Advertising opportunities with the RSO
Welcome to our 107th Season! The Regina Symphony Orchestra (RSO) is dedicated to delivering the highest quality live
orchestral music and music education to enrich life in southern Saskatchewan. Over the course of a 39 week season, the RSO
reaches over 75,000 residents through professional concerts, community outreach, and educational initiatives.
The RSO is excited to announce an exhilarating selection of concerts for the 2015-2016 Season. In celebration and tribute to
our beloved Maestro Victor Sawa, RSO musicians take centre stage in the Mosaic Masterworks concert series. Their musical
talents will also stimulate your senses in the intimate Government House chamber music series. As we celebrate local musical
treasures in the Shumiatcher Pops series with True Jive Pluckers, we also bring to you world-renowned performances from Cirque
de la Symphonie to Back to Back – the Music of Elton John and Billy Joel. We will launch the RSO Kids series with the famous
orchestral music based on Roch Carrier’s iconic book, The Hockey Sweater. The RSO will present an hour of pre-concert activities
before each RSO Kids concert that is sure to inspire creativity and fun! This year the RSO Special concert series will present a
city-wide favourite and holiday tradition, Handel’s Messiah, and a sing-a-long Messiah the following day. Without a doubt, this
season is sure to appeal to all musical tastes!
Advertising Opportunities
The Regina Symphony Orchestra concert program is produced six times a season for distribution free of charge to audiences at the
Conexus Arts Centre and Knox Metropolitan Church. RSO programs feature concert descriptions, guest artist bios, sponsor recognition,
and insight into the history of the classical music we perform.
Each RSO program is distributed to approximately 4000 attendees. With an annual attendance of over 25,000, your message is
delivered consistently in a program that is read cover to cover and taken home as a keepsake or used as a resource. Advertising with
us ensures that your organization is seen as a leader in the marketplace, reaching an influential audience that ranges in age.
Program ONE
The first issue of the new season is always filled with
excitement as we kick off another year of exceptional
music! RSO Concertmaster, Simon MacDonald,
announces the season. Followed by RSO chamber
players performing A Baroque Occasion. This program
ends with virtuosic showpieces, romantic tenor arias,
pyrotechnical solos, blazing gypsy show pieces,and a
World Accordion Champion – this is Quartetto Gelato.
Simon plays Mozart
Mosaic Masterworks
A Baroque Occasion
Government House September 19, 2015
September 26 -27, 2015
October 10, 2015
String Spectacular
Miles plays Haydn
Back to Back: The Music
Quartetto Gelato
Shumiatcher Pops
Deadline: August 27, 2015
Program TWO
The second program begins in spectacular style with the
Government House String Spectacular. Trumpet virtuosos
love to perform Haydn’s concerto, with its rich contrasts
between fireworks and lyricism. Miles Newman, RSO
Principal Trumpet, will astound in Haydn’s thrilling
concerto. The program closes with Peter Brennan’s Jeans
’n Classics Back to Back - The Music of Elton John and
Bily Joel!
Deadline: September 24, 2015
of Elton John and Billy Joel
Government House
Mosaic Masterworks
Shumiatcher Pops
October 17 -18, 2015
October 24, 2015
November 14, 2015
Program THREE
With Holiday spirit abound, our third program is perfect
for gift-giving ideas. Romantic Piano features Annika
Treutler, Piano Montreal International Musical Competition
finalist. The RSO Kids series kicks off with The Hockey
Sweater premiering in Regina after rave reviews in
Toronto and Calgary. The RSO also presents a city-wide
favourite and holiday tradition, Handel’s Messiah, and a
sing-a-long Messiah the following day.
Deadline: October 29, 2015
Piano Poetry
Romantic Piano
The Hockey
Handel’s Messiah
Sweater
Handel’s Messiah
Sing-a-long
Government House
Mosaic
RSO Kids
RSO Special
November 21-22,
November 28,
December 6,
December 12 - 13,
2015
2015
2015
2015
Masterworks
Advertising Opportunities
Program FOUR
Begin the new year by stimulating your senses with
Winds of Change. Join the RSO as we welcome
internationally acclaimed, Regina native, Erika Raum
followed by the journey of young love with Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3. The fourth program ends witht he
glitz and glamour of Hollywood with Lights, Camera...
the Oscars!™.
