There are three ways to become a Hercules Society Member:

Send your tax-deductible contribution to:

Emmanuel Music
Box 659
Boston, MA 02130

The Hercules Society was established in 1999 by Emmanuel Music as a way for a select group of donors to make larger contributions. The goal of the Society is to raise enough money through a campaign to underwrite a concert production of a major work each year. The first endeavor of the Hercules Society was to underwrite two performances of Handel's Hercules featuring James Maddalena, Jeffrey Gall and renowned Emmanuel Music alumnus, Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson, in the fall of 2000. Those donors who contributed $1000 or more became founding members of the Hercules Society and were even honored by the Boston Globe: "Boston's most memorable event of the year, perhaps the decade, was a concert performance of Handel's Hercules…All praise also to the individual patrons and members of Emmanuel Music's Hercules Society who helped pay for this adventure."

In the spring of 2001, the Hercules Society underwrote the Peter Sellars production of two staged Bach cantatas also featuring mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson, which traveled then to Lincoln Center, Paris, London and Lucerne. This spring the Hercules Society will support Emmanuel's production Handel's Saul. The production will feature Sanford Sylvan in the title role, as well as Boston favorites Kendra Colton, Frank Kelley and Jayne West.

Emmanuel Music began a tradition of performing the operas and oratorios of Handel more than twenty years ago, beginning with Atalanta, and to date has performed more of Handel's works than any other performing organization in Boston and perhaps even the United States. Becoming a part of Emmanuel Music's Hercules Society entitles members to special program recognition, complimentary patron tickets to the concert being underwritten by the Society, opportunities to meet the singers and musicians of Emmanuel Music at special, post-concert events, and the satisfaction of knowing that because of the your financial support of the Hercules Society, Emmanuel's long tradition of musical excellence will be able to continue.

More information about the Hercules Society.