2025 Annual Appeal
Generously match-funded by the NZSO Foundation up to $100,000
With
your help we can do more
This is a unique opportunity to amplify your gift and make your support go further!
The NZSO’s 2026 season invites you to not just listen, but to feel and experience something greater. Your gift to our 2025 Annual Appeal will help us deliver this special season throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
We are thrilled to announce that the NZSO Foundation will generously match new and increased gifts to this year’s appeal up to $100,000 The NZSO Foundation is dedicated to sustaining the NZSO for future generations by championing world-class performances, supporting nationwide music education programmes, and enriching community experiences for all New Zealanders
Donate to the Annual Appeal by 31 December:
The NZSO Foundation will match any new gift of $100 or more
The NZSO Foundation will match increases of $100 or more from existing supporters
How your support helps:
Your support helps us do more
More Artistic Programming
Help underpin the world-class concerts and artists that you enjoy in concert halls around the country, and even commission new music. Make a gift to play a role in sharing some of the world's greatest musical talent with audiences here at home.
More Social Impact
Help fund nationwide school, community and accessibility initiatives such as schools’ concerts and in-school music workshops, tamariki and relaxed concerts, Story Time programmes, pre-concert talks, livestreams, and more The NZSO is committed to sharing the joy of symphonic music with everyone to sustain and grow our audiences
More Opportunities for Emerging Artists
Help fund key initiatives for the country's most talented young musicians such as the NZSO National Youth Orchestra, Emerging Artists showcase, NZSO Foundation Masterclasses, Todd Young Composer Awards and Conducting Fellowship.
Join our Musician’s Chair Circle
NZSO Chair Sponsors are among our closest ambassadors Partner with an NZSO musician with a gift from $5,000 for unique opportunities to forge a long-lasting personal connection with our orchestra, and a deeper understanding of our artform.
Musician’s Chair sponsors receive broad recognition alongside their chosen player
“The NYO has once again been one of the best weeks of my life. I gained so much inspiration working with our conductor and such high-level musicians. I cried during rehearsals and during the Auckland performance because of how moved I was by the experience.”
From a parent at an NZSO Relaxed Concert
Richard, 2025 NZSO National Youth Orchestra
Join the NZSO Foundation’s Encore Programme
Your Legacy Echoes On
The NZSO thrives thanks to the support of generous individuals who believe in the power of music to uplift, inspire, and unite
Your support helps ensure the orchestra remains a world-class cultural treasure, enriching lives for generations to come
By leaving a gift in your will, you can create a lasting legacy one that echoes through every performance and touches countless lives through the beauty of music
Whether you're already a donor or exploring support in the future, please consider joining the Encore Programme
For a confidential conversation about joining the Encore Programme, please contact: Chantal Woodfine at chantal.woodfine@nzso.co.nz
What are you interested in?
Let’s have a chat! There are many ways to get involved with the NZSO, for example:
Honour a loved one by sponsoring a Musician’s Chair in the orchestra in their memory
Sponsor a young musician in the NYO
Underpin a major international artist or help fund a new commission
Contribute to a schools’ concert tour which gives over 8,000 children their first taste of symphonic music