Create a visible, personal connection with the musicianship you help sustain. Sponsor an agreed ECO chair for a season or year and help keep exceptional performance at the heart of the Orchestra.
Why Sponsor a Chair?
A Personal Connection to the Musicians You Support
Most giving supports music in general. Chair Sponsorship connects your support to a specific place within the Orchestra.
Your sponsorship can be linked to an agreed orchestral chair, such as Principal Cello, Principal Flute, a string chair, a wind chair or another position agreed with ECO. It can be made in your own name, your company’s name, your family’s name, or in honour or memory of someone special, or in celebration.
This is a personal and visible form of support. You can see where your contribution sits within the Orchestra, and your sponsorship helps sustain the musicianship, opportunity and artistic excellence that allow the English Chamber Orchestra to continue performing at the highest level.
Chair Sponsorship is suitable for individuals, families, philanthropists and companies who want their support to feel human, meaningful and directly connected to the people who make the music possible.
Chair Sponsorship Levels
Chair Sponsor
£2,500 per year
Sponsor a selected ECO musician’s chair for an agreed season or 12-month period.
This level is for supporters who want a personal and visible connection with a musician’s role in the Orchestra.
Includes:
- named Chair Sponsor recognition
- all ECO Patron benefits
- chair recognition wording agreed with ECO
- opportunity to meet or hear from the sponsored chair partner
- first opportunity to renew the same chair
- recognition in your own name, company name, family name, or in honour/memory of someone special
Principal Chair Sponsor
£5,000 per year
Sponsor a principal, leader or senior orchestral chair where available.
This level is for supporters who want a more prominent connection with one of the Orchestra’s leading musical positions.
Includes:
- named Chair Sponsor recognition
- all ECO Patron benefits
- more prominent chair wording where agreed with ECO
- opportunity to meet or hear from the sponsored chair partner
- first opportunity to renew the same chair
- recognition in your own name, company name, family name, or in honour/memory of someone special
Multi-Year Chair Sponsorship
£2,500 per year
Supporters can discuss securing a chair for more than one season.
Multi-year sponsorship creates a stronger long-term relationship with the Orchestra and gives the sponsor continuity of recognition around an agreed chair.
Includes:
- named Chair Sponsor recognition
- all ECO Patron benefits
- chair recognition wording agreed with ECO
- opportunity to meet or hear from the sponsored chair partner
- first opportunity to renew the same chair
- recognition in your own name, company name, family name, or in honour/memory of someone special