Become a Member, Friend or supporter in 2021

PLEASE SUPPORT our 2021-22 Essential & urgent fund-raising & recovery campaign!

Admirable Aspirations – a 17-year record of valuable achievement in Pan-European musical and cultural exchange & education – a Labour of Love – Modest Means 

If you value Musique Cordlale for its unique international festival and its orchestral academy for young musical talent – or its choral & singing courses, concerts and events in France and Britain, we need your help. Even after 17 years, it cannot continue without your support, especially after 2020-21 and Covid-19. The French association (which has run our festivals) & The Musique-Cordiale Trust, the British charity which supports it, need you for this campaign. Between us, we must hit a £50,000 annual target for EXTRA FUNDS before next summer – and preferably earlier to give us the resources to explore new ideas, plan ahead – and make savings – in difficult circumstances  as  we build anew in 2022. Thank you to those who have already helped by donating, pledging or raising money or by arranging events and inviting your friends to help. WHY NOT BECOME A FRIEND or DONOR? Or SPONSOR an event or musician?

A huge amount of year-round, voluntary work is involved to organise all our musical activities. Most of this is done by a team of dedicated volunteers. Although supported and valued by its participants and audiences, both locally and from all over Europe, Musique Cordiale NEEDS TO SUPPLEMENT ITS INCOME from ticket sales, subscriptions, some hard-won local funding in the face of shrinking public budgets and the generosity of a few private donors ad trusts. It is an enormous struggle to cover the costs of bringing over 100 musicians and singers from across the continent to the Pays de Fayence and accommodating and sustaining them – as well as working them hard to achieve great music together. It was also expensive to organise and then have to cancel the 2020 festival and to stage our only musical events with no box office income in 2020. Even in 2021,  when we did stage a week of concerts, Musique-Cordiale in Kent, we could operate only in England without access to our usual supporters, ticket sales and popular musical fund-raising events in France. Please SUPPORT US: details HERE

*Unless you are already a member, your contribution as a Friend is split between a payment for membership of the French association (€30/£30 per person) and a donation. ++All membership payments will be automatically transferred to the French association. GiftAid / tax-deductibility cannot be claimed on the membership element.   ** non-employed musician and student memberships will be paid in 2021 by The Musique-Cordiale Trust. Please send us an email to take advantage of this offer. We welcome and value our donors however small a contribution you can afford. Thank you!

Note: If you set up a recurring direct debit (from your card, PayPal or bank) before 31 December 2016, we held the cost of becoming a member or Friend for you through 2018. The above rates apply to all new members & Friends and to all renewals from 1 October 2019 except that exchange rate changes mean that we have had to increase the membership fee in GB pounds to £30 from 1 January 2021. You can join at any time of year; subscriptions apply for a year from the date they were initiated.  (Season passes and concert tickets for the Festival are available when the box office  usually opens in April).

If you are  available and would like to join us at our popular annual summer Fund-raiser (“Collecte de Fonds”) and Soirée Musicale – with wine, dinner and music (in 2019, it was again at the lovely Moulin de Camandoule between Fayence and Seillans  – in 2021, we envisage that there may be summer dates for any such events in Britain and France – to be announced. Please follow THIS LINK to book tickets; there is a discount for Friends of Musique Cordiale!)

Or send us an email or complete the application form and pay via online banking / bank transfer using the details below:

In GB pounds £:
Recipient: The Musique-Cordiale Trust., Norfolk Cottage, Newnham, ME9 0LL, GB
Recipient Bank: CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) Bank
Sort code: 40-52-40
Account number: 00029785
Reference: Your full name

In euros €
Recipient: Musique Cordiale (l’association), 217 ch. des Moulins, 83440 Seillans, France
Recipient bank: HSBC France, Fayence
IBAN: FR76 3005 6002 4802 4800 0709 222
BIC: CCFRFRPP
Reference: Your full name

In Swiss Francs or US dollars, please contact us for details of our local accounts to avoid international banking charges.al: www.paypal.me/MusiqueCordialeFR
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