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The Benefits and Opportunities of Corporate Partnership

Music is in our everyday lives and the experience of music performed live by a world class Symphony Orchestra remains a cornerstone of our cultural experience. The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is a community organization based around community needs. The WSO is a neighbor and community partner that melds a sense of business with an overarching passion for sound. For organizations that invest in live orchestral music, it pays substantial dividends in civic pride, cultural advancement, education and personal satisfaction. The investment also helps you to meet marketing and business objectives through co-branding and advertising with a highly recognized cultural institution.

The strength of any sponsorship opportunity lies in the power of the experience and the passion of the audience.  By supporting the WSO and its extraordinary programs, global and local companies enhance their brands, build business relationships, reward employees, strengthen reputations for corporate citizenship, and communicate key messages to loyal audiences. The WSO offers a season of inspiration and exhilaration and we invite you to experience the benefits and opportunities of becoming a corporate partner.

To better meet the needs of your business, corporate support can be provided to the WSO in three different ways:

• Sponsorship
• Gifts in Kind
• Advertising

Symphony Facts

• People in the Windsor-Essex and Detroit area have been going to the Windsor Symphony Orchestra concerts for almost 65 years
• As a cultural cornerstone of the Arts community in this region of Ontario, the WSO successfully produces more concert events in the course of our season than any other Ontario Box Office west of London
• Symphony demographics show that concertgoers are well-established, affluent and influential members of Windsor-Essex area communities
• The Symphony's growing audiences are skewing younger as the most popular classical music enjoys a renaissance
• Through performances by internationally-renowned guest artists such as Ian Parker, Lara St. John, Jan Lisiecki, Red Green, Rita Chiarelli, Mary Lou Fallis, Robert Aitken, the Sutlans of String, NEXUS, Ron Daivs and John Mac Master, as well as charismatic Music Director John Morris Russell, the Symphony stays top of mind in Windsor.
• The WSO is experiencing rapid growth in attendance including secondary and post-secondary students through the "TD MyWSO Music Pass" program

Community Relations Benefits

The Windsor Symphony Orchestra is committed to creating programs that bring orchestral music to people of all ages and backgrounds.

By partnering with the WSO, your company will:

• Establish an association with a world-class Symphony Orchestra
• Raise its community profile
• Be viewed as a philanthropic organization
• Help support children's education programmes (reaching over 25,000 children annually)
• Help make orchestral music accessible and affordable through the WSO's outreach programmes
• Help enrich the lives of the residents of our city, region and country

Entertainment Benefits

Create an incredible evening at the Symphony that your guests will not forget. Customized benefits can include:

• Complimentary tickets
• Assistance in planning and organizing pre- and/or post-concert receptions
• Opportunity to invite conductors and guest artists to private receptions
• Pre-performance talks providing an overview of the evening's performance
• Backstage tours for sponsor guests (subject to concert and the number of guests)
• Opportunity for your employees to purchase tickets for the sponsored concerts at a discount. Your employees will be entitled to a discount on subscription and single ticket purchases throughout the season outside of your sponsored performances, excluding specials.

Promotional Benefits

Promotional benefits can be tailored to suit the nature of your sponsorship. With over 40 concerts per season, and a variety of education and outreach programmes, sponsorship with the WSO offers flexibility and the ability to reach all or segments of the WSO audience.

Marketing opportunities may include:

• Inserts in WSO concert programes
• Product placement
• Sampling
• Your company's alignment with specific areas of the orchestra's work
• A unique promotion tailored to your organizational goals

For more details on how your business can partner with the WSO, contact Sheila Wisdom, Director of Development, by email or by phone at 519-973-1238