Letter from the President

Dear Friends of Noontime Concerts,

Where can you take a summer vacation without traveling, learn about classical music without studying, or attend a weekly concert without purchasing season tickets? There is only one place, Noontime Concerts and it’s the most enriching way to spend your Tuesday lunch hours this summer. For the next three months you can count on a superb spring and summer series performed with skill and integrity by some of the world’s most talented musicians.

This concert series also signals the beginning of our most important fundraiser of the year, the $15,000 Summer Fund Drive. And, it is your opportunity to make a critical financial commitment to San Francisco’s Musical Lunch Break. Your generous contributions are our most significant source of funds and they are essential to the exceptional programs that are the foundation of our ongoing success.

To kick off this year’s drive we have received $2500 in challenge grants from the Noontime Board of Directors. That means that every time you contribute, until we reach $2500, your donations are doubled. With that accomplished we would reach one third of our goal. So please respond to this request for funds and help us to reach or exceed our $15,000 goal.

This summer we promise take you on a musical vacation that will be as peaceful and pleasant as a quiet stroll in the moonlight on a balmy summer evening and as exciting and romantic as a long-awaited trip to Europe. Come and hear a variety of compositions by many of your favorite composers - like Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Mozart and Brahms - performed by some of the Bay Area’s finest musical artists.

We all look forward to the annual return of The Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra under the direction of Maestro George Cleve. This extraordinary ensemble will perform in June and July and each concert promises to provide a perfect opportunity for complete immersion into the poetry and virtuosity of Mozart.

It all adds up to three hot months of brilliant programs featuring extraordinary artists. And, in exchange, we are asking you to help us meet our $15,000 Summer Fund Drive goal by giving as generously as you can.

Be sure to check the enclosed concert calendar that is filled with all of the performance listings. Keep it handy and join us for these great programs!

Week after week our audiences stand up and cheer for our exceptional programs! And each week we continue to strive for only the highest in artistic and performance standards for every concert we present. In order for these quality programs to continue, we must be able to count on your financial support.

So, as you read this letter, I would like you to seriously consider all of the benefits that Noontime Concerts provides to you and the community. And then I am asking that you make a significant contribution to help ensure that we enrich you with world-class musical programs. Your investment in us now guarantees our future. Can we count on you to make a special gift of $50, $75, $100 or more?

Thank you for your ongoing support and your commitment to the success of Noontime Concerts.

Sincerely,

Robin Wirthlin
President of the Board of Directors