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 that take you from The Max to venues across the city. It’s all part of showing our appreciation for you and the work we do together!

Become a Friend

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.