BECOME A BENEFACTOR
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The
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus is one of the finest large choirs in the
UK, with a growing reputation throughout the UK and, increasingly,
internationally for producing high quality performances of choral music,
ranging from familiar and much-loved works from the traditional
repertoire to major modern works, several in recent years commissioned
directly by the BSC. Though most of our concerts are performed in Poole
and around the south west, we have also in recent years sung concerts in
London, Mumbai and Chicago. We made our third recent visit to the Royal
Albert Hall in 2019 to sing at Classic FM Live with our own Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra. We commissioned a third new work from composer
Richard Blackford (our President) called Pieta, to which we gave its
world premiere in Poole on 22nd June and its London premiere at the
Cadogan Hall on 19th October, both under Gavin Carr. These performances
earned some outstanding reviews in The Times and elsewhere. We sang
Brahms Requiem live on Radio 3 in November. In 2020 we are restoring our
previous annual tradition of singing one of the Bach Passions before
Easter (this time St Matthew on Palm Sunday) and on 22nd February we are
mounting a spectacular Charity Gala Concert, "Symphony With The Stars",
in the stunning new Arts and Leisure complex, The STEAM Hub, at Talbot
Heath School, to raise funds for our Youth Chorus. The Concert stars
two of the UK's leading operatic sopranos, Diana Montague and Claire
Rutter, with 150 other performers.
This adventurous programme
creates a considerable financial burden for the BSC. Though we are a
charity, we receive very little direct funding from outside sources and
rely mainly on our own fund-raising. We are funded largely by our
members' subscriptions, but we are anxious not to make membership of the
BSC an unaffordable luxury, to the extent that our numerical strength,
and therefore our choral and concert quality, is undermined.
We
have recently relaunched a revamped Benefactors programme, where we seek
to recruit individuals (or couples) who feel able to commit to making
specific and regular (normally annually) contributions to the finances
of the Chorus.
We offer three categories of membership:
Silver Membership: £100 p.a.
Priority booking
Ticket discounts for BSC promoted concerts
Complimentary programmes
Accreditation on the BSC Website
Regular newsletters
A place at the Annual Benefactors Reception
Gold Membership £250 p.a.
All the above, plus:
Ticket discounts for all concerts in which the BSC performs (as available)
Accreditation on the BSC website and BSC programmes
Two best complimentary seats for one Poole concert each year
Two places at BSC Benefactors Receptions
Gold Membership (for couples) £300 p.a.
All the above, plus:
Four (rather than 2) best complimentary seats for one Poole concert each year
Four (rather than 2) places at BSC Benefactors Receptions
Might
you be willing to help us in this way? It will potentially make a huge
difference to our future and will represent an invaluable contribution
to the musical life and prestige of our region, of which the BSC has
been a vital part for over a century.
An application form can be found on this website: click Here.
Please complete the form and post or send it by e-mail to:
Andrew R Parrish
Fund-raising and Sponsorship Manager
Archways, Brighton Road, Sway, Lymington SO41 6EB
01590 681007; 07767 413365 Benefactors@bschorus.co.uk
If
you would like more information or details on any matters relating to
our Benefactors programme, please call or e-mail these numbers.
BSC would be enormously grateful for your support.