Corporate Giving

Sponsorship Opportunities

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra is proud to be the oldest continuously performing orchestra in the Southeast–a vital component of the tapestry that makes Knoxville a wonderfully special and distinctive place in which to live and work.  For more than 75-years live symphonic music has been one of the good things about life in Knoxville. Sponsorship support of the KSO accounts for 10% of our overall budget and 35% of our annual fundraising campaign. Sponsorships can be customized to fit a company’s needs or an individual’s desires to recognize or honor a colleague or loved one.  Sponsorship support of the KSO ensures a solid foundation for our Orchestra into the next 75-years.

Sponsorships are available for a wide range of concerts and programs throughout the KSO season.  Sponsorship packages can be customized to offer you an excellent return on investment at a variety of giving levels.

Marketing and visibility may include some or all of the following:

  • logo on program page for sponsored concert;
  • name/logo on all TV, radio, direct-mail and print advertising for the sponsored concert;
  • ad in digital program books for sponsored program;
  • logo on KSO Sponsor page in center of Masterworks/Pops/Chamber Classics concert program books for current season and on www.knoxvillesymphony.com with a link to your corporate site;
  • presentation of logo/name on signage in lobby of concert hall during sponsored concert; and introduction and acknowledgement of sponsorship from stage at sponsored concert.

Sponsors also receive:

  • complimentary prime location concert tickets for sponsored concerts;
  • a 20% discount on tickets for employees for sponsored concerts;
  • and the possibility of receptions with conductors and/or guest artists (schedule permitting).

Call Director of Development Josh Thornton at (865) 521-2304, or email [email protected] for more information.

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts and education programs are made possible by grants from the City of Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Arts Commission, and Arts & Culture Alliance.

 

This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP5534 awarded to the State of Tennessee by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

We would like to thank our current 2023-24 sponsors:

Katherine Davis Moore and Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Davis Foundation Fund

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