Deadline: December 10, 2015
Winds of Change
The Splendour of
Rachmaninoff
Lights, Camera...
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto
the Oscars!™
No. 3
Government House
January 16-17,
Mosaic
Mosaic
Masterworks
Masterworks
January 23, 2016
February 13,
February 27,
2016
2016
Simon plays
True Jive Pluckers
2016
Shumiatcher Pops
Program FIVE
Celebrate with Marie-Noelle Berthelet, RSO Principal
Flute, as she goes Irish with Linen and Lace. Continue
with a little Drama in Vienna followed by Simon Fryer,
RSO Principal Cello, as he takes the stage to perform
one of Dvořak’s finest achievements. Don’t miss the True
Jive Pluckers as they bring everything from classical to
blues to tango, gypsy, klezmer and jazz!
Deadline: February 11, 2016
Marie-Noelle
Drama in Vienna
goes Irish
Mosaic
Dvořák
Government House
Masterworks
March 12, 2016
Mosaic
Shumiatcher Pops
Masterworks
March 19-20,
April 9, 2016
April 16, 2016
Farewell to Victor
Cirque de la
2016
Program SIX
The last program of the season begins with Beethoven
meets New York and A Duck in New York City. The
Mosaic Masterworks Series finishes with the first and
ninth symphonies of Beethoven and takes us on an
expedition from the Classical to Romantic. Celebrate
Maestro Sawa’s legacy with the RSO in this unforgettable
evening of Beethoven. The grand finale of the entire
season is with Cirque de la Symphonie, a jaw-dropping
spectacle of aerialists flying overhead and astonishing
acrobatic feats with live orchestral music.
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Beethoven meets
A Duck in New
New York
York City
Government House
RSO Kids
Symphonie
Mosaic
Shumiatcher Pops
Masterworks
April 23-24, 2016
May 1, 2016
May 7, 2016
May 14, 2016
Advertising Opportunities
FREQUENCY AD RATES
SIZE
1 X B&W
1X COLOUR
2 X B&W
2 X COLOUR
Outside Back Cover
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$1500.00
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$2400.00
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$5850.00
Middle Spread
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$1250.00
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$2000.00
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$4875.00
Inside Back Cover
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$950.00
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$1520.00
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$3795.00
Full Page
$700.00
$850.00
$1120.00
$1360.00
$2730.00
$3315.00
1/2 Page
$500.00
$750.00
$800.00
$1200.00
$1950.00
$2925.00
1/4 Page
$325.00
$425.00
$520.00
$680.00
$1267.00
$1660.00
Please contact the RSO marketing department at 306.791.6397or
[email protected] for special incentives on
multiple ad purchases.
6 X B&W
6 X COLOUR
Size
CIRCULATION
Each RSO program is distributed to approximately 4000 attendees. With an annual
attendance of over 25,000, your message is delivered consistently in a program that is
read cover to cover and taken home as a keepsake or used as a resource. Advertising in
with us ensures that your organization is seen as a leader in the marketplace, reaching an
influential audience that ranges in age.
10.5”x 7.9”
MECHANICAL AND DIGITAL DATA
Preferred file type is a high resolution, press-optimized PDF file. For other formats, all picture
files and fonts should be suppliedwith the ad. Other supported program files are
Photoshop, Freehand and Illustrator. Supported file types are: pdf, tif, jpg, eps, qxd, psd,
fhd, ai. Digital image resolution should be 300 dpi for colour and grey scale and 600 dpi
for bitmap. All eps images should have fonts converted to outlines. Microsoft Publisher files
are not accepted.
GENERAL
The Regina Symphony Orchestra assumes no responsibility for errors on submitted ads,
or liability for failure to provide the RSO with any ads that have been committed to in the
signed ad agreement.
5” x 3.9”
8” x 5.25”
Make cheques payable to:
Regina Symphony Orchestra
2424 College Avenue
Regina, SK S4P 1C8
Phone: 306-586-9555
Contact Us:
[email protected]
306.791.6397
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