Giving Tuesday

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. Litha Symphony is proud to be participating in #GivingTuesday this year and every year.

Ticket sales make up just half of our operating budget. The other half comes from support from you—our patrons.

Your generous support will help ensure that we can continue to provide our outstanding classical performances not only for our communities and audiences but for our musicians as well.

For 2024, we plan to extend our outreach with the Department of Transportation's Open Streets initiative so that we can take our music to communities around the city.

Where does your donation go? The bulk of our annual budget goes towards the cost of renting our rehearsal and performance space. After that, our operations costs take up the next portion (insurance, post office box, this website, etc.).

With enough donations, we can rent newer orchestral works, hire amazing guest artists, and even commission brand-new works from up-and-coming composers in our very own community.

Every donation, big or small, has an enormous impact!

Litha Symphony is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Your donation is 100% tax-deductible, as allowed by law.

What is Giving Tuesday?

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. GivingTuesday emphasizes opportunities to give back to communities and causes in safe ways that allow for social connection and kindness even while practicing physical distancing.

GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past seven years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.

Whether it’s making someone smile, helping a neighbor or stranger out, showing up for an issue or people we care about, or giving some of what we have to those who need our help, every act of generosity counts and everyone has something to give.

At a time when we are all experiencing the pandemic, generosity is what brings people of all races, faiths, and political views together across the globe. Generosity gives everyone the power to make a positive change in the lives of others and is a fundamental value anyone can act on.

Learn more at GivingTuesday.org

Litha Symphony is proud to be participating in #GivingTuesday.

How your contributions help:

Litha Symphony is quite unique. Currently, our performance season is only during the summer months. This provides us with a unique opportunity to create an ensemble with musicians from a wide array of backgrounds—from teachers and students, to professional musicians and hobbyists.

From June through August, we bring the best in classical repertoire to life for our community. Most other ensembles are on break during this time, which opens up the opportunity to fill the summer with accessible classical performances where there would normally be none.

Of course, putting on our season is no easy task. The upfront costs associated with any given performance are steadily on the rise year after year. We rely solely on ticket sales and the generosity of our donors. That funding goes towards renting the rehearsal and performance space, renting music, hiring guest conductors and soloist, and so on.

With your contribution, we're able to expand our programming and offer more opportunities to aspiring young musicians, conductors, and composers. We're able to extend our symphonic literature to include more modern and contemporary compositions representing a larger, more eclectic and diverse pool of composers.

As with any community organization, there are many facets involved with making sure we run smoothly and with the community's interests in mind. Funding simply isn't enough. We are always working towards building better relationships with our community, our musicians, and our donors. Many of our musicians not only volunteer their musical talents, but their skills at writing, catering, accounting, etc.

If you would like to mail us a donation, please make checks payable to Litha Symphony Orchestra and address them to:

Litha Symphony Orchestra
PO Box 8085
New York, NY 10116