President’s Letter – February 2026
Dear Friends ~
We hope you have had a great holiday season and an auspicious start to 2026. Now the watch begins for the first signs of spring!
Sitkovetsky Trio Performs on February 21
One of these signs will be our upcoming concert on Saturday, February 21 with the Sitkovetsky Trio. There are fewer than 30 seats available, so please secure yours now.
Central Okanagan Food Bank
Once a season, we invite our supporters to bring contributions to the Central Okanagan Food Bank to a performance to support their invaluable work in our community. These contributions can be “in-kind” (non-perishable food items) or monetary (cash or cheque made out to the Central Okanagan Food Bank). At this concert, volunteers will be delighted to receive your contributions and will be sure they get to the Food Bank post-performance.
Stakeholder Survey Coming Up!
We have been delighted this season with the wonderful support you have shown for a wide range of programs and artists. We love your feedback at any time and, once every few years, we conduct an email survey of our stakeholders to help us in our planning for future seasons. We will be sending out the next survey shortly and we hope you will look out for it and take time to complete it. Funders also find such survey results to be very helpful in assessing the interest in classical music in our market. Those of us who witness the enthusiastic support of our audiences know it is healthy and growing, but some reliable statistics always help.
We look forward to seeing you at the next concert!
Diane
P. Diane Bond, President