Life-Changing Music Campaign

From making music together at school, to that thrilling live concert you’ll never forget: music can be life-changing. It’s changed all of our lives here at Aurora. For the past 20 years, it has guided every aspect of what we do. If you’re reading this, music has probably changed your life, too.

Over the next decade, we want to be an open door to life-changing music. Music in concert halls, cathedrals, care homes, nightclubs and schools. Music for audiences old and young, passionate and curious. Music that is inventive, restless, full of stories. Music that is always welcoming, no matter who you are.

Our ideas and ambition are limitless. But we can only make them a reality with more support. 

As a registered charity, we rely on donations, grants and gifts in wills to fund all aspects of our work. As our ambitions grow, this support is becoming even more vital. 

Help us secure the next 10 years of Aurora by supporting our Life-Changing Music Campaign. The Campaign will invest in Aurora’s future: transforming the scale of our work, expanding our trailblazing schools’ programme and safeguarding our existence for future generations.

Support the Campaign today with a regular or single donation. All donations made during our 20th Anniversary season will be doubled, thanks to our generous match funders.

Your gift

Support the Life-Changing Music Campaign today and your gift will be doubled. Thanks to the generosity of the Nicholas Snowman Circle, we have a match funding pot of £250,000 available. If we reach our target we will raise a total of £500,000 for Aurora during our anniversary year.

Support the Campaign by:

  • Becoming a Friend, Memory Champion or Patron. Join our community of supporters and gain exclusive insights into Aurora’s work. You’ll be helping us to plan for the future and all monthly and annual gifts this year will be doubled. Find out more here.
  • Making a bespoke gift. If you would like to invest in Aurora’s future with a significant gift, as an individual, Trust or Foundation, we would be delighted to discuss this with you. Please contact Helen McKeown, Development Manager at helen@auroraorchestra.com.

If you are already supporting Aurora with a regular gift, thank you – your gift will be doubled this year! If you are interested in increasing your regular gift to further support our campaign, please be in touch with Camilla Carden, Development Officer at camilla@auroraorchestra.com.

Leaving a gift in your will

You can also invest in Aurora’s future by leaving a gift in your will. Legacy gifts are affordable, simple to arrange, and one of the most significant ways to support our work.

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Your donation will:

Catalyse our unique creative process

“It was a recipe for something extraordinary. I’m so proud to have been part of that”
– Aurora player, Rite of Spring

Orchestral music has powerful stories to tell. You’ll bring these stories to life by fuelling Aurora’s unique Orchestral Theatre method, enabling us to explore, innovate and collaborate across artistic disciplines.

Create extraordinary shared experiences

“The music reached me, touched my heart, included me”
– audience member, Beethoven 9

You’ll create live music experiences that are exhilarating, memorable and inclusive – for audiences young and old; for first-time listeners and lifelong fans; for the players of today and of the future.

Ignite a spark for the next generation

“There was genuine awe on display from our students.”
– teacher, immersive Firebird

You’ll give more children their first experience of music, including through our Aurora Classroom creative learning platform, which we’ll make freely available to all primary, secondary and SEND schools.

Campaign FAQs

Want to know more about the Life-Changing Music Campaign? Head to our Frequently Asked Questions page for further details.

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