Single Tickets Go on Sale for RPO Tuesday September 5 at 10 a.m.

Rochester, NY -  Single tickets for all 2006-07 Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concerts will go on sale to the general public on Tuesday, September 5 at 10 a.m.  From Bugs Bunny to our own "Search for a Star" to internationally acclaimed violinist Pinchas Zukerman, there is something for everyone at every age.  Individual tickets will be available for Opening Night Celebration with Sarah Chang on Saturday, October 7, as well as all Philharmonics, Pops, orKIDStra, and Symphony 101 concerts, the popular holiday Nutcracker with the Rochester City Ballet and Handel's Messiah with the Rochester Oratorio Society.  Tickets can be purchased in a variety of ways: at the RPO Box Office (108 East Avenue), by calling 585-454-2100, online at www.rpo.org, or at any of the Rochester-area Wegmans Video Departments (10:30 - 9 p.m. daily).  A complete season schedule is online; the newly launched RPO website easily facilitates ticket purchases.

Opening Night Celebration features the celebrated violin virtuoso Sarah Chang performing Vivaldi's beloved Violin Concerto in an all-Italian evening boasting works by Verdi and Respighi.  Single tickets range from $26-60.

Prices for other series and special concerts range as follows:

• Most Philharmonics concerts: $54 - 20 (Phils with Pinchas Zukerman $56-22)
• Most WPOP concerts: $56-20 (Gala Holiday Pops $60-26)
• Symphony 101 concerts: $22, general admission
• Casual Sunday Matinee concerts: $15, $12 for seniors, students, subscribers & donors
• OrKIDStra concert: $12 adults, $10 children, general admission
• The Nutcracker concerts: $60-26
• Handel's Messiah: $56-22
• An orKIDStra Holiday: $15 adults, $10 kids, general admission
  

Senior citizens (62+), students (with valid ID) and children are entitled to an advance 20% discount for regularly scheduled RPO Philharmonics and WPOP Series concerts at the Eastman Theatre.  Half-price "rush" tickets are available to senior citizens, students and children on the day of these concerts at the RPO Box Office, at Wegmans and at the concert site beginning 60 minutes prior to the performances.  Through the generous sponsorship of PAETEC Communications, Inc., the RPO offers college students $5 tickets to classical Philharmonics concerts during the week of the concert.

Now in its 84th season, the RPO inspires and enriches the community through the art of music.  The Orchestra is passionately dedicated to outstanding musical performance at the highest artistic levels; and has a unique tradition of musical versatility; commitment to music education in the broadest sense and a deep and enduring engagement with the community.  The RPO has been honored with the New York State Governor's Arts Award, and two ASCAP awards for adventurous programming in recent years.

RPO performances are made possible in part with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts; a State Agency; the State of New York; Monroe County; the City of Rochester; and American Airlines, the official airline of the RPO.