The EMF Friends’ Scheme offers you the chance to support the important work of the Festival. The EMF receives no governmental or major, long-term corporate funding; so the generosity of our Friends is invaluable in enabling the Festival to expand and develop.
The Friends’ Scheme has seven tiers, each offering an extensive range of benefits; and these are detailed below.
ALLY
£25 annual donation
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
SUPPORTER
£50 annual donation
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
ADVOCATE
£100 annual donation
Advance booking
Free copy of the EMF Gazette, ‘Spirited’
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
COMPANION
£250 annual donation
Free EMF Programme Book
Advance booking
Free copy of the EMF Gazette, ‘Spirited’
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
ASSOCIATE
£500 annual donation
Free ticket to a late-evening concert of your choice
Free EMF Programme Book
Advance booking
Free copy of the EMF Gazette, ‘Spirited’
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
CHAMPION
£1,000 annual donation
Reserved seating in Dorchester Abbey
Free ticket to a late-evening concert of your choice
Free EMF Programme Book
Advance booking
Free copy of the EMF Gazette, ‘Spirited’
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
BENEFACTOR
£2,500 annual donation
Free tickets to any EMF concert of your choice up to a value of £105
Reserved seating in Dorchester Abbey
Free ticket to a late-evening concert of your choice
Free EMF Programme Book
Advance booking
Free copy of the EMF Gazette, ‘Spirited’
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
HOW TO JOIN
If you would like to join the Friends’ Scheme and thereby help to secure the long-term future of the Festival, please follow this link to make a donation online. Alternatively, email the Festival Director, Em Marshall-Luck, at em.marshall-luck@englishmusicfestival.org.uk for a brochure and application form.
Thank you to all who contributed to the 2019 Autumn Festival: to those at St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth, for their warm hospitality and invaluable help; to the artists, for their superb performances of some wonderful music; to the volunteers who staffed the Box Office, undertook Front-of-House duties, and served refreshments; and, of course, to the audience members for supporting the event, some of whom travelled a considerable distance to be with us. We are currently considering possibilities for the 2020 Festival, which, perhaps, will take place slightly earlier, at the end of August. Please visit this page soon for more details!
Thank you to all who made the 2019 Oxfordshire EMF such a success! We are looking forward to the 2020 Festival and already have a range of exciting concerts planned. The full programme will be available on 1 January 2020, with tickets going on sale in early March.
If you would like more details about our Friends’ Scheme, please follow this link to our newly reinstated ‘Friends’ Scheme’ page for a description of the tiers and their benefits, together with information about how to join.
Our recording arm, EM Records, has released a number of exciting new recordings, including a triple-disc set of Parry’s complete works for violin and piano and a disc of searingly beautiful choral works by Paul Carr and others. Please visit the EM Records website for full details of these and others!