Benefactors Scheme

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 sung concerts in London, Mumbai and Chicago. We have been invited to sing at the Royal Albert Hall to participate in 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 and its London premiere at the Cadogan Hall, both under Gavin Carr. These performances earned some outstanding reviews in The Times and elsewhere. We have sung Brahms Requiem live on Radio 3.
 
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.
 
In our Benefactors programme we seek to recruit individuals (or couples) who feel able to commit to making specific and regular (normally annual) 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:
 
Fund-raising and Sponsorship Manager