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| AMEV/PL001 |  11TH HOUSE - 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF CHESS Sir Tim Rice revives his timeless musical classic Chess, with an exclusive two night performance on 12th and 13th May at the Royal Albert Hall, in celebration of its twenty-first anniversary. Celebrity artistes set to headline include US singing sensation Josh Groban and Broadway star Idina Menzel, famed for her part as the green girl in Wicked. This combined stellar cast, along with further renowned performers to be confirmed soon, will ensure this performance is one of the most impactful in 2008. • Target audience Chess is tipped to be a double sell out concert, with an audience of 1,100 per night from all demographics ranging from musical lovers and regular RAH goers to US tourists. • Sponsorship options Chess is seeking sponsorship for both anniversary concerts. There are various different package options available, each category providing outstanding and varying degrees of visibility and positioning for the sponsor(s). The organisers will not restrict sponsors to the available benefits within the packages. Rather, they would welcome the opportunity to discuss investment within each package and work with the sponsor and agree to provide flexible and tangible benefits which work for the sponsor's organisation and brand. • The package categories available are: 1. Platinum - £100K; 2. Gold - £75K; 3. Silver - £50K; 4. Bronze - £25K. • Key tangible benefits within these packages include 1. strong brand visibility through full colour page advertisements in the souvenir programme (special positions such as Inside Front Cover can be negotiated depending on investment); 2. the sponsor's corporate logo on the Front Cover; 3. branding on all advertising, postering, ticketing, automatic presence in all PR and media opportunities; 4. branding in visual material in the atrium of the Royal Albert Hall; 5. free premium seats for the concert, worth an average of £65.00 (the number of complementary tickets depends on the investment package selected); 6. invitations to the launch and post-show party; 7. framed posters autographed by the performers. • Other major benefits for the sponsor's brand All the above sponsorship opportunities would provide tangible benefits for the sponsor's brand by enabling the following: engaging a 1,100 strong audience of largely ABC1 demographics per night (total 2,200); brand visibility amongst high net worth individuals, proven to be brand conscious; brand synergies with stellar artistes - Sir Tim Rice, ABBA, Josh Groban and Idina Menzel; brand synergy with one of the world's leading venues, the Royal Albert Hall; involvement in the anniversary celebration of a cult musical classic; presence in the official souvenir programme with a significant shelf life, providing constant visibility of the sponsor's brand; the potential opportunity for branding to feature in the DVD and further broadcast in radio and TV. Contact: Henrietta Mackenzie. Address: 32-34 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7JB. Tel.: 0207 734 0404. Fax: 0207 734 0092. E-mail: henrietta@zestcorporate.co.uk link to website
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| AMEV/PL002 |  ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND The Army Benevolent Fund is offering the opportunity to buy a table in the Royal Box at Music on Fire! - The Fireworks Prom, at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 22nd, 23rd and 24th September, 2006. Music on Fire! boasts a position as the UK's most spectacular outdoor event - a stunning blend of live popular and classical music, thousands of thrilling and unique fireworks and a magical Son et Lumière. Myleene Klass, who is hosting the evening, will also perform, along with Patti Boulaye, a 100-piece military orchestra and a 100-voice choir. The voices of Dame Judi Dench, Robert Hardy, Honor Blackman, Kate Adie and Sir Donald Sinden will narrate the show. The Red Devils will also make a breathtaking night-time drop. The unmissable event will once again be held in the exclusive setting of The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. The theme for this year's event is War and Peace, with the audience being taken on a journey from the creation of the world, right through to Armageddon. The fireworks and musical spectacular was first staged in 2004 and is co-ordinated by Major Sir Michael Parker, the man behind the Golden Jubilee celebrations at Buckingham Palace. A table for twelve in the Royal Box costs £4,800.00 and includes a prime viewing position, a champagne reception, a three-course meal and the opportunity to rub shoulders with royalty, numerous celebrities and senior members of the military. All proceeds from sales of tickets to Music on Fire! will go directly to the Army Benevolent Fund, which supports soldiers, former soldiers and their families in times of real need. Contact: Wendy Lynch, Marketing & Communications Manager. Address: 41 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HR. Tel.: 0207 591 2000. Fax: 020 7584 0889. E-mail: enquiries@armybenevolentfund.com. link to website
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| AMEV/PL003 |  ARTS FOR LIFE Arts for Life boasts a position as the UK's largest and longest free arts festival, running for thirty days as part of the world renowned Edinburgh Festivals. Based at the Ross Openair Theatre, sandwiched between Princes Street and the historic Edinburgh Castle, in West Princes Street Gardens, the venue is regarded as "one of the most beautiful and high profile performance spaces in the world" - Emmylou Harris, 2003. The venue is transformed with an 18m dome stage that has an 11 sqm outdoor screen suspended from the roof, a bar, cafe, restaurant, and sponsors' areas. What Arts For Life can offer sponsors: extensive site branding exposed to over 1.5 million people and TV viewers; live TV and internet broadcast incorporating TV ad. spots - also shown on large venue screen; sampling and product placement; media exposure through event marketing and being integral part of Edinburgh Festival; high profile ticketed events - VIP tickets for sponsors and their clients; corporate area. Contact: Ian Murray, Partner. Tel.: 0131 248 2006. Fax: 0131 248 2024. Address: 12 Torphichen Street, Edinburgh EH3 8JQ. E-mail: ian@100mphevents.com. link to website
