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Tell Us Your Favorite Classical Piece – and Win DSO Tickets!

Win tickets to see the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Thursday in Southfield just by telling us about your favorite classical music.

UPDATED: This contest is closed.

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect, per the official rules, that 25 people will be selected at random to win four tickets each to the DSO concert.

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will perform Thursday evening at the Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, and Patch is giving you the chance to win free tickets.

The DSO will perform Mendelssohn's The Hebrides and Concerto No. 2 as part of its Neighborhood Concert Series. Schumann's Symphony No. 3. also will be performed. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and features Leonard Slatkin as conductor and pianist Sara Davis Buechner.

Congregation Shaarey Zedek is located at 27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield.

How can you win four tickets to see the show? Simply leave a comment on this story telling us what your favorite classical piece is and why.

You must comment by 7 p.m. Wednesday to be entered into a random drawing to receive four tickets to the show. Each ticket is worth $25. And the tickets will be available for you at the venue before the concert.

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 7 p.m. EST on Jan. 9.
  • You may enter only once daily.
  • Twenty-five (25) 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 by 12 p.m. EST on Jan. 10.
  • Winners will receive four tickets to the 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10 DSO show at the Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, 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.

Diane Cliff January 9, 2013 at 02:40 pm
Mussorogsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Ravel). Leonard Slatkin's arrangement brought me to tears at the DSO Neighborhood concert in Dearborn last year. Beautiful!
Bethany January 9, 2013 at 02:52 pm
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite, op 20. Very haunting...
Margie Fiszman-Kirsch January 9, 2013 at 03:00 pm
Margie F K
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake... it was my late father's and I special piece to listen to together...
Margie Fiszman-Kirsch January 9, 2013 at 03:00 pm
Margie F K
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake... it was my late father's and I special piece to listen to together...
Joy Watts January 9, 2013 at 03:14 pm
Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture. My first classical music at 13 when I asked for the album for Christmas. I had to play it the minute I unwrapped it. As an adult Beethovqen's Ninth is perfection to me.
Eddie Storer January 9, 2013 at 03:26 pm
Samuel Barber's adagio for strings!
Amanda Kaye January 9, 2013 at 05:13 pm
The Moldau - Smetana. Beautiful!
Dennis Loy January 9, 2013 at 05:24 pm
OK, what a ridiculous idea, to have to pick just one :-) But I'll bite.
Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 (avec orgue). Unusual instrument for a symphony and wonderful music.
Sloane Tabenske Karam January 9, 2013 at 05:40 pm
Anything Mozart. I will pick Mozart's Final Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major. Reminds me of all the music I played my babies while I carried and delivered them during and after their deliveries!!
Cathy Kondoleon January 9, 2013 at 05:50 pm
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture. The finale is so powerful!!!
Graves De Armond January 9, 2013 at 06:23 pm
I have several favorites - but my favorite DSO performance was Copeland's Rodeo at a Coffee Concert when I was in High School!
Linda Andersen January 9, 2013 at 06:51 pm
My very favorite is Tchaikovsky Piano concerto #1. I saw Van Cliburn play this many years ago at Meadowbrook and was hooked on classical music.
Tammy Sue McDuffie January 9, 2013 at 08:13 pm
Beethoven Moonlight Sonata... I can't listen to it without crying. Not sure why.
Tammy Sue McDuffie January 9, 2013 at 08:15 pm
IBeethoven Moonlight Sonata... I can't listen to it without crying. Not sure why.
anne January 9, 2013 at 08:25 pm
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker - pairs beautifully with the ballet
Kathie Horning January 9, 2013 at 09:12 pm
Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring- my absolute favorite!
John Ferguson January 9, 2013 at 09:18 pm
Invitation to Dance by Weber is nice. I heard it at this event last year.
Ron H Letwinski January 9, 2013 at 09:56 pm
Chorale and Shaker Dance By John Zdechlik. One of my favorite pieces.....
Al January 9, 2013 at 10:32 pm
Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major (Prelude)
Tami Fox January 9, 2013 at 10:56 pm
Definitely Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Cheryl Shah January 9, 2013 at 11:00 pm
Picking just one is impossible!
Mozart, Symphony #40 in g minor Beethoven, Piano Concerto #5 'Emperor' Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody #2 Debussy, Arabesque #1 Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor Beethoven, Cello Sonata #3 in A major
Brandon Klee January 9, 2013 at 11:54 pm
Right now probably Bouree by George Handel. :)
Keith Gillette January 10, 2013 at 12:02 am
1812 overies!
Teresa Mask (Editor) January 10, 2013 at 12:12 am
Thanks for all your comments! The contest is now closed. Winners will be notified by email by 9 p.m. EST.
Shanyn paluszewski January 10, 2013 at 12:31 am
Bolero
LuisaH January 10, 2013 at 01:04 am
Bach: Adagio from Concerto #3 BWV 974
Teresa Mask (Editor) January 10, 2013 at 02:26 am
Check your email! Winners have been notified.
Vita January 10, 2013 at 04:24 pm
Simply, love the Pacobel Cannon.
Terry Poduska January 10, 2013 at 04:51 pm
Vivaldi - Four Seasons
Mark Hothem January 11, 2013 at 03:20 am
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra

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