Help Keep Our Kids Singing!
Now more than ever, we rely on your gifts and sponsorships to fund classes, workshops, festivals and performances! Ticket sales and choir tuitions historically cover just 42% of our annual budget. The rest depends on your help—to produce programs, keep ticket prices family-friendly, buy music, and offer scholarships.
Our 2025-26 Annual Fund Plea
From our board president, Bill Phelps — an invitation to support the music we share.
Dear friends – since our founding as a nonprofit in 2007, the St. Helena Choral Society has relied on generous community support to keep singers learning, audiences inspired, and our valley “in harmony.” Tuition and ticket sales cover only about half of our annual costs. Your gifts to the Annual Fund bridge that gap.
This year we mark an exceptional milestone — 46 years of song under Craig Bond’s continuing direction. From that first Chamber Singers concert in 1979 to today’s full family of choirs — Children’s Chorus, Teen Choir, Chamber Singers, and Jazz @ 7 — “Mr. Bond” and assistant director Melissa Bond have built a remarkable musical home for every generation.
Thanks to you, that home still rings with life and looks confidently toward the future.
What’s Ahead
Last spring, our Chamber Singers performed a moving Mozart Requiem to full houses. And now we’re preparing for another major milestone: St. Helena’s 150th anniversary in 2026.
SAVE THE DATE! May 17 — "An Americana Musical Jubilee" — Celebrating 150 Years of St. Helena Community
A rousing collection of parlor songs, porch tunes, and parade marches from bygone days, honoring the ways music brings neighbors together.
We can’t do this work without you. Will you give today to help choral education and performance flourish in 2026 and beyond?
If you'd prefer to mail a check, please write to:
St Helena Choral Society, P.O. Box 164, St Helena, CA 94574
If you'd like speak to us about a specific use for your gift or matching opportunities at your organization, please don't hesitate to contact Craig Bond directly. 707-963-7712.
With sincere thanks,
Bill Phelps
President, St Helena Choral Society
Our NPO Tax ID is 26-0526007
Your gifts support scholarships, sheet music, accompanists and musicians, youth competitions, retreats, and the artistic leadership that sustains our choirs.
The Craig Bond Legacy Fund
Mr Bond’s ongoing leadership has built something extraordinary in St Helena, and we celebrate him by dedicating our annual fund drive to ensuring that the programs and the musical seeds he has so tirelessly cultivated will continue for many more harvests of harmony and inspiration.
If you - or your business or foundation - would consider a directed donation to the Craig Bond Legacy Fund, or possibly sponsoring something close to your heart, please don't hesitate to call Craig Bond at 707-963-7712.
You may give securely online or mail an old-fashioned check! Our Tax ID is 26-0526007.