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| AMEV/PL004 |  GLOBAL MUSIC FOUNDATION The Global Music Foundation is a non-profit organisation, formed in December 2004. The foundation's aim is to share its musical knowledge, ideas and experience in an open, friendly and constructive artistic environment and to deliver high quality arts and culture events to the public. It does this through an ever-expanding series of concerts, workshops, seminars and events around Europe that provide the ideal opportunity to perform, share and learn together. These events provide an opportunity to present a sponsor's product or service to an audience that is receptive and positive. Global Music Foundation understands the commercial needs of a sponsor at whatever level of support is chosen. Benefits to sponsors include • extensive site branding exposed to a concert-going public of several thousand people • ad. spots and logo projections at concerts shown on a large venue screen • sampling and product placement • media exposure through event marketing, and active involvement in radio, television and new e-media broadcasts • VIP tickets for sponsors and their clients providing access to the corporate area. The name and logo of the sponsor would be included on all promotional material, including tickets, leaflets, posters, press releases, etc. Branding can be displayed about the site on the day of the concert at various locations (including entry to venues, stage, site, ticket checkpoints, etc.). Logos printed on street banners at entrances to towns. Further options can also be discussed. Venue capacities range from 300 to 10,000, depending on the programme. This Global Music Foundation can claim global impact, with yearly international events in six countries in Europe (and more in the pipeline). Other benefits include: being associated with a high quality, cross-community organisation providing educational opportunities and training for people of all ages from all over the world. Sponsors can also support assisted places on courses and make them available to people who otherwise could not afford to attend. GMF can design the sponsor package to suit the sponsor's requirements and budget. Take a look at the list of events they have coming up and the countries in which they will be presented. These events represent a marketing opportunity that is pan-European. "If your company has a policy of supporting music/arts learning initiatives, The Global Music Foundation provides the perfect opportunity to meet your objectives". Contact: Ian McClaren, Marketing Director. Address: 183A Stonegate Road, Leeds LS6 4PU. Tel.: 07974 140035. E-mail: sponsor@globalmusicfoundation.org link to website
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| AMEV/PL005 | GOSPEL FRONTIERS LTD. Gospel Frontiers is a company committed to supporting and promoting Christian and gospel music in the UK. The company actively supports upcoming Christian and gospel singers, singer/songwriters, groups and choirs, and increased sponsorship will assist in the ability of Gospel Frontiers to have a greater effect with these. Gospel Frontiers currently manages Beatrice Muniu, who is an active performer at numerous events and concerts throughout the year. The company has available for sponsorship a number of artists who are already well known, in addition to Beatrice Muniu. Gospel Frontiers also hosts a number of websites and is also looking for sponsorship for all or any of these. Generally this would be on an annual basis, reviewed at each year end. The company provides promotion of events and the opportunity for various companies to advertise at one or numerous events through tickets, programmes and advertising leaflets and posters. Gospel and Christian music is an emerging market in the UK - and this will be growing. Coupled with a strongly-focussed web presence, already a growing source of global and national trade and advertising, Gospel Frontiers is confident that, in conjunction with those that it represents, it can be a benefit to the sponsor's company and its advertising requirements. Contact: Ian Lloyd, Director. Address: 8 Balgowan Road, Beckenham BR3 4HJ. Tel.: 0207 038 5753. E-mail: ian@gospelfrontiers.com. link to website
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| AMEV/PL006 |  JAZZ SERVICES LTD. Jazz Services is a charitable organisation that exists to promote and support the development of jazz in the UK. The organisation offers a comprehensive information, advice and support and consultancy service to musicians, bands, promoters and managers to promote UK jazz to national and international audiences, and actively campaigns to improve the overall standards of music education. Jazz Services will host the first UK Jazz Forum, a two day education programme that takes place on 26th-27th October, 2007 at the award-winning Mermaid Events and Conference Centre, London. The event will target music educators teaching at Key Stages 2 to 4 and will include specialist speakers from the jazz education and policy arena, interactive workshop sessions, music specialists, exhibitors, music media demonstrators and performances from prominent UK jazz artistes and a leading Youth Jazz Orchestra. There is an attractive opportunity for creative and forward-thinking businesses to become the main sponsor of this exciting event and to market their services to a specialised client group which directly influences the new generation of music consumers and performers. Alternatively sponsors may consider supporting the three major music strands which focus on Education, Adult Education and Business. Other business benefits are detailed in the charity's sponsorship brochure. Contact: Ms Humie Webbe, Project Manager. Address: 11 Craiglee Drive, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff CF10 4BN. Tel.: 029 2091 2126. E-mail: hw.webbe@ntlworld.com link to website
