Become a Member, Friend or supporter in 2021
– or sponsoring an event or musician
– or making a donation to Musique Cordiale! We welcome donations of any amount at any time.
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Click the blue button to donate to the non-profit Loi de 1901 Musique Cordiale association
, (any amount, card & PayPal):
DONATE NOW – one time, annually or monthly options
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OR click the red button to donate to The Musique-Cordiale Trust, Registered English Charity, number 1167732
(any amount, cards, PayPal, direct debit or CAF account)
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OR you can also just send your donation or make a pledge – in Euros or GB pounds – direct
(online banking, CHAPS or by cheque, saving card and transaction fees: our address & account details are HERE)
THANK YOU! If you are a French tax-payer, please ask for a certificat du don. to offset part of your donation against tax. If you are a UK tax-payer, please also complete a GiftAid declaration. allowing British taxpayers to add Gift Aid (25%) to their contributions as Donors or Friends (in GB pounds), meaning that we receive the donation and also reclaim the tax paid on the income that paid for it. Please contact us or go to www.musique-cordiale.org for information and to support The Musique-Cordiale Trust. If you are a tax-payer in other European countries, please contact us for details of possible tax-deductibility.
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
MEMBER INDIVIDUAL (of the Musique Cordiale association)++ Note: students under 26 and our musicians who are not fully-employed or in receipt of pensions are invited simply send us an email to join for free in 2021** |
Annual | £30 | ||
FRIEND INDIVIDUAL* | Annual | £150 | Monthly direct debit | £15 |
Joint FRIENDS / COUPLE* | Annual | £275 | Monthly | £25 |
SILVER DONOR* | Annual | £550 | Monthly | £50 |
GOLD DONOR* | Annual | £1,000+ | Monthly | £100+ |
Give any amount | whenever suits you | what you can afford | you choose how often |
*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!)
(free to full-time students under 26 and to our musicians if they are not fully-employed or in receipt of pensions’ sponsored by The Musique-Cordiale Trust)
Benefits include:
- 10% online discount on most concert tickets – max 2 tickets per member per concert
- Annual reports
- Regular e-newsletter and email updates
- Opportunity to buy recordings of selected Musique Cordiale concerts
- Opportunity to attend dinners with musicians and singers*
- Invitation to the Annual General Meeting
- Opportunity to vote, nominate and be elected to the Council (conseil d’administation) and the ‘Bureau’ and to have your say
Includes membership of the association++ and all the member benefits plus:
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- Priority booking (two weeks before general booking opens)
- Recognition in the Festival or event programme and on the Musique Cordiale website
- Invitation & reduced price for each Friend (1 ticket per Friend, 2 tickets per Joint Friend) to our annual Fundraising Gala Soirée
- Reduced price for each Friend (for selected premium concerts that include food)
- Invitation to our Supporters’ reception (usually post-festival)
- Invitations to other events throughout the year in France & in the UK*
Join us & pay in Euros
Join us & pay in Euros
Includes membership of the association and all the Friend benefits plus special recognition in our programme and websites.
Silver and Gold Circle Donors constitute our special group of supporters who help secure the future of the festival or other musical events by committing to a major donation or regular giving. Donors are invited to contribute to the general funds needed to run the Musique Cordiale (a big year-round task) or may choose to make a specific donation, for example to sponsor a particular concert or musician, an Academy tutor or a seat within the orchestra, to cover the hire of a grand piano or to offer a bursary for an Academy student, ensuring that we can invite the most promising young musicians regardless of their financial situation. Specific donations must fit the charitable goals of the Trust or association; we would be delighted to discuss your ideas with you.
(++Gift Aid and tax deductibility do not apply to the membership element of a Donor or Friend subscription)
Join us & pay in Euros
Join us & pay in Euros
One of the most expensive parts of all our events is accommodating musicians nearby. Our festivals have required this for over 100 musicians in and around Seillans. We are immensely grateful to those supporters who offer to host musicians at no cost and are pleased to be able to offer them festival passes or tickets in recognition of their generosity. If you are interested in offering accommodation, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and send us an email.
Join us or donate & pay in euros OR – Join us or donate & pay in GB pounds
Or send us an email or complete the application form and pay via online banking / bank transfer using the details below: