BECOME A FRIEND

Friends of Baroque Music in Yorkshire provides financial and practical support to Baroque ensembles, enabling Yorkshire audiences to share in the musicians’ enthusiasm for music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Your membership enables us to support the activities of non-professional and student players in our region, working with professional colleagues, in the performance of Baroque choral and orchestral  repertory at a high level of practice and scholarship, directed by some of the country’s leading exponents of early music.

Our help includes: modest grants for education & training, financial support for local Baroque ensembles, free instrument loan to promising students and occasional workshops led by specialists in their field to encourage the next generation of Baroque performance.

Friends benefits include:

• Free e-concert programmes
• Reserved seating (where practical)
• Regular newsletters (with advance information, news, and notes)
• Special Friends-only events and arrangements (including a summer garden party and open rehearsals)

Membership is by annual subscription:
The season begins in October, and subscriptions are due on 30 September. Those joining after 1 April receive free membership for the following season.

Subscription Rates:

• Individual membership £15
• Joint membership (2 people) £25
• Young people (under 26 and full-time students) £10
• Patrons: Annual Donations over £50

Payment Methods for membership and occasional donations can be paid by 

• Bank transfer to Barclays Bank
  Account Name:
  Friends of Baroque Music in Yorkshire
  Account No: 20995304       
  Sort Code: 20-48-42
  Please give your name as a reference
• Or by cheque payable to ‘Friends of Baroque Music in Yorkshire’

GIFT AID - As a registered charity we can increase the value of your gift via the Gift Aid Scheme. If you are a UK tax payer and are happy for us to do this, please complete the Gift Aid declaration in the joining form. Please inform us should your tax situation change.