2019 Chinquapin Summer Festival - Fundraising Brochure

2019 Festival Patron Proposal

The Chinquapin Summer Festival

Hello!

Dear Arts Enthusiast, Over the last decade the Rogue Valley has truly blossomed. Development, innovation, and culture have sprung up all around our home. At the Chinquapin Center for the Arts we believe we are standing at the precipice of an important cultural moment. It is our mission to be a part of this by giving support to artists and making their work available through breathtaking cultural events. Thank you for taking your time to consider being a part of this vision and to consider investing in the 2019 Chinquapin Summer Festival for the Arts.

Since 2012, The Chinquapin Center for the Arts has been open in the Applegate Valley offering residencies to individual artists. In 2016, looking to better serve our community, we began the Chinquapin Summer Festival. Each summer since, this festival has brought a team of 10 local and national artists to Oregon for two weeks, then a month – and in 2017 – six full weeks of concerts, festivities, opera, classical music, theater and exhibitions. Each summer for the duration of the festival, the Chinquapin Artists come to live and create here at Chinquapin, presenting their work in venues throughout the Valley.

Our mission at The Chinquapin Summer Festival is to create socially conscious programming that makes both contemporary and classical arts alive with the zeitgeist of our times. Focusing on cutting-edge new opera and chamber music, as well as the work of Southern Oregon's forward-looking artists, we present new work alongside masterworks from the past.

In the following pages you'll learn how we have executed this vision in the past (Our Story), the levels at which you can join in our cause (Giving Levels), learn about the financial specifics of our 2019 operation (2019 Summer Festival Estimated Budget), and most importantly, learn about the exciting 2019 Festival programs that your financial support can go toward creating (2019 Festival).

Because we have a permanent home-base at the Chinquapin Center for the Arts, the Summer Festival is uniquely positioned to provide a significant contribution to our vibrant Oregonian arts scene. Your generous support will provide the funding needed to build this festival and enrich the northwest for years to come.

With anticipation, Alexander Vassos Chinquapin Summer Festival Artistic Director

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Our Story

The Chinquapin Center for the Arts After a fruitful career in San Franscisco remodeling victorian homes and as senior project manager at The Presidio, Steve Radcliffe, a bluegrass boy from Pennsylvania, moved to Southern Oregon's Applegate Valley. In 2012, pledging one million dollars to its development, Steve bought 40 woodland acres and founded the Chinquapin Center for the Arts.

The Chinquapin Summer Festival

Steve's vision was to create a place where artists of all disciplines could come and do deep, focused work in a supportive environment of nature and serenity. Now, replete with a workshop, main house, rehearsal space, two buildings for future artists' studios, two pianos, woods, meadows, and a gorgeous half-acre pond, The Chinquapin Center for the Arts is ready and open, welcoming artists to come, live and work.

In 2014 Steve met Alexander Vassos. Straight from grad school Alex came to Chinquapin for a sevenmonth residency completing major portions of his new opera, The Fourth. Fast-forward to 2016, Alex returned to Chinquapin with a national team of 10 artists from the Rogue Valley, Los Angeles, Portland and New York City. Together, they laid the foundation for a permanent Rogue Valley arts festival and founded the Chinquapin Summer Festival.

During it's first season The Summer Festival began work on two of it's signature programs: 'The Accessible Opera Project' and the 'Rogue Arts Initiative'. Coming to Chinquapin for a two-week residency, The Chinquapin Ensemble worked around the clock realizing excerpts from the new opera, The Fourth. This cutting-edge work was presented throughout the Rogue Valley alongside the poetry of local spoken-word poet Blaine Alexander Lindsey, as well as a new string quartet by young, rising-star Rogue Valley composer Seven Spillios.

Chinquapin Summer Festival - Our Second Season Mission In 2017, responding to the deep divisions in our country, the Chinquapin Festival centered it's programming along the themes of Compassion and Common Ground. This season we created socially conscious events designed to strengthen community, promote compassionate thinking, and communication.

