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- BECOME A MEMBER
- SPONSOR AN EVENT
- FUND AN ENDOWMENT
BECOME A MEMBER
Members receive a host of exclusive benefits, including:
• Advance notice and ticket purchase privilege;
• Recognition in OnStage performance programs and in Eisenhower Auditorium lobby;
• Meet-the-artists opportunities;
• Invitations to members-only receptions and other events;
• VIP ticketing and premium seating access;
• Tickets for friends;
• Preferred or reserved parking.
Membership benefits vary by category. Go to MEMBER CATEGORIES AND BENEFITS for more details.
For more information or to become a member, contact Dave Shaffer, assistant director for special programs, at 814-863-1167 or DaveShaffer@psu.edu.
Download our membership brochure.
• MEMBERS MAKE IT HAPPEN
• SEVEN REASONS TO JOIN
• MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES AND BENEFITS
• MEMBER COMMENTS
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MEMBERS MAKE IT HAPPEN
Extraordinary artistry • Help bring the world to our stages—season after season—through a spectacular variety of performances by renowned artists.
Connecting the arts to schools • Support school-time performances that engage thousands of children.
First experiences • Make it possible for people of all ages to experience the magic of live performance for the first time.
Creative engagement • Sustain the visiting artists program that engages the University and community in many ways, including master classes, workshops, mini performances, and more.
New works • Assist in bringing new music, dance, and theatre works to life, and share in the enjoyment of their Center for the Performing Arts premieres.
Specialized programs • Help us open the world of the performing arts to a broader audience through programs that provide assisted listening, audio description, sign language interpretation, and other accessibility services.
Members make a difference
About 65 percent of Center for the Performing Arts income comes from ticket sales revenue combined with Penn State support. Membership support makes a real difference in the programs the Center for the Performing Arts is able to offer to the community.
Your support is the bridge that brings artists and audiences together.
When you become a member of the Center for the Performing Arts, you join hundreds of people who believe the performing arts are important to the vitality of our region and who share our mission of enriching lives through inspiring experiences.
Make it happen. Make a difference. Please join us.
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SEVEN REASONS TO JOIN
- Your membership will enable us to present an artist whose performance will touch many in the audience but will inevitably be a life-changing experience for at least one.
- Your membership will assist in bringing a music duo that fills our hall—and your life—with beauty.
- Your membership will go a long way toward offering a sizzling jazz trio with the most infectious sound this side of New York City.
- Your membership will help to commission one of America’s leading composers to create new music for a fabulous string quartet.
- Your membership will aid in creating five activities in which people of various ages and from many walks of life get to move with members of a dance company.
- Your membership will lend a hand in making it affordable for 600 children from six central Pennsylvania counties to experience their first professional musical theatre show.
- Your membership will mean that seven times seven music majors will be able to sit on a stage with a virtuoso and learn from a master.
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MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES AND BENEFITS
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE ($3,000 and more)
Invitation for two to an exclusive recognition event for Leadership Circle members
Reserved season parking space for Center for the Performing Arts presentations
Total of six tickets for friends to a performance of choice*
Plus benefits of Director’s Circle
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($1,500 to $2,999)
Name recognition in Eisenhower Auditorium lobby
Invitation for two to an exclusive recognition event for Director’s Circle members
Season access to preferred parking for Center for the Performing Arts presentations
Total of four tickets for friends to a performance of choice*
Plus benefits of Encore Circle
ENCORE CIRCLE ($1,000 to $1,499)
VIP ticket office assistance, including access to premium seating
Two tickets for friends to a performance of choice*
Plus benefits of Advocate
ADVOCATE ($500 to $999)
Invitation to recognition luncheon with the director and an inside look at the Center for the Performing Arts
Plus benefits of Friend
FRIEND ($250 to $499)
Invitation to the season celebration
Advance notice and pre-sale ticket opportunities for special events
Plus benefits of Associate
ASSOCIATE ($150 to $249)
Recognition in OnStage, our performance program
Receive advance mailing of the season brochure—by First-Class mail—to ensure early receipt
Plus benefits of Affiliate
AFFILIATE ($50 to $149)
Opportunity to purchase Center for the Performing Arts tickets in advance of the general public
Receive advance notice via e-mail about special events, exclusive discount offers, and more
Receive notice via e-mail about each issue of PreViews, our online multimedia magazine
Recognition listing in the Center for the Performing Arts annual report
THE JAZZ TRAIN
A special membership category that helps to present world-class jazz artists.
With a gift of $200 or more, the benefits include:
Invitations to jazz performance-related receptions
Receive advance mailing of the season brochure—by First-Class mail—to ensure early receipt
Recognition in OnStage, our performance program
Opportunity to buy Center for the Performing Arts tickets in advance of the general public
Receive notice via e-mail about each issue of PreViews, our online multimedia magazine
Receive advance notice via e-mail about special events, exclusive discount offers, and more
Recognition listing in the Center for the Performing Arts annual report
* Based upon availability and contractual obligations. Value will be provided on gift receipt.
