OPUS 8 RUNS ON DONATIONS, HELPING US TO BRING THE WORLD'S FINEST CHORAL MUSIC TO THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE -- WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
IF YOU REQUIRE A Tax Receipt:
We are pleased to produce our 2023-2025 activities in partnership with Chamber Factory*. Please follow the following steps:
ONLINE ~ Follow this link to Chamber Factory’s Canada Helps page dedicated to Opus 8
BY CHEQUE ~ Make your cheque out to Chamber Factory, and in the memo indicate ‘Opus 8’. Cheques should be mailed to Chamber Factory, 262 Crawford St., Toronto, Ont., M6J 2V8.
*Note that a portion (7%) of donations made via Chamber Factory will be set aside for their administrative overhead.
No Tax Receipt Required:
If you are not in need of a charitable tax receipt, donations may be sent directly to Opus 8, either by e-transfer to admin@opus8choir.com or by cheque addressed to Opus 8 and mailed to Opus 8 c/o C. Fraser, 52 Rose Ave, Toronto, Ont., M4X 1N9. As Opus 8 is not itself a registered charity, we cannot provide tax receipts, but a donation made directly to Opus 8 without the need for a tax receipt will go fully to Opus 8.
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 $499. The Patrons of Opus 8 are a distinguished group of supporters who contribute $500 or more. Sustaining Patrons are those who provide Opus 8 with yearly donations over $500 (including in-kind).**
Sustaining patrons
Anonymous, Bhalla Fund, Walter Bowen and Lisa Balfour Bowen, Hal Jackman Foundation, John Fraser & Elizabeth MacCallum, Werner & Elfrieda Heinrichs, Maruja Jackman, Peter Lewis, Carolyn McIntire Smyth and Harley Smyth, Richard Wernham & Julia West
Patrons
2017-2018 ~ Jill Andersons, Mary Beth Montcalm, Gregory Sorbara
Friends
2019-2023 ~ Peter Lewis, David Robertson
2017-2018 ~ 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
** Operations and donations were halted during the Covid-19 Pandemic
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