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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 Associate Director, Individual Giving, Terry Williams at twilliams@keynote-music.org or 619-233-3232 x160.

We are pleased to announce that Encore! 2025 raised over $225,000! Many thanks to everyone who attended and supported Encore! on Sunday, March 23, 2025 at the beautiful Paradise Point Resort!  All gifts support the KeyNote Fund, providing comprehensive assistance to students in all KeyNote programs including San Diego Youth Symphony (SDYS), The Opus Project, SDYS Jazz, ChIMES and Music Discovery.

This year we celebrated 15 years of The Opus Project! Cesar Gonzalez (photo below) was in the first class of Opus students in 2010, and joined SDYS in 2011 through 2020 when he finished as a second violin in Symphony Orchestra. Here’s what he had to say: “Learning to play an instrument is a necessary part of the development of a child…the Opus Project was my gateway to this development. I not only learned music. I learned that through hard work you achieve your goals. Through dedicated practice, you master even the hardest of passages.”

It’s not too late…to invest in a young musician’s success. Your gift provides direct need-based tuition assistance, value-based scholarships, instrument loans and supplies, group and individual lessons, parent education workshops, and so much more! 

Thank You!

Donate to the KeyNote Fund

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

 

Thank you to our Encore! 2025 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  Margaret & Neal Schmale 
Mark Bennett  Susan & Mark Hennenfent  Jeanette Stevens 
Regina Buckley  Paula Taylor & Bernie Kulchin  Dr. Julien Willard 
Eric Cohen & William Coltellaro  Sonia Kuster  Armi & Al Williams 
Arlene Harris & Marty Cooper  Anni & Arthur Lipper  Phyllis Yates 
Tina Dyer & Steve McCann  Bart McCleskey & Archie Palencia  James Ziegler
Gail Dunham  Jane & Bob Petering 
Eilar & Sally Gall  Barbara Riis 

ENCORE! SOCIAL GALLERY

March 23, 2025 | Paradise Point Resort

THE KeyNote Fund Silent Auction

Designed to Promote Student Success

Bid on original work commissioned and donated to the KeyNote fund to support young musicianship!

Join the fun and make a bid to own Balboa Park’s Spanish Village residency painter’s pieces. Commissioned plein air paintings of the highly photographed, iconic Casa del Prado Theatre, our first performance space, and other original Balboa Park Pan American, 1915 Exposition Art District renderings.

Follow the link to see the art in detail and make a bid to support San Diego Youth Symphony and our community outreach partnerships.

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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 Associate Director, Individual Giving Terry Williams, at twilliams@keynote-music.org or call 619-233-3232 x160.

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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, Associate Director, Individual Giving; 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:

Gay & Lesbian Fund for San Diego of The San Diego Foundation

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, Associate Director, Individual Giving, twilliams@keynote-music.org or 619-233-3232 ext:160.

Thank you!