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| AMEV/PL007 |  KALA PHOOL Kala Phool is an arts development agency that strives to make diverse artforms accessible, fun and low cost. Currently not core funded, Kala Phool needs financial support from like-minded organisations that want to work with it. Projects Kala Phool develops and delivers include the Brighton Hip Hop Festival, which boasts a position as the UK's largest celebration of Hip Hop culture. Kala Phool currently works globally with existing and emerging partners, as well as those from across the UK, pushing the boundaries in making all the artforms under the Hip Hop 'banner' visible. The festival will be five years old in 2008 and Kala Phool are keen to have sponsors come and support their vision - they are open to more than one supporter. • Mother India 21st Century Remix - this project is currently under development and involves the rescoring of the iconic and Oscar award winning Indian epic, Mother India. It will be produced using the talent of the world's top Turntablist, bringing the film to a fresh new audience with India and Pakistan's independence as its inspiration. • Frieze Box - imagine, a box covered in canvas in the middle of your town, school or on a roundabout, with artists working on it in rotation. This is the concept and currently Frieze Box is being developed to work with younger people, in schools and with national festivals. It's a way of taking the art to the people and allowing them to have a go. Quality is foremost in Kala Phool's visioning and the agency works with the best of the best, the most respected and credible artists ... but also in their own right they value Kala Phool's work. Kala Phool works to support under-developed artform sectors that may not necessarily have a voice. It advocates on strategic, national and international levels with a variety of agencies. "We want to hear from you". Contact: Ms Indy Hunjan. Address: PO Box 106, Brighton, East Sussex BN50 9BU. Tel.: +44 (0) 7977 449052. E-mail: indy@kalaphool.com link to Kalaphool website link to Brighton Hip Hop Festival website
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| AMEV/PL008 |  LEEDS PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY The chorus of the Leeds Philharmonic Society is a chorus of national standing which regularly broadcasts for the BBC, and which has made a number of commercial recordings. Its members are all amateurs, however, and the society is largely self-financing. The society is looking for sponsors for two areas. First, to enable the chorus to undertake an overseas tour of some 100+ singers to Budapest, Bratsilava and Prague, without the financial burden being totally on the chorus's individual members. The society anticipates having to meet the cost of travel and accommodation, together with the cost of an organist, orchestra, soloists and music hire in the host countries. Secondly, to contribute to the cost of those concerts the society promotes itself, outside of the Leeds International Concert Season. Again it is looking at the cost of a conductor, orchestra, soloists and the hire of Leeds Town Hall or another venue. Sponsors will be fully credited on all promotional material both in the UK and in Europe and the society is open to discussion on more innovative ways to celebrate any partnership. Contact: Jack Parkes. Address: 46 Eden Mount, Burley, Leeds LS4 2TD. Tel.: 0113 2287806. E-mail: Jack.Parkes@ntlworld.com link to website
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| AMEV/PL009 |  SOUTHERN FIRE Southern Fire is a two day outdoor music festival aimed at showcasing South Africa, her culture and her people through music on a global stage. It is a celebration of South Africa and her talent and will present South Africa's best musicians across all genres of music to the people of London. "Why Southern Fire? As a South African living in London, I meet people who continually ask me about home, the politics, the people, wildlife, nature and music. Through these conversations I began to see the need to promote South Africa and bring her people, culture and talent to the fore. Thus the idea for Southern Fire was born. With South Africa set to host the FIFA World Cup of Football in 2010, and along with our unique fauna and flora, it is a great time to be South African and to promote my country to people of other cultures. The aim of Southern Fire is to bring people from different cultures together, to share in a day of celebration of South African music and culture. We want Southern Fire to be an awesome experience for all involved, to birth a seed into London that will continue to grow and allow us to celebrate our great nation annually, abroad. Southern Fire is not a charity event. However, one cannot ignore the impact on Africa with regards to AIDS and HIV. We plan to donate a percentage of every ticket sold to a charity of our choice. Southern Fire is an ideal opportunity to raise awareness and bring exposure and information on a subject that has often been ignored. Our ultimate aim is to make Southern Fire a successful and annual event". Contact: Clayton Cook. Address: 106 Fishponds Road, Tooting, London SW17 7LF. Tel.: 07806 663909. E-mail: cook_clayton@hotmail.com link to website
