Join Awesöme Orchestra for their End-of-Year Concert on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley. Doors at 7:30 p.m., Show at 8:00 p.m. More at www.awesomeorchestra.org/events

1. WHAT PUTS THE AWESOME IN
?
YOU!

2. Awesöme Orchestra swarms the Berkeley Art Museum and
Pacific Film Archive for an Open Session.
Photo by Dave Weiland
WE BRING TOGETHER MUSIC-LOVERS
FOR ORCHESTRAL ADVENTURES
▽ Open Sessions
Open Sessions are drop-in readings that are open to
all musicians, and free for everybody. These orchestral
adventures remove barriers that can come with a
traditional orchestra such as high costs, formality, or
repertoire.
▽ Special Events
A hybrid of an orchestra and a band, we work with
artists and ensembles for special events,
collaborations, and recordings.
WHAT WE DO

3. 1 FOUNDER
Conductor and Founding Artistic Director David Möschler is
an award-winning musical director and conductor. Equally at
home in a pit orchestra, a rock or jazz band, the recording
studio, on the concert stage, or academia, he has led
Awesöme Orchestra on hundreds of musical adventures.
5+ PART TIME STAFF AND INTERNS
Our awesome staff work in development, communications,
operations, stage management, and our music library.
24+ AMBASSADORS AND VOLUNTEERS
Our ambassadors and volunteers ensure that our musicians
have everything the need to play together and have fun!
2,000+ MUSICIANS
Over 2,000 musicians have played with us since our
founding. About 1/3 of the musicians at every Open Session
are new to playing with Awesöme Orchestra.
David Möschler, Conductor and Founding Artistic Director.
Photo by Dave Weiland
WHO WE ARE

4. ABOUT US
Awesöme Orchestra playing UnderCover Presents Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band Beatles Tribute at the UC Theater in Berkeley.
Photo by Dave Weiland
SINCE WE BEGAN IN 2013 WE’VE:
▽ Played over 200 pieces including 50 premieres
▽ Held Open Sessions at over 40 Bay Area
locations
▽ Collaborated with over 40 artists and
ensembles, including:
⭑ UnderCover Presents
⭑ Sly and the Family Stone
⭑ Diana Gameros
⭑ The Dear Hunter
⭑ Inara George
⭑ MoeTar
⭑ Van Dyke Parks
⭑ The Harry Nilsson family

5. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S ORCHESTRA
“Once or twice a month in the East Bay, violinists and
bass-players, flautists and trumpeters – gather to play
orchestra music. But instead of a concert hall, they meet in
warehouses or museums. No one’s wearing
a tie or gown, and the group hasn’t rehearsed.
They play a few pieces together and
swill free beer between sets.”
THE ORCHESTRAL JAM SESSIONS
“Immediately, the musicians and audience members packed
inside San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater
Costume Shop erupted into loud applause
And hollers....Such raucous enthusiasm
encapsulates one of the reasons why
Awesöme Orchestra is so popular.”
Click to see a video about Awesöme Orchestra!
CREATING AN ORCHESTRA THAT’S
MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE
Conductor David Möschler founded Awesöme
Orchestra to to make orchestral music
more accessible — and also more fun.
Read more
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6. Awesöme Orchestra playing UnderCover Presents Stand!,
a Sly and the Family Stone Tribute at the Fox theater in Oakland
Photo by Sterling Munksgard Photography.
MUSICIANS & MUSIC LOVERS
▽ 75% musicians
▽ 25% listeners
ONLINE STATISTICS
▽ Email list: 2,500+ — open rate: 40%
▽ Website: 7,500+ unique visitors annually
▽ Facebook: 2,200+ page likes
▽ Instagram: 1,400+ followers
▽ Twitter: 650+ followers
OUR AUDIENCE

7. Throughout the year we've played with over 500
local musicians at fourteen different events. Our
third-annual End-of-Year Concert compiles
highlights from the year into one special event
Including:
▽ The premiere performance of Oakland composer
Arturo Rodriguez's Requiem without Words, written in
commemoration of those lost in the Ghost Ship Fire.
▽ A set of songs by Harry Nilsson featuring his son, Kiefo
Nilsson and local singer-songwriter Kendra McKinley.
▽ Music by classical music composers George Gershwin,
Arturo Marquez, Nobuo Uematsu, and more!
JOIN US
2017 END-OF-YEAR-CONCERT!
Click to learn more!

8. 2018 EVENTS
▽ 8 Open Sessions — 55% of expenses
▽ 8 Special events and contracts —
28% of income
HELP MAKE SOMETHING AWESÖME
Individual Contributions $15,000
Special events and contracts $10,000
Awesome Partners $6000
Matching Donations and grants $3,000
Merchandise and ticket sales $1,000
TOTAL $36,000
2018 BUDGET
It costs a lot to be free—Open Sessions cost on average $2,500 to produce.

9. SESSION SUPPORTER: $200+ (or $250 in-kind)
★ For every $100 donated (starting at $200), two premier seats to our End-of-Year (EOY) Concert.
★ Your logo included in our EOY Concert promotional materials.
SESSION CO-SPONSOR: $1,000+ (or $1250 in-kind) — Same as above plus:
★ A special thanks to your company announced at our EOY Concert and an Open Session in 2018
★ Your logo featured in promotional materials for an Open Session of your choice in 2018.
SESSION PRODUCER: $2,500+ (or $3000 in-kind) — Same as above plus:
★ Same as above and an opportunity to collaborate with Founding Artistic Director to help create the perfect
Open Session, including repertoire and venue.
For more information visit: http://bit.ly/AwesomeConcert2017
Address checks to: Intersection for the Arts. Mail to: Awesöme Orchestra, 1540 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
To donate a raffle prize or for more information contact dmoschler@awesomeorchestra.org.
BECOME AN AWESÖME PARTNER
INVEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE ARTS.
MAKE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE MONETARY OR IN-KIND DONATION TODAY!

10. IF YOU...
▽ Enjoy musical adventures
▽ Like film music, video game music, or classical music
▽ Enjoy premiers by local composers
▽ Think music and community are awesome together
THEN AWESÖME ORCHESTRA IS FOR YOU!
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KEEP IN TOUCH!
We are a non-profit CORE Member
of Intersection for the Arts
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Learn more at: awesomeorchestra.org