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Los Angeles Philharmonic Affiliates

Annual Fundraising Workshop - January 29, 2014

Each year for the past three seasons, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Affiliates have teamed with the LA Phil's Development Department to present a "Fundraising Workshop" for the benefit of the LA Philharmonic's Affiliate volunteer groups. This year's Workshop was chaired by Affiliate Past Chair Aida Gaona, and was held on January 29, 2014 at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles. The Workshop was open to all members of the LA Phil's 16 volunteer support groups.

This year's Fundraising Workshop featured two Power Point presentations given by representatives of the LA Philharmonic's Development Department, followed by five peer roundtable sessions led by individual Affiliate Committees.

Evie DiCiaccio, LA Phil's Director of Development, explained that "Fundraising is Like Dating," and involves: 1) Building a relationship of trust; 2) Treating people with respect and consideration; 3) Sharing core values; and 4) Experiencing the joy of giving. Ms. DiCiaccio also outlined the five essential steps of the fundraising process:  1) Identify your prospect;  2) Qualify the prospect;  3) Cultivate a relationship with the prospect;  4) Solicit the gift;  and 5) Continue to steward the relationship with the donor.

Susan Reardon, LA Phil's Director of Gift Planning, defined "Legacy Giving," and explained the importance of planned gifts and bequests to the overall financial health of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. She spoke about the types of legacy gifts and the process involved in setting them up.   Ms. Reardon announced a new program whereby each of the 16 Affiliate Committees will have one of its members designated as a "Legacy Gift Liaison."

The presentations were followed by five 20 minute "roundtable" discussions on the following topics:

• Getting the Local Community Involved

• In-Kind Donations and Underwriting

• Running Successful Silent Auctions

• Supplemental Fundraising Activities, such as Raffle, "Fill-a-Need," etc.

• Discussions of Individual Committee Events: What worked, and what didn't 

The Fundraising Workshop was followed by lunch sponsored by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.

After the roundtable discussions, the Development Department "mentors" (assigned to each Affiliate committee) were introduced, and fundraising goals were discussed.

Minnesota Orchestra

Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra is thrilled to be back in full swing with our membership and education programs. We are recovering nicely from our place of patience during the negotiations with a gain in members. Our membership numbers have more than doubled since the Minnesota Orchestra returned to Orchestra Hall in February. Osmo Vänskä will also be returning as Music Director for two years.

Sunday, April 27, we held our Spring Membership Brunch, celebrated our sponsorship of four days of Friends & Family Concerts with the Minnesota Orchestra and introduced our board for 2014-15. They will step into their positions on the first of September. Anne Miller, WAMSO Past President, 1988-1990, shared memories of our founder, Rosalynd C. Pflaum, who passed away the second of April. David Brubaker, violinist with the Minnesota Orchestra also played a meditative selection for the group.

Rosalynd C. Pflaum with Isaac Stern

 Rosalynd C. Pflaum founded WAMSO, now Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra, in January of 1949. She was proud to build the organization in the face of male skepticism that such a support organization could be beneficial to the (now) Minnesota Orchestra. She was a very private person and privately funded the first prize awarded to the winner of our Young Artist Competition, since its inception and her assistance in organizing it. In her will she has provided for the creation of an endowment to permanently fund that prize. Her vision and dedication laid a solid foundation for Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra.

Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra is known for its volunteer opportunities, as well as, music education programs and its 65 years of supporting the Minnesota Orchestra. We create opportunities that bring the power of music to friends, families and adults.

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

On May 28 the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal will be inaugurating its new organ with a Bach, Liszt and Saint-Saëns program. Our beautiful hall, La Maison symphonique, opened in August 2011 but Montréalers have been waiting for this second opening until now. The volunteers, as always, will be contributing to the event in various ways, but we also decided to have a mini fundraising program even though we had agreed to suspend all fundraising activities for this season. The volunteers will be offering score sheets of Saint-Saëns signed by Kent Nagano, our conductor, and by Olivier Latry, organist emeritus from Notre-Dame- de-Paris. We also have two different magnets with photos of the hall and organ. The selling of scores is a remake of what was a success in 2011. This permitted our Association to invite more than 400 school children to youth concerts.