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| AMOP/PL001 | GATESHEAD YOUTH ORCHESTRA Sponsorship opportunities are available in connection with this versatile orchestra which already has a high profile both locally in the north east and nationally. Founded in 1953, Gateshead Youth Orchestra aims to give young musicians who attend school in Gateshead, or have a strong connection with the town, an opportunity to perform a wide range of music from a variety of periods and styles. Approximately fifty talented students from 11 to 19 years of age rehearse weekly under the direction of John Treherne, who has also composed original works especially for the orchestra. In addition to well known repertoire, eg this season, Mozart Piano Concerto K488, Vivaldi Guitar Concerto, Haydn Cello Concerto, Telemann Violin Concerto, the orchestra has performed lesser known works by composers such as Charles Avison. Also a performance of Rosina, an opera by local composer William Shield, last performed in the 18th century, was a memorable occasion. The overture to Rosina, which includes the melody Auld Lang Syne, caused a lively debate at the time about the origin of this celebrated tune. The orchestra was subsequently featured on BBC Television and in many major newspapers. Local venues have included Shipley Art Gallery, Council Chamber Gateshead, Northumbria Police HQ and Newcastle Civic Centre. Nationally, there was a performance at the Royal Society of Arts in February 2003, when the Gateshead Schools' Music Service was awarded the Major Award of the National Music Council of Great Britain. Dame Cleo Lane presented the award and again there was publicity in the national press. Each summer the orchestra embarks on an overseas educational visit and in recent years has toured Germany, France, Holland, the Czech Republic and Tuscany. There have been several CDs recorded both locally and on tour. These provide a valuable record of achievement for the orchestra's young musicians. As soon as the Gateshead Youth Orchestra returned from the summer 2003 tour, it travelled to London for a performance in the Royal Festival Hall. Music included "Into The Unknown" and other pieces by John Treherne. This formed the highlight of a most challenging and exciting year. Future projects include travel to, and hire of, larger venues in the local community, including the Sage Gateshead in June 2005, as well as nationally. The orchestra plans to undertake further overseas tours. Support for this type of activity, the purchase of new music and commission of new works is essential to enable the orchestra to consolidate its success and to ensure that young north eastern musical talent is allowed to flourish. Contact: John Treherne. Tel.: 0191 433 8690. E-mail: lynnebloxham@hotmail.com.
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| AMOP/PL002 |  JACKDAWS MUSIC EDUCATION TRUST Jackdaws Music Education Trust seeks a new sponsor for its Great Elm Vocal Awards, an annual competition for aspiring young professional singers aged 22 to 30 from across the UK and overseas. The present sponsors are stepping down after 2005. The awards, which offer some of the most valuable prizes in the UK, have been held annually since 1992 and have helped launch the operatic careers of many young singers who are now gaining international recognition. The prize money helps the winners further their singing careers. The award winners have also gone on to win prizes in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Cardiff Singer of the World and The Royal Overseas League. This year, 2006, the preliminaries will be judged by CD; and the finals will take place in the Wigmore Hall, London, on October 7th. The prizes are: first prize £2,000 ; second prize £1,000; third prize £500. Previous winners include Christopher Maltman, Sarah Fox, Andrew Kennedy, Mary Nelsen, Amanda Echalaz and Kate Royal, who are all now enjoying international acclaim. Jackdaws Music Education Trust is recognised nationally and locally as a major contributor to classical music education. Jackdaws was founded in 1993 by Maureen Lehane Wishart, the current Artistic Director and a former international mezzo-soprano. The trust was set up to promote access to music for all ages, abilities and backgrounds through teaching and performing by first class teachers and artists. A programme of residential courses, community courses and the Great Elm Vocal Awards is run from the picturesque Vallis Vale at Great Elm, Frome, Somerset. The natural beauty of the setting by the river is extremely conducive to artistic endeavour. Dame Joan Sutherland is the patron of Jackdaws and its vice-patrons are Sir Charles Mackerras, James Bowman and the Earl of Oxford and Asquith. Contact: Maureen Lehane Wishart, Artistic Director. Address: Ironstone Cottage (formerly Bridge House), Great Elm, Frome, BA11 3NY. Tel.: 01373 812383. Fax: 01373 812083. E-mail: music@jackdaws.org link to website
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| AMOP/PL003 |  OPERA ANYWHERE
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| AMOP/PL004 |  opera by definition
