Program Advertising 2009-2010


Dear Chorus Patron,

The Silicon Valley Gay Men's Chorus is currently selling advertising space in the programs for our upcoming concerts. We offer you exposure to hundreds of diverse audience members, many of whom live in the Bay Area!

FULL YEAR DISCOUNT: Save 5% by advertising for the full season!
If you prepay your ad space for the full season (or the remaining concerts in the current season), we offer you a 5% discount off your total purchase. (This offer is void when only one concert remains in the season, and is not valid for text-only listings.)

UPGRADE DISCOUNT: Save 5% if you advertised in our last program book and you upgrade to a larger ad in the next one.



If you would like to donate to SVGMC and get ad exchanges or comp ad, please to a SVGMC Board Member or e-mail advertise@svgmc.org.

Technical specifications:

  • Digital Formats Accepted: With all supporting graphic files and fonts
    • PDF
    • JPG
    • TIF
    • EPS with embedded fonts
    • InDesign
    • Illustrator
    • Photoshop
  • Minimum Resolution:
    300 dpi (600 dpi preferred)
  • Color Profiles :Color for Cover Ads Only
    Grayscale for All Inside Ads
  • Camera-ready Artwork:
    Camera-ready artwork is artwork that's ready for the camera that captures the dots and density of your artwork and then translates it into a screen, mold or laser template, or whatever based on the imprinting method being used. No matter what color you'd like your imprint to be, the type, artwork and graphic materials should be a very high black-and-white (B&W) contrast ready to be photographed on a process camera or captured digitally.

    What is not camera-ready artwork:
    • Photocopies of any type
    • FAX documents
    • Business cards or other printed pieces
    • Laser-printed copy less than 1000 DPI
    • Components which need resizing to fit properly
    • Artwork with pasted and lumpy or taped components
    • Artwork with smudges or marks with pen or pencil
    • Continuous tone images; i.e., B&W and color photographs

Artwork and Layout:
Business Card ads include scanning of physical cards.
Please send your business cards to the SVGMC office.
If you do not have any camera-ready artwork or you have all other ad sizes,
please contact SVGMC with your need.

Closing Dates:
Typically, artwork needs to be delivered 2-3 weeks before the concert.
Deadlines for this season are as follow:
HeartSong – Wednesday, 03/03/2010
Big Gay Sing-along – Wednesday, 06/09/2010


The dates have been set to allow time for laying out and printing the programs.
Unfortunately, the tight schedule does not allow room for flexibility.

To advertise with us, simply:
1. Fill out the Advertising Reservation Form below.
2. Email your artwork in electronic format (tif/eps/pdf/jpg/gif) to advertise@svgmc.org.
3. Make your check payable to SVGMC and mail it to:

       SVGMC Program Advertising
       72 North 5th Street, Suite 16
       San Jose, CA 95112

Advertising Reservation Form

First Name:     Last Name:
Phone number: in the format like 408-888-8888 -- E-Mail:

Select one:
Inside Front Cover(5.5" x 8.5", in both March & June programs) - $700
Inside Back Cover (5.5" x 8.5", in both March & June programs) - $700
Full Page (5" x 8") - $200
Half Page (5" x 4") - $125
Quarter Page (2.5" x 4") - $80
Business Card (2.5" x 2") - $55
Text-only listing (30 words or less) - $10. Please list your text below:
I would like to prepay for the above ad for the full season/the remaining concerts in the current season and receive a 5% discount. (This offer is void when only one concert remains in the season, and is not valid for text-only listings.)

I would like to upgrade my ad from the last concert to the larger ad size marked above and receive a 5% discount.

**SVGMC reserves the right to decline advertisements based on content.