OPUS 8 RUNS ON DONATIONS AND FOUNDATION GRANTS WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
We are pleased to produce our 2023-2025 activities in partnership with Chamber Factory.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE ONLINE, AND RECEIVE A TAX RECEIPT
TO DONATE BY CHEQUE, AND RECEIVE A TAX RECEIPT:
Address the cheque to Chamber Factory, and in the memo indicate ‘Opus 8’. Cheques should be mailed to
Chamber Factory, 262 Crawford St., Toronto, Ont., M6J 2V8
*PLEASE NOTE: 7% of donations made via Chamber Factory will be set aside for Chamber Factory’s administrative overhead.
IF No Tax Receipt IS Required, YOUR ENTIRE DONTATION CAN GO TO OPUS 8:
Either e-transfer your donation to admin@opus8choir.com or send a cheque addressed to Opus 8 and mailed to
Opus 8 c/o C. Fraser, 52 Rose Ave, Toronto, Ont., M4X 1N9.
Donations made out directly to Opus 8 will not receive a tax receipt, but the entirety of your donation will go directly to Opus 8! (A spiritual tax receipt would be available in the afterlife, no doubt.)
Opus 8 gratefully acknowledges our financial supporters:
Donations enable Opus 8 to carry out our mission of performing choral music of exquisite quality to the highest possible standard. The Friends of Opus 8 are donors who contribute up to $999. The Patrons of Opus 8 are a distinguished group of supporters who contribute $1000 or more. Sustaining Patrons & Friends provide stability through yearly donations.
Sustaining patrons
Bhalla Fund, Walter Bowen and Lisa Balfour Bowen, Hal Jackman Foundation, Werner & Elfrieda Heinrichs, Maruja Jackman, Richard Wernham & Julia West
Sustaining friends
Carolyn McIntire Smyth and Harley Smyth, John Fraser & Elizabeth MacCallum, Peter Lewis
past Patrons
Anonymous, Jill Andersons, Mary Beth Montcalm, Gregory Sorbara
past Friends
Peter Lewis, David Robertson, Canon David Brinton, Miriam Clavir, Alice Jean Finlay, Erich Hahn, Ronald Knowles, Lesia Komorowsky, John Lawson, Anthony Luengo, Marci McDonald & Clair Balfour, Rollo Myers and Linda Schulz, Nalini Stewart
Founding Patrons
In February 2015, Opus 8 began with its first concert at St Thomas’s Anglican Church, during a snow storm. Despite the prohibitive weather, we sang to a full audience, and decided we had a good thing going. Soon after, we were accepted to Choral Canada’s Podium Conference & Festival, and we fundraised to fly out to Edmonton. A group of generous patrons supported that early project, and kick-started the shift for Opus 8 from being a volunteer choral endeavour into a professional small ensemble.
We are thankful to our Founding Patrons:
Anonymous, Clair Balfour and Marci McDonald, Lisa Balfour Bowen and Walter Bowen, Sampa Bhadra, Suresh and Nutan Bhalla, Pat Cleary, Johannes Debus, Barbara and Arthur English, Erich and Angelika Hahn, Freida and Vern Heinrich, Linda and Michael Hutcheon, Maruja Jackman, Sara and Eric Jackman, Susan Lang and Patrick Lesage, John Lawson, Peter Lewis, Elizabeth MacCallum and John Fraser, Michael MacMillan, Ken McCarter, Carolyn McIntire Smyth and Harley Smyth, Sandra and David Mowat, Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata, Anne Larson and Mark Smith, Peter Partridge, Nalini Stewart
SUPPORT FROM FOUNDATIONS
Since its founding in 2015, Opus 8 has received financial support from various foundations:
The McLean Foundation, Ontario Arts Council, Hal Jackman Foundation, and the Toronto Foundation’s Bhalla Fund