Support Vancouver Island Symphony
We Need Your Support to Keep this Symphony Playing!
WAYS TO GIVE
Did you know that donations make up 13% of our operating budget? Your support beyond ticket sales is integral to keeping the orchestra playing. When you make a gift to the Vancouver Island Symphony you’re supporting more than just concerts – you’re filling the community with music.
BY PHONE
Please Call the VIS Office at 250.754.0177
VIA E-TRANSFER
Send an e-transfer to info@vancouverislandsymphony.com
BY MAIL
Mail your donation to PO Box 661, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5L9
DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
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A FUTURE IN TUNE
Help Us Keep the Symphony Experience FREE for kids.
Do you remember the first time you heard a live symphony play? Seeing or listening to a live professional musician can be inspirational and ignite a life-long relationship with music.
For 20 years, the Vancouver Island Symphony has hosted every student in Gr. 4 in the district at the concert hall to see our orchestra perform a program designed specifically for 9- and 10-year-olds. For many children, this concert is their first experience seeing and hearing a live symphony orchestra.
Help us support the creation and production of our next education concert “Puck and Nature’s Orchestra” written by Assistant Principal Cellist, Alexandra Lee, and arranged by Scott MacInnes.
This concert premieres in January 2027.
MUSICAL CHAIRS
Legacy Gift
Do you have a favourite Musician or Instrument in the Symphony?
Play Musical Chairs with us!
Name your favourite seat onstage with a significant legacy gift of $4,000. Honour the memory of a friend or music-lover. Put your business or corporate name in lights. Show our orchestra and your community how much you love your Symphony. Legacy gifts like this can be made over multiple years, but benefit your symphony today.
- Specific Orchestra Seats cost $4,000 and can be paid over 4 years.
- Your selected seat will have your name in perpetuity.
- You’ll be invited to try out your seat at a rehearsal and meet the musician who sits there.
- A chair in your favourite section is still available.
- A tax receipt will be issued for your Musical Chair Gift.
NAMED CHAIRS
Concertmaster – Eveline O’Rourke Honourary Concertmaster’s Chair
Principal Viola – Betty St. Jean Memorial Chair
Principal Cello – Judy Fraser Memorial Chair
Principal Oboe – Dr. Marjorie S. Holmes Memorial Chair
Principal French Horn – Carl Saarinen Memorial Chair
Donor Benefits
for 2026-2027
Coming Soon!
DREAM CIRCLE ($5,000+)
MAESTRA’S CIRCLE ($2,000+)
CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE ($1,000+) or $84/month
ENCORE CIRCLE ($600+) or $50/month
BRAVO CIRCLE ($360+) or $30/month
APPLAUSE CIRCLE ($240+) or $20/month
Donations can be allocated to a fund of your choice: General Operations, Choir, Music Education Programs or New Music Commissions. The Vancouver Island Symphony is a registered charity (#11905 0813 RR0001) and will issue a tax receipt for donations of $20 or more.
