Sponsorship Opportunities

The Pittsburgh Symphony offers several sponsorship opportunities at a variety of levels, including those listed below, catered to fit your marketing objectives and connects your business with our audience. 

Contact Hava Lilove via email or at 412.392.3312 to discuss a sponsorship package that is right for your company.


Mellon Grand Classics
Mellon Grand Classics is the signature classical music series of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, presenting both time-tested masterpieces and exciting new works of the highest quality.  This premier subscription series consists of 56 concerts performed over 22 weekends from September through May.

Audience Demographics/Scope

  • More than 106,000 seats were filled during Mellon Grand Classics concerts in the 2005-2006 season.
  • More than 75% of Mellon Grand Classics attendees are 45 or older.
  • Approximately 58% have an income of $75,000 or more.
  • Approximately 70% attended college and 39% attended graduate school.

Investment Levels

Series Title Sponsorship: Sold
Thursday Matinee Series: $20,000
Concert Weekend: $10,000-$15,000
Single Concert Sponsorship: $5,000 & up

Please contact Stephanie Rael via email or at 412.392.3312 or for more information.

Click here to see a list of current sponsors.


PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops
The PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops series spans the spectrum of popular music, presenting a range from Broadway to swing, classic TV soundtracks to Holiday standards.  This season will feature seven concert weekends totaling 31 performances. In 2007-2008, award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch celebrates his 13th year entertaining Pittsburgh audiences as the PSO’s Principal Pops Conductor.

Audience Demographics/Scope

  • More than 68,000 seats were filled during PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops concerts in the 2005-2006 season.  The majority of patrons, as loyal subscribers, attended all seven weekends.
  • The age range of PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops patrons is 46-63
  • The average household income range of PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops patrons is $65,000-$80,000
  • Approximately 27% of PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops patrons have attended college and 14% have attended graduate school

One of the most longstanding and recognizable annual traditions in the city, Highmark Holiday Pops stands apart from the rest.  Above and beyond other Pops performances, Holiday Pops concerts serve to reach a broader regional audience.  In addition to seven Holiday Pops performances in Heinz Hall, additional concerts are performed in outlying neighborhoods throughout the region. 

Investment Levels

Series Title Sponsorship: Sold
Series Presenting Sponsorship: $50,000
Concert Weekend: $15,000 & up
Single Concert Sponsorship: $5,000 & up

Please contact Stephanie Rael via email or at 412.392.3312 or for more information.

Click here to see a list of current sponsors.


Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra
Each season, the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra series, led by PSO concertmaster Andrés Cárdenes, conductor, reaches approximately 5,000 audience members in intimate settings.  The affluent and well-educated patron base is extremely loyal - many have had subscriptions since the first season.

Beginning in the 2007-2008 this world-class Chamber Orchestra will begin performing in a world-class venue: Carnegie Music Hall at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland. There is also a series at Upper St. Clair High School Theater in Upper St. Claire, Pennsylvania.

Multiple levels of investment opportunities are available. Please contact Stephanie Rael via email or at 412.392.3312 or for more information.

Click here to see a list of current sponsors.


Conductor's Choice Restaurants
Conductor's Choice restaurants are recognized as a select dining establishment of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Conductor's Choice Program for twelve full months (approximately 52 Mellon Grand Classics concerts, 24 PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops concerts and seven Highmark Holiday Pops concerts.) 

Multiple levels of investment opportunities are available. Please contact Stephanie Rael via email or at 412.392.3312 or for more information.

Click here to see a list of Conductor's Choice Restaurants.


Community Partners Concert
The Community Partners Concert, an innovative approach to community building, builds mutually supportive relationships, brings new constituencies to Heinz Hall, and helps raise money for and expand the visibility of the Western Pennsylvania-based nonprofits.  Corporate funding allows the 50 participating nonprofit partner organizations to collect 100% of the ticket proceeds.

Multiple levels of investment opportunities are available. Please contact Stephanie Rael via email or at 412.392.3312 or for more information.


Education and Community Engagment
Education and Community Engagement Concerts touch the lives of more than 240,000 children, students, and adults each year through the many concerts listed below. Invest in these programs through sponsorship and become eligible for an Educational Improvement Tax Credit.

Educational Improvement Tax Credit

Q:

 How can your business donate $50,000 to the Pittsburgh Symphony
with a cost of less than $5,000 to your bottom line?
A: By receiving 90% of the contribution back in state tax credits through the EITC program.

See our EITC approved programs with the logo below.

Click here for more information bout the Educational Improvement Tax Credit.

Schooltime Concerts are designed to introduce orchestral instruments, symphonic music, and the creative processes of composing and performing music to students in grades two, four, and six.  They are offered free of charge to school groups during the school day.  Each year the PSO performs one extra 2nd Grade Schooltime Concert exclusively for Pittsburgh Public School students.

Three different Tiny Tots Concerts are offered free of charge each season for children three to six years of age.  Each concert engages children through interactive and listening activities which illuminate symphonic works, composers, or musical concepts.