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| AMEV/PL010 |  SURFACE UNSIGNED FESTIVAL Brand sponsorship of the Surface Unsigned Festival is being sought on a national and soon to be international scale. The Surface Unsigned Festival is the only national live music event that brings unsigned bands and artists to the attention of all aspects of the music industry. In 2008, events will be held in the north (Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds), the Midlands (Birmingham, Wolverhampton) and the south (London, Southampton, Brighton), making it the biggest event of its kind. The 2008 events will involve over 200 nights of live music, attended by 3,000 musicians from across the UK and approximately 40,000 fans. Industry guests so far have included BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio WM, Alan McGee Management, Surface Management, Dirty Pretty Things, Kerrang Radio, Flat Cap Promotions, Equator Music, XFM Radio, The Fly, NME, The Great Escape Festival, MAS Records (Robert Plant) and more individual A & R people. The organisers are currently in the process of speaking with various production companies with a view to taking the Festival into a televised reality TV format. In 2009, events will be held in Scotland (Glasgow), the north (Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds), the Midlands (Birmingham, Wolverhampton), the south (London, Southampton, Brighton) and the Wales/Avon region (Cardiff, Bristol). The website is currently receiving an average of 547,000 hits per month; this figure is forecast to triple to 1,500,000 website hits per month by March 2009. In 2009, there will be over 450 nights of live music, with 6,250 musicians involved and an estimated 65,000 fans experiencing the events. The Festival's magazine, The Surface Unsigned Magazine, is the most effective way of communicating with unsigned bands and musicians in the UK. With the number of unsigned musicians growing, the UK sees a record amount of recording and rehearsal complexes in all areas of the country. 15,000 copies are distributed as a free magazine to all rehearsal and recording complexes throughout the UK on an annual basis in October of every year. The magazine will be handed out to visitors to Music Live, which boasts a position as the biggest music event in Europe (7th-9th November, 2008). Last year Music Live attracted some 23,000 visitors. The Surface Unsigned Magazine is handed out at every event of the Surface Unsigned Festival. The 2008 Surface Unsigned Festival will see a total of 210 nights of live unsigned music in London, Brighton, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, involving over 3,000 musicians and over 40,000 fans of unsigned music; in 2009 the Festival will be expanding to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Brighton and London, involving over 6,000 musicians and over 65,000 fans of unsigned music. Around 10,000 copies of the magazine are expected to be taken home from the Festival, with a further 5,000 copies distributed to local music shops, universities, schools/colleges, other music-related businesses and bars/pubs/cafes/music venues in areas surrounding the Surface Unsigned Festival. "The Unsigned Market is growing rapidly. People remember our events, gigs and unsigned showcases; people will remember your brand". Contact: Jay Mitchell. Address: 20 Poole Street, WS1 2EN. Tel.: 0800 434 6076. E-mail: jay@surfaceunsigned.co.uk link to website
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| AMEV/001 | BELOW STAIRS MUSICAL (for cancer research) Below Stairs, premièred in May 2002 in Chesham. All future stagings will generate money for Cancer Research UK Ltd., as the composer has good cause to thank such a charity, having survived cancers of the colon, liver and lung. The aim now is to mount a production at a large theatre, such as the 1,000-seater Swan in High Wycombe, with the realistic expectation that £25,000 upfront sponsorship will generate at least double that for Cancer Research UK. The resulting high profile exposure will then stimulate the UK amdram circuit to put the show on, thus generating a stream of cash in the future for the charity. “Below Stairs” is a tuneful, feel-good musical set in 1914 at the outbreak of WW1, its star being housemaid Lucy. The website www.BelowStairsShow.com gives full details of the show’s history, its plot, the rave reviews, the cast demands, and so on. Scores and libs are available for assessment hire. There is a warts-and-all video of the première but the show has changed a lot since 2002 and the intention now is to produce a top-quality video of the July Staines production, along with a cast sound recording on CD. Among the show’s fans are BBC newsreader Patrick Lunt – who augmented the chorus sound in the first production – and actor/writer Simon Williams (Major Bellamy in TV’s Upstairs, Downstairs), who describes the show as ‘fabulous’. Sponsors of the proposed large-scale charity production will double their investment for cancer research, delight audiences with a feel-good show with memorable tunes and create a stimulus for other amateur operatic societies to stage the work to benefit charity. Contact: Alan Lewis. Address: 16 Battingswood Gardens, Naphill, High Wycombe HP14 4SR. Tel.: 01494 564512. E-mail: belowstairsshow@aol.com
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| AMEV/002 | THE BRISTOL FESTIVAL The Bristol Festival is a new community festival being organised by volunteers for September 20th and 21st, 2008. The event will showcase talent from across the south west region from a wide spectrum of disciplines, including music, art, theatre, circus and comedy. The main festival site, including several music stages, cabaret tents, street theatre, art exhibitions and food outlets, will be outdoors in Bristol city centre with additional indoor venues across the city providing night time entertainment and additional activities such as educational workshops and art exhibitions. The volunteer group is also providing year round participatory and educational worshops to engage local communities in art, music and theatre projects. Children's activities will be available in school holidays and in the run up to the festival with a view to inclusion in the event. The event supports emerging artists with great local public and media support. Sponsorship benefits include branding and involvement in the festival event. Full details of a range of packages are available online from www.thebristolfestival.org/supporters/sponsors. Contact: Poppy Stephenson. Fax.: 077905 387688. E-mail: info@thebristolfestival.org link to website
