Sponsorships Opportunities Available, Program Advertisers Sought for Chamber Music Monterey Bay’s Exciting 2018-2019 S

1. Sponsorships Opportunities Available, Program Advertisers Sought for Chamber Music Monterey Bay’s Exciting 2018-2019 Season of Five Concerts Chamber Music Monterey Bay has announced another exemplary five-concert series for the2018-2019 season and is offering sponsorship opportunities and seeking advertisers for its seasonprogram. Carmel, CA, August 03, 2018 —Chamber Music Monterey Bay has announced another exemplary five- concert series for the 2018-2019 season and is offering sponsorship opportunities and seeking advertisers for its seasonprogram. Chamber Music Monterey Bay enjoys a loyal and mainly local subscriber base of220 individuals and the vast majority of CMMB’s subscribers (86%) reside on the Monterey Peninsula. Single ticket buyers are a mix of locals, visitors and part-time residents. Concert attendance varies and is approximately 300-450 per concert at Sunset Center inCarmel. The program is 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches, features 32-36 pages and 1,500 copies are printed to be passed outatconcerts.Pricesstartforaslowas$275foraquarter-pagead upto $1,200fortheback coverfor the full five-concertseason. Camera-ready artwork and payment are due Aug.31st? CMMB’s 2018-2019 season of five concerts features some of thefinest chamber ensembles around the world,openingwithup-and-coming FrenchensembleVanKuijkQuartetonOct.6,2018. The season continues Nov. 3, 2018 with keepers of the Aaron Copland flame, Music from Copland House; followed by the multiple award-winning Borromeo String Quartet with acclaimed clarinetist Richard StoltzmanonJan.19,2019;withtheCatalystQuartet,comprisedoftoplaureatesandalumniof the internationally acclaimed Sphinx competition, on Feb. 23, 2019: and the Montrose Trio, a collaboration of pianist Jon Kimura Parker and the Tokyo String Quartet, concluding the season on April 6,2019. AndySudol,whobecameexecutivedirectorofCMMB in December 2017,islookingforwardtoan exciting 2018-2019 season, and gaining new subscribers for the52-year-old organization. “There are a lot of classical music presenters in the area, Carmel Music Society, Bach Festival, the Symphony, Ensemble Monterey and so forth, but I think we occupy a unique niche,” he said. “We present a balance of contemporary composers and traditional composers. In fact, I think we present moreliving composersthan anyotherlocalorganization.Whenyouattendoneofourconcertsyou’ll definitelyhearnewthingsorthingsyouhaven’theardbefore.”

2. Sudol also hopes to build on CMMB’s educational outreach program, which already offersmusician visits tolocalschools,Kids UpFront&Free!,inwhichchildrengrades 3-12 areinvitedtositinthecenter-front three rows for an “up-close-and-personal” concert experience, master classes for student musicians and special ticket pricing for studentsages 17-30. CMMB’s concerts have been earning exceptional reviews for decades, including this one from a concert earlier thisyear. “Chamber Music Monterey Bay (CMMB) has a long tradition of presenting the crème de la crème of chamber ensembles and also of commissioning significant new works by contemporary composers,” wrote music review Lyn Bronson in Peninsula Reviews, a website he edits, about a CMMB concert earlier thisyear.“CMMBonce againhititoutoftheballpark.TheClaremontTriowasatthetopofitsform, and thecommissionedwork,‘FourFolkSongsforpianotrio’byGabrielaLena Frank, wasahitwiththe audience.” Each concert in the season will be preceded by a lecture by Kai Christiansen, noted San Francisco musicologistandfounderof earsense.org,anonlinechambermusicexploratorium.Learnaboutthe concert’scomposersandtheirworksandgain deeperinsightsintothe musicyou’reaboutto hear. Thelecturestartsat6:45p.m.intheSunsetCenterconcerthall,andisfreeof charge. Founded in 1966, Chamber Music Monterey Bay has its roots in an organization begun by HazelWatrous and Dene Denny — two pioneers of early California history who brought music performances to the Monterey Peninsula in the mid-1920s who co-founded the Carmel Bach Festival and the Carmel Music Society, which oftenfeatured new works by local composers. Today, Chamber Music Monterey Bay, which was an offshoot of theCarmel Music Society, exists to preserve the tradition of live classical chamber music performance and to explore creatively the evolution of the artform. CMMB presents five concerts in a nine-month annual season that runs from October-May, featuring world-renowned artists performing at the Sunset Cultural Center — a world-class 718-seat destination venue in beautiful Carmel-by-the-Sea,California. CMMB features exciting and innovative programming — from the best-loved masterworks, to lesser- known gems and brand new compositions. This is what distinguishes CMMB from other localpresenters. TheensemblesCMMBbringstothearealovetopresentunusual, provocative programstotheir listeners. And CMMB’s audiences — appreciated by the guest musicians for their uniquely engaged attentiveness — love to hearthem.

3. Forsponsorshipopportunitiesorto advertiseintheprogram,pleasecall(831)625-2212oremail: execdir@chambermusicmontereybay.org. Contact: Marci BraccoCain Chatterbox PR Salinas, CA93901 (831)747-7455 http://www.chambermusicmontereybay.org