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Last update:
18 Apr 2010
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BSO Sponsorship

Bolton Symphony Orchestra welcomes opportunities to work in partnership with other organisations.

This section of the site presents some of the key features and benefits of association with the BSO organisation.

A thriving, vibrant concern

BSO is a successful non-profit-making arts organisation. The key factors to its success are:

High artistic standards
Dynamic artistic direction
Excellent networking with like-minded organisations
Sound financial management
Strong management control

Exciting programming and engaging world class soloists all cost money as do the other major running costs of music hire and venues for rehearsals. The orchestral members pay an annual fee to play and the orchestra has been successful in finding sponsors who make annual contributions or sponsor individual concerts. The unpaid administration is divided up between orchestra members.

Supported by a wide range of organisations

We are very grateful for the support provided to us by the Provincial Insurance Company Trust for Bolton over a number of years.

Other organisations that have recently supported BSO include:

Nexus Solicitors Booth's Music

Fieldings Porter Solicitors

Attracting local and national attention

BSO has also been seeking funding both nationally and locally and has been successful in being awarded grants from the following organisations:

Bolton Council The National Lottery

Collaborating, supporting other charities

BSO has worked with a number of local and national charitable organisations to stage fund raising events. Recent collaborations have included:

Bolton Hospice

Engaging with the local community

A key feature of the organisation's work is engagement with the community. In addition to working in partnership with Bolton Music Service, a number of projects have been organised. Two examples are:

The Lottery: Peer Gynt - 1998

In July 1998, BSO was involved in a National Lottery funded project involving groups of Bolton primary school children in which the children performed their own music inspired by their study of the music played by the Orchestra. Supervised by the pupils' teachers and professional advisory staff this project and its concert was a splendid educational experience for the children and an inspirational one for the orchestra. Many of those who attended the concert were 'first-timers' who we would hope were sufficiently impressed to return in the future.

The Lottery: Henry V - 2002

In November 2002, BSO staged a National Lottery funded project involving groups of Bolton senior school students in which the local GCSE students studied Shakespeare's Henry V and then attended a live performance of William Walton’s Henry V from his 1944 film score.

The project was supervised by professional advisory staff and the concert was a fantastic educational experience for the students and brought to life Shakespeare's wonderful play.

Benefits of association

There are many benefits which we offer to our sponsors. These include:

the prestige associated with supporting one of the foremost non-professional arts organisations in the North West of England
company name/logo against programme details in BSO brochure (5000 produced and distributed throughout the North West)
company logo and link included on BSO web site
A5 advert available in the concert programme
complimentary tickets available upon request
private function room provided free of charge at the concert venue to entertain guests prior to the concert and at the interval (subject to availability and prior agreement with concert venue)

Establishing contact

We are particularly keen to discuss opportunities with organisations who wish to become involved in the very best of music making in the north west of England. For further information, please use the online contact form. We would be delighted to discuss opportunities with you.

Registered Charity No. 107033

working in partnership with Bolton Music Service