In 2017 the Chinquapin Ensemble would return to Chinquapin – this time for a full month –adding three new additions to their offerings.

Chamber music Now! The first major addition was our chamber music series, 'Chamber Music Now!'. Offering nine exquisite chamber music concerts, we featured the music of seven disparate composers, their music woven together with compelling spoken narratives about their lives –narratives designed to underline music's ability to unite and transcend. In keeping with our commitment to young, local artists, our series culminated in a new piece for string quartet and spoken word by Seven Spillios and Blaine Alexander Lindsay.

Transcend Queer Arts Festival

The second addition to our 2017 program was the 'Transcend Queer Arts Festival'.

Responding to the Rogue Valley's need for inclusive queer spaces, we brought the community together presenting the work of 12 Rogue Valley performers, actors, singers, visual artists, and poets in three separate spaces presenting an evening's worth of art and fun including performances, an art exhibition and a dance party.

We Choose Love To celebrate the spirit of compassion so alive in the Rogue Valley, we would honor our local hero, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche. On the first day of Ramadan 2017, Taliesin was killed while defending two teen girls — one a Muslim wearing a hijab — from a man shouting racist epithets on a train in Portland. He died alongside Ricky John Best, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Though coming from different sides of our country's political poles, these twin heroes came together to stand for unity and compassion. In an inspiring evening-long celebration the Chinquapin Ensemble was joined by Taliesin's loved ones, offering a diverse program of musical selections, poems and reflections on themes of love, unity, and compassion.

Chinquapin Summer Festival - Our Current Season Rogue Arts Initiative This season we focused primarily on the 'Rogue Arts Initiative' highlighting the talents of a range of local musicians. We will continue our support of young, local composers, programming their work during our chamber series. Finally, we will be adding a series of art song concerts, presenting art songs and arias to the public. This program will culminate in two new song cycles written by young local composers incorporating poetry written right here in the Rogue Valley.

Looking forward - 2019 and beyondIn 2019 we will continue to offer socially conscious work, make the classical performing arts relevant, and give voice to the Rogue Valley's forward-thinking artists. In addition to The Rogue Arts Initiative, Accessible Opera Project and Chamber Music Now!, we hope to add two new programs to the Festival: an educational 'Workshop for Young Composers and String Players' as well a Mindfulness Program serving our resident artists.

At the Chinquapin Summer Festival, we are tremendously lucky to have a permanent artistic home at The Chinquapin Center for the Arts. We invite you to be part of this exciting work by helping us create a festival that will develop our vibrant Oregonian arts scene as well as enrich our community for years to come.

Join us on the next page to learn more about our goals in 2019.

Listen to the Chinquapin Musicians now!

To listen to The Accessible Opera Project (The Fourth), our first opera The House Is Open, and our young composer in residence, Seven Splillios go to:

chinquapinsummerfestival.com/media.php

2019 Festival

To continue the momentum we have built over the past three years we need your help.

We have a range of exciting projects planned for 2019.

With your financial support we can bring them to life.

The Project -$38,450 Overview In 2019 we will bring the Chinquapin Musicians to live and work for a full month at the Chinquapin Center of the Arts. We will continue our work on the Accessible Opera Project (AOP) and our chamber music series, Chamber Music Now! (CMN!).

Accessible Opera Project

For AOP 2019 the Chinquapin Musicians will rehearse, workshop, record, and perform in concert a cutting-edge new chamber opera, The Fourth.

In development at Chinquapin since 2016, written along deeply Buddhist and Taoist themes, The Fourth takes us on a journey from the urban jungle, out into the wilds, then in towards the deepest parts of the self. With a boundary-breaking surround-sound orchestra of electronic and acoustic instruments, The Fourth transports us through a lush succession of kaleidoscopic sound-worlds. This journey into the depths follows three iconic characters each on their own journey inward.

This 2019 concert version of The Fourth keeps the AOP on track toward a fully staged 2020 premier. In 2020 this work will tour to unexpected, unorthodox and welcoming venues all over Oregon, opening entirely new audiences up to opera. After this 2020 Northwest tour, this production will be taken and shown in New York City.

