Join RI Philharmonic Music Director Ruth Reinhardt and pianist Daniil Trifonov for our 2026 Annual Gala Celebration on May 30th. The evening kicks off with a 5PM Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra concert at The VETS and continues with a post-concert celebration at the WaterFire Arts Center.


The concert features Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.3 and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, along with a collaboration with Matthew Sinno, RI Phil Music School alum and Assistant Principal Viola of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The post-concert celebration will include cocktails, dinner, a Fund-a-Need (FAN) auction and presentation of the 2026 John Hazen White, Sr. Leadership in the Arts Award to Karen Pelczarski. Proceeds support the Orchestra and School, and their collective education and community engagement programs.


We urge you to purchase sponsorship tickets or packages. Your sponsorship enables RIPO&MS to maintain access to live symphonic performance and community-based music education. It also provides you access to premium concert seating available only to sponsors.


Seating will be limited, so please reserve early! Sponsor level tickets are $750 for premium seating and VIP parking at The VETS, plus the celebration cocktail hour and dinner.


Presenting Sponsor: $50,000 Conducting Sponsor: $25,000 Fortissimo Sponsor: $10,000 Forte Sponsor: $5,000 Crescendo Sponsor: $3,000

To receive more information about sponsorship and benefits or to make a pledge or gift to reserve the best available seats, please contact Laurie Johnson-Carvalho, Director of Development & Donor Relations, at 401.248.7034 / ljohnson-carvalho@riphil.org.