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.
We are delighted to be returning to the glorious surroundings of St Mary’s Church and the Drill Hall in Horsham for our 2021 Autumn Festival, which will run from Friday 12 November until Sunday 14 November. The full programme is now published and can be viewed at this page; booking will open on 27 September.
Thank you to all who helped to make the Truro Concerts in July such a success — and, in particular, to Patrick and Jean Waller, without whom the day would not have been possible.
With the artists’ permission, some of the concerts at the 2021 May Festival were filmed, as were the talks; and we expect to have these ready for viewing on this website in October. We will be making a modest charge for access — this is to cover the costs of production and also to enable us to pay a royalty to the performers. More details will be available soon.
If you would like more details about our Friends’ Scheme, please follow this link to our ‘Friends’ Scheme’ page for a description of the tiers and their benefits, together with information about how to join.