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| AMEV/003 | BRITISH FEDERATION OF BRASS BANDS The British Federation of Brass Bands works to develop and protect the interests of brass bands in the UK and funds educational workshops held by member bands, etc. The Federation is seeking sponsorship support curently for both its major championship events (see details below). Contact: Hayley Granger, Development Officer. Address: 122 Main Street, Bingley, West Yorkshire BD16 2HL. Tel.: 01274 511280. Fax: 01274 511281. E-mail: bfbb@clara.net link to website Current Opportunities
The National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain
The National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain
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| AMEV/004 | CAFE GOSPEL Gospel Entertainment Company is looking for sponsorship to re-launch a Gospel event called Gospel Renaissance in Birmingham. Sponsorship funds will be used to an extensive marketing campaign to cover the West Midlands. The company's marketing campaign will include the printing and distribution of promotional leaflets/posters and the creation and broadcasting of radio adverts. Benefits offered to sponsors will include: (i) logo and contact details of the sponsor on all leaflets and posters, and (ii) name of the sponsor mentioned during all radio advertisements. Sponsorship is sought to the value of £1500. Contact: Elizabeth Lawson-Bennett. Address: PO Box 10486, Birmingham B26 1LP. Tel.: 07812 101611. E-mail: music@cafegospel.co.uk. Website: http://www.cafegospel.co.uk
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| AMEV/005 | CAMBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL Contact: Gillian Perkins, Festival Director. Address: 10 Gurney Way, Cambridge CB4 2ED. Tel.: 01223 350544. E-mail: director@cammusic.co.uk. link to website |
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| AMEV/006 | CARNIVAL LATIN AMERICA El Pueblo Latinoamericana, now in its second year - and returning due to popular demand from both the Latin American community and Southwark Council - is an exotic and splendid family event, boast its organisers. It features a wonderful array of Latin American artists based in Europe, including one international-calibre salsa star. Last year's 'phenomenal success' saw several thousand people riveted to the acts on stage and moving to the unique rhythms offered by bands and dancers from Latin American countries. Contact: Francisco Valles, Marketing Manager. Address: 32 Milton Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4SR. Tel.: 07790-049453. Fax: 020-8279-7786. E-mail: franvalle@aol.com
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| AMEV/007 | CHELTENHAM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC The Music Festival offers a wide variety of sponsorship packages and corporate hospitality opportunities, in what The Guardian (July 1999) called "one of the biggest and most prestigious [festivals] of the summer". Contact: Caroline McKinnes. Tel.: 01242-775855. E-mail: CarolineMcK@Cheltenham.co.uk. link to website
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| AMEV/008 | CHELTENHAM INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL Now in its sixth year, the Cheltenham International Jazz Festival has made its mark in the UK music calendar with its constantly varied and adventurous programme. The Festival offers many exciting sponsorship and corporate hospitality opportunities. Contact: Caroline McKinnes. Tel.: 01242-775855. E-mail: CarolineMcK@Cheltenham.co.uk. link to website
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| AMEV/009 | CORSHAM FESTIVAL Corsham Festival is an annual seven day arts festival held in Corsham, Wiltshire in late June. The organisers tell us that it was named by the Daily Express as being one of the top fifty arts festivals in the UK and by the Financial Times as one of the UK's emerging arts festivals. Sponsorship is now sought for individual arts events or for the festival as a whole. The Corsham Festival has a particular focus on contemporary music and the work of composer Sir Michael Tippett, who lived in the town for ten years. Contact: Nicholas Keyworth, Festival Director. Address: Osborne House, 1 Station Road, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 9EU. Tel.: 01249-713509. Fax: 01225-464898. E-mail: corsham.festival@virgin.net. link to website
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| AMEV/010 | COURT PRODUCTIONS Lakeside Magic at Kingston Maurward, Dorchester, Dorset, is an annual event by promoters with a powerful track record - and is probably the highest profile music festival in the Dorset area. Contact: Russell Stretten, Marketing Consultant. Address: Granby House, Granby Terrace, London NW1 3SA. Tel.: 020 7388 3411. Fax: 020 7388 3411. E-mail: jamesman@blueyonder.co.uk link to website: Lakeside Magic
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| AMEV/011 | EASTWOOD COLLIERIES MALE VOICE CHOIR Eastwood Collieries Male Voice Choir, which this year is celebrating its eighty-fifth anniversary, was formed in 1920 by a group of enthusiastic colliery officials. Originally called the Eastwood Collieries Officials Male Voice Choir, it consisted of around a dozen men. By the middle of the first year the word 'officials' had been dropped and membership increased to around forty voices. During the early days membership was made up solely by the mining community workforce but as the mining industry reduced in size in recent times, members from outside the coal industry were welcomed into the ranks of the choir. The present membership of over fifty is made up of representatives of many trades and professions, with only a few retired members of the coal industry remaining. The choir's repertoire is varied and includes traditional male voice arrangements as well as pieces from other countries and languages. Being well versed in other languages, the choir is equally well travelled and the highlight of 2003 was to be invited to attend the Yorkshire Cancer Research Festival Concert held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The choir performs at least 18 concerts annually in England and Wales, raising vital funds and awareness for many local and national charities, including private wedding ceromonies. Sponsorship is needed to enable the choir to perform more concerts, replace existing uniforms and equipment and extend the choir's ability to attract new members through new tours and venues, forging links with local schools and colleges, targeting all age groups and offering them the joys of singing to these persons who might not normally associate themselves with male voice singing. Contact: Lord James Ferrabbee, Hon. General Secretary. Address: 51 The Fieldings, Suttin in Ashfield, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG17 2TF. Tel.: 01623 552350. E-mail: james@ferrabbee.fsnet.co.uk. link to website
