Perth Undergraduate Choral Society Inc. - PUCS

Perth Undergraduate Choral Society Inc.

Dear Prospective Sponsor

We would like to invite you to sponsor the upcoming concert of the Perth Undergraduate Choral Society (PUCS).

PUCS is a student and community choir based at the University of Western Australia. PUCS regularly collaborates with local bands, orchestras, organists and instrumentalists, hence supporting PUCS has a flow on effect to the wider Perth music community.

By sponsoring PUCS you will be supporting the arts, gaining VIP concert tickets for your staff or clients and publicising your business.

Sponsorship will assist PUCS in paying for music purchases and concert venue hire, and with professional fees for soloists, orchestral musicians, accompanist and conductor. Attached is a prospectus with our sponsorship opportunities and details of our upcoming concert.

To enquire about any of the sponsorship options, please contact the fundraising officer at [email protected].

Kind regards,

PUCS President

Cassie Houghton

PUCS INC. PO Box 606 Nedlands, WA, 6009

PHONE (08) 6230 2240

WEB www.pucs.org.au

Sponsorship Packages

Perth Undergraduate Choral Society Sponsorship Prospectus, 2011/2012.

About the Perth Undergraduate Choral Society The Perth Undergraduate Choral Society Inc is a choir based at the University of Western Australia, dedicated to encouraging the enjoyment and appreciation of choral singing for students of all WA Universities and community members.

The choir numbers between 50 and 100 singing members, and performs 2-3 concerts per year.

Our most recent concerts include:

‘Misa Criolla and Songs from the Americas’ - a musical journey through the Americas featuring the stunning folk mass Misa Criolla, excerpts from the Andean folk mass Misa Andina, songs from Brazil and Argentina, plus superb choral music by contemporary composers Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre. The concert featured South American folk band Los Chasquis and tenor soloist Andrew Sutherland

'Christmas from Cambridge', combined sublime choral music from the British Isles with favourite carols with organist Dominic Perissinotto.

‘A Celebration of Choir and Brass’, performed with The Royal Agricultural Society of WA Brass, to celebrate our 50th Anniversaries. The concert featured the Australian premiere of Young Lochinvar by Derek Bourgeois and the WA premiere of Waratah by Australian composer Matthew Orlovich.

'Safari Ya Afrika' (Swahili: Journey to Africa), a concert of inspiring songs from across the African continent, performed with inspirational drumming from Moses Nii Odartei and Diibril Diagne.

PUCS is staffed by a volunteer committee and employs a conductor and accompanist.

Our patrons are:

§ Professor Alan Robson, Vice-Chancellor of UWA

§ Mrs Ruth Reid

Upcoming Concert: The Genesis of a Requiem Mozart's Requiem has an almost mystical status within the canon of Classical choral music. The Perth Undergraduate Choral Society (PUCS) is delighted to present "Genesis of a Requiem," a concert which explores two masterworks which were among the key influences on Mozart's composition: Michael Haydn's Requiem in C Minor, and Handel's Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline. PUCS is thrilled to welcome back distinguished soprano Katja Webb, who returns to Perth for this concert along with performances with WA Opera in November. The concert also features the outstanding Fremantle Chamber Orchestra, and soloists Caitlin Cassidy, Andrew Sutherland and Thomas Friberg. In January 1772, a 15 year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart participated in the performance of a Requiem Mass for the Archbishop of Salzburg, Sigismund Graf von Schrattenbach. Wolfgang's father Leopold Mozart held the position of deputy Kapellmeister (director of music), and the recognized prodigy Wolfgang frequently performed as a part of the court orchestra. The Requiem for the Archbishop was composed by Johann Michael Haydn (younger brother of Franz Josef Haydn), who was Kapellmeister and had maintained a close association with the Archbishop. The profoundly moving work was no doubt heavily influenced by the death of Haydn's infant daughter early in 1771. Michael Haydn's Requiem had a profound impact on the young Mozart, who made extensive use of themes from the Requiem in his own compositions. Twenty years later, when Mozart was commissioned to compose his own Requiem, he used the Michael Haydn work as a model for its structure, as well as revisiting many of Haydn's themes and ideas in his own work. Listeners familiar with the Mozart Requiem will be astonished by the parallels and common themes between the two works. Mozart also modelled much of his liturgical writing after another master composer, George Frideric Handel. For the Requiem, he naturally turned to Handel's own funeral compositions, including an elaborate Anthem for the Funeral of Queen Caroline in 1737. Mozart's familiar opening introit is based extensively on the opening chorus of Handel's anthem (a fact which was acknowledged by Mozart himself). The performance at 7:30pm on October 1st takes place in one of Perth's premier concert venues, Winthrop Hall at UWA. The two masterpieces on the program are surprisingly neglected - the performance of the Handel Anthem will be the first in Western Australia, and the performance of the Haydn Requiem may be only the second.

Sponsorship Opportunities PUCS is inviting sponsorship for each concert.

"Platinum sponsorship" (or "Choir" sponsorship)

$5000

§ 30 VIP tickets with reserved seating

§ Interval refreshments

§1 full page programme advertisement,

§ Prominent billing as the key concert sponsor on all publicity material

§ Sponsorship listing on the PUCS website

"Gold sponsorship" (or "Conductor" sponsorship)

$2000



§ 1/2 page programme advertisement,

§ Naming rights for the conductor (i.e. Conductor, Jonathan Paxman, presented by your organisation)

§ Sponsorship listing on the concert publicity material and the PUCS website

"Silver sponsorship" (or "Soloist" sponsorship)

$1000



§ 1/4 page programme advertisement,

§ Naming rights for a soloist or organist


Bronze sponsorship

$500


§ Reserved seating for an additional 4 guests

§ 1/4 A4 programme advertisement


In Kind Support

Interval Refreshments sponsorship - Provide interval refreshments





§ Opportunity to display business signage during interval

Printing Sponsorship

Assist with printing of music, publicity for concerts, concert program





§ Opportunity to display business signage during interval

Perth Undergraduate Choral Society Inc. - PUCS

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