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ALHAMBRA MUSIC INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2022

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Organization
ALHAMBRA MUSIC INC (EIN 65-0565230)
Tax period
2022-08-01 to 2023-07-31
Filed
2024-08-15
IRS object ID
202402289349200105
Schema version
2022v5.0
Source
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JAN. 8, 2023 - WORKSHOP RECITAL, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, 4 PM, FREE. CONCLUDING THE ORCHESTRA'S ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP FOR LOCAL STUDENT AND AMATEUR MUSICIANS, THE PARTICIPANTS GAVE A FREE RECITAL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI'S CLARKE RECITAL HALL WITH WORKS BY BEETHOVEN, BORODIN, SCHUBERT, MOZART AND HAYDN.ATTENDANCE WAS 55.$5,483
JAN. 22, 2023 - SOUTH FLORIDA'S GOT TALENT, FIU WERTHEIM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 7:30 PM, FREE. THE ORCHESTRA PRESENTED FOUR YOUNG CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS AS SOLOISTS, AND ALSO PERFORMED TWO ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS TO INTRODUCE EACH HALF OF THE PROGRAM. THREE TEENAGED VIOLINISTS AND ONE CELLIST PERFORMED FAMOUS CONCERTI BY BRUCH, TCHAIKOVSKY AND DVORAK, WHILE THE ORCHESTRA ALONE PRESENTS SIBELIUS' FINLANDIA AND TWO OF BRAHMS' LIVELY HUNGARIAN DANCES. AS ALWAYS, THIS FREE, POPULAR ANNUAL EVENT DREW YOUNG FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF THE PERFORMERS AS WELL AS ADULTS FROM THREE COUNTIES WHERE THE WINNERS RESIDED. THERE WERE MULTIPLE CURTAIN CALLS AND THE AUDIENCE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE. ATTENDANCE WAS 455.$11,860
THE ORCHESTRA BEGAN REHEARSING IN MID-AUGUST FOR AN EXCITING NEW PROGRAM, A HISPANIC HERITAGE CONCERT IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM. IN ADDITION TO THE PERFORMANCES DESCRIBED BELOW, WE POST VIDEOS OF MOST OF OUR CONCERTS ON OUR FREE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. IN CALENDAR YEAR 2022 WE HAD 3500 VIEWS TOTALLING OVER 9500 MINUTES. SEPT. 24, 2022 - HISPANIC HERITAGE, MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, 7:30 PM, FREE: ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA AND MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM CO-PRESENTED A FREE CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC-INSPIRED SHOWPIECES INCLUDING RIMSKY- KORSAKOV'S CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL, THE LOVELY CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ WITH GUITAR SOLOIST KOH KAZAMA FROM NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, SELECTIONS FROM BIZET'S CARMEN, AND POPULAR TUNES "RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA- AND "MALAGUENA." A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD OF 1430 ATTENDED DESPITE RAINY WEATHER. OCT. 30, 2022 - SPOOKY SYMPHONY, MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, 4 PM, FREE. FOR THE 14TH EDITION OF OUR ANNUAL FREE HALLOWEEN CONCERT FOR LOCAL FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA PARTNERED WITH THE GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY FOR A FAST-PACED ONE- HOUR SHOW OF EERIE CLASSICS AND POPULAR MOVIE THEMES: SAINT-SAENS' DANSE MACABRE AND BACCHANALE, GOUNOD'S MEPHISTO WALTZ, AND SOUNDTRACKS FROM THE AVENGERS, GLADIATOR, WICKED AND JURASSIC PARK. AUDIENCE AND PERFORMERS WORE COSTUMES, AND SPOOKY IMAGES TO ACCOMPANY THE MUSIC WERE PROJECTED ON A HUGE SCREEN BEHIND THE COMBINED ORCHESTRAS. ATTENDANCE WAS 1422. NOV. 19, 2022 - ALHAMBRA QUARTET AT MIAMI CANCER CENTER, 10:30 AM, FREE. THE ORCHESTRA'S IN-HOUSE STRING QUARTET PERFORMED A FREE ONE-HOUR PROGRAM OF LIGHT CLASSICS AND POPULAR TUNES IN THE LOBBY OF MIAMI CANCER CENTER, FOR PATIENTS AND STAFF. THE PERFORMANCE WAS ALSO BROADCAST LIVE FOR PATIENTS AND STAFFERS WHO COULDN'T BE IN THE LOBBY AT THAT TIME. ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE WAS 250. DEC 15, 2022 - ELECTRIC HOLIDAYS, PINECREST GARDENS, 7 PM, FREE WITH PARK ADMISSION.THE ORCHESTRA'S ELECTRIC STRINGS ENSEMBLE, "ALHAMBRA AMPED" PRESENTED AN HOUR OF JAZZED-UP HOLIDAY CLASSICS DURING THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS CELEBRATION AT PINECREST GARDENS. THE PERFORMANCE WAS FREE WITH ADMISSION TO THE GARDENS.ATTENDANCE WAS 135. DEC. 17, 2022 - WONDER OF CHRISTMAS, 7:30 PM, CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH, FREE. THE "ALHAMBRA AMPED" ELECTRIC STRINGS ENSEMBLE REPEATED MOST OF THEIR HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE, FREE, FOR A NEW AUDIENCE, ALSO JOINING WITH VOCALISTS FROM THE HOST ORGANIZATION FOR A TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA FAVORITE, "CHRISTMAS CANON." ATTENDANCE WAS 160. DEC 19, 2022- ALHAMBRA QUARTET AT MIAMI CANCER CENTER, 10:30 AM, FREE. THE STRING QUARTET RETURNED TO MIAMI CANCER CENTER WITH A ONE-HOUR FREE PROGRAM OF HOLIDAY MUSIC ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOMED BY PATIENTS AND STAFF. ABOUT 180 PATIENTS AND STAFF CAME THROUGH THE LOBBY AND LISTENED; A RECORDING WAS MADE TO BE PLAYED FOR INPATIENTS, REACHING ABOUT 90 MORE. FEB 12, 2023- LUNCH CONCERT, BOOKS & BOOKS, CORAL GABLES, 11 AM, FREE.. A FLUTE AND CELLO DUO PERFORMED LIGHT CLASSICS AND POPULAR SONGS DURING A VALENTINES DAY BRUNCH IN THE COURTYARD OF BOOKS & BOOKS IN CORAL GABLES FROM 11 AM TO 12:30PM. ABOUT 75 PATRONS ENJOYED THE PERFORMANCE, AND MANY PASSERS-BY ALONG THIS POPULAR CORAL GABLES STREET ALSO STOPPED TO LISTEN. FEB 17 & FEB 18, 2023 - WEST SIDE STORY, PINECREST GARDENS, 8 PM. IN A DYNAMIC PARTNERSHIP WITH MIAMI ACTING COMPANY, THE ORCHESTRA AND MAC PRESENTED A CONCERT VERSION OF THE TIMELESS WEST SIDE STORY, INCLUDING DIALOG, AND ALL OF BERNSTEIN'S BELOVED SONGS. TRANSFORMED INTO A BROADWAY PIT ORCHESTRA, SYMPHONY MUSICIANS GAVE A ROUSING PERFORMANCE WHICH THRILLED A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 680 OVER TWO NIGHTS, AND DREW STANDING OVATIONS. TICKET PRICES WERE A MODEST 30 FOR ADULTS, 20 FOR SENIORS AND STUDENTS. MARCH 5, 2023- ALHAMBRA AMPED AT UNITARIAN CHURCH, FREE- OUR ELECTRIC STRINGS GROUP GAVE AN INFORMAL AFTERNOON CONCERT OF CLASSIC ROCK TUNES FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION WHERE WE REHEARSE WEEKLY. ATTENDANCE WAS 25. MARCH 12, 2023- GO FOR BAROQUE, CORAL GABLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 7:30 PM, FREE. MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA, IN SMALL ENSEMBLES, PRESENTED A CURATED PROGRAM OF MULTIPLE FORMS AND STYLES OF BAROQUE MUSIC FROM GERMANY, ENGLAND, FRANCE, ITALY AND SPAIN, INCLUDING A VIVALDI VIOLIN CONCERTO. THERE WERE SOLO PERFORMANCES BY UM CELLIST PROF. ROSS HARBAUGH AND THE ORCHESTRA'S CONCERTMASTER DR. STEFFEN ZEICHNER. SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, THIS PROGRAM DREW AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE OF 320. 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FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16EXPENSES PUBLICITY - CONCERTS 2,076 PUBLICITY - WORKSHOP 50 INSURANCE 1,315 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 1,257 HOSPITALITY 33 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 80 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 223 HOSPITALITY WORKSHOP 271 MUSIC RENTAL OR PURCHASE 39 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 14 COMPETITION PRIZES 1,943 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 2,257 MUSIC RENTAL OR PURCHASE 138 SUPPLIES 123 NON-INVESTMENT DEPRECIATION 1,555 TOTAL 11,374