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| AMEV/012 | ENGLISH TOURING OPERA English Touring Opera's tour visits more regional venues through more weeks than any other national or middle-scale opera company, a perfect vehicle for brands wishing to gain exposure right across England and beyond. Contact: Andrew Higgins, Development & Marketing Director. Address: English Touring Opera, 52-54 Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4RP. Tel.: 020 7833 2555. Fax: 020 7713 8686. E-mail: andrew.higgins@englishtouringopera.org.uk link to website
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| AMEV/013 | ELY FOLK WEEKEND The Ely Folk Weekend is an established traditional music festival based under canvas. The event takes place during the second weekend in July each year. It is already widely publicised relaunched itself in 2002 after taking a year out. The festival is fortunate to be based so close to the historic City of Ely with its famous Cathedral and collection of mediaeval buildings, and takes advantage of this by putting on additional events in the City centre. Tel.: 01353614164. Address: 4 Willow Walk, Ely, Cambs. CB7 4AT. E-mail: info@elyfolk.co.uk link to website
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| AMEV/014 | GOLDCOAST OCEANFEST 2008: 20TH-22ND JUNE Probably the coolest surf and music festival north of the equator! Since its inception ten years ago, GoldCoast has proved that its sponsors can successfully build brand equity, place product in the hands of its target audience and create an experience that guests take home and share with others, thus expanding their reach. Sponsors wishing to discuss key opportunities and benefits, the marketing plan, target markets, realistic participation and audience numbers, timelines and other essential facts, should get in touch. Contact: Warren D. Latham, Event Director. Address: Unit One, Velator Business Park, Braunton EX33 2DX. Tel.: 01271 817000. Fax: 01271 815926. E-mail: info@goldcoastoceanfest.co.uk. link to website
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| AMEV/015 | INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS The ICA programme incorporates all aspects of visual art - design, digital art, photography - as well as theatre, live music, education, networking events, club nights and talks, managing not only to uphold distinctive identities for each genre but also reflecting the multi-disciplinary sensibility which characterises the organisation. There are many opportunities for corporate partners to support the ICA through sponsorship, from one-off events and bespoke projects, through to partnership on major exhibitions. The ICA prides itself on working very closely with its partners, tailoring packages to meet their objectives and budget. Contact: Rosie Allerhand. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Tel.: 020 7766 1414. E-mail: rosie@ica.org.uk link to website Sponsorship of the ICA provides opportunities for companies to: • Align themselves with London's most cutting edge and diverse arts institution • Access artists and the ICA's creative networks • Access a diverse target market • Support a renowned cultural institution thereby receiving substantial exposure and acknowledgement • Market their brand with targeted publicity and press campaigns including national and international press • Make use of the ICA building in unique ways • Entertain clients and employees • Evaluate projects
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| AMEV/016 | THE JUNCTION CDC Over 2,000 rock, pop and club music workshops and events at venues across Suffolk are planned over the next three years to help young people across the county enjoy, and possibly make a career out of, music. The Amplifier project kicked off in October 2004 and promises to help budding musicians make the most of their skills – either just for fun or as a way of earning their living. Aimed at 11 to 25 year olds, the programme covers all aspects of the music industry including: music workshops – to develop their singing and playing skills; song-writing and composing sessions – multi-media sessions – using computers to make music; music business seminars – looking at how to get gigs, improving publicity skills and releasing CDs; studio craft – making the most of studio time and making your band sound better; the good gig guide – how to put on music events successfully and safely; and rock journalism – making a career out of writing about music. Participants will be able to do individual sessions or follow a more structured course. For some participants this may lead to a recognised qualifications. Despite the rural nature of the county, Amplifier aims to make sure no one misses out. Workshops will take place at seven main venues – one in each district across the county these are supplemented by three smaller venues in each area. Amplifier is a joint initiative between county, district and borough councils in Suffolk and The Arts Council England East. Funding for the project has been secured from the Lottery, the European Social Fund and Crime Reduction Funds. Funding is currently being sought from a range of charities, trusts and businesses. Sponsorship opportunities include: headline sponsor, equipment sponsorship, event sponsorship, etc. All future marketing material can include logos of major sponsors. Contact: Richard Brown, Amplifier Project Director. Address: The Junction CDC, Clifton Road, Cambridge CB1 7GX. Tel.: 01223 578000. Fax: 01223 565600. E-mail: richard@junction.co.uk. link to website