Supplementary Materials are based on the Pennsylvania Academic Standards and the National Standards for Music Education and are provided to teachers for use in their classrooms prior to attending all Tiny Tots and Schooltime concerts. The Classroom Docent Program is another vehicle the PSO uses to encourage teachers to prepare their students for these concerts.

For fourteen years, the Student Side-by-Side Program has given music students in grades nine through twelve the opportunity to rehearse and perform side-by-side their Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra counterparts.  Students receive coaching sessions and attend at least three rehearsals prior to the final concert.

Bayer Audience of the Future Program enables local high school students to plan, produce, program, and implement a PSO concert over the course of a season.  Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the arts and music programs of the participants.
The Young String Players Club is a program for elementary and middle school students in districts with developing string programs.  PSO musicians visit schools, help students prepare music, learn about instrument care and master basic performance techniques.  Students also tour Heinz Hall, meet PSO musicians, and listen to the Orchestra rehearse.  Each year the program culminates with a student ensemble concert on the Heinz Hall stage.
Fiddlesticks Family Concerts are a series of Saturday morning concerts that are designed for families with children ages three to eight. Fiddlesticks, the PSO's feline musical ambassador to children, guides children on these musical explorations.
 The Early Childhood Program encourages the development of music aptitude in children by providing access to high quality musical experiences and encouraging musically enriched environments.  The program places PSO musicians in classrooms with children ages six weeks to five years to interact, make music, and have fun. 
The Community Side-by-Side event provides adult amateur musicians over the age of 18 the unique experience of rehearsing and performing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on the stage of Heinz Hall.  The program also features coaching sessions, masterclasses, and group rehearsals.
Through Community Engagement Concerts, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra collaborates with area residents and organizations to plan and produce a chamber and/or full orchestra concert as well as other music activities throughout Western Pennsylvania communities.
The Unlocking the Classics program allows individuals to capture an insider's view on the Pittsburgh Symphony and its concerts.  A PSO musician joins each session to speak, perform, and answer questions facilitated by WQED's classical music host, Jim Cunningham.  Approximately 25 sessions will be presented each year throughout the community.

Five exceptional Partnership Series brings world-class music to Carnegie Hall in Oakland, the Upper St. Claire High School Theater in Upper St. Claire, PA, the Scottish Rite Cathedral in New Castle, Pennsylvania, to the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theater in the Creative Arts Center, WVU Evansdale Campus, and to the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, Midland, Pennsylvania.
Each summer the Pittsburgh Symphony performs a series of Parks Concerts which are experienced by over 100,000 Allegheny County residents each year.

Multiple levels of investment opportunities are available for all of the above programs. Please contact Stephanie Rael via email or at 412.392.3312 or for more information.


Heinz Hall Presents
Each season, the PSO brings a number of popular artists, comedians, and musical acts to perform as part of the Heinz Hall Presents series.  Past events have included shows featuring artists such as:  Jerry Seinfeld, the musical Chicago, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Gladys Knight, The Irish Tenors, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, and more.

Series Title Sponsorship: $50,000
Single Concert Sponsorship: $10,000 & up

Please contact Stephanie Rael via email or at 412.392.3312 or for more information.


Other Sponsorship Opportunities
The Pittsburgh Symphony will annually presents renowned Jazz artists at Heinz Hall representing the jazz world's legends, present stars and rising talents.
Prestigious Official Product Sponsorships are year-long partnerships in which a sponsor gains access to patrons of our core Mellon Grand Classics and PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops.
The Pittsburgh Symphony's season is filled with unparalleled Special Events which offer exceptional sponsorship opportunities.  Host a private performance for your employees and clients or sponsor our annual gala, the most glamorous evening of our year!  Opportunities are available to underwrite whole events - big and small - as well as portions of these special evenings.
Tour sponsorship is designed to function as a marketing, sales, relationship building and public relations vehicle for a sponsor, helping to strengthen its position as an industry leader.  The PSO has made 30 international tours including 16 European tours, seven trips to the Far East and two to South America. 
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Radio Broadcasts are produced and aired locally through a partnership between the Pittsburgh Symphony and WQED-FM.   The concerts are recorded on state-of-the-art equipment and archived by the Pittsburgh Symphony.  Currently the broadcasts are aired weekly on approximately 100 stations in the United States over the Public Radio International network. 
The Brahms Recording Project will produce three commercial CD's with Marek Janowski conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  These recordings will be produced under the newly negotiated AFM Symphony Opera Ballet Live Recording Agreement.  CD's will be produced under the PentaTone record label which is distributed by Naxos in the United States.  Each recording will be taken from live Mellon Grand Classics performances at Heinz Hall.  This will be the first commercial recording produced by the Pittsburgh Symphony in over six years.

Multiple levels of investment opportunities are available for all of the above programs. Please contact Stephanie Rael via email or at 412.392.3312 or for more information.