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 247,285 7,817 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 1,821 3,376 TOTAL 5,464 4,441
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28JAN. 8, 2023 - WORKSHOP RECITAL, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, 4 PM, FREE. CONCLUDING THE ORCHESTRA'S ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP FOR LOCAL STUDENT AND AMATEUR MUSICIANS, THE PARTICIPANTS GAVE A FREE RECITAL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI'S CLARKE RECITAL HALL WITH WORKS BY BEETHOVEN, BORODIN, SCHUBERT, MOZART AND HAYDN.ATTENDANCE WAS 55.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29JAN. 22, 2023 - SOUTH FLORIDA'S GOT TALENT, FIU WERTHEIM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 7:30 PM, FREE. THE ORCHESTRA PRESENTED FOUR YOUNG CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS AS SOLOISTS, AND ALSO PERFORMED TWO ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS TO INTRODUCE EACH HALF OF THE PROGRAM. THREE TEENAGED VIOLINISTS AND ONE CELLIST PERFORMED FAMOUS CONCERTI BY BRUCH, TCHAIKOVSKY AND DVORAK, WHILE THE ORCHESTRA ALONE PRESENTS SIBELIUS' FINLANDIA AND TWO OF BRAHMS' LIVELY HUNGARIAN DANCES. AS ALWAYS, THIS FREE, POPULAR ANNUAL EVENT DREW YOUNG FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF THE PERFORMERS AS WELL AS ADULTS FROM THREE COUNTIES WHERE THE WINNERS RESIDED. THERE WERE MULTIPLE CURTAIN CALLS AND THE AUDIENCE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE. ATTENDANCE WAS 455.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30THE ORCHESTRA BEGAN REHEARSING IN MID-AUGUST FOR AN EXCITING NEW PROGRAM, A HISPANIC HERITAGE CONCERT IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM. IN ADDITION TO THE PERFORMANCES DESCRIBED BELOW, WE POST VIDEOS OF MOST OF OUR CONCERTS ON OUR FREE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. IN CALENDAR YEAR 2022 WE HAD 3500 VIEWS TOTALLING OVER 9500 MINUTES. SEPT. 24, 2022 - HISPANIC HERITAGE, MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, 7:30 PM, FREE: ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA AND MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM CO-PRESENTED A FREE CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC-INSPIRED SHOWPIECES INCLUDING RIMSKY- KORSAKOV'S CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL, THE LOVELY CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ WITH GUITAR SOLOIST KOH KAZAMA FROM NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, SELECTIONS FROM BIZET'S CARMEN, AND POPULAR TUNES "RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA- AND "MALAGUENA." A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD OF 1430 ATTENDED DESPITE RAINY WEATHER. OCT. 30, 2022 - SPOOKY SYMPHONY, MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, 4 PM, FREE. FOR THE 14TH EDITION OF OUR ANNUAL FREE HALLOWEEN CONCERT FOR LOCAL FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA PARTNERED WITH THE GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY FOR A FAST-PACED ONE- HOUR SHOW OF EERIE CLASSICS AND POPULAR MOVIE THEMES: SAINT-SAENS' DANSE MACABRE AND BACCHANALE, GOUNOD'S MEPHISTO WALTZ, AND SOUNDTRACKS FROM THE AVENGERS, GLADIATOR, WICKED AND JURASSIC PARK. AUDIENCE AND PERFORMERS WORE COSTUMES, AND SPOOKY IMAGES TO ACCOMPANY THE MUSIC WERE PROJECTED ON A HUGE SCREEN BEHIND THE COMBINED ORCHESTRAS. ATTENDANCE WAS 1422. NOV. 19, 2022 - ALHAMBRA QUARTET AT MIAMI CANCER CENTER, 10:30 AM, FREE. THE ORCHESTRA'S IN-HOUSE STRING QUARTET PERFORMED A FREE ONE-HOUR PROGRAM OF LIGHT CLASSICS AND POPULAR TUNES IN THE LOBBY OF MIAMI CANCER CENTER, FOR PATIENTS AND STAFF. THE PERFORMANCE WAS ALSO BROADCAST LIVE FOR PATIENTS AND STAFFERS WHO COULDN'T BE IN THE LOBBY AT THAT TIME. ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE WAS 250. DEC 15, 2022 - ELECTRIC HOLIDAYS, PINECREST GARDENS, 7 PM, FREE WITH PARK ADMISSION.THE ORCHESTRA'S ELECTRIC STRINGS ENSEMBLE, "ALHAMBRA AMPED" PRESENTED AN HOUR OF JAZZED-UP HOLIDAY CLASSICS DURING THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS CELEBRATION AT PINECREST GARDENS. THE PERFORMANCE WAS FREE WITH ADMISSION TO THE GARDENS.ATTENDANCE WAS 135. DEC. 17, 2022 - WONDER OF CHRISTMAS, 7:30 PM, CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH, FREE. THE "ALHAMBRA AMPED" ELECTRIC STRINGS ENSEMBLE REPEATED MOST OF THEIR HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE, FREE, FOR A NEW AUDIENCE, ALSO JOINING WITH VOCALISTS FROM THE HOST ORGANIZATION FOR A TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA FAVORITE, "CHRISTMAS CANON." ATTENDANCE WAS 160. DEC 19, 2022- ALHAMBRA QUARTET AT MIAMI CANCER CENTER, 10:30 AM, FREE. THE STRING QUARTET RETURNED TO MIAMI CANCER CENTER WITH A ONE-HOUR FREE PROGRAM OF HOLIDAY MUSIC ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOMED BY PATIENTS AND STAFF. ABOUT 180 PATIENTS AND STAFF CAME THROUGH THE LOBBY AND LISTENED; A RECORDING WAS MADE TO BE PLAYED FOR INPATIENTS, REACHING ABOUT 90 MORE. FEB 12, 2023- LUNCH CONCERT, BOOKS & BOOKS, CORAL GABLES, 11 AM, FREE.. A FLUTE AND CELLO DUO PERFORMED LIGHT CLASSICS AND POPULAR SONGS DURING A VALENTINES DAY BRUNCH IN THE COURTYARD OF BOOKS & BOOKS IN CORAL GABLES FROM 11 AM TO 12:30PM. ABOUT 75 PATRONS ENJOYED THE PERFORMANCE, AND MANY PASSERS-BY ALONG THIS POPULAR CORAL GABLES STREET ALSO STOPPED TO LISTEN. FEB 17 & FEB 18, 2023 - WEST SIDE STORY, PINECREST GARDENS, 8 PM. IN A DYNAMIC PARTNERSHIP WITH MIAMI ACTING COMPANY, THE ORCHESTRA AND MAC PRESENTED A CONCERT VERSION OF THE TIMELESS WEST SIDE STORY, INCLUDING DIALOG, AND ALL OF BERNSTEIN'S BELOVED SONGS. TRANSFORMED INTO A BROADWAY PIT ORCHESTRA, SYMPHONY MUSICIANS GAVE A ROUSING PERFORMANCE WHICH THRILLED A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 680 OVER TWO NIGHTS, AND DREW STANDING OVATIONS. TICKET PRICES WERE A MODEST 30 FOR ADULTS, 20 FOR SENIORS AND STUDENTS. MARCH 5, 2023- ALHAMBRA AMPED AT UNITARIAN CHURCH, FREE- OUR ELECTRIC STRINGS GROUP GAVE AN INFORMAL AFTERNOON CONCERT OF CLASSIC ROCK TUNES FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION WHERE WE REHEARSE WEEKLY. ATTENDANCE WAS 25. MARCH 12, 2023- GO FOR BAROQUE, CORAL GABLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 7:30 PM, FREE. MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA, IN SMALL ENSEMBLES, PRESENTED A CURATED PROGRAM OF MULTIPLE FORMS AND STYLES OF BAROQUE MUSIC FROM GERMANY, ENGLAND, FRANCE, ITALY AND SPAIN, INCLUDING A VIVALDI VIOLIN CONCERTO. THERE WERE SOLO PERFORMANCES BY UM CELLIST PROF. ROSS HARBAUGH AND THE ORCHESTRA'S CONCERTMASTER DR. STEFFEN ZEICHNER. SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, THIS PROGRAM DREW AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE OF 320. A TYPICAL COMMENT WAS THIS ONE: "CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT CONCERT LAST SUNDAY, WELL PLAYED THE FACT THAT YOU HAD A BAROQUE CONCERT FROM COMPOSERS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES CERTAINLY MADE IT MORE INTERESTING." MAY 6, 2023 - 33RD SEASON FINALE, FIU WERTHEIM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 7:30 PM, FREE. THIS SATURDAY EVENING ALL-BEETHOVEN EVENT DREW 420 ATTENDEES FOR A ROUSING PERFORMANCE OF SYMPHONY NO. 1 AND PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5 WITH DYNAMIC FIU ARTIST-IN RESIDENCE KEMAL GEKIC AS SOLOIST. THE AUDIENCE INCLUDED SEVERAL SENIORS WHO TOLD US THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN TO CONCERTS IN RECENT YEARS AND THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS FREE EVENT, AS WELL AS SEVERAL FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.