The Society presents approximately 50 chamber music concerts,[1] instrumental and vocal recitals and special events each season by international artists (for example, András Schiff and the Kronos Quartet in 2020-21), and at low prices ($30 or less per ticket) that encourage classical music attendance by people from differing economic levels.
The annual program offers a diversity of repertoire including masterworks, rarely heard pieces and new music.
It also presents concerts at the American Philosophical Society's Benjamin Franklin Hall and other Center City Philadelphia venues.
Since its founding, the Society has presented more than 1,700 concerts by hundreds of ensembles and recitalists, and it has commissioned numerous new works, including music by Richard Wernick, William Bolcom, Nicholas Maw, George Rochberg, Stephen Jaffe, and other prominent composers.
The Society also runs an extensive music education program.