Tanglewood Special Offers
More Ways to Enjoy Music in the Berkshires
By: Ariel Petrova - May 04, 2009
Patrons planning to attend Tanglewood this summer can choose from a number of new programs and promotions designed to give visitors and Berkshire residents a variety of options to enhance their visit to the BSO's summer home. The four new programs this year include the Grass Pass, allowing lawn admission to all classical concerts during the 2009 Tanglewood season; the 45/45 Clark and Tanglewood ticket promotion, offering discounted access to both Berkshire institutions; two Backstage Pass Weekends, July 24-26 and July 31-August 2; and One Day University at Tanglewood on August 23. Detailed information about these new programs is available at tanglewood.org.
GRASS PASS
The Tanglewood Grass Pass allows patrons lawn admission to all classical concerts that take place during the 2009 Tangelwood season, including 22 Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts, 3 Boston Pops Concerts, Tanglewood on Parade, and performances by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinists Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham, and Christian Tetzlaff, and pianists André Previn, Yefim Bronfman, and Leon Fleisher. The Grass Pass, priced at $250, is a non-transferable photo ID pass that needs to be purchased in person at the Main Gate Box Office, which opens on June 19. Blackout dates for the Grass Pass include Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (June 27), Diana Krall (July 4), Tony Bennett (July 21), James Taylor (August 26-30), and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival (September 4-6).
BACKSTAGE PASS FOR "TANGLEWOOD IMMERSION WEEKENDS"
The "Tanglewood Backstage Pass Weekends," July 24-26 and July 31-Aug 2, offer music-lovers an unprecedented look at life behind-the-scenes at Tanglewood. This first-time-ever immersive program offers patrons a look at Tanglewood from an insider's experience, with private picnics and receptions with BSO musicians, classes, discussions, and workshops relating to the weekend's programming, and food, parking, and hotel accommodations. The package includes one concert per day, four meals, two nights at a hotel, and a Tanglewood parking pass. The cost for each of the "Tanglewood Immersion Weekends" ranges from $500 to $882 per person, based on double occupancy. Tickets for the Backstage Pass Weekends can be purchased online through the BSO's website at www.tanglewood.org or by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200.
"ONE DAY UNIVERSITY AT TANGLEWOOD"
On Sunday, August 23, One Day University, the acclaimed adult education program, will present three lectures in Ozawa Hall by award-winning professors from Harvard and Yale. Topics to be discussed include "You Call That Art? Understanding Why We Like What We Like," with featured speaker Professor Paul Bloom of Yale; "Positive Psychology and the Science of Happiness," with Harvard University's Shawn Achor; and "Beethoven's Ninth – The Story of a Masterpiece," with Harvard Professor of Music Thomas Kelly.
The day concludes with the BSO's final Tanglewood performance of the year: Ives' Thanksgiving and Forefathers' Day for chorus and orchestra, followed by Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the traditional Tanglewood season closer, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas and featuring the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. The cost for the full day's events is $299, which includes all professor presentations, a continental breakfast, lunch in the Hawthorne Tent, a Shed ticket in section 17, 18, 19, or 20, VIP parking, and a 10% discount in the Tanglewood Glass Houses. Tickets for One Day University are available only through One Day U at 800-663-3298 or by visiting www.onedayu.com/tanglewood.
45/45 CLARK AND TANGLEWOOD TICKET PROMOTION
Tanglewood and the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute are coming together this summer to offer a $45 ticket package for patrons making the 45-minute drive between the two institutions. The package includes two lawn tickets to Tanglewood classical concerts, typically priced at $20 each, and two tickets for admission to the Clark, usually $12.50 each. This summer's 45/45 ticket package is designed to make it easy and more affordable for visitors to take in a variety of experiences while enjoying the scenic Berkshire Hills.
Tanglewood lawn tickets available for this special promotion include all classical concerts, as well as Pops and Tanglewood on Parade. Blackout dates include Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (June 27), Diana Krall (July 4), Tony Bennett (July 21), James Taylor (August 26-30), and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival (September 4-6). Clark admission tickets are valid June 7 through September 7.
Tickets for the 45/45 promotion can be purchased online through the BSO's website at www.tanglewood.org or by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200. Tickets are also available in person at the Symphony Hall box office, at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, in Boston, MA. The Tanglewood Box Office at Tanglewood's Main Gate on West Street in Lenox, Mass., will open to the public on Friday, June 19, at 10 a.m. Tickets can also be purchased through the Clark's website at www.clarkart.edu or by calling 413-458-0524. Tickets will be available in person at the Clark beginning June 1.