Let’s Partner
Your partnership with Rochester Symphony impacts around 30,000 community members annually via season concerts, free concerts, educational programming, radio, musician volunteer outreach, and partnerships.
Benefits
Ready to reward employees? Wow a VIP or business client? Sponsorship benefits are tailored to meet your company’s marketing goals and philanthropic values. We are happy to alter, adjust, add or improve benefit packages to meet your goals.
Support the music you love and complete the form below or call 507-286-8742.
Concert Sponsorships (5 available; $4,000 each)
Become the sponsor of an upcoming concert and place your business in front of thousands of Rochester-area residents. Each concert sponsor will receive:
- Name and logo on sponsored concert print promotional materials & concert page of website
- Half-page ad in season concert program book (if received before Friday, August 11, 2023)
- Company name in Financial Supporter section of printed program book and website
- Verbal recognition from stage at sponsored concert
- Four complimentary tickets to sponsored concert ($120 value)
Where sponsors are featured
Available Corporate Sponsorships
$1,000 – Ensemble Sponsor (Orchestra or Chorale)
$2,000 – Guest Artist Sponsor (2 available)
$2,500 – Free Family Preview Sponsor (4 available)
$4,000 – Concert Sponsor (5 available)
$5,000 – Ticket Sponsor (Sold)
$10,000 – Podium Sponsor
$20,000 – Season Sponsor
Contact our President/CEO Amy Lindstrom at Rochester Symphony to tailor sponsor benefits package with amount.
Benefits Per Sponsorship
$1,000 – Ensemble Sponsor (Orchestra or Chorale)
- Listed as sponsor on musician roster page of printed program book and website
- Company name in Financial Supporter section of printed program book and website
- Social media thank you post, reaching more than 4,100 followers
$2,000 – Guest Artist Sponsor (2 available)
- Business name and logo appears on Rochester Symphony guest artist webpage and artist biography section of printed concert program book
- Company name in Financial Supporter section of printed program book and website
- Social media thank you post, reaching more than 4,100 followers
$2,500 – Free Family Preview Sponsor (4 available)
- Business name and logo on Free Family Preview page of website
- Sponsor recognition on all Free Family Preview social media promotions
- Company name in Financial Supporter section of printed Rochester Symphony concert program book and website
- Social media thank you post, reaching more than 4,100 followers
$4,000 – Concert Sponsor (5 available)
- Name and logo on sponsored concert print promotional materials & concert page of website
- Half-page color ad in season concert program (if received before Friday, August 11, 2023)
- Company name in Financial Supporter section of printed program book and website
- Verbal recognition from stage at sponsored concert
- Four complimentary tickets to sponsored concert ($120 value)
- Social media thank you post, reaching more than 4,100 followers
$5,000 – Ticket Sponsor (Sold)
- Business name and logo appears on every printed ticket generated at the box office, as well as each e-ticket and print-at-home ticket. Every person attending a Rochester Symphony concert will have one-on-one exposure to your business name.
$20,000 – Season Sponsor
- Business name and logo on print and digital concert promotions for every concert of the season (poster, promotional video, e-newsletter, website & social media)
- Program books:
- Business name and logo on each concert page of printed season program
- Full page color ad on outside back of each printed season program book
- Verbal recognition from stage at all six concerts of the season
- Company name in Financial Supporter section of program book and website
- Four complimentary season ticket subscriptions (4 tickets to each of the 6 concerts in the season. $720 value)
- Private performance by a Rochester Symphony small ensemble (such as a string quartet) at your company event.
- Social media thank you post, reaching more than 4,100 followers
Matching Gifts
How matching gifts work
Imagine if you could double the impact of your gift. It’s easy!
Corporate matching gift programs give you the opportunity to help direct your company’s philanthropic dollars toward the organization of your choice. Your company receives a tax deduction for each match but you get the donor credit.
Send the completed form with your gift to:
Rochester Symphony
1530 Greenview Dr SW, Suite 120
Rochester, MN 55902
Sustaining/Recurring Gifts
Like our water or our air, music provides sustenance and is a resource we want to sustain and protect in Rochester. Year after year, you have shown us that you value the music we bring to life in every concert and in every educational event we provide for young and old.
To ensure that our music will be there for future generations to enjoy, we are undertaking a new initiative—
the Sustain the Symphony campaign—
to make it easy for our patrons and friends to support the symphony by making ongoing monthly gifts.
Your recurring monthly gift lessens the burden on your finances by spreading out your donation. It also provides dependable cash flow and reduces our fundraising costs.
Support the music you love for years to come. Become a Symphony Sustainer today!