Music Academy season tickets booking on Dec.2

The Music Academy will issue Season Tickets for the evening music concerts of the star artistes, from Dec.2, 9 am onwards at its campus office off TTK Road, Alwarpet.

Rates - Rs.16,000, 13,600, 5350 and 1800 ( includes 18% GST). Cash, debit or credit card form of payment accepted.

Carry your ID card or if you send your rep to buy, they must carry an authorization letter and your ID card.

People normally queue on campus as early as 6 a.m.; tokens are given and guests accommodated in the lobby till the counter opens.

Daily tickets are sold on the morning of the concert - one ticket for two concerts of the evening.

Rasikas critical of Music Academy's box-office process

A number of Carnatic music rasikas are shooting angry missives at The Music Academy. They are all critical of its system for the sale of season tickets.

Many people who wanted to be there at 9 a.m. on a day when the monsoon was setting in the city, to be in the queue did not know that people create a queue from 4.30 a.m. to make sure they are lucky.

Then there were people who brought only copies of ID card/s (instead of originals) and the Academy staff questioned them closely, some critics said.

This was also an occasion for the critics to wonder if the snobbishness of many Academy members and well-wishers left many seats vacant at top-billed concerts because those people just didn't turn up and hence, hardcore rasikas lost out.

"The Academy must ask its members to confirm beforehand their attendance and offer the tickets for empty seats to genuine rasikas," suggested one person.

Many dread the system that requires rasikas to buy daily tickets to evening concerts only that morning.'Why can't the Academy offer to sell tickets for the concerts we want to attend all in one go? Why make us go up and down?' - is a common question.

All these barbs and volleys are aimed at the Academy in the hope that it will put out a better, smarter box office system.

Season tickets for Music Academy; sale starts Dec.2

Sale of season tickets for The Music Academy opens on Dec.2, 9 am onwards ( but people begin to queue up from 4 am!!). 

You need to carry a ID card - Aadhar, Voter, driving license) or send that ID with a person you depute ( in this case, also an authorization letter). Payment is accepted in cash/debit/credit card - refund of change less than Rs1000 will be made by cheque after Dec,10).

Only season tickets are on sale - Rs.15,600, Rs.5,200 and Rs.1,8000. They are limited so expect a quick sale.

For daily tickets for the twin-concerts in the evening, the practice at the Academy is to sell them on the morning of the recitals. No word yet if this is to be done or a change has been made.

Season tickets sale at Music Academy

There is always a such to get tickets to concerts at the Music Academy.
The tickets are on sale on Dec.2, 9 am onwards. 

Rasikas/their reps must possess a ID card/ reps must carry a authorization letter and copy of ID. This means people who reside outside Chenai can also arrange for buying tickets. Season tickets alone are on sale.

Rate - Rs15500 at top end - Rs.1750 at the bottom end - pay by cash.
Usually, rasikas queue up in the MA campus 4 am onwards, are given tokens and sales happen in mini hall.

Carry a flask of hot coffee and an umbrella - the rains could continue on Wednesday. Its been a wet start to the week.