The Mississippi Valley Orchestra is known for its artistic excellence, collaborative spirit, and inclusive mission. Our musicians, along with an all-volunteer but highly skilled board of directors, are committed to delivering high-quality performances and meaningful community engagement.

With your help, we can continue offering free concerts, expanding our repertoire, and advancing our important Foreground Composer Series — an initiative that brings overdue attention to historically underrepresented artists in classical music.

Your donation helps pay for sheet music, performance and rehearsal venues, and establishing partnerships. These help us reach wider and more diverse audiences. Want more details? We’ve provided some examples below.

About 400 Minnesota corporations match donations that their employees make to not-for-profit organizations. Does yours? Look it up on this list that we borrowed from the Dakota County Historical Society: Corporations Matching Donations

Thank you for investing in music that is open, inclusive, and artistically ambitious.

Note: If you have already set up a recurring donation and would like to change the amount, route to donorbox.org and sign into your account to manage your contributions.

So, what would my donation cover? Here are some examples:
$25 – a portion of music rental fee for one piece
$50 – a portion of one week’s rehearsal venue rental
$125 – a portion of one concert’s performance venue rental
$300 (or $25/month) – music rental fee for one piece
$360 (or $30/month) – printing music for musicians for one concert
$480 (or $40/month) – printing programs for one concert
$600 (or $50/month) – percussion cartage for an entire season
$1,000 (or $85/month) – fee for a professional soloist for one concert
$1,500 (or $125/month) – performance venue rental at a church
$1,800 (or $150/month) – rehearsal venue rental at a school for an entire season
$2,400 (or $200/month) – printing programs for an entire season
$3,000 (or $250/month) – music rental fee for an entire season
$6,000 (or $500/month) – performance venue rental at a major concert hall