Your support helps keep the music playing in our community. As a 501(c)3 non-profit, Linton Chamber Music (or Linton Incorporated) relies on the financial support of our audience members and music lovers in our community to help cover the expenses not met through ticket sales alone. By making a gift to Linton Chamber Music, you are ensuring that we can continue to bring world-class musicians to our community through our Linton Chamber Music Series and Encore! Linton Series, and that we can keep offering engaging and entertaining programming for tomorrow’s music lovers through our Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions. Thank you for your support, and thank you for helping to ensure that Cincinnati can always get close to the music.
Send Us Your Support
To support us with a tax-deductible donation, please send your gift to
Linton Chamber Music
OR Linton Incorporated
1241 Elm Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Call Us
For more information or to make a donation over the phone give us a call at (513) 381-6868.
Benefits and Levels of Giving
Supporter (gifts up to $99)
- Recognition of gift in Linton program book for one year.
Patron (gifts of $250 to $499)
- All of the above benefits, plus:
- Four complimentary tickets to a Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions concert of your choice.
Ensemble of Friends (gifts of $500 to $1,499)
- All of the above benefits, plus:
- Ensemble of Friends Membership – Allows you to designate your gift to be allocated towards a Linton Chamber Music or Encore! Linton concert program of your choice. Each Ensemble of Friends will be recognized in the program book for their specific concert. (Or if you prefer, you may allocate your gift towards an ensemble of musicians for Linton’s Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions.)
- Intimate post-concert wine and cheese reception with artists.
Artists Circle (gifts of $1,500 to $4,999)
- All of the above benefits, plus:
- An Individual Artist Sponsorship – Allows you to designate your gift to go towards the appearance of a Linton artist of your choice. Artist sponsors will be honored for their contribution in the program book as well as from the stage.
- Special reserved seats for your artist-sponsored concert.
- Invitation to attend a Linton Chamber Music rehearsal.
Artistic Directors Circle (gifts of $5,000 and above)
- A Concert Sponsorship – Allows you to designate your gift towards the concert program of your choice.
- Concert sponsors will be honored for their contribution in the program book as well as from the stage.
- Concert sponsors will also be presented with a framed program book signed by the artists as a memento.
- A special breakfast invitation to get to know Linton’s Artistic Directors, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson.
- Special reserved seats plus two complimentary tickets for your sponsored concert.
- Invitation to attend a Linton Chamber Music rehearsal.Intimate post-concert wine and cheese reception with artists.
- Four complimentary tickets to a Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions concert of your choice.Invitation to a special annual post-concert reception with artists.
- Recognition of gift in Linton program book for one year.
Planned Giving
The Legacy of a Vision
In 1978, Dick Waller produced and performed a chamber music concert and used the gift of music as a “thank you” to fellow members of the First Unitarian Church on Linton Street. This concert, held in the intimacy and warmth of the stained-glassed sanctuary, was the beginning of Linton Chamber Music. For 30 years, founder Dick Waller cajoled and charmed Cincinnatians and his network of musicians to create one of the most unique chamber music series in the country. His vision of bringing together musical artists and friends to perform great music in an environment that allows audiences to experience the energy of music-making in an up-close and personal way remains key to the success of these concerts.
Today, it has evolved into an internationally acclaimed chamber music series, attracting world-class musicians to share their love of music in these intimate concerts. Under the artistic direction of Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson, Linton Chamber Music continues its tradition of presenting the nest classical chamber music in inspiring settings. Linton also remains committed to grow future audiences and appreciation for this art form through its innovative children’s series, Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions.
A Lasting Gift of Music
The Linton Legacy Society creates an opportunity for supporters to give the gift of music as a lasting legacy to this community. Society membership will allow recognition of those friends who, today, are making the commitment to perpetuate the future of great chamber music by including Linton Chamber Music in their long-term financial plans. Bequests and other types of deferred gifts help expand the organization’s capacity, build a healthy endowment, and meet future challenges today.
Joining the Linton Legacy Society
There are many ways to join the Linton Legacy Society that can have favorable tax consequences, while allowing donors to leave a lasting legacy to the cultural community of Cincinnati and benet loved ones at the same time. Together with your family, trusted legal and nancial advisors, you can decide which option is right for you.
- Bequests (outright, percentage or residual)
- Charitable Trusts
- Retirement Assets (IRA’s, Keoghs, etc.)
- Life Insurance
Benefits of Membership
Invitations to special receptions with opportunities to meet Linton artists
Listing in the Linton Chamber Music program books (If you prefer, you may choose to remain anonymous)
Sponsors
Our heartfelt thanks to the following organizations for their generous support of the Linton Chamber Music Series, Encore! Linton Music Series, and the Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions.
- L&L Nippert Charitable Trust
- The Cincinnati International Wine Festival
- The KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Inc.
- The Charles H. Dater Foundation
- ArtsWave
- The Meyers Foundation
- The Louise Taft Semple Foundation
- The John G. Griswold Foundation
- The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
- The William O. Purdy, Jr. Foundation
- The Ohio Arts Council