May 6, 2025 | 3:30pm
Join fellow corporate and community leaders in sponsoring the North Carolina Symphony’s music education programs for students across North Carolina.
Sponsoring the Friends of Note event helps your business:
- Support innovative music education programs
- Engage employees and clients in community philanthropy
- Network with like-minded executives and community leaders
Sponsorship Levels & Benefits
Presenting Sponsor | $50,000
- Twenty (20) tickets for the event
- Reserved lounge seating
- Opportunity to make remarks at event
- Extra large sized ad in 2025/26 NCS digital statewide program book
- Recognition in Salute to Sponsors materials throughout the 2025/26 season
- Invitation for two (2) guests to a separate VIP event
- Complimentary entry in event raffle
- Recognition on event video screens, signage, and program
- Recognition on NCS Friends of Note and Music Education web pages with hyperlink
- Recognition on Corporate Support Logo page on NCS materials throughout the 2025/26 season
Title Sponsor | $30,000
- Twenty (20) tickets for the event
- Reserved lounge seating
- Opportunity to make remarks at event
- Extra large sized ad in 2025/26 NCS digital statewide program book
- Recognition in Salute to Sponsors materials throughout the 2025/26 season
- Invitation for two (2) guests to a separate VIP event
- Complimentary entry in event raffle
- Recognition on event video screens, signage, and program
- Recognition on NCS Friends of Note and Music Education web pages with hyperlink
- Recognition on Corporate Support Logo page on NCS materials throughout the 2025/26 season
Celebration Sponsor | $10,000
- Ten (10) tickets for the event
- Two reserved cocktail tables
- Verbal recognition from podium
- Medium sized ad in six months of 2025/26 NCS digital statewide program book
- Invitation for two (2) guests to a separate VIP event
- Complimentary entry in event raffle
- Recognition on event video screens, signage, and program
- Recognition on NCS Friends of Note and Music Education web pages with hyperlink
- Recognition on Corporate Support Logo page on NCS materials throughout the 2025/26 season
Ovation Sponsor | $5,000
- Eight (8) tickets for the event
- One reserved cocktail table
- Verbal recognition from podium
- Medium sized ad in three months of 2025/26 NCS digital statewide program book
- Recognition on event video screens, signage, and program
- Recognition on NCS Friends of Note and Music Education web pages
- Recognition on Corporate Support Logo page on NCS materials throughout the 2025/26 season
Ensemble Sponsor | $2,500
- Four (4) tickets for the event
- Recognition on event video screens, signage, and program
- Recognition on NCS Friends of Note and Music Education web pages
What does your sponsorship support?
176+
music education programs
performed by the Symphony anually
150,000+
children, teachers, and parents
served across the state
67%
of students participating
are from low to moderate income households
What do kids say?
For more information about Friends of Note sponsorships, contact:
Lisa Ransom (email)
Vice President of Philanthropy
919.789.5487
Title Sponsor
Ron and Nancy McFarlane
Founding Sponsor
Celebration Sponsors
Anonymous
Joseph C. and Diane Bastian
Patty Briguglio
Rae H. and James C. Gulick
Ross W. Lampe, Jr.
Mrs. Frances P. Rollins
Mrs. Darliene Sweeten Woolner
Ovation Sponsors
Donald and Mary Haile
Sandi M. A. Macdonald
and Henry J. Grzes
Ensemble Sponsors
ALI | HEIJMEN
Chip Anderson
Anonymous
Ralph H. Ashworth
Stephanie and Wil Bass
First Citizens Bank
Fox Rothschild LLP
Matthew and Deborah Haile
Mr. Terry A. Henderson
Maynard Nexsen
OneDigital
Sandy Sully
Towne Bank
Triangle Chief Human Resources Officer Association (TCHROA)
Triangle Community Foundation
Rosemary and Smedes York
Special thanks to in-kind sponsors
Bailey’s Fine Jewelry
Bonded Ventures
Carolina Hurricanes
Mayor Janet Cowell
Durham Bulls
Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
The Umstead Hotel and Spa