Chamber Music Now! As part of our CMN! series the Chinquapin Musicians will present exquisite chamber music concerts throughout the Rogue Valley.

Seeking to make chamber music as relevant, dynamic, social, and alive as possible, CMN! brings new audiences in to hear classical music with concerts that experiment with venue and presentation. CMN! makes classical music relevant with compelling stories of composers' lives – stories drawing parallels to the struggles and themes of our times.

As part of our dedication to local, young composers CMN! will commission new works to program alongside masterpieces from the repertoire.

Learn in detail about our past work and about any of these 2019 projects on our website at chinquapinsummerfestival.com/projects.php

If we raise enough capital, we will expand our offerings, investing in this 2019 Expanded Project.

2019 Festival

Expanded Project -$49,950 Overview Our 2019 Expanded Project will increase the length of our festival from four to five weeks. In this five-week period we will execute all the programs in the 'The Project' description on the left hand page, as well as launch our educational program: Classes at Chinquapin.

at Chinquapin Classes

Our inaugural educational program will be a Chamber Music Workshop for Young Composers and String Players.

The Strings Component of this workshop will offer four young, local string players the opportunity to join The Chinquapin Ensemble twice a week for five weeks at The Chinquapin Center for the Arts. During this time they will be given individual lessons and chamber music coaching.

Students will be matched to play with one another, preparing works of chamber music from the classical repertoire. Students will work with our staff accompanist and prepare a solo work. All music created during the workshop will be performed in our showcase at the end of the five weeks.

For the Composition Component of our workshop, three young, local composers will be invited to create original compositions. The Chinquapin Ensemble will rehearse, workshop and critique these compositions in masterclasses at the Chinquapin Center. These compositions will be performed in our final showcase and recorded by our resident professionals, giving our young composers something to take along with them to further their compositional careers.

This Expanded Project lays the groundwork for a future sleep-away summer program built to nurture and give rigorous training to young musicians from the Rogue Valley and beyond.

To listen to exquisite examples of our past work join us on the web at chinquapinsummerfestival.com/media.php

Giving

Levels

Donors at each level will receive the ticket reservations listed, as well as the benefits of all preceding levels.

FESTIVAL SUPPORTER $999

or

BRONZE LEVEL

less

Your gift of $999 or less contributes to: $750 in advertising $500 in airfare for musicians $300 in reception costs

$1,000

Your $1,000 gift sponsors: Artist stipends for 1 musician for a full month of concerts, rehearsals and work –or–

Scholarships for Workshop for Young

2 Scholarships for the Young Composers and

Composers and String Players stretch project

String Players Workshop stretch project

Festival Supporter Benefits:

Bronze Benefits:

Mention in promotional materials

Invitation to cast party for 2019 Opera, The

Mention on Festival website

Fourth

2 reserved seats at all Festival events

2 reserved seats at all Festival events

SILVER LEVEL

GOLD LEVEL

$2,000

$5,000

Your $2,000 gift sponsors:

Your $5,000 gift sponsors:

Full cost for Workshop for the Young

Composer's commission fee for the Accessible

Composers and String Players stretch project

Opera Project

Silver Benefits:

Gold Benefits:

Invitation to private dinner at

Invitation to private dinner and round table

the Chinquapin Center with the 2019

discussion with the composer and director at

Festival Arists

the Chinquapin Center

5 reserved seats at all Festival events

5 reserved seats at all Festival events

DIAMOND LEVEL

PLATINUM LEVEL

$20,000

$10,000

Your $10,000 gift sponsors:

Your $20,000 gift sponsors:

Composers commission fee for the Accessible

All Artist fees for a full month of Chamber

Opera Project AND

Music and Opera AND

Artistic Director's fee

Composers commission fee for the Accessible

Platinum Benefits: Front-page Billing on all promotional materials Homepage billing on Festival website Invitation to private dinner at the Chinquapin Center with the 2019 festival musicians 10 reserved seats at all Festival events

Opera Project AND All venue costs

Diamond Benefits: Top billing on all promotional materials Top homepage billing on festival website Private concert and dinner with the Chinquapin Musicians, in your home or venue of your choice 15 reserved seats at all Festival events

The Chinquapin Center for the Arts is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible.

