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Your gift will make a difference!

$100 provides shuttle buses to and from season concerts
$250 provides musicians for a school visit
$500 provides one year of youth orchestra activities for a student
$750 provides a symphony musician soloist for a season concert
$1,000 provides sheet music for one season concert
$2,500 supports one St. John’s Chamber concert

Any gift supports music in our community and is greatly appreciated!

Individual Donation Levels

All donation levels and benefits are valid for the 2019-2020 season only and are non-transferable. The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your donations, less market value of benefits, are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Conductor Society $5,000 all below plus invitation to a meal in a private home with Music Director
Symphony $2,500+ all below plus invitation to a soloist event
Bravo $1,000+ all below plus invitation to lunch with FSO leadership
Encore $500+ all below plus invitation to an open rehearsal event
Concerto $250+ all below plus invitation to a donor party
Overture $100+ recognition in season program book

Any gift supports music in our community and is greatly appreciated!

Donations must be received by August 30th 2019 to be included in the 2019-2020 season program. Donations from advised funds are not eligible to receive any benefits of monetary value according to IRS rules.

Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at (888)830-4989. The license is not an endorsement by the state.

Featured Musician

Darrin Thiriot – Principal Clarinet

Darrin Thiriot began clarinet studies at age 12 and was hooked from the start. He has a BM degree in Music Education (University of Utah) and an MM degree in Clarinet Performance (Northwestern University). His teachers include Kathy Pope, Christie Lundquist, Russell Dagon, Lawrie Bloom, and Eugene Mondie. Darrin spent over a decade as a member of the Air Force Band (Washington D.C). This is his 3rd season as principal clarinet with the Fayetteville Symphony separated by 3 years where he was the Assistant Conductor of the West Point Band, NY. Darrin is an avid soccer fan and enjoys playing chamber music with his family of violinists. He maintains a clarinet chamber music Youtube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC08OWJ7flGbU7ll4uzQSygw Like, Subscribe and share clarinet nerds!

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource. Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.