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2008 Festival dates
Festival programme
Seat prices
Mailing List
Donors
Becoming a donor
Benefits of being a donor
Tax effective ways of giving
Gift aid calculator
Stewards - volunteering to help at the festival
Disabled access - general - for
vehicles
wheelchairs in the priory
parking
Catering Information
who's who at the festival
2008 Festival dates
The 2008 festival dates are Friday 4th to Sunday 6th and Friday
11th to Sunday 13th July
Programme
| Fri 4 July |
7.30pm |
Joanna MacGregor - American jazz - Mussorgsky's
Pictures at an Exhibition |
| Sat 5 July |
7.30pm |
Nicola Benedetti with Stephen Osborne - Debussy
- Prokofiev - Brahms |
| Sun 6 July |
11am |
Pieter Wispelwey - Bach Suites on original baroque
cellos |
| Sun 6 July |
4.30pm |
Gabrieli Consort & Players with Tees Valley Youth
Choir |
| Fri 11 July |
7.30pm |
The Cardinall's Musick |
| Sat 12 July |
4pm |
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist |
| Sat 12 July |
7.30pm |
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist |
| Sun 13 July |
12 noon |
Gabrieli Consort - Purcell |
| Sun 13 July |
3pm |
Gabrieli Consort & Players Three Odes for St Cecilia |
For further information see 2008 Programme
page
Seat prices
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A |
B |
C |
D |
| Fri 4 July |
7.30pm |
Joanna MacGregor |
27 |
20 |
12 |
10 |
| Sat 5 July |
7.30pm |
Nicola Benedetti with Stephen Osborne |
27 |
20 |
12 |
10 |
| Sun 6 July |
11am |
Pieter Wispelwey |
27 |
20 |
12 |
10 |
| Sun 6 July |
4.30pm |
Gabrieli Consort & Players with Tees Valley Youth
Choir |
27 |
20 |
12 |
10 |
| Fri 11 July |
7.30pm |
The Cardinall's Musick |
26 |
16 |
12 |
10 |
| Sat 12 July |
4pm |
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist |
18 |
16 |
12 |
10 |
| Sat 12 July |
7.30pm |
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist |
22 |
16 |
12 |
10 |
| Sun 13 July |
12 noon |
Gabrieli Consort - Purcell |
27 |
20 |
12 |
10 |
| Sun 13 July |
3pm |
Gabrieli Consort & Players Three Odes for St Cecilia |
33 |
24 |
12 |
10 |
Mailing List
Our mailing list is used solely for sending information about Brinkburn
Music Festival to our subscribers. No information is given to anyone
else.
Those on our mailing list receive early programme and box office
information and booking forms.
If you would like
to be placed on it look here.
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Donors
The seating capacity at Brinkburn Priory means that we cannot generate
enough income to support our extensive programme of work from ticket
sales alone. Brinkburn Music receives a limited amount of money
from public grants, but we rely heavily on funding from locally-based
trusts and foundations and private individuals. It is therefore
the generous support of our growing number of private donors that
enables Brinkburn Music to bring outstanding music to the North
East year after year.
Benefits of being a donor
As a donor you will: ·
- receive 2 weeks priority booking before the box office opens
to the public, ensuring that you can book your favourite seats
- be invited to the annual Brinkburn Music launch party held in
spring
- be acknowledged in our festival programme, unless you wish to
remain anonymous
Becoming a Donor
You can make a single donation; a regular payment using our pre-printed
standing order mandate; or gift us shares.
If you'd like to make a donation or need further information please
contact Jane or Alison in the Brinkburn
Music office and we can then send you our Standing Order Mandate
and Gift Aid declaration.
If you simply wish to send us a cheque, please make it payable
to 'Brinkburn Music', but please contact
us first.
Whichever way you choose to help Brinkburn Music Festival the board
and team say a heartfelt THANK YOU!
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Tax effective ways of giving
Taxpayers can take advantage of tax-effective ways of giving, enabling
the charity to increase the value of a donation by means of Gift
Aid. The basic rate of tax is currently 22%, which means we can
reclaim an additional £28.21 from the Inland Revenue on every £100
you donate, and if you are a higher rate taxpayer you
can claim the difference between basic and higher rate tax on your
tax return.
Try out the gift aid calculator.
Look at gift
aid information on the HM Revenue website.
