Many Carmel Bach Festival supporters have included us in their wills or with another type of legacy gift. Their foresight, and yours should you choose to join them, strengthens and helps ensure the future of the Festival.
We are especially grateful to you for a bequest, setting up a life income gift, or some other type of legacy gift. We’ll recognize your commitment by inviting you to join our Continuo Society. We recognize Continuo Society members in our publications, and with invitations to special events. Anonymity is always an option.
Susan and I decided to leave the Festival a bequest commitment through our estate because for us, the Festival is about relationships with people and the music. I started as a volunteer chorus member in 1993, a few years after moving to the area. At a chorus retreat I was invited to sing in the Chorale, our paid professional group. I participated for five years, thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to perform baroque at such a high level. This coincided with and informed my music degree.
My most memorable performance was under Andrew Megill’s direction singing the Brahms Requiem, which was absolutely stunning. Equally special are the 200 people with whom I spend four precious weeks every summer, including watching the young chorus grow and flourish.
Making my legacy gift was an easy decision – it’s important that we give back, not only for youth, but for all corners of the Festival. As I celebrate my 20th year with the Carmel Bach Festival, I know I am leaving an important legacy. - John and Susan Koza
Legacy Gifts
Your legacy gift to the Festival will help us provide fresh musical contexts that spark the imagination, stimulate the mind, and enrich people's lives in multi-faceted ways. The vast majority of legacy gifts are made by bequest through a will or trust.
There are also life income gifts that provide you a steady stream of revenue, offer significant tax advantage, and ultimately benefit us.
Many types of assets, in addition to cash, can be used to make a legacy gift. We encourage you to work with your professional advisors and our staff experts to help you determine which type of legacy gift is best for you.
In addition, there are many types of legacy gifts you can easily make without incurring the services of your professional advisor.
All you need to do is fill out your provider’s paperwork for the following gifts:
IRA or pension plan, life insurance, stocks and bonds, savings / checking accounts, donor advised fund, or commercial annuity.
If you would like information about remembering Carmel Bach Festival with your legacy gift please contact
Olivia Colombo, Development Coordinator at olivia@bachfestival.org or (831) 624-1521
Continuo Society
The Continuo Society acknowledges supporters who have made a legacy gift commitment to the Festival. Gifts of all sizes are welcome and ensure that we will sustain and celebrate the works, inspiration, and ongoing influence of J.S. Bach for future generations.
We honor Continuo Society members through:
Acknowledgment in Festival publications (unless you prefer to be anonymous)
Invitations to special events
If you have already made your legacy gift or are considering making a legacy gift, please let us know.
Contact Olivia Colombo, Development Coordinator at oliva@bachfestival.org or (831) 624-1521
THANK YOU to these Continuo Society members who are leaving a legacy gift to Carmel Bach Festival:
Peter Albano
Lucerne Beal
Jean L. Brenner
Bruce & Mary Jo Byson
Ms. Judith Colburn
Suzanne Dorrance
Susan W. DuCoeur
Kent & Lyn Evans
Sandra and Richard Grimmer
Mr. & Mrs, Wayne Huber
Charles Grauling* & Nancy Jones
Jospeh Marino, JR.
Drs. Knox & Carlotta Mellon
Mrs. Robert H. Morris
David & Julie Nee
Drs. John & June Phillips
Michael and Pamela Sanders
Charles Schimmel
Howard & Joan Sitton
Gloria Souza
Jeptha & Elizabeth Wade*
Reverend* Mark & Jackie Wendland
Ms. Bonnie Woodworth
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Wunsch
*deceased as of August 2018
Linda E. Anderson
Dorothy L. Becker
Susie & Stan Brusa
Stephen K. Cassidy
Mary Kay Crockett
Mrs. Robert Doyle
John Ehrman*
Karen Faircloth
Mr. & Mrs. John Gurley
Ms. Carol R. Johnson
William & Mary Langenberg
P. De St. J Macbeth*
Sharon & Stan Meresman
Robert I. Mulford
Dr. Beatrice Nold
Shirley & Lee Rosen
Richard Sherrill
Donald* & Victoria Slichter
Ms. Natalie A. Stewart
Marilyn & Bill Timoney
Mrs. Dorothy H. Wheeler
Emily & Paul* Woudenberg
Cyril & Jeanne Yansouni
Gail & James Andrews
Arthur H. Brendenbeck*
John W. and Jane F. Buffington
Dr. Gilbert Cleasby
Beverly Dekker-Davidson & Lawrence Davidson
Stan & Gail Dryden
Stephen Eimer & Kevin Cartwright
Mr. & Mrs. John Garvey
Don & Carol Hilburn
William H. Johnston. M.D.
Lucinda Lloyd
Barbara McMahon
Natalie Miller
Leslie Mulford
Betsey & Stephen Pearson
Tim & Jane Sanders
Michael* & Eleanor Silbergh
Pamela D. Smith*
Betsy & Robert Sullivan
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Wandke
Edie & Lamont Wiltsee
Mrs. Wesley Wright
Linda Zinn