Sponsorship Opportunities
Through our Healing Art of Music program, the LSO covers all of the production costs associated with our concert performances in order to pass fundraising opportunities on to our community partners. You can help us by taking advantage of these underwriting opportunities. Please contact our Executive Director (hannah@longwoodsymphony.org) to make arrangements, or go directly to our donate page.
NOTE: Due to online platform and credit card fees, the best way to contribute a major gift to the LSO is by check so that your gift has 100% impact.
Become a Season Sponsor ($25,000)
Become the lead sponsor for our entire upcoming season. This package includes:
Four premium season tickets (for all four mainstage concerts)
Opportunity to attend a rehearsal and meet the conductor, orchestra, and soloists
Recognition from the stage, in the concert program, on our website, and in e-blast advertisements
Four tickets to our annual gala banquet
Sponsor a Chair ($10,000)
We have a number of sponsored chairs in the orchestra including the principal trumpet chair, the principal cello chair, and the second violin last chair! Choose your favorite instrument and name a chair. Your name or the name of whoever you choose to honor will be listed as part of our concert roster in perpetuity. We will also announce the named chair on our website and to our email list. This package includes:
Two season tickets to the current season
Opportunity to attend a rehearsal and meet the conductor and orchestra
Recognition from the stage, in the concert program, on our website, and in an e-blast
Sponsor a Concert ($5,000)
Become the lead sponsor for the concert of your choice from our upcoming season. This package includes:
Six premium tickets to the concert you have selected
Opportunity to attend a rehearsal and meet the conductor and orchestra
Recognition from the stage, in the concert program, on our website, and in e-blast advertisements
Sponsor a Soloist ($2,500)
Help underwrite one of the amazing soloists that will be joining us this season! This package includes:
Four premium tickets to the concert featuring the soloist you have selected
Opportunity to meet the soloist backstage
Recognition from the stage, in the concert program, on our website, and in e-blast advertisements
Sponsor an LSO Premiere ($2,500)
The LSO is committed to performing music by active composers whose voices speak to the world we are experiencing today. There are extra costs associated with performing music that is under copyright, including music rental fees, performance rights, and in some cases, composer commission fees. When possible, we also invite our composer colleagues to meet and work with the orchestra and support their travel. This package includes:
Two premium tickets to the concert featuring the composition you have selected
Opportunity to meet the conductor and the composer if possible
Recognition from the stage, in the concert program, on our website, and in e-blast advertisements
Advertising Opportunities
As the orchestra of Boston’s healthcare community, we are vitally dependent on our partners to help us do the important work that we hold very dear: healing the community through music. One of the greatest ways to support LSO while benefiting your own organization is by placing an advertisement in our concert programs this season.
Your ad will be seen by not only ticket holders, but the WHOLE network of LSO supporters!
In addition to physical playbills, our digital program booklets will be:
· Distributed to approx. 500 ticket holders at each concert
· On the LSO website up to 1 week in advance of each concert (which averages over 1,000 views per month)
· On LSO social media pages (Facebook: 2,100 followers; Instagram: 1,300 followers)
· In email newsletters sent to our full contact list of 3,500+ subscribers
Advertising with the LSO, a nonprofit organization, greatly supports our mission to heal the community through music by:
· Supporting healthcare workers through the healing art and joy of music
· Benefiting a different health-related nonprofit at each concert, helping 65+ organizations raise over $2.8 million since 1991
· Bringing free chamber music concerts throughout the community at hospitals, rehab facilities, and senior living communities
· Innovating in the intersection of music, science, and medicine in virtual and public programs