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As the tip of the 12 months 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 for the reason that 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 12 months 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 observe 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 dwell concert events. For apparent causes, there have been many months of readjustment as live performance and opera presenters sought new methods of bringing their important companies to the general public. La Scena Musicale has labored co-operatively with these artistic 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 accessible in each French and English, each in print and on-line.
The obstacles stay appreciable, as printing prices have risen seven instances within the final two years attributable to restricted paper provide, and promoting income stays restricted and unsure. In the course of the pandemic, we took benefit of presidency emergency grants to maintain our employees absolutely employed and productive, however the Wage Subsidy led to Could 2022.
We now have been lucky to assemble a devoted staff at La Scena Musicale and plan so as to add writers to our roster, however, with inflation, our staffing prices are additionally rising. Our change 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 collection 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 assist us in our mission to supply participating info and commentary on music and the humanities. We at La Scena Musicale firmly imagine that the humanities will proceed to thrive if given the assist they deserve. You possibly can affirm your individual dedication to the humanities by subscribing to the print version La Scena Musicale—nonetheless, in my opinion, probably the most accessible and handy format—and making a donation. Donations made earlier than the tip of this calendar 12 months, dated on or earlier than December 31, 2022, will be sure that we start 2023 in a powerful monetary place, and can will let you profit from a tax receipt on your 2022 tax return. Please contact us for donation of shares or for deliberate giving.
One other approach to assist is shopping for merchandise within the LSM Boutique which incorporates our Greeting Playing cards. And don’t overlook to have fun 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 subject 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 more in style 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 possibly can pre-order your copy right now at a reduced worth of $10 (as an alternative of $20).
We’re nonetheless hoping to have fun our twenty fifth anniversary (delayed attributable to COVID) however discovering an acceptable venue has been difficult. Within the new 12 months, we hope to announce extra particulars.
The pandemic has prompted setbacks however the arts will proceed to thrive if folks of excellent religion stay steadfast of their assist. Please think about a subscription (or reward subscription) to La Scena Musicale and a tax-deductible donation.
As all the time, La Scena Musicale maintains a vigorous presence on Fb, Twitter and Instagram. Our web site gives new assets 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 need you an exquisite vacation season stuffed with household, music and the humanities.
Wah Keung Chan, Founding Editor and Writer
P.S. We now have included an envelope on your comfort. It’s also possible to 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 be aware that every one donations will likely be acknowledged with a tax receipt in early February 2023.
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