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As the tip of the yr approaches, I need to replace you on the newest developments at La Scena Musicale (LSM) and inform you about our end-of-year fundraising marketing campaign and subscription renewal provide.
It has been months because the reopening of live performance halls to full capability. Arts organisations throughout Canada have cautiously resumed their programming.
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2022 Subscription and Donation Drive
The pandemic has affected all media. In March 2020, we wrote to our common supporters asking them to donate earlier within the yr than regular. This helped us climate the storm. Because the outlook stays unsure, we hope you’ll proceed to donate and assist by shopping for or renewing a subscription.
La Scena Musicale was on monitor to finish a banner season in March 2020 earlier than the Coronavirus virus struck. Our annual price range relies upon largely on promoting income, most of it associated to reside live shows. For apparent causes, there have been many months of readjustment as live performance and opera presenters sought new methods of bringing their important providers to the general public. La Scena Musicale has labored co-operatively with these inventive enterprises to make sure that the brand new tradition of inventive innovation is broadly disseminated. We’re proud to be Canada’s largest bilingual arts media with virtually all content material obtainable in each French and English, each in print and on-line.
The obstacles stay appreciable, as printing prices have risen seven occasions within the final two years attributable to restricted paper provide, and promoting income stays restricted and unsure. Through the pandemic, we took benefit of presidency emergency grants to maintain our employees absolutely employed and productive, however the Wage Subsidy resulted in Could 2022.
We’ve got been lucky to collect a devoted group at La Scena Musicale and plan so as to add writers to our roster, however, with inflation, our staffing prices are additionally rising. Our swap 5 years in the past to an all-colour format with elevated content material has been welcomed by readers. Our web site, weekly e-news and La Scena Tête-à-Tête sequence of on-line interviews are reaching a brand new and rising viewers. That is no time to maneuver backwards.
For all of those causes I hope you’ll help us in our mission to supply participating info and commentary on music and the humanities. We at La Scena Musicale firmly consider that the humanities will proceed to thrive if given the help they deserve. You may affirm your personal dedication to the humanities by subscribing to the print version La Scena Musicale—nonetheless, for my part, essentially the most accessible and handy format—and making a donation. Donations made earlier than the tip of this calendar yr, dated on or earlier than December 31, 2022, will be certain that we start 2023 in a robust monetary place, and can permit you to profit from a tax receipt to your 2022 tax return. Please contact us for donation of shares or for deliberate giving.
One other method to assist is shopping for merchandise within the LSM Boutique which incorporates our Greeting Playing cards. And don’t overlook to have a good time love with our annual Singing Valentines (for Valentine’s Day) and our annual Mom’s Day Digital Live performance.
Upcoming Plans
Our 2022 November/December/January 2023 difficulty represented the tip of our publishing schedule for 2022; the pandemic didn’t cease us from persevering with to take pleasure in representing the music and artists of our nation via our seven points (six color and one black-and-white).
For 2023, we plan to proceed our nationwide points in each English and French editions; as particular book-magazine points have gotten increasingly well-liked within the journal business, we plan to introduce some points for the Fall of 2023 together with a particular on composer Giacomo Puccini for the centenary of his dying. You may pre-order your copy immediately at a reduced value of $10 (as a substitute of $20).
We’re nonetheless hoping to have a good time our twenty fifth anniversary (delayed attributable to COVID) however discovering an applicable venue has been difficult. Within the new yr, we hope to announce extra particulars.
The pandemic has brought about setbacks however the arts will proceed to thrive if individuals of fine religion stay steadfast of their help. Please take into account a subscription (or reward subscription) to La Scena Musicale and a tax-deductible donation.
As at all times, La Scena Musicale maintains a vigorous presence on Fb, Twitter and Instagram. Our web site affords new sources every day. Pandemic or no pandemic, the humanities will thrive. As will La Scena Musicale.
On behalf of our employees and contributors we thanks and want you a beautiful vacation season crammed with household, music and the humanities.
Wah Keung Chan, Founding Editor and Writer
P.S. We’ve got included an envelope to your comfort. You too can make a donation or take out a subscription at www.mySCENA.org or by calling us at 514-948-2520 x 3.
P.P.S. Please word that each one donations will likely be acknowledged with a tax receipt in early February 2023.
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