Spire Chamber Ensemble
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Why Donate?

Like most music organizations, Spire Chamber Ensemble relies on financial donations from supporters like you.  

Here's Spire by the numbers:

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Ticket sales cover only a third of our operating budget.
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98% of raised funds went directly to our programs.
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30% of Spire's tickets are donated to individuals who love music but cannot afford to purchase tickets themselves.
To give you an idea of how Spire uses its donated funds....
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Purchases a gas card for an artist to use while in town for a performance.

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Sponsors two free tickets to Messiah so people who love music but don't have the resources to buy tickets can attend a Spire event.

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Purchases the literal music!  This is the cost of a vocal or instrumental score that the artists would need to learn and perform the pieces.

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Pays for a portion of an archival recording of a performance. Spire needs to submit current recordings with grant applications to seek funding each year.

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Allows a Spire artist to spend a day with local Kansas City music students, performing a cameo concert for them and then conducting a workshop where the students perform and then receive feedback from the artists.

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Flies an artist into town for a performance. Approximately 70% of Spire artists travel to Kansas City for our concerts. This is among our largest expenses.

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Keeps our organ or harpsichord in tune for one performance series.

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Photo credits: Andrew Schwartz | veritography.net
Spire Chamber Ensemble. Copyright 2023.
  • Home
  • About
    • Ben A. Spalding, Founder and Artistic Director
    • Chamber Ensemble
    • Artists
  • Album
  • Watch & Listen
  • Concerts & Tickets
    • 2023-2024 Season >
      • Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard
      • Messiah 2023
  • Donate
    • Why Donate
  • ADEI Statement
  • Contact