“To have great poets,” Walt Whitman once wrote, “there must be great audiences.”

The same holds true for having a great symphony — and this is where you come in.

The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra will strengthen, improve, and enrich our community in ways both immediate and long-term, but we need your help to do so.

Join us as we set forth to fortify and enliven the Tulsa community as only a great orchestra can!

TSO is a charitable organization under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations, bequests and transfers are deductible for federal income, estate, and gift tax purposes.

Play Your Part
When musicians of the Tulsa Symphony take the stage, it is the culmination of tens of thousands of practice hours.  Each individual has prepared his or her part to perfection and holds rank as one of the most accomplished musicians in the field.  But one person doesn’t make a symphony orchestra.  Nor does a handful.  The same number of musicians are necessary to perform a Beethoven symphony today as almost 200 years ago.

In order to maintain the artistic integrity of the Tulsa Symphony and ensure its future, we need your help.  As a nonprofit organization, TSO relies on contributions for the greater part of its budget, and could not exist without the generosity of friends like you.

So how can you play your part?  Your gift to TSO will help ensure a tradition of world class symphonic music in Tulsa and Northeast Oklahoma for future generations.  Just as every musician counts–every gift counts.

Learn more about how you can play your part:

The Musician Sponsorship Campaign is a primary source of support for the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.  By sponsoring a musician, you recognize not only the critical importance of highly trained artists to the quality of our orchestra, but also the indispensable role they play in education and in the cultural life of our city and region.  Your sponsorship of a particular musician will be published on the Orchestra Roster in Intermission Magazine.  In addition to this listing, based on your level of support, you may enjoy individual and ensemble performances in your home.

Musician Sponsorship Levels

Diamond Baton - $100,000+
Platinum benefits, plus…
Presenting Season Sponsorship Recognition at each concert
Private dinner for eight with Concertmaster

Platinum Baton - $50,000-$99,999
Maestro benefits, plus…
Naming Opportunity for One Concert

Maestro’s Circle - $25,000-$49,999
Concertmaster benefits, plus…
Naming Opportunity for Principal Chair

Concertmaster’s Circle - $10,000-$24,999
Musician benefits, plus…
Invitation to an Annual Special Event with musicians/conductor of a concert
Naming Opportunity for Section Chair

Musician’s Circle* - $5,000-$9,999
Vivaldi Society benefits, plus…
Naming Opportunity for Musician

Vivaldi Society - $2,500-$4,999
Sustainer benefits, plus…
Invitation to Annual Vivaldi Society Dinner

Sustainer - $1,000-$2,499
Supporter benefits, plus…
Invitation to an Annual Special Event where each person may bring a potential donor

Supporter - $500-$999
Fanfare benefits, plus…
Priority opportunity to participate in special events

Fanfare - $250-$499
Overture benefits, plus…
Two concert passes, subject to availability

Overture - $100-$249
Encore benefits, plus…
Donation listed in the Intermission program

Encore – Up to $99
Donation listed on the Web Site

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*For donations at the Musician level and above, donors may choose to recognize a musician at the appropriate giving level.  These donations will be listed both under their category of giving level and in a special listing for Musician Sponsorship.

A Tulsa Symphony Orchestra concert sponsorship supports a precious musical resource and contributes significantly to Tulsa's economy.  It is not simply a charitable gift.  Concert sponsorship allows you to show yourself as a supportive citizen and provides an excellent opportunity to make your family, foundation, product or service visible to a targeted segment of the community, one with high discretionary spending capacity.  TSO will work closely with you to maximize the value of your sponsorship.
A full concert sponsorship is available for $50,000.  Partial sponsorships are also available.

Benefits of TSO Concert Sponsorships

• Name-in-title recognition on all promotional materials for the sponsored concert.
• Name-in-title recognition in all radio, TV, and print media for the sponsored concert.
• Year-round featured logo and link to website from the TSO’s website.
• Recognition throughout the year as a sponsor in all TSO concert series programs.
• Logo projected on stage before concert and at intermission at sponsored concert.
• Logo included in program of sponsored concert.
• Recognition from main stage at the sponsored event.
• Best available tickets for the sponsored concert, the number to be commensurate with level of support.*
• Corporate table and special recognition at annual Vivaldi Society black tie dinner
• One private performance by a TSO (string, brass or woodwind) ensemble for a private or corporate event.  (Date restrictions may apply.)

* The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra requests the names and contact information for people receiving tickets.

Music education is one of the TOP priorities of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. If you are interested in contributing to one of our educational programs please contact Kathy Rad at (918) 584-3645 or kathy.rad@tulsasymphony.org for more information. To find out more about our education programs visit our education page.

Ambassador Program: K ‐ 12th grades Individual musicians from the TSO provide Master Classes, coaching, sectionals, clinics and ensemble performances to meet the needs of the schools’ music programs.

• Edison Middle & High School
• Central, Broken Arrow & Jenks High Schools
• Tulsa Youth Symphony & Tulsa Honors Orchestra

Side by Side Concerts TSO musicians coach students and participate in dress rehearsal & 
concerts in middle & high school orchestra programs.

Opus 2010:  3‐18 years old TSO Musicians start new string Programs in schools based on the proven 
Opus 118 Harlem School of Music (Movie‐”Music of the Heart”) and the 
Mark O’Conner Fiddle Method.

• Deborah Brown Community School
• Hoover, Grimes, Springdale and Jenks Elementary School
• BUNCHE Early Childhood Development Center

Master Music Teacher:  All ages TSO Musicians co‐hired as certfied music teachers in the schools.

• Madison Middle School
• Central High School

Classical Kids: Pre‐K thru 2nd grade ensembles Music In Moton: 3rd thru 8th grade ensembles TSO Student Concert Preparaton: K thru 12 Young Person’s Concerts: 3rd thru 12th grade Music Infusion Program: K thru 12 Special Events

• Symphony Safari at the Zoo
• Symphony by the Sea at Oklahoma Aquarium
• Stars of the Symphony at the Tulsa Air & Space Museum