Founded in 1980, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra has been hailed by critics as New Jersey’s “virtuoso orchestra.”  PSO performs classical masterworks, introduces music by lesser known and contemporary composers, offers star-studded pops concerts as well as a chamber music series and delights area schoolchildren with their first orchestra experience through its acclaimed BRAVO! program.

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BRAVO! introduces children to classical music and the symphony orchestra through live, free instructional performance; its goalis to inspire young audiences to incorporate music into their lives and express themselves artistically, either through the study of an instrument or by heightening their awareness, enjoyment, and appreciation of classical music. All BRAVO! participants and their families may purchase discounted tickets to PSO’s classical series. Other BRAVO! initiatives include a Master Class Series for advanced high school instrumentalists, a Conducting Master Class for youth orchestras, and Listen Up, designed to bring middle school students to orchestra performances, inviting them to create art in response to what they hear at a concert.

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges more than 500 individual donors as well as these organizations whose contributions help make BRAVO! possible:

Foundations and Government Partners:
The Edward T. Cone Foundation, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson 1962 Charitable Trust, J. Seward Johnson, Sr. 1963 Charitable Trust, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Bunbury Foundation, The Curtis W. McGraw Foundation, The David Mathey Foundation, Merck Partnership for Giving, Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Program, Integra Foundation

Corporate Partners:
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., Bloomberg, Fidelity Investments, Glenmede Investment and Wealth Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Verizon Wireless, Wilmington Trust, Bank of Princeton, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen, Tyco International, Church & Dwight Co., Goldman Sachs & Co., PNC Wealth Management, WithumSmith + Brown, Princeton University, PNC Bank Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation, Wachovia Securities

For more information about BRAVO!, please email us: info@princetonsymphony.org