Thursday, April 3, 2025 | Orpheum
All tickets include the Prelude Reception with hospitality and Encore After Party.
A portion of ticket eligible for tax receipt.
Orchestra Level Seating (Includes Table Hospitality During Performance)
Individual Tickets: $695 (SOLD OUT)
Individuals Under 40: $400 (SOLD OUT)
Dress Circle Seating (No Table Hospitality During Performance)
Individual Balcony Tickets: $499
Auction is now live
Please help us raise critical funds by participating in our auction or by making a donation. This online auction will close at 12:00 pm on Monday, April 7th, 2025.
The Live auction will take place at the Power of Music Gala on Thursday, April 3rd, 2025.
Donate to Gala
The net proceeds raised at this signature Gala will support the VSO and the VSO School of Music, as we play, teach and nurture future musicians of all ages and backgrounds in our province and beyond. With your help we can transform lives and enrich society through the POWER OF MUSIC by empowering youth, aspiring artists, uniting hearts in music, and fostering positive change in our community to ensure music and music education is valued, available and accessible to everyone.
The VSO is incredibly grateful for the generous support from donors like you, and we invite you to become a pivotal part of this extraordinary event by providing a donation through our “Make a Donation” portal.
Live or Silent Auction Item
Wish to donate by providing a valued Live or Silent Auction Item or Gift Certificate? Here is the link to our online Auction Donor Contract, in which you can provide a detailed description and pictures of your donation that will best represent your company and item in our online auction platform.
The Gala and auction will be promoted in advance by email to over 80,000 people in the VSO’s reach and social media channels and will be launched for pre bidding before the Gala.
Thank you for your contribution, with your support we can make a profound difference through the POWER of MUSIC in our city and beyond.
For more information and to donate auction items, please contact:
Colin Upright, Manager, Special Events
604.684.9100 ext 237
colin@vancouversymphony.ca
Auction item donations and tax receipting FAQ
For a registered charity to determine whether or not a gift has been made, it must consider the following:
Was the gift made voluntarily?
- The donation must be given freely. If a donation is made as a result of a contractual or other obligation, it is not eligible for a receipt.
Was there a transfer of property?
- Only gifts of property are eligible for official donation receipts (for example, cash, computers, equipment).
- Gifts of service, and promises of service, are not gifts of property, and are not eligible for an official donation receipt.
- Gift certificates donated by the issuer do not constitute property and are not eligible for official donation receipts. However, a gift certificate purchased and then donated does constitute property, and may be receipted at its fair market value – SEE BELOW.
Can a registered charity issue official donation receipts for gift certificates?
- This depends on whether or not the donor is the issuer of the gift certificate. An issuer is the person (individual, retailer or business) that creates the gift certificate.
- A gift certificate purchased from the issuer and then donated to a charity is considered property and may be receipted for its eligible amount.
- A certificate donated by the issuer is not property, but rather a promise, and may not be receipted.
Registered charities can issue an official donation receipt when:
- The donor is not the issuer of the gift certificate; and
- The donor has purchased the gift certificate either from the issuer or another third party.
Can a registered charity issue official donation receipts for gifts of services?
A charity cannot issue a receipt for a gift of service. At law, a gift is a voluntary transfer of property without consideration. Contributions of services (for example, time, skills, effort) are not property. Therefore, they do not qualify as gifts for the purpose of issuing official donation receipts.
Registered charities cannot issue official donation receipts for gifts of services.
However, they can issue receipts under the following conditions:
- If a charity pays a service provider for services rendered and the service provider then chooses to donate the money back, the charity can issue a receipt for the monetary donation (this is often referred to as a cheque exchange). In such circumstances, two distinct transactions must take place:
- a person provides a service to a charity and is paid for that service; and that same person makes a voluntary gift of property to the charity.
- A charity should also make sure that it keeps a copy of the invoice issued by the service provider. The invoice and cheque exchange not only ensure that the charity is receipting a gift of property, but they also create an audit trail, as the donor must account for the taxable income that is realized either as remuneration or as business income.
- A charity should not issue an official donation receipt to a service provider in exchange for an invoice marked “paid”. This procedure raises questions as to whether in fact any payment has been transferred from the charity to the service-provider and, in turn, whether any payment has been transferred back to the charity.
General FAQ
Donated Item(s) can be delivered Monday to Friday between 9:00 am to 5:00 pm to VSO Office at:
500-833 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BCÂ V6B 0G4.
If pick up is required, please contact at 604.684.9100 ext. 237, or Email: symphonygala@vancouversymphony.ca
