Dan Plonsey's Bar Mitzvah
The 25th Jewish Music Festival invites you to share our joy as our friend Dan Plonsey becomes a Bar Mitzvah!
Thanks to a generous matching grant of $7,500 from The East Bay Community Foundation’s Fund for Artists, the JMF commissioned a new multimedia piece by Bay Area composer Dan Plonsey and choreographer Eric Kupers to premiere as part of our silver anniversary season. Thanks to your love of the arts and willingness to give, we have reached our goal.
Save the Date: July 11, 2010 and come celebrate Dan Plonsey’s Bar Mitzvah
Dan Plonsey’s Bar Mitzvah asks what it means to become an adult in today’s world. Through humor and parody, music, dance and theater, the work will explore how we are both prepared for and protected from the knowledge and surprises of adult life. This composition will be performed by Dan’s ensemble, Daniel Popsicle and joined by Eric and members of Dandelion Dancetheater.
A composer and sax player, Dan Plonsey has written music for the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Toychestra & Fred Frith, Santa Cruz New Music Works and the Berkeley Symphony, as well as for his own ensembles. He has performed and recorded with Anthony Braxton, Eugene Chadbourne and Tom Waits, but more frequently with local greats John Schott, John Shiurba, Robert Horton and many others. Most recently, He composed the music for a new opera, Leave Me Alone, with libretto by Harvey Pekar of American Splendor fame, which premiered at Oberlin College in January 2009.
Eric Kupers has co-directed, choreographed, and performed with Dandelion Dancetheater since its inception and formerly worked with Della Davidson and Margaret Jenkins. He teaches at Cal State University East Bay and is an artist-in-residence at ODC Theater in San Francisco. Eric has received many grants and commissions, including for Dancing in the Streets/NYC, and projects by John Killacky, California Shakespeare Festival, and Highland Summer Theatre.
Please make checks payable to the Jewish Music Festival, Attn: Dan Plonsey’s Bar Mitzvah, 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA, 94709. Donations can be made online here or by calling 510.848.0237 ×126.
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25th Annual Jewish Music Festival
March 26-29, 2010 and July 2010
Sponsorship Categories & Benefits
$20,000 Presenting Sponsor
The below PLUS · Acknowledgment from the stage every performance · Full page cover ad in the Festival program* · Logo in press publicity, brochure, poster, and website, plus link to sponsor’s website · Ten Festival passes · Invitations to artist receptions
$10,000 Festival Sponsor
The below PLUS · Recognition on Festival poster · Primary sponsorship acknowledgment for concert of choice in Festival brochure* and program · Logo in press publicity, brochure, poster, and website, plus link to sponsor’s website · Eight Festival passes · Invitations to artist receptions
$5,000 Concert Sponsor
The below PLUS · Sponsorship acknowledgment for concert of choice in Festival brochure and program · Six Festival passes · Invitations to VIP receptions · Acknowledgment in brochure, poster, and website, plus link to sponsor’s website
$2,500 – $4,999 Impresario
The below PLUS · Sponsorship acknowledgment in Festival brochure and program · Four Festival passes · Invitations to VIP receptions
$1000-2,499 Top Fiddle
The below PLUS · Sponsorship acknowledgment in Festival brochure and program · Two Festival passes · Invitations VIP receptions
$500-999 High Note
The below PLUS · One Festival Pass
$250-499 Music Maven
The below PLUS · Priority reserved seats · Express check-in · Post-performance receptions · A DVD of Kitka and Davka in Concert: Old and New World Jewish Music
$100-249 A Different Drummer
· Acknowledgment in program
Under $100 Chorus
· Acknowledgment in program
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Support the 25th Annual JMF by purchasing ad space in our printed Program
To advertise in the 2010 Jewish Music Festival program, please download the Program Advertising Contract. It lists available ad sizes and prices, and contains the mechanical specs your designer will need, includes our contact information, and acts as a simple contract.
Download the 2010 JMF Ad Contract PDF
file: Ad-contract-2010.pdf [405.23KB]
mechanical requirements
- Photoshop: psd, tiff or EPS, or
- Illustrator file:ai, eps, or
- FreeHand file (9.0 or less) or
- Hi-Res PDF (most preferred).
Must include all fonts and placed images. Resolution: 300 dpi.
Deadlines
- Space reservation/contract due March 8, 2010.
- Ad due March 11, 2010.
- Payment due by March 11, 2010.
To Reserve Ad Space/Submit Ad
- Complete the form and mail it with check (payable to JCC of the East Bay) to: Stephanie Brown, Jewish Music Festival, JCC of the East Bay, 1414 Walnut St. Berkeley, CA. 94709.
- Form can also be faxed to (510) 848-0170. For any questions, please call Stephanie at (510) 39404840.
- Send your disk to Stephanie at the address above or Contact. Please type “JMF Ad” in the subject line of your email.
Please specify if you are a new advertiser.