasing tickets online or by phone, students should contact Curtis Patron Services at tickets@curtis.edu or 215-893-7902. A valid student ID will be required when picking up tickets.

For group sales we offer significant discounts off regular ticket prices, and we will work with your group to ensure your seating preferences are accommodated.

To learn more about group sale deals, call Curtis Patron Services at (215) 893-7902 or email tickets@curtis.edu.

Curtis partners with the following organizations to offer complimentary tickets to their students and staff for select Curtis performances.

• Settlement Music School
• PMAY Artists’ Initiative
• PYO Music Institute
• Philadelphia Sinfonia
• Play on Philly
• Project 440
• Girard Academic Music Program
• The Rock School
• The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts

For assistance reserving these tickets, contact Curtis Patron Services at (215) 893-7902 or at tickets@curtis.edu.

Curtis also offers discounts on tickets for the following groups:

• Penn Medicine Symphony Orchestra
• Center City Residents’ Association

To access these special offers, members of these organizations should refer to their employee and member benefits.

A benefit of the Choose Your Own subscription is a 25% discount off of our single ticket prices. For venues with reserved seating, our seating is categorized by price zones. Choose Your Own subscription ticket pricing is as follows:

• Zone 1 is Purple
  • Tickets are $40.50 for Curtis Symphony Orchestra and $48 for Curtis Opera Theatre
• Zone 2 is Blue
  • Tickets $29.25 for Curtis Symphony Orchestra and $33 for Curtis Opera Theatre
• Zone 3 is Gold
  • Tickets are $18 for both Curtis Symphony Orchestra and Curtis Opera Theatre

For concerts with general admission seating, such as performances in Gould Rehearsal Hall or Field Concert Hall, tickets are $18.

You can read more about each of our venues on our Patron Services page.

Once you purchase your season pass subscription, you will receive an e-mail confirming your purchase and prompting you to complete our performance selection form. This form must be completed online or over the phone in order for your subscription to be processed. We cannot complete your subscription without this information. Upon completion, our team will print and package your tickets and you will receive a secondary email once your order ships.

Once you have completed your purchase, you will receive an e-mail confirming your subscription order and our team will print and package your performance tickets. You will receive a secondary email once your order ships.

No. Unused subscription tickets can only be released back into the general inventory and are not eligible for a donation. However, we do offer comparable exchanges between events and, if Curtis cancels a performance, Choose Your Own subscribers will receive a full refund.

Subscribers who choose “Standard Mail” as their delivery method will receive their subscription package including their tickets, welcome letter, and subscriber gift in the mail starting in late August.

Subscribers who choose “Will Call” will pick up their subscription package at the Curtis Patron Services table at the first selected performance in their subscription unless otherwise specified.

Yes. One of the benefits of being a Curtis subscriber includes free ticket exchanges and reprints at any time. We understand plans change and will do our best to accommodate date selections, seating changes, and, if possible, event exchanges. All exchanges are subject to best available seating at the time of the exchange.

In order to request an exchange for a subscription ticket, email tickets@curtis.edu or call Curtis Patron Services at (215) 893-7902.

300 S Broad Street

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300 S Broad Street

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1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

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1726 Locust Street

Seating for alumni, student, family, and faculty recitals is general admission with advance registration. Doors usually open approximately 30 minutes before the performance, and then you may sit wherever you wish. Field Concert Hall holds 220 seats, and there are no bad seats in the house. When a piano is featured, the best seats are generally considered just left of center, towards the front, so you can see the piano keyboard.

1616 Locust Street

Gould Rehearsal Hall is located on the second floor of Lenfest Hall at 1616 Locust Street. To access the building, ring the doorbell and you will be prompted to either head up the stairs or to the elevator toward the Hall.

Seating for all events in Gould is general admission with advance registration. Doors usually open approximately 30 minutes before the performance, and then you may sit wherever you wish. Gould holds approximately 165 seats and due to the intimate nature of the space, all seats are of equal quality.