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A blockbuster season awaits, and we don’t want YOU to miss a single note as we welcome our new Music Director Taichi Fukumura! From crowd-pleasing Pops concerts to world-class artists including violinist Braimeh Kanneh-Mason, 2022 Van Cliburn Medal Winner Anna Geniushene and rising star Aristo Sham, the artistry of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra will shine. We are excited to welcome back former Music Directors Alastair Willis and Ken Lam as we continue to celebrate the excellence of the ISO!

Last season was filled with many highlights, including our ISO musicians being conducted by four fabulous candidates vying to be our next Music Director, to our Concerts for Kids being attended by over 5,000 students from the Bloomington-Normal and Springfield communities, and to pianist Joyce Yang’s brilliant performance of Grieg’s popular Piano Concerto. Program ads were viewed by over 9,000 diverse concertgoers at four Symphony Orchestra concerts, two Chamber Orchestra concerts, two Pops concerts, and three Illinois Symphony Youth Orchestra concerts.

We invite you to be part of our 32nd season of acclaimed music making by placing an ad in our 2024-2025 season program. By advertising with us, your ad will be featured in two issues of our full-color symphony program distributed over 19 concerts to an audience that not only appreciates fine classical music in both Bloomington-Normal and Springfield, but come from diverse backgrounds, including our most loyal patrons who have sizable disposable income and patronize those businesses in the community who support the arts.

For a limited time, in Bloomington-Normal, you can select to buy an ad in our 2024-2025 season program and an ad in our Lavender & Lemons, A Tour of Kitchens booklet. You can enjoy 25% OFF the total purchase when you buy ads in both publications. Lavender & Lemons, A Tour of Kitchens is our award-winning fundraiser (June 14, 2025) hosted by the Illinois Symphony Guild of Bloomington-Normal.

A commitment by Friday, August 30, 2024, will guarantee your ad will appear in both issues and a certificate for two tickets to a symphony orchestra concert of your choice. Enclosed is a copy of our ad rate information. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Place your ad today!

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Advertising Sizes & Rates

ISO Program Book - 2 Issues (October 2024 - May 2025)

SAVE when you advertise all season! The full season rate includes placement in two printed booklets distributed at our Symphony, Chamber, Pops, and Youth Orchestra performances.

Full Page Vertical Ad 7"w x 11"h (Full Bleed): $2,000
Half Page Horizontal Ad 6-1/2"w x 5-1/8"h (6.5"w x 5.125"h): $1,200
Quarter Page Vertical Ad 3-1/8"w x 5-1/8"h (3.125"w x 5.125"h): $650
Eighth Page Ad 3-1/8"w x 2-7/16"h (3.125"w x 2.4375"h): $350

Kitchen Tour Book Advertising (June 14, 2025)

For those in Bloomington-Normal, take 25% OFF the total ad purchase when you buy an ad in our season program booklet and kitchen tour booklet! Kitchen Tour ad rates & dimensions are listed below.

Full Page Vertical Ad 5"w x 8"h: $500
Half Page Horizontal Ad 5"w x 4"h: $250
Quarter Page Horizontal Ad 5"w x 2"h: $125

Design Assistance

Advertisers may pay an additional fee for graphic design assistance.

ISO Season Program Book:

Eighth Page Ads: $40 per ad with one round of changes
For all other ads: $50 per ad with two rounds of changes
Excessive changes will be charged at $10 per change

Kitchen Tour Book:

Quarter Page Horizontal Ads: $40 per ad with one round of changes
For all other ads: $50 per ad with two rounds of changes
Excessive changes will be charged at $10 per change

Important Details & Dates

All ads are full color and should be provided in high-resolution JPEG, Photoshop, InDesign, PNG, or print-optimized PDF files.
Reserve space by August 23, 2024and submit digital files by August 30, 2024. Email digital files to Beth Wakefield (bwakefield@ilsymphony.org).
Digital files for the second printing are due no later than January 3, 2025..

For more information, please contact Beth Wakefield, Director of Marketing & Communications by email at bwakefield@ilsymphony.org or by phone at 217-522-2838 ext. 4.