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MEMBER COMMENTS
“I am always so excited to see the schedule of performances for each new season. Our array of choices matches those offered in other major performing arts centers. Being a member will help to ensure that these wonderful performers continue coming here.”
Patricia Hawbaker Quinlivan
“Members are more than just spectators; they have the opportunity to get involved. Support of the arts makes us feel good.”
Honey and Bill Jaffe
“We recognize that without the financial support of many, it would be impossible for high-quality programming to continue to be offered. It is very meaningful to us, as well as to children, Penn State students, and all other adults in the surrounding region, to be able to attend performances by world-renowned musicians and performers. We will support the Center for the Performing Arts to the highest level of our ability.”
Glenn and Nancy Gamble
“Membership in the Center for the Performing Arts provides you with a key to open the door to world-class performing artists in your own backyard. Membership is a strong statement that you believe what the center provides is a critical component in the quality of your life here in central Pennsylvania. Open the door. Become a member.”
Robert L. Martin, Esq.
“We became members the first year we moved to State College. Besides supporting the arts, our membership afforded us the opportunity to meet people with similar interests, and the special events allow us to socialize with people we might never know. It's been very rewarding.”
Helen and Bob Harvey
“Living in Clearfield County, we have been pleased to discover the wide variety of entertainment opportunities that the Center for the Performing Arts provides so close to home. It is very comparable to what we experienced living close to Orlando for many years.”
Tom and Leesa Folmar
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SPONSOR A PERFORMANCE
OR UNDERWRITE A GROUP OF EVENTS
The Center for the Performing Arts helps to fulfill its mission by partnering with respected businesses, organizations, and individuals as event sponsors and underwriters. Our patrons are continually telling us they are delighted the community is collaborating in bringing the finest performing arts to central Pennsylvania. Bronze, Silver, Gold, Ruby, Diamond, and Platinum sponsorships are available. We hope you will join us in this effort to make the performing arts more accessible to all.
For more information about sponsorship, contact Dave Shaffer, assistant director for special programs, at 814-863-1167 or DaveShaffer@psu.edu.
2008–2009 SPONSORS AND UNDERWRITERS
We are grateful to the individuals, businesses, and organizations supporting the Center for the Performing Arts.
Platinum $10,000 and more • Diamond $5,000 to $9,999 • Ruby $4,000 to $4,999 • Gold $3,000 to $3,999 • Silver $2,000 to $2,999 • Bronze $1,000 to $1,999
Platinum
McQuaide Blasko Attorneys at Law
Penn State Hospitality Services
TIAA-CREF
Diamond
Norma and Ralph Condee Chamber Music Endowment
Corvette America
Foxdale Village, A Quaker-Directed Continuing Care Retirement Community
Robert and Helen Harvey
M&T Bank
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
Ruby
AmeriServ Bank
Designer’s Studio
Gay D. Dunne, M.D., and James H. Dunne, M.D.
Kish Bank
Penn State International Dance Ensemble Endowment
Spaces Design Center
Gold
Allegheny Power
Don and Mary Ellen Fisher
Joel Confer BMW
Dotty and Paul Rigby
The Village at Penn State Life Care Retirement Community
Silver
Glenn and Nancy Gamble
Hoag’s Catering/Celebration Hall
Bronze
John L. Brown and Lynn Sidehamer
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc.
Sanders Window Fashions
MEDIA SPONSORS
93.7 THE BUS
95.3 3WZ
ABC 23/FOX 8
Centre Daily Times
MAJIC 99
MERF FM
WJAC-TV 6
WPSU
WTAJ-TV 10
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FUND AN ENDOWMENT
Endowments are funds that are maintained in perpetuity. A portion of the earnings is used for the purpose specified by the donor. The rest of the investment yield is returned to principal. Thus, over the years, the fund can grow and, it is hoped, keep pace with inflation. Such endowments, which typically bear the name of the donor(s), demonstrate an everlasting commitment to Penn State and the Center for the Performing Arts.
A program support endowment may be established with a minimum gift of $50,000.
For more information about endowments, contact Dave Shaffer, assistant director for special programs, at 814-863-1167 orDaveShaffer@psu.edu.
ARTS ENDOWMENT BENEFACTORS
Cultural Learning Initiative with McQuaide Blasko (CLIMB)
Sidney and Helen S. Friedman Endowment
ARTS ENDOWMENTS
Richard Robert Brown Program Endowment
Norma and Ralph Condee Chamber Music Endowment
Eisenhower Auditorium Endowment
Glenn and Nancy Gamble Endowment
Honey and Bill Jaffe Endowment
William E. McTurk Endowment
Penn State International Dance Ensemble Endowment
Gerald B. M. and Sylvia Stein Endowment