Seasons and Tickets
Group Sales
Group sales for any Gilmore event, including the Festival, are available through The Gilmore’s group sales representative. Group discounts are available for tours, churches, students – how about your group?
For more information, please contact groupsales@gilmore.org
Rising Stars Recital Series
This series of four to six recitals occurs every year and runs from autumn to spring. Tickets are available ONLY through The Gilmore office. Season tickets offer savings over individually purchased tickets and are available through the second concert by calling The Gilmore at 269/342-1166. Season ticket-holders from the previous season are contacted via postal mail and e-mail in late summer with the new lineup and the opportunity to purchase season tickets again. Student tickets are available for $5.
Festival
The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival is held every two years (in even-numbered years) in late April and early May. The next Festival is scheduled for April 24-May 13. Gilmore contributors have first opportunity to purchase tickets. (Click here if you would like to donate now and be one of the first to purchase 2008 Gilmore Festival tickets.)
Public ticket sales begin in November or December – the date is announced in various media and highlighted on our organizational website and our Festival website. Tickets are sold through the Miller Box Office and continue on sale until they are sold out or the event is over. In some cases, tickets are available for purchase at the door. After public ticket sales begin, there are various ways to purchase tickets:
- through our Web site, www.thegilmore.com (you will be linked to the Miller Box Office site for purchases but have information readily available from The Gilmore site)
- through the Miller Box Office Web site, www.millerauditorium.com
- via phone to the Miller Box Office: 269/387-2300 or 1-800/228-9858
- in person at the Miller Auditorium Box Office on Western Michigan University's (WMU) campus or at Miller’s Epic Center Box Office, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, downtown Kalamazoo
Student tickets are just $5 and can be purchased with a valid student ID at the door or in advance (w/ a student ID presented when picking up tickets), except where events are sold out or where not permitted by contract.
Special Concerts
In addition to our Rising Stars Recital Series, The Gilmore also presents outstanding international pianists in special concerts. Ingrid Fliter, 2006 Gilmore Artist, performed a free concert for the community on April 27, 2007. András Schiff performed an all-Mozart recital in October 2006. Krystian Zimerman performed solo recitals in 2003 and 2005, and in 2004 we presented Leif Ove Andsnes and Ian Bostridge in Schubert's monumental song cycle Winterreise. Visit this site's Latest News and Events regularly for information about The Gilmore's upcoming special concerts.
Unless otherwise indicated, group sales and student tickets are available for these yearly special concerts. These concerts are often held in Kalamazoo at Dalton Recital Center on WMU’s campus or at Chenery Auditorium.
Tickets are usually sold through the Miller Box Office:
- through our Web site, www.thegilmore.com (you will be linked to the Miller Box Office site for purchases but have information readily available from The Gilmore site)
- through the Miller Box Office Web site, www.millerauditorium.com
- via phone to the Miller Box Office: 269/387-2300 or 1-800/228-9858
- in person at the Miller Auditorium Box Office on WMU’s campus or at Miller’s Epic Center Box Office, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, downtown Kalamazoo
