Contest: Comment and Win DSO Tickets!
Win tickets to see the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Friday in Dearborn just by telling us about your favorite concert.
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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will perform Friday morning at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, and Patch is giving you the chance to win free tickets.
The DSO will perform Beethoven's Emporer Concerto as part of its Neighborhood Concert Series. The concert begins at 10:45 a.m. and features Nicholas McGegan as conductor and pianist Robert Levin. Pieces include Overture to Don Giovanni (Mozart), Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major (Beethoven) and Symphony No. 38 (Mozart).
How can you win two tickets to see the show? Simply leave a comment on this story telling us what your favorite concert was and why.
It can be any concert you have ever been to, as long as it was memorable.
The first 50 people to comment by noon Wednesday will receive a pair of tickets to the show. Each ticket is worth $25.
Contest rules
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
- To enter, submit your comment below telling what your favorite contest was and why.
- All entries must be received by 12 p.m. ET March 21.
- You may enter only once daily.
- Fifty (50) winners total will be selected in a random drawing.
- Winners will be notified via the email address they used to register on Patch and must reply within 24 hours of notification with their name, address and phone number.
- Winners will receive two tickets to the 10:45 a.m. March 23 DSO show at Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, valued at $25 per ticket.
- No contest would be complete without official rules. Check them out here.
The DSO is playing a variety of venues and dates throughout the area in its Neighborhood Concert Series. More information on the shows and purchasing tickets can be found on the DSO website.
Winners will be able pick up their tickets at the theater 30 minutes before the show.
Matt Dudzinski
4:01 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
I haven't seen the DSO in a few years, but the last time we saw them they featured some Russian composers. They gave a lot of history of the piece before they played. It really helped give some context to the piece and helped you listen to it differently. Great concert!
Kathleen A.
5:38 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
My favorite concert was the first time I ever saw Handel's Messiah in Ann Arbor. i was completely enraptured by the music and libretto.
Sarah Burns Miciura
6:53 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
My favorite performance was when the DSO performed at Meadowbook with Audra McDonald. It was the first time my husband had ever heard them play. He took me again a few years later when Itzhak Perlman was guest conducting. It was amazing!
Maggie
6:53 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
My favorite concert was Spice Girls reunion tour, embarrassingly enough. My sisters (there are five of us) and I loved dancing and singing to their music as kids and when they came to Detroit it was one of the most fun nights we have had. Though I will say my taste in music as broadened since I have grown up ;)
Julie Abshire
7:02 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The DSO plays the four seaons around the Holidays and its the perfect way to get into the spirit of the season! Especially when there are special guest instrumentalists...
Joyce Pitrone Hawkins
7:18 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
My all time favorite concert was seeing Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Liza Minellli together at the Fox Theatre. Three huge names, three huge talents, all on one stage! Glad I had to opportunity to see such a wonderful concert.
Stephen Crosbie
8:09 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
My favorite DSO concert was at The Henry Ford last year and eventually rained-out with gale-force winds and was quite a sight!
Jenica
8:36 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
You can't beat seeing the DSO with fireworks at the Henry Ford. This is my favorite.
Donna Gilluam
10:11 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
We would love to see the DSO again...loved the free Metropark concerts and every 4 th of July at the Henry Ford
Angey Wilson
11:42 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
My favorite concert so far was Blue Man Group! I was so excited to be there I cried when they came out on stage to perform. The music was awesome and the visuals to go with it were phenomenal!
Patrick Picking
9:26 am on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
My favorite concert was the DSO at Meadowbrook playing the 1812 Overture and Romeo & Juliet about 10 years ago. I took my 18 year old nephew and we sat on the grass on a warm summer night. It was great!
Alice McCardell
1:14 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Seeing Tony Bennett at the Music Hall with my Mom was the best. He and his band were magical and my Mom was sooooo happy. It's one of my favorite memories.
jennifer neimann
10:35 am on Thursday, March 22, 2012
My favorite concert was the Monkeys! I'm so glad I was able to see them last year.