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| AMEV/017 | LONDON BACH SOCIETY Sponsorship opportunities are available in connection with the London Bach Society's London Bach Festival, which takes place annually in the autumn. Other concerts and special projects are arranged throughout the year. Settings include period buildings, churches and leading concert halls. Private and corporate memberships are available. The Society's 'Bach Notes' bulletin is published in March and September. Enquiries are welcome at any time. Contact: Mrs. Margaret Steinitz, Director. Address: 73 High Street, Old Oxted, Surrey RH8 9LN. Tel.: 01883-717372. Fax: 01883-715851. E-mail: margaretsteinitz@lonbachsoc.demon.co.uk. link to website
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| AMEV/018 | LONDON CONCORD SINGERS London Concord Singers are an award-winning chamber choir of about thirty mixed voices, based in central London, with a broad-ranging repertoire. The choir was established in 1966 by the conductor, Malcolm Cottle and he has remained the Musical Director. The choir became a registered charity in 1996. The choir gives three main concerts each year in central London. Recent programmes have included a programme of music written for Berlin, including music by Otto Nicolai, Felix Mendelssohn, Kurt Weill and Arvo Pärt. This concert was sponsored by the German embassy. Another recent programme centred around Jewish music, including music by Leonard Bernstein, Ernst Bloch, Kurt Weill and Salomone de Rossi. London Concord Singers have given a number of world, UK and London premières of works by composers such as John Rutter, Andrzej Panufnik, Richard Rodney Bennett, John McCabe, Kenneth Leighton and Michael Ball, as well as pieces specially written for the choir. The choir has also given performances of major contemporary pieces such as Alfred Schnittke’s Choral Concerto and Malcolm Williamson’s Requiem for a Tribe Brother. In its thirty-year history the choir has performed all of the unaccompanied choral music of Francis Poulenc. Following on concert tours to Normandy in 1999, to Ghent and Bruges in 2001 and Rouen in 2002, the choir travelled to Rheims in July 2003 and gave a concert in the cathedral to an audience of over 1,300. In 2004, London Concord Singers toured Barcelona, giving a concert in the Iglesia Santa Maria del Pi, as well as singing Mass in the cathedral. Many sponsorship opportunities are now available. Contact: Robert Hugill, Hon. Secretary. Address: 36 Torrens Road, London SW2 5BT. Tel.: 020 7274 3600. E-mail: info@londonconcordsingers.org.uk. link to website
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| AMEV/019 | LONDON FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC The London Festival of Chamber Music, founded in 1995 by Luciano Iorio, takes music into the community. The music is drawn from the most well-known repertoire, but the programmes also give the opportunity of hearing some very attractive rarities. In 2007, the festival ran sixteen concerts in four London venues. The concerts are organised so that the audience can mix freely with the performers in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. The Educational Programme of the London Festival of Chamber Music takes chamber music to schools, giving to children the gift of classical music and building tomorrow's audience. Address: 44 Gondar Gardens, London NW6 1HG. Tel.: +44 (0) 20 7435 6232. Fax: +44 (0) 20 7431 6843. link to website
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| AMEV/020 | LONGPLAYER TRUST Longplayer is a 1,000-year musical composition by Jem Finer. Originally commissioned by Artangel, Longplayer is now cared for by the Longplayer Trust, a non-profit organisation with charitable status. Longplayer, generated by computer, is situated inside London's only lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf. The music has been playing since December 1999 and is scheduled to repeat itself by December 2999. The trust is planning to build a device to generate Longplayer mechanically, parallel to the computer. The machine will be using 250 Tibetan singing bowls and be up to ten metres high. The estimated cost is £2,000,000. In order to raise the money, the trust has to produce a feasibility study, which will cost about £30,000, and is therefore looking for sponsorship support from sponsors who share their passion for time, in the hope that the project can be sustained for future generations. Contact: Frank Ottersbach, Trust Manager. Address: Longplayer Trust, 183 Norwood Road, London SE24 9AF. Tel.: 020 8671 4968. E-mail: franzottersbach@onetel.net.uk link to website
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| AMEV/021 | MUSEUM OF ARMY FLYING If our country had never needed early balloons, kites, First and Second World War planes and gliders, all manner of fixed wing and rotary aircraft and, nowadays, attack helicopters, then The Museum of Army Flying wouldn't need your help now! The museum celebrates over 100 years of flight, is home to a national collection of military kites, gliders, aeroplanes and helicopters and, with imaginative dioramas and static displays, traces the development of Army flying from pre-World War One to the modern Army Air Corps. It has an educational wing for children, hands-on and interactive exhibits, room for conferences, corporate and private parties - and it is situated right next to a working airfield at Middle Wallop in Hampshire. The museum is a charity and relies solely on admission fees, event money and the generosity of donors. It badly needs funds to expand in order to house further aircraft at present in store or out on loan, to improve and modernise its cramped archives, develop workshop space and double its education facilities. On July 30th, the museum hosts Music In The Air, its one big charity fund raising event of the year, when the London Pro Arte Orchestra and the Waynflete Singers gather to serenade a crowd of 12,000 enthusiasts who come to picnic on the grass airfield, listen to the music and watch dazzling aerial displays in the skies above them. The event is highly popular, always a sell out and the museum is looking for sponsors for it. Contact: Alison Brierly, Marketing Director. Address: Musem of army Flying, Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 8DY. Tel.: 01980 67421. Fax: 01264 781694. E-mail: alison@flying-museum.org.uk link to Museum website link to Music In The Air website