Stewards - volunteering for the Festival
Each year the festival relies heavily on the support
of its team of volunteer stewards, many of whom have been with us
for many years. We are always looking for new stewards to join us
- could you be interested? You don't have to live locally - two
of our longest serving stewards visit us for the duration of the
festival.
Our stewards arrive on site one hour before each of the concerts,
wearing their trademark black trousers/skirts and red sweatshirts.
Their main role is to help the audience to enjoy their Brinkburn
experience. This entails checking tickets and helping people to
find their seats (including helping with wheelchair access); selling
programmes; helping people to leave the priory at the end of the
concerts, with torches if it is dusk; and generally being on hand
to answer queries or give out helpful information.
During the concerts the stewards sit in designated places around
the priory and can enjoy the performances, whilst keeping a watchful
eye for potential problems.
Stewards can be of any age, the main criteria being that they are
able to walk around the site, enjoy talking to people, happy to
handle money for programme sales, and enjoy music!
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Disabled access
Like most 12th century buildings, Brinkburn Priory may not be particularly
wheelchair friendly but we at Brinkburn Music are,
and we do what we can to overcome the priory's constraints. The
keys to success are flexibility, imagination and good communication.
Please read the following information and then, if you have any
questions, please contact us. We will
always do our best to cater for any particular needs you may have
in attending Brinkburn Music Festival.
Access for vehicles
The lane down from the car park is unsuitable for wheelchairs so
we try to make parking space available down at the priory itself
for those who need it. However the space is extremely limited and
is invariably fully utilised on the day. This year we have the added
problem that ongoing renovation of some of the outlying buildings
will prevent access to some formerly available spaces.
Do please consider your needs carefully: if you have limited mobility
and need to park at the priory we'll be pleased to try to arrange
space for you; if, on the other hand, you are being driven to Brinkburn
by someone else they may be able to bring you down to the priory
and then return the car to the car park and walk down: if you can
do this you will be helping us enormously by freeing up valuable
space for those in need of it.
In either case please ring us
well before the festival to make the arrangements or even
if you would just like some advice. Even if you hold a blue badge
for disabled parking you still need to ring us to reserve your parking
space. Don't leave it until the last minute to talk to us: the space
is finite and once it's full it is simply not possible to
accommodate extra vehicles.
On the day of the festival the stewards have strict instructions
to restrict vehicle access to the priory. They have a list of
those for whom we have allocated a parking space or agreed vehicular
access for dropping off and instructions not to allow others to
drive down. That said - if you have a particular problem please
tell them about it - we try to be flexible.
If you have arranged to drive down to the priory please arrive
early to avoid having to negotiate a narrow lane full of people
walking down to the festival. This is particularly important if
the car needs to be returned to the car park, because the return
trip up the lane will be against the flow of pedestrians and it
may take some time.
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Wheelchairs in the priory
There is an access ramp to the nave at the south door. The priory's
floor is on several levels and the best - i.e. easiest - place to
accommodate wheelchairs is in the nave. We do not have dedicated
wheelchair spaces but simply re-organise as required - generally
by removing the seat to which your ticket number refers so your
wheelchair can occupy the space.
As you might imagine, this is easier to do in some places than
in others: for example it is not practicable to fit a wheelchair
into the middle of a row, and there are some parts of the priory
where steps or tight corners make wheelchair access extremely difficult.
It is essential that the box office is informed at the time
the ticket is booked that wheelchair access is required so that
they can allocate a seating space that is accessible. The information
will also be passed on to stewards so they can organise seat removal
and be on hand to offer assistance if required.
Our staff and stewards are always happy to assist in any way they
can but unfortunately this assistance cannot extend to lifting
or carrying.
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Parking
There is plenty of parking - on grass - and our stewards will be
on hand to direct you to your space. The pleasant tree lined walk
from the car park down the lane to the priory takes around ten minutes
- do allow plenty of time to enjoy the stroll.
The lane is unmetalled and can be uneven in places: it is not a
difficult walk but high heels are not recommended. If it is raining
there may be wet or muddy patches, which can be avoided with care.
Some of our regular festival-goers bring wellies just in case, with
shoes to change into after the walk down.
Vehicles can only be driven down to the priory by prior agreement:
space at the priory is extremely limited and is reserved for disabled
drivers and a small number of essential staff or service vehicles.
If you require access because of a disability please look here
for further information.
The parking stewards are in attendance throughout the festival
but please do not leave valuables in the car as we cannot guarantee
their safety.
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