An End of Year Letter

From Board President Richard Diebold Lee and Executive Director Carrie Blanding:

As the year 2010 comes to a close, and our 40th Anniversary Season continues, we are eager to share with you some new developments at the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and to ask for your financial support.

We have three stimulating concerts yet to come, including two subscription concerts at Herbst Theatre, and an unprecedented invitation to be the first local ensemble to perform on the distinguished Morrison Artists Series at San Francisco State University. You will not want to miss any of them! (As an aside: the Morrison performance will include a new piece, as well as an opportunity to experience some of the pieces from our February concert for a second time – a rare treat!)

More exciting news is that we plan to appoint a new Artistic Director in the spring. This will complete our leadership team, and you can expect an infusion of new perspectives and energy in our programming in future seasons. The Board and the Players are delighted by this prospect, and we are confident that you will be, too.

An unanticipated benefit of our search for an Artistic Director has been the letters we have received from leaders of new music from around the world, heaping praise on our ensemble for its consistent adventurousness, broad reach, and excellence of performance. We should all be proud to be associated with this internationally known and admired group.

As we celebrate our sterling reputation and anticipate our bright future, we want to encourage you to make an especially generous year-end donation to the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Your gift will reflect both your appreciation of all we do to bring the best of new music to the Bay Area and your enthusiasm for our future prospects. If you have already made a donation this year, please consider an extra gift in the spirit of the season!