Annual Giving Opportunities and Benefits

YELLOW BARN relies on the generosity of individual donors to provide approximately half the funds needed for our educational and performance activities. When you make a donation to Yellow Barn, your dollars help to fund student participation in Yellow Barn programs (every student who attends our five-week training and performance program receives a full scholarship), faculty salaries, student and faculty housing and meals, and production and administration expenses.

In grateful acknowledgment of your donation, Yellow Barn is pleased to offer a membership benefits program to enhance your chamber music experience. No matter what membership level you choose, your participation is vital. Your support of Yellow Barn represents an investment in the future of chamber music and in the lives of the young musicians who will uphold and enrich its legacy in the years to come.

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Member, $60

(fully tax deductible)
  • Your name is included in the Yellow Barn festival program
  • You will receive Yellow Barn's regular newsletter
  • Priority booking for festival concerts

Contributor, $100

(value of benefits: $10)
Member benefits, plus:
  • Invitation to reception during the festival

Donor, $250

(value of benefits: $35)
Contributor benefits, plus:
  • Behind the scenes tour of campus

Benefactor, $500

(value of benefits: $35)
Donor benefits, plus:
  • Discussion forum with Artistic Director

Sustainer, $1,000

(value of benefits: $160)
Benefactor benefits, plus:
  • Commemorative CD from summer festival
  • Opportunity to entertain 4 guests in a private reception with Yellow Barn artists

Young Artists Scholarship, $2500

(value of benefits: $200)
Sustainer benefits, plus:
  • A backstage pass to interact with your sponsored student at a scheduled post-concert event
  • Invitation to attend campus meal with Young Artists and faculty
  • Invitation to meet Young Artists and faculty at post-concert reception

Yellow Barn Scholarship, $5,000

(value of benefits: $250)
Sustainer benefits, plus:
  • Invitation to lunch on campus during the festival
  • Invitation to attend a post-concert reception for Yellow Barn performers and faculty
  • Invitation to join the Artistic Director in the balcony of Big Barn whenever your sponsored student is performing
  • Invitation to other special events during the festival

Yellow Barn Faculty Circle, $10,000

(value of benefits: $300)
Scholarship benefits, plus:
  • Opportunity to meet with faculty member on campus
  • Invitation to faculty reception during summer festival
  • Invitation to other special events during the festival

How Your Donation Supports Yellow Barn

  • $60 helps pay for a piano tuning (around 200 tunings take place each summer!)
  • $100 buys 12 meals for participants
  • $250 provides Yellow Barn's unique Festival wall programs
  • $500 provides a masterclass during the Festival
  • $1,000 supports a week's full scholarship for a Yellow Barn participant
  • $2,500 funds YAP scholarship of Yellow Barn's composer in residence program
  • $5,000 provides a full scholarship for a Yellow Barn participant


As an alternative, you can download and print our Pledge/Donation form. (PDF)