To make a donation join us on the web at: chinquapinartists.org/donation.html

2019 Summer Festival Estimated Budget To show how your generous donation will be used, below are projected budget allocations based on 2016-18 figures*

BASE PROJECT - $38,450 One month of chamber music and opera

Artist Stipends - 32%

Food for Resident Artists - 4%

Artist Travel - 10%

Advertisement - 2%

Administration - 16%

Local Transportation - 2%

Technical Costs - 10%

Reception Costs - 1%

Venues - 8%

Contingency - 15%

STRETCH PROJECT - $49,950 Five weeks of chamber music, opera and an eight-session workshop, concert and recording for young string players and composers

Artist/Educator Stipends - 30%

Workshop/Scholarships - 3%

Artist Travel - 10%

Local Transportation - 2%

Administration - 19%

Advertisement - 2%

Technical Costs - 8%

Reception Costs 1%

Venues - 6%

Contingency - 15%

Food for Resident Artists - 4%

*Full and specific budget projections are available upon request

GIVE

LISTEN

LEARN

The Chinquapin Center for the Arts

Listen to exquisite examples of our

Learn in detail about our past work

is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization

past work on the web now at:

and about our 2019 projects in the

All donations are tax-deductible.

Additional Materials packet

MAKE YOUR DONATION NOW AT: chinquapinartists.org/donation.html

(hardcopy available on request) or chinquapinsummerfestival.com

on the web at:

/media.php

chinquapinsummerfestival.com

Info.ChinquapinSummerFestival@gmail.com / 541.218.7035

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The Chinquapin Summer Festival

Misson Festival Mission We are building a permanent Summer Arts Festival right here in the Rogue Valley at the Chinquapin Center for the Arts.

Here we create socially conscious programming that makes both the contemporary and the classical arts relevant and alive.

With a focus on – but in no way limited to – performing arts, classical music and opera, the Chinquapin Summer Festival fosters local and national artists.

Alongside masterpieces from the past we incubate, workshop, cultivate and perform daring new works, touring them first locally, state-wide, and then nationally.

Programs Rogue Arts Initiative

Our mission is to cultivate the unique and powerful voice of the Rogue Valley and Southern Oregon and to enshrine it's spiritual ethos and culture of environmental stewardship. To this aim, we give special attention to the work of local creators and those making work on natural and spiritual themes.

Accessible Opera Project With our flagship program, The Accessible Opera Project, we seek to break open opera's often closed and guilded doors.

The Accessible Opera Project is creating a cutting-edge new repertory of English-language operas on relevant, contemporary themes.

With virtuosic, inexpensive and highly mobile productions AOP tours like a rock band or traveling theater troupe. With speed and mobility, we seek out new audiences in welcoming and unorthodox venues at a very reachable price.

Classes at Chinquapin We are passionate about educating the next generation of young composers and musicians. Mentored by our experienced team of professional artists, young musicians come to Chinquapin to take workshops and lessons. Here they create, rehearse and present their work to the community.

Chamber Music Now! We make classical chamber concerts as relevant, dynamic, social, and alive as the popular music traditions of our time and bring in new audiences with concerts that experiment with concept, venue and presentation. We make classical music alive with compelling stories of composers' lives– narratives that draw history into parallel with our times.

As part of our dedication to local, young composers. We commission new works to program alongside masterpieces from the repertoire.

Mindfulness at Chinquapin

Finally, it is our mission at Chinquapin to create not only extraordinary art, but healthier, actualized and more centered artists. We ground our artmaking and bring our artists closer together by offering meditation, yoga and mindfulness training alongside a rigorous summer of extraordinary art.