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| AMEV/022 | PAW - PARTY FOR ANIMALS WORLDWIDE PAW has been created to raise funds and awareness for all the amazing animal conservation and welfare organisations that are situated around the globe. It has already been suggested that PAW is fast becoming the animal and environmental version of Children In Need. PAW's launch event came in the form of a one-day music festival which took place at the Cardiff Arena on August 21st, 2007. The 2007 PAW beneficiaries were: Animals Asia Foundation, PDSA, Marine Conservation Society, Born Free Foundation, The Monkey Sanctuary Trust and SPANA. More information is available on the PAW website. "This is an excellent sponsorship opportunity for any company wishing to do more for animals and the environment whilst engaging with a large and varied audience and being associated with some excellent causes as well as popular celebrities". Contact: Katie Hobbs. Address: Murraytone House, Looe, Cornwall PL13 1NZ. Tel.: 01503 262532. Fax: 01503 262532. E-mail: paw_info@yahoo.co.uk. link to website
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| AMEV/023 | REALIFE TRUST The Woodworks Annual Music and Dance Festival attracts approximately 1,000 (with plans to expand to 15,000 by 2008, say the organisers) across the Bishops Stortford, Stansted Airport, M11 corridor area of East Herts. and West Essex. This major event offers excellent sponsorship opportunities in terms of publicity materials, showcase events, world class performances and all-age public participation. Contact: Tony Phillips, Director. Address: 3, The Courtyard, Windhill, Bishops Stortford, Herts. CM23 2ND. Tel.: 01279 504735. Fax: 01279 757658. E-mail: tony@realife.org.uk. link to Realife website link to music festival website
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| AMEV/024 | SUMMER SWING AT KEW GARDENS 'A jazz Glyndebourne for the Metropolitan young' - The Times. This annual 5-night Festival has been running for over sixteen years at Kew Gardens. Set in front of the magnificent illuminated glasshouse, the Temperate House at Kew, this picnic-style event features high profile artists such as Jools Holland and Bjorn Again. Each concert ends with a firework finale. Demographically, the audience of over 25,000 is composed primarily of ABC1s, 25-35 years old from south and & south-west London. Both total sponsorship and sampling opportunities are available. All funds generated by the Festival go towards the vital role the Gardens play in global conservation and biodiversity. Address: Events Manager, RBG Kew Enterprises Ltd., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AB. Tel.: 01825 731 853. E-mail: swing@kew.org link to website
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| AMEV/025 | WHITBY MUSICPORT Staged each October, Whitby Musicport boasts a position as the UK's biggest indoor World Music Festival, attracting artists from all over the world - and a sell-out event for the last two years. Contact: Jim McLaughlin, Director/Co-ordinator. Address: Highfield, Sledgates, Fylingthorpe, Whitby, N. Yorks. YO22 4TZ. Tel.: 01947-603475. E-mail: musicport@email.com. link to website
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| AMEV/026 | XTRAVAGANZA Xtravaganza boasts a position as the UK's most successful independent dance music record label, with four million records sold and fifty top forty hits. A thriving event and nightclub brand, Xtravaganza's activities include a weekly summer residency at the world's largest nightclub, Privilege, Ibiza, as well as global dance music events elsewhere in Europe, in Asia, in South America and the USA. The organisation is also involved in UK student tours and global dance music releases. Xtravaganza claims that its innovative and ground breaking music and events policy attracts early adopters, cosmopolitan buyers, opinion formers, all dance music enthusiasts and the mass global youth market. It is currently offering a range of sponsorship opportunities. Contact: Jessica Bigogno, Special Projects Manager. Address: Suite 3d, 36-37 Warple Way, London W3 0RG. Tel.: 0208 740 9700. E-mail: jessica.bigogno@xtravaganza.co.uk link to website
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| AMEV/027 | YORK EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL York Early Music Festival boasts a position as Britain's leading festival of early music. The Festival takes place each year within the medieval churches, guildhalls and historic houses of the ancient city of York. The list of artists who have performed at the Festival over the past few years includes the Gabrieli Consort of Music, the Tallis Scholars, the Consort of Musicke, the King's Consort and a host of other internationally acclaimed artists. Over the past quarter of a century, the Festival has grown to become one of the world's pre-eminent music festivals, enjoyed by musicians, visitors and listeners alike and the organisers are delighted to celebrate the anniversary this year with some of Spain's most celebrated musicians, as well as a host of other internationally acclaimed artists. The York Early Music Festival is based at the award-winning National Centre for Early Music which is housed in the former church of St Margaret's Walmgate. Sponsorship opportunities are available currently. The refurbishment of the Church - and the creation of the award-winning Centre - is thanks to a grant form the National Lottery through the Arts Council of England. Contact: Gill Baldwin. Address: The National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL. Tel.: 01904-658338. Fax: 01904-612631. E-mail: enquiry@yorkearlymusic.org link to website
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