The Globe and Mail's Robert Harris endorsed the Toronto Bach Festival by saying that the Festival experience is "something close to classical-music perfection"! We hope to build on our relationships in the Toronto community in order to realize our program goals for 2007.
If you would like to join the Bach Circle of Friends, please contact us at info@torontobachfestival.ca or indicate so on your ticket order form.
Presenting Partner
Bach St. John Passion Lecture-Concerts with Helmuth Rilling
Full Sponsorship $100,000+ (partial and/or group partnerships are welcome)
Our Presenting Partner would assure a once-in-a-lifetime artistic and educational experience for hundreds of talented University students in orchestra, choir, voice studies and conducting. This partnership offers these students the opportunity to work under the inspired leadership of world-renowned Bach scholar and conductor Helmuth Rilling. In addition, Toronto audiences (14,000 Canadians) will be offered a series of lecture-concerts, open rehearsals, voice and conducting master classes with world-renowned artists and scholars held at the Faculty of Music.
Helmuth Rilling Partner
$35,000+ (partial and/or group partnerships are welcome)
The Bach Festival would not be The Bach Festival without the presence of the Bach master teacher and conductor, Helmuth Rilling. This partnership ensures the teaching residency of the Festival's principal conductor and master teacher, and brings us his deep and insightful teaching.
Orchestra Mentorship Partner
$20,000+ (partial and/or group partnerships are welcome)
To support prominent Canadian musicians to "teach in action" as Festival Orchestra mentors to the next generation of Canadian artists.
Guest Artist Partner
$25,000+ (individual artist partnerships are welcome)
Our international roster of vocal artists and scholars who will perform and teach throughout the week of Inside the Passion Lecture-Concerts would be impossible without a partnership such as this. The magic happens when we are able to witness Bach in the hands of the masters!
Choir Mentorship Partner
$15,000+
Critical to student involvement in this program is the presence of skilled professionals after whom students can model their musical development. Choir mentorship partners will support a core of emerging professional singers in their contributions to the University's Bach Festival Singers in the rehearsals and performances of Bach's St. John Passion at the University and in concert with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Fleck Family Foundation
Bach Academy for Young Choirs Partnership
The Fleck Family Foundation has graciously sponsored "Children singing Bach" - the Festival's educational outreach initiative to bring in school and community choirs each afternoon to sing and study Bach with Helmuth Rilling, soloists, The Bach Festival Orchestra and University of Toronto Choirs.
Vocal Master Class Partner
$5,000+
Young aspiring singers travel from afar to study with Maestro Rilling during the Festival. They are offered the opportunity for professional development in master classes, lessons and coaching sessions with this partnership.
Margaret McLean
Conducting Master Class Partnership
Margaret McLean has partnered with the Toronto Bach Festival to offer young aspiring conductors the opportunity for professional development in master classes, lessons and coaching sessions, and the chance to study with Maestro Helmuth Rilling.
Our Toronto Bach Festival partners support eager audiences and talented students with a lifetime opportunity to experience Bach's incomparable music. Through the inspired teaching of Grammy award winning scholar and conductor Helmuth Rilling and the innovative young artist mentorship program created by University of Toronto Professor Doreen Rao, artists and audiences, scholars and students alike benefit!
Your gifts make it all possible. For your generosity we want you to enjoy it -front and centre! In gratitude we offer these thank yous:
- Reserved Seating: Toronto Sings Bach (Church of the Redeemer, September 17, 24, October 1, 15); Lecture-Concert Series with Helmuth Rilling (Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, October 22-26); Trinitas (St. Basil's Church, October 27); Bach Organum Recitals (Church of the Redeemer, October 23-25).
- Complimentary Chorale Scores: Follow along with chorales with their German-English translations.
- Invitations to Partnership Dinners and Receptions: Meet the artists and Helmuth Rilling at several events throughout the Bach Festival week, and Toronto Sings Bach.
- Program Recognition (Optional): Your name may appear in our programme as a partner of the Toronto Bach Festival.
A tax receipt will be issued for all donations by the University of Toronto, on behalf of the Toronto Bach Festival. Please contact the Faculty of Music's Development Officer, Miriam Stephan at 416-946-3580 or Colleen Renihan, Program Coordinator for the Toronto Bach Festival at 416-978-0463 for further information. We can be reached by email at info@torontobachfestival.ca.
The Toronto Bach Festival would simply not be possible without your generosity. Thank you in advance for bringing musical inspiration to the Toronto community through your partnership with the 2007 Toronto Bach Festival. We look forward to sharing the magic of Bach with you in October.
