Friends of the DSO
Friends make everything possible: music, creation, community, impact. Friends of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra make a vital difference in the creative life of Detroit, and you are here, at the center of everything the DSO can dream of and achieve.
Over 500,000 people engage with music through the DSO each year: picking up instruments for the first time, meeting living composers who look like them and are writing anthems on the world they live in now, and hearing the tangible emotion communicated through the vibrating sounds ringing from Orchestra Hall’s stage.
Your Friendship Brings You Closer to the Music
As a Friend, you can go behind the scenes at member preview rehearsals where you’ll hear conductors collaborate with the orchestra, crafting the week’s performance. Mix and mingle with composers to discuss their new works. You will also have advance access to concerts and specially curated musical experiences. It’s all part of showing our appreciation for you and the work we do together!
Get up close with behind-the-scenes experiences, and access just-for-Friends benefits with a gift to the DSO this season!
• Invitation to an exclusive Member Preview Rehearsals for two guests. Join Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez on 3/13 or Music Director Jader Bignamini on 3/20 for an insider’s look at how concerts come together!
• Invitation to the DSO Season Preview
• Invitation to an exclusive Member Preview Rehearsals for two guests. Join Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez on 3/13 or Music Director Jader Bignamini on 3/20 for an insider’s look at how concerts come together!
• Invitation to the DSO Season Preview
• Exclusive offers to select DSO performances
• Advance access to purchase single tickets and free ticket exchange during Patron Courtesy Week and other select pre-sales
• Invitation to an exclusive Member Preview Rehearsals for two guests. Join Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez on 3/13 or Music Director Jader Bignamini on 3/20 for an insider’s look at how concerts come together!
• Invitation to the DSO Season Preview
• Exclusive offers to select DSO performances
• Advance access to purchase single tickets and free ticket exchange during Patron Courtesy Week and other select pre-sales
• Invitation to an exclusive backstage experience for two guests—coming this year!
• Invitation to an exclusive Member Preview Rehearsals for two guests. Join Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez on 3/13 or Music Director Jader Bignamini on 3/20 for an insider’s look at how concerts come together!
• Invitation to the DSO Season Preview
• Exclusive offers to select DSO performances
• Advance access to purchase single tickets and free ticket exchange during Patron Courtesy Week and other select pre-sales
• Invitation to an exclusive backstage experience for two guests—coming this year!
• Be seen! Recognition and appreciation for your support in Performance Magazine and on the Annual Fund Donor Appreciation Wall
We are Your Biggest Fans
Your support, voice, and presence sustain every musical moment on stage, in classrooms, and across our communities. Music unites us and expresses what we can’t at times. It’s a super tool, broadening perspective, providing relaxation, igniting movement, and making us feel. Your Detroit Symphony Orchestra believes in the power of music and its central significance in our lives. Together, let’s continue amplifying the vision to create memorable experiences and increase the accessibility of music.