SUPPORT US

Each year the cost of running the Festival substantially exceeds our ticket revenue.

This year, we have increased the fees for the long standing Mentors of the Festival Orchestra, whose energy, commitment and love of their craft are the beating heart of this unique scheme.  We have also increased the bursary for student players in response to the increase in living costs. And we have introduced £10 tickets to all evening performances as part of our continued drive to make the Festival more accessible.

We could not run these schemes or maintain the high standard of performers of the Festival itself without the generosity of our Sponsors, Patrons and Friends. Your support is much needed and much appreciated. Thank you. 

This is our top level of Festival supporter. Business logos or individual’s names will appear in the souvenir programme book (unless you wish to remain anonymous) and you will be invited to a ‘Patrons and Friends’ champagne reception. You will be given a three-week priority booking period before the box office opens to the general public. Minimum donation of £500.

Patrons booking opens on Tuesday 28th January 2025

We have two levels of ‘Friends’ membership. Gold Friends get a two-week priority booking period and Silver Friends a one-week priority period before public booking opens. All names will appear in the souvenir programme book (unless you wish to remain anonymous) and you will be invited to the ‘Patrons and Friends’ Champagne reception.

Gold Friend: a minimum donation of £300.

Gold Friends priority booking opens on Tuesday 4th February 2025.

Silver Friend: a minimum donation of £100.

Silver Friends priority booking opens on Tuesday 11th February 2025.

The box office opens to the general public on Tuesday 18th February 2025.

If you wish to buy a Season Ticket (which gives you a 25% discount for all concerts) please contact us for more details.

The idea of creating the ‘Chipping Campden Festival Academy’ orchestra in 2008 was to give talented young musicians from the UK’s conservatoires, or recent graduates, an opportunity to work alongside the finest professional musicians. The project has grown each year and is now recognised as one of the leading ‘side by side’ training orchestra in the UK. To ensure the highest standards of quality the Academy orchestra comprises 50% experienced orchestral musicians and 50% of ‘Academy’ trainees. Each string, woodwind, and brass ‘desk’ seats one professional and one ‘Academy’ trainee together. In three concerts during the festival the CCFAO perform with soloists of international standing and although these concerts normally sell out, the cost of presenting them greatly exceeds the box office take. Typically, we lose about £25,000 on these three concerts so, even with the generous support of the Orchestra’s main sponsor we still have to provide a substantial subsidy. Whilst the festival has always been happy to take on this commitment, the more financially viable we can make the orchestra in the future, the more funds we will have to expand our educational work into other areas.

In 2014 we launched the ‘sponsor a chair’ scheme to help raise funds for this project.

Suggested donations to sponsor are:

• the Conductor's podium (£3,000)
• our Orchestra Leader's chair (£1,500), 
• a Mentor's chair (£1,000) 
• a Student player's chair (£500).

Or you can become a ‘Friend of the Academy Orchestra’ for a minimum donation of £100.

All Orchestra supporters are  invited to the ‘Patrons and Friends’ Champagne reception.

We appreciate that not everyone is in a position to join the Patrons or Friends schemes but anything you feel able to donate will make a difference to our ability to continue presenting concerts of the highest standard and, equally importantly, to run our ever growing educational programme.

If you would like to make any donation to the Festival however large or small, please contact jessica May, email jessica@campdenmusicfestival.com for more details.

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