Support Us

Historically the Concordia Foundation has produced much work overseas. Our focus is now on schoolchildren of different backgrounds within the UK, starting in London and spreading out across the country to bring children together through music and the arts. Your ongoing support is vital to our work, not just to cover the cost of any performance but also to raise funds to suport the continuing work of the Concordia Foundation in nurturing our young artists and audiences.

Concordia wishes to thank Beazley Group PLC, Dasha Shenkman, Reed Elservier, Pamela Littman, David & Sally Beer, Alan Fenton, Bonnie & Steven Ward, Jean & Eric Cass and Elizabeth Rogula for supporting schools & hospital projects & Young Audiences concerts.

Become a Friend

Please print, complete and return our form to become a Friend.

Please give a donation

Donations, large or small, are always valuable.  This is a rough guide to some of our costs:

• £30 is the minimum annual donation for Friends to cover newsletters and advanced booking of tickets;
• £60 pays for one session of casual help in the office;
• £65 to cover the cost of a lesson for a young music student;
• £150 pays the fee for a young orchestral musician;
• £700 covers the average cost of the hire of music for an orchestral concert;
• £800 contributes towards two weeks’ tuition for one student at music summer school;
• £2,500 covers the cost of an educational rehearsal and performance of a small ensemble of musicians, actors and singers;
• £3,500 approximately covers the hire of a London venue for a concert;
• £7,000 enables opera singers to rehearse for a project such as Concordia production of Pagliacci in Vietnam;
• £18,000 covers musicians’ fees and expenses and hire of music for an orchestral concert.

Help us put on a performance

If you have spare time, specialist skills or a large room in which an event could take place you could help bring a performance alive:

• Chair or join the organising committee or bring together a group of friends to help you;
• Undertake specific tasks that you do well and enjoy;
• Encourage friends to buy tickets;
• Host the event in your home or office or encourage others with large spaces to do so.

Sponsor an event or part of an event

There are many options for companies or organisations considering sponsorship:

• Sponsor an event, venue or exchange visit in a country important to your business;
• Sponsor economy class travel or reasonable accommodation costs for performers;
• Sponsor costumes or stage sets or the production and distribution of programmes;
• Sponsor food and/or drink at special events;
• Sponsor the Concordia Foundation to perform at a corporate event;
• Sponsor a charitable event, raising funds for the charity and the Concordia Foundation.

Set up a specialist group of Friends

If you know several people who would like to support us, why not bring them together in a specialist group of Friends – such as The American Friends of Concordia – and organise events which would appeal specifically to them and their wider circle.

Promote us to others

• Identify and contact individuals, companies or charities who might like to work with us;
• Encourage people you know to play a part in our activities;
• Encourage people you know to become Friends of the Concordia Foundation.

Concordia Foundation
25 Craven Street, London WC2N 5NT, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7925 2545
Fax: +44 (0)20 7925 2825
www.concordiafoundation.com
info@concordiafoundation.com