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Event sponsorships offer significant recognition opportunities
for individuals and corporations, while supporting student programs.

EVENT SPONSORSHIP

Event sponsorships offer significant recognition opportunities
for individuals and corporations, while supporting student programs.

Sponsorship opportunities include:

  • San Diego Youth Symphony Concerts
  • Encore! Annual Fundraiser
  • ChIMES Family Festival

For more information, please contact Individual Giving Manager, Terry Williams at twilliams@keynote-music.org or 619-233-3232 x160.

2025 Annual FUNDRAISER

Join us for Encore! 2025, our 17th annual fundraiser, on Sunday, March 23, 2025, 4:00 pm at Paradise Point Resort on Mission Bay. All proceeds benefit the KeyNote Fund, providing the support that our young musicians need to achieve their musical goals.

For nearly 80 years, SDYS has worked to provide outstanding music education experiences to any qualified student, regardless of their ability to pay. Help us champion music education for young people across San Diego by attending Encore! or donating to the KeyNote Fund.

To attend Encore! purchase ticket here:

TICKETS

 

You Can Support a Student

Tuition for one year can run from $800 to $1,200. Instrument loans, lesson programs, and other support can increase by as much as $1,500 per student, per year. Please consider a recurring gift in monthly or quarterly installments to support students all year long.

Donate to the KeyNote Fund

For more information or to make a gift, please contact Terry Williams, Individual Giving Manager at twilliams@keynote-music.org.

Thank you to our Encore! 2024 Honorary Committee Members

Dick Ahlborn Dr. Irma Gigli Phyllis & David Sarkaria
Dr. Louis Alpinieri Sue Greenway Barbara Sawrey, PhD
Drs. Gigi & Inder Anand Dr. Usha Gupta Dr. Lina Schein
Maurine Beinbrink Susan & Mark Hennenfent Margaret & Neal Schmale
Mark Bennett Paula Taylor & Bernie Kulchin Liz & Eli Shefter
Regina Buckley Sonia Kuster Kristi & Greg Starmack
Jenny Lynn & Gabriel Campbell Marilyn Lindberg Jeanette Stevens
Marie & Henrik Christensen Anni & Arthur Lipper Dr. Julien Willard
Eric Cohen & William Coltellaro Ruth & Mike Lipper Armi & Al Williams
Arlene Harris & Martin Cooper John Alexander & John Lipsey Phyllis Yates
Anna M. Curren Tina Dyer & Steve McCann James Ziegler
Gail Dunham Jane & Bob Petering
Sally & Einar Gall Barbara Riis

THE KeyNote FUND

Designed to Promote Student Success

The KeyNote Fund is a critical tool to ensure that young musicians from across San Diego can participate in KeyNote programs like San Diego Youth Symphony, ChIMES, Music Discovery, and The Opus Project.

It provides need-based tuition assistance, value-based scholarships, instrument loans, repairs and supplies, group and individual lessons, parent education workshops, concert tickets and more… all of it FREE to eligible families.

Most important of all, the KeyNote Fund gives students in KeyNote partner programs, including Opus, the opportunity to participate in SDYS barrier-free: no audition fees, no tuition fees, no instrument loan fees, nothing!

Give to the KeyNote Fund

WHAT IS THE KeyNote FUND?

The Encore Fund goes even further by providing more comprehensive assistance designed to promote student success.

 In addition to direct tuition assistance, your investment in the KeyNote Fund provides:

  • Group or private lessons free of charge
  • Instrument loans to students who need them
  • Free instrumental supplies, cases and repairs
  • Performance clothing to students who don’t have formal wear
  • Free concert tickets to scholarship families
  • Parent engagement programs and a parent liaison position
  • Community-based programs that bring music into our schools

How does this help?

  • Students who receive assistance through the KeyNote Fund have a better chance
    of advancing through our program at the same or similar rate as their peers.
  • It makes SDYS more reflective of the communities we serve and builds bridges
    between our programs.

For more information, contact SDYS Individual Giving Manager Terry Williams, at twilliams@keynote-music.org or call 619-233-3232 x160.

Invest Today

BRAVO!

Bravo! is a membership group supporting San Diego Youth Symphony.
Bravo! members recognize both the talent and achievement of these young musicians and offer them vital support.

ABOUT BRAVO!

Bravo members are passionate donors to San Diego Youth Symphony (SDYS) who believe that music education is a doorway to opportunity for children, and that every child deserves access to quality programs. Our goal is to reach 100 members to raise $40,000 annually to support SDYS programs in Balboa Park and SDYS’ neighborhood engagement strategies throughout San Diego County.

Benefits:

  • Invitations to three Socials each season. These intimate performances feature solo and small ensemble student performances in unique venues across San Diego. Guests enjoy small bites and wine upon arrival, and a reception following the performance with coffee and dessert.
  • Preferred seating at all SDYS concerts.
  • Friendship with other Bravo! members who believe in the lifelong value of music education.

Membership:

Silver members: $400 single/$800 dual
(Tax deductible portion $325 single/$650 dual)

Gold members: $600 single/$1200 dual • Gold members receive ticket(s) to all SDYS ticketed concerts.
(Tax deductible portion $400 single/$800 dual)

Interested in becoming a Bravo! member?

Please contact Terry Williams, Individual Giving Manager; twilliams@keynote-music.org, x160 to learn more and become a member. New members are offered a prorated membership fee for the first year, and may renew annually in July.

Monthly installments are now available for Bravo! memberships. Please contact Terry Williams to learn more or sign up for a recurring gift!

To renew or upgrade your membership to Bravo!, click the button below:

Renew Bravo! membership

BRAVO! MEMBERS

Thank you to our Bravo! Corporate Members:

Announcing a New Season of Socials

Dates for the 2024-25 season will be announced soon!

BRAVO! SOCIAL GALLERY

February 25, 2024 | The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Generously underwritten by Gail Dunham & Phyllis Yates

BRAVO! SOCIAL GALLERY

January 21, 2024 | The Thursday Club
Generously underwritten by Phyllis Yates

BECOME A MUSIC MAKER!

A recurring giving program at KeyNote.

Support our Students and Programs all year long.

Did you know that recurring gifts make even more of a difference? Monthly or quarterly gifts make a big impact in the everyday music education of our young musicians, all year round.

Why should you make a recurring gift?

  • Sustained Impact – Your gift goes further to support our student musicians.
  • Year-long Support – Keep the music going with a gift that gives all year.
  • Convenience – Set up automatic payments and cancel anytime. It’s easy!

How does your recurring gift help?

For just a few dollars a month, you will help young people in our community have access to an instrument, weekly ensemble instruction, supplemental music programs, and so much more.

  • $5/month can provide one music stand or chair for a student
  • $10/month can provide two private lessons for a tuition assistance student
  • $25/month can provide an instrument for a beginner student

To join Music Makers today, click the button below:

Make a Recurring Gift

Thank you to our Music Makers!

Karen & James Botticelli
Jon Gilbreath
Whitney Kemp
Frank Megna
Ann Zahner

 

You can cancel or change your gift at any time. Gifts may be made monthly or quarterly.
After making a recurring gift, your scheduled gifts will be charged on the same day of the month as your first gift.

For more information, please contact Terry Williams, Individual Giving Manager, twilliams@keynote-music.org or 619-233-3232 ext:160.

Thank you!