Our Supporters and Partners

Following the recent reorganisation of local government in Cumbria, we are delighted to continue our relationship with Kendal’s local authority, now the Westmorland and Furness Council. The Trustees of Lakeland Sinfonia hope to work with local council officers and elected representatives, schools and colleges to develop a programme of community support for classical music and to attract new audiences to get orchestral concerts here in Kendal and across the area.

We are also very grateful to Royal Northern Sinfonia who have over a ten year period supported our programming from their own resources and enabled us to welcome visiting orchestras including the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata to Kendal together with international soloists performing in their seasons’ programmes

Going forward from September 2024 onwards, we as Lakeland Sinfonia are presenting our own series of concerts which we are marketing as Lakeland Sinfonia Classics. Separately, RNS are staging a series of visiting orchestra concerts which they administer themselves and for which they take the financial risks. We are grateful to them for their continued support in avoiding repertoire and date clashes

We recognise that all arts organisations, including orchestras and performers, are under pressure from rising costs and we are grateful to our orchestra Partners for their flexibility. Thank you to every one of our concert-goers, especially our Gold and Silver Members. Your financial donations make all the difference to our sustainability.

If you – or an organisation or company that you know – would be interested in talking to us about future Patronage or partnership projects, please contact us.