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| AMOP/PL005 |  PEGASUS OPERA COMPANY Pegasus Opera Company is looking for one or more corporate sponsors who would be interested in a single production or long term commitment with an innovative arts organisation. Pegasus is the United Kingdom's leading professional, multi-racial, mid-scale touring opera company, founded in 1992. The company creates opportunities for young professional singers from all backgrounds to develop and perform in high quality and innovative opera productions, thus preparing them for national and international houses. Pegasus believes that it is only through the nurturing of these diverse talents that a new form of cultural harmony can be achieved. This harmony encourages talent equally, without regard to cultural heritage or ethnic background. The company also seeks to demystify opera by making it accessible to as wide an audience as possible, actively involving a cross-section of the community. This includes programming an accessible range of works and touring to a variety of medium-sized venues with the aim of reaching communities who would not normally have access to high quality opera. The company's community and education programme develops new audiences through special workshops and outreach programmes. One of Pegasus Opera's long-term goals is to gain secure financial support, enabling it to produce regular educational projects (at minimal cost to the schools involved), community projects and artistic productions. Reliable funding would allow the company to fulfil its aims to the highest standards, which in turn would ensure that the sponsoring company would feel a tangible benefit from the association, thus creating a lasting and sustainable legacy of music in the community at large. Past productions include • a gala concert production of Porgy And Bess at the Barbican in June 2005 ("the Pegasus production was a brilliant interpretation to which the audience responded with a five minute standing ovation", Live 247); • L'Elisir D'Amore (The Love Potion) UK touring production ("last night Pegasus Opera triumphed effortlessly", Huddersfield Examiner) • Mayor Ken Livingstone's Summer in the City concerts ("Pegasus stars poured out a feast of popular arias from Verdi, Puccini, Gershwin, Bizet" - the music mesmerized the audience", Camden New Journal) • Carmen UK touring production ("a spirited new Carmen, a febrile, physically exciting account", The Observer). This year the company's current professional production is I Pagliacci, a co-production with English Touring Opera for Spring 2006. This will be a new and exciting production of Leoncavallo's masterpiece: one of the first and finest of the 19th century's verismo operas. This new production is set between the wars and is sung in English. It will tour throughout the UK in May 2006. A rarely performed opera by Frederick Delius will form the heart of the company's education/community project scheduled for the end of 2006. Koanga is the very first African-American opera, telling the story of an enslaved African prince against the backdrop of oppression, voodoo and love betrayed. The production will involve a chorus of talented amateurs alongside professional opera singers, plus a special schools' matinee, in which 240 London school children will present their own prequel of Delius's story to a theatre full of their classmates and other pupils. To be presented in London for a limited season in October and November 2006, Koanga promises to be a major theatrical event and Pegasus intend it to be the highlight of Black History Month in London. Pegasus would be delighted to discuss specific sponsorship opportunities. Contact: Marleen Mikhail, London Programme Co-ordinator. Address: The Brix, St Matthews, Brixton Hill, London SW2 1JF. Tel.: 020 7501 9501. E-mail: marleen@pegopera.org. link to website
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| AM/001 | DURHAM AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY Contact: Anthony Smith, Publicity Officer. Tel.: 0191 3863144. E-mail: anthony.s@tinyworld.co.uk link to website
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| AM/002 | 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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| AM/003 | LEEDS UNIVERSITY OPERA Leeds University Opera (formerly Bretton Hall Opera) aims to mount productions of historically-important but neglected or rare operas. Recent productions have included Anton Eberl's "Die Koenigin der schwarzen Inseln", Franz Schubert's "Die Freunde von Salamanka", J.C.Bach's "Amadis de Gaule", and J.F.Lampe's "Margery; or, a Worse Plague than the Dragon". Sponsorship support is being sought currently. Contact: Stephen Muir, Lecturer in Music. Address: University of Leeds, Bretton Hall Campus, Wakefield WF4 4LG. Tel.: 0113 3439074. Fax: 0113 3439181. E-mail: s.p.k.muir@leeds.ac.uk.
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| AM/004 | THE REHEARSAL ORCHESTRA The orchestra regularly commissions new works, runs opera and ballet weekends and last year focussed on music which was on the schools' examination curriculum. Address: 60-62 Clapham Road, London SW9 0JJ. Tel.: 0207-820-9994. E-mail: Admin@Rehearsal-Orchestra.org link to website
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| AM/005 | SADLER'S WELLS Sadler's Wells' mission is to promote and encourage dance and music theatre for all, bringing the world's most outstanding dance, ballet and opera companies to London and ensuring that performances are accessible for all through affordable ticket prices and a wide ranging education programme. For information about how you or your business can support Sadler's Wells, contact: Eva Nijhof, Corporate Partnerships Manager. Address: Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN. Tel.: 020 7863 8138. E-mail: evanijhof@sadlerswells.com. link to website
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