Spindrift Commissioning Guild
About the Guild
Spindrift Commissioning Guild is a community of supporters who believe in new art music and want to help me create it.
A commission is expensive for a single performer or a small performing group. There aren’t many royal patrons as there were in Handel’s and Mozart’s lifetimes. The idea behind the Guild is to bring commissioning within reach of everyone. The Guild gives you the opportunity to band together with others and support the creation of a new piece of music, and it helps me make a modest income creating that music.
When you join the Guild, you pay an amount of your choice to support a project: for example, a new composition that I'm writing, concerts, or recording sessions. New projects will be added to the list as they get planned and scheduled. I welcome your suggestions and requests.
Your contribution is tax-deductible too! Fractured Atlas is my fiscal sponsor
So what kind of music will come out of this? I usually describe my music as contemporary classical, sometimes neo-Romantic. My music is often energetically rhythmic, with complex harmonies---sometimes dissonant and sometimes tonal. One reviewer described my percussion and piano duo “Traveling to Magic” as “Bartok meets the Blues.” Each piece is different, and I often don’t know what it will be until I start out. That’s part of the adventure!
You can hear some MP3 samples of my work on many of the Music Catalog pages. Keep in mind though, every new piece explores something new!
List of completed Guild projects
Current Projects
An invitation
from
Pamela Marshall...
I would like to invite you to join this group of patrons who support the making of my music. To find out more, contact
me
Guild 2012: Chamber Music with flute : Duo and Trio
For 2012, I'm creating two new chamber music compositions, both including flute.
About the Duo and Trio project - plans, schedule, budget
RocketHub fundraising campaign - great perks!
Fiscal Sponsorship by Fractured Atlas Expand Text
In 2005, I organized Spindrift Commissioning Guild to accept monetary support for specific projects. Now Spindrift Commissioning Guild can accept tax-deductible charitable donations under the fiscal sponsorship of Fractured Atlas.
Spindrift Commissioning Guild is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of Spindrift Commissioning Guild may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
It would be really helpful if you can give at least $25, but please consider any gift you can afford. Thank you!
Benefits for Guild members Expand Text
Music isn't a tangible object, so what do you get besides the good feeling of participating in the cultural life of our society?
Guild members receive:
- Your name listed in the group of commissioners:
in the printed score;
in concert programs when space allows;
and on the Spindrift web site when the music is publicized
there.
If you prefer, you can be associated with the famous patron Anonymous - Occasional progress reports and concert announcements
- Invitation to a local premiere
- Downloaded PDF score of the music for a commission project
- A demo CD or MP3 recording of a concert or recording project
For projects with a RocketHub crowd funding campaign, there are specific perks. Read more at the RocketHub campaign (
How to Donate
Join the Guild during our RocketHub fundraising campaign, starting December until the end of January 2012!
For your donation, you can get downloads, autographed scores, even an improv workshop or concert for your friends. Check out the perks!
Your donation is processed through my fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas, making your contribution tax-deductible (minus the value of any perks).
You can support the project in any amount. A donation of at least $25 will be really helpful. All donors will be listed in the music score and on my web site. You can be anonymous, if you want. And always, thank you for your interest and support!
When you donate, send me a note or email indicating what reward you'd like to receive; for example, a PDF of the finished music or an mp3 of the recording. There are more rewards listed at the RocketHub site. You can use the Spindrift contact form if you want.
To keep up to date on the project, please sign up for my Spindrift Commissioning Guild email list. Click the button below. If you don't use email, I can send updates via USPS mail.
Online
Use the Fractured Atlas web site to donate to Spindrift Commissioning Guild with various credit cards
By check
Write a check payable to "Fractured Atlas" with the memo "in behalf of Spindrift Commissioning Guild".
Send the check to Pamela Marshall, 38 Dexter Road, Lexington, MA 02420.
Thank you!
Your support through all these methods entitles you to the RocketHub perks and tax-deductibility through my fiscal sponsorship at Fractured Atlas.
