Performances at Tanglewood

Performances happen just about every night of
the week.
The campus is the site of nearly one
hundred concerts each summer, including performances by the BSO,
guest artists in recital, jazz artists, popular artists, the Boston
POPS, and Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center.
Concert attendance is just as important a part of the TMC experience as concert performance, as Fellows find inspiration in the superlative music-making that surrounds them daily, from either front-of-house seating in the Shed and Ozawa Hall, or among the many picnics on the lawn.
TMC Fellows have the opportunity to hear their BSO mentors in three different programs weekly, in addition to a multitude of chamber music and guest artist recitals, Friday evening prelude concerts, and several popular artist concerts throughout the summer. And naturally, Fellows support their colleagues in attending all of the TMC concerts in which they are not performing.
View the full Tanglewood concert calendar
PERFORMANCE VENUES
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra concerts, chamber
music performances, and vocal recitals are held in the award-winning
Seiji Ozawa Hall, as well as BSO guest artist
recitals and BSO Prelude concerts. Ozawa Hall is the main
performance space for the TMC. It seats over 1,100 inside and has
excellent sight lines from additional lawn seating, to which the
back of the Hall is open whenever weather permits
The Koussevitzky Music
Shed is a covered, open-air venue that serves as the
main performance space for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at
Tanglewood, seating over 5,000 inside and over 10,000 outside on
the lawn. All Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, and Popular
Artist concerts are held in the Shed. The Tanglewood Music Center
Orchestra performs in the Shed in the Bernstein Memorial Concert
and on Tanglewood on Parade, a joint gala concert with the BSO and
the Boston POPS.