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Dream big. 

Sponsor Big Night!

At The People’s Music School, we know a thing or two about realizing big dreams.

 

In 1976, our founder Dr. Rita Simó dreamed of a world where there were no barriers to access to excellent music instruction. What started as free music lessons in a repurposed hair salon in Uptown has grown into the 750-student, 4-site, 21-instrument, nationally recognized organization we are today. At People’s, we always tell our students – and encourage ourselves – to dream even bigger.

That’s why we’re asking for your support for Big Night, Bigger Dreams, The People’s Music School’s seventh annual Big Night gala. At our biggest night of the year, we will celebrate the power of dreaming audaciously, working hard, and making incredible things happen together. 

This year, we are thrilled to be honoring John W. Rogers, Jr., for his significant impact on our students and our organization. John has made some very big dreams a reality for our students over the years, sponsoring 20 students over the past two summers to attend intensive, transformational summer programs that have expanded their worlds and deepened their knowledge. These 20 Rogers Music Scholars have attended the Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute at Purdue University, the Vancouver Island Music Academy, YOLA National Institute, Birch Creek Music Performance Center, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and Berklee’s Aspire: Five Week intensive. Our mission is to provide access to the benefits of high-quality, tuition-free music education, and John has directly enabled exactly that mission for these 20 young people. We look forward to celebrating them and John on February 8th at Morgan MFG.

We hope you will join The People’s Music School in honoring John’s impact and supporting our students’ big dreams. Your support of our Big Night will enable intensive, tuition-free, after-school music programming during the school year for students like the Rogers Music Scholars. In supporting The People’s Music School, you will demonstrate your commitment to a historic, nationally recognized organization on the leading edge of creating life-changing student outcomes through access to intensive music education.

On our Big Night, help us achieve our Bigger Dreams. We’ll see you at Morgan MFG.

Gratefully,

Miriam Owens
President & CEO, The People's Music School

TITLE SPONSOR

$50,000

  • 20 tickets (2 tables) to our Big Night Gala

  • Acknowledgment of support on print and e-mail invitations and event materials

  • Logo on event website with link to sponsor website

  • Logo on invitations

  • Mention in all social media and promotions leading up to event

  • Prominent logo placement on stage

  • Signed memorabilia from performers

PRESENTING SPONSOR

$25,000

  • 20 tickets (2 tables) to our Big Night Gala
  • Acknowledgment of support on print and e-mail invitations and event materials
  • Logo on invitations
  • Mention in all social media and promotions leading up to event
  • Prominent logo placement on stage

ARTIST’S LEVEL

$10,000

  • 20 tickets (2 tables) to our Big Night Gala
  • Acknowledgment of support on print and e-mail invitations and event materials
  • Logo on invitations
  • Mention in all social media and promotions leading up to event

FAN CLUB

$5,000

  • 10 tickets (1 table) to our Big Night Gala
  • Acknowledgment of support on e-mail invitations and event materials

BUY A TABLE

$3,500

  • 10 tickets (1 table) to our Big Night Gala

INTERESTING IN SPONSORING?

Get in touch! Contact Miriam Owens at miriam.owens@peoplesmusicschool.org or 312.973.0093.

Thank you to our sponsors:

TITLE SPONSOR

Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation

PRESENTING SPONSORS

Perry Family Charitable Foundation

ARTIST'S LEVEL

Ellen & Matt Feldman

FAN CLUB

Anonymous

Aaron & Cecilia VanGetson

Adam & Marie Lucas

Argo Group

Carolyn Jaw & Steve Chertow

Gary & Carol Hart

Goldman Sachs Ayco

Julie and Steven Lopez

KRD Accountants, Consultants, & Advisors

Mark Nasr and Kieran Shanahan Nasr

Michael Buck & Debbie Lee

Stephanie & Michael Macakanja

Truist Bank

FRIENDS

Begyle Brewing

Cynergy Bakes

Duckhorn Vineyards

Guinness

Northern Trust

Sunflower Bank

Big Night 2023 Sponsors

Honoring

Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation

Perry Family Charitable Foundation

Matt and Ellen Feldman

Stephanie and Michael Macakanja

Cecilia and Aaron VanGetson

Katherine Buck and Kevin Preloger

Michael Buck and Debbie Lee

Uma Chandrasekaran and Alexander Kogan

Cowen & Company

Gary and Carol Hart
 

Kia Javanmardian and Laura Chmar

Carolyn Jaw and Steve Chertow

Judy and Scott McCue Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Julie and Steven Lopez

North Star Investment Management and the A.N. and Pearl G. Barnett Family Foundation

Kieran Shanahan and Mark Nasr

Kevin Dolan

Nalini Kotamraju

Adam Lucas

Steven and Lori Shaw

BIG NIGHT

through the years!

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