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ALHAMBRA MUSIC INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2023

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Organization
ALHAMBRA MUSIC INC (EIN 65-0565230)
Tax period
2023-08-01 to 2024-07-31
Filed
2024-11-08
IRS object ID
202423139349200112
Schema version
2023v5.0
Source
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JAN. 5-7, 2024 - CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP THE 20TH ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY THE ORCHESTRA WAS HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMIS FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC. 42 PARTICIPANTS IN 11 GROUPS RECEIVED COACHING FROM UM FACULTY, SUPPLEMENTED BY PROFESSORS FROM NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. AMONG THEM WERE TEN HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE FINAL RECITAL, HELD AT 1:30 PM ON JANUARY 7TH IN THE CLARKE RECITAL HALL, DREW 105 AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS THE PARTICIPANTS. 25 OF THEM WERE STUDENTS UNDER 18.$6,537
JAN. 21, 2024 - SOUTH FLORIDAS GOT TALENT, 7:30 PM AT FIUS WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, FREE THE ORCHESTRA PRESENTED A FORMAL CONCERT FEATURING THE THREE YOUNG WINNERS OF ITS CONCERTO COMPETITION AS SOLOISTS, PLUS INTERLUDES WITH VERDIS NABUCCO OVERTURE AND STRAUSS FLEDERMAUS OVERTURE. ATTENDANCE WAS 495, INCLUDING MANY YOUNG PEOPLE. THE SOLOISTS HAD MULTIPLE CURTAIN CALLS AND THE ORCHESTRA PIECES WERE WARMLY RECEIVED.$9,622
SEPT. 23, 2023 HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION, 7:30 PM IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, FREE. CO-SPONSORED BY MDCA AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NEWLY FORMED DORAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA PRESENTED A DYNAMIC MIX OF BELOVED CLASSICAL WORKS BOLERO, RITUAL FIRE DANCE, AND DANZON NO. 2, INTERSPERSED WITH INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS OF TANGOS, BALLADS AND POPULAR SPANISH SONGS, PLUS A TRIBUTE TO GLORIA ESTEFAN. THERE WERE ALSO SINGERS PRESENTING ZARZUELA AND BOLERO PIECES. A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE OF 1623 ATTENDED, INCLUDING MANY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. THEY SANG ALONG WITH SONGS THEY KNEW, CLAPPED AND CHEERED. OCT. 29, 2023 - SPOOKY SYMPHONY, 3:00 PM IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, FREE. OUR ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CONCERT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, A COLLABORATION WITH GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY, RETURNED FOR ITS 15TH YEAR, SPONSORED BY THE CHILDRENS TRUST. THE COMBINED ORCHESTRAS PERFORMED SUPERNATURAL-THEMED CLASSICAL WORKS NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN AND PORTIONS OF THE FIREBIRD AND SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE, PLUS SOUNDTRACKS FROM APOLLO 13, GHOSTBUSTERS, FROZEN AND THE STAR WARS SERIES. COORDINATED IMAGES PLAYED ON A HUGE SCREEN BEHIND THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL ORCHESTRA. CONDUCTORS, MUSICIANS, AND MUCH OF THE AUDIENCE WORE COSTUMES. ATTENDANCE WAS 1392. DEC 17, 2023- HOLIDAY MUSIC 11 AM AT THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGRETATION, FREE. A SOLO VIOLINIST ACCOMPANIED THE CONGREGATIONS CHOIR FOR A SPECIAL CHORAL PRESENTATION, ABOUT 160 PERSONS ATTENDED. DEC 20, 2023 - HOLIDAY MUSIC, 10:30 AM IN MIAMI CANCER CENTERS LOBBY, FREE. THE ORCHESTRAS IN-HOUSE STRING QUARTET PERFORMED AN HOUR OF WINTER HOLIDAY MUSIC TO CHEER THE STAFF AND PATIENTS. APPROXIMATELY 120 PERSONS CAME BY TO LISTEN. DEC 20, 2023 - NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, 7:00 PM IN PINECREST GARDENS, FREE. THE ORCHESTRAS IN-HOUSE ELECTRIC STRINGS ENSEMBLE PERFORMED AN HOUR OF JAZZY AND LIVELY HOLIDAY CLASSICS FOR THE ATTENDEES WHO CAME TO SEE THE PARKS SPECTACULAR LIGHT DISPLAY. AN ESTIMATED 110 PERSONS CAME BY TO LISTEN, MOSTLY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. FEB. 11, 2024 - A VALENTINE WITH STRINGS - 3 PM AT SANCTUARY OF THE ARTS, 410 ANDALUSIA AVENUE IN CORAL GABLES, 10 ADULTS AND 5 FOR SENIORS AND CHILDREN. THE ORCHESTRAS IN-HOUSE STRING QUARTET WITH PIANIST MIA VASSILEV PRESENTED A SELECTION OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR PIECES WITH A VALENTINES DAY THEME. IT WAS OUR FIRST APPEARANCE IN THIS VENUE. AUDIENCE WAS 175 INCLUDING THE SOAS RESIDENT DANCE TROUPES WHO ATTENDED FREE. FEB 18, 2024 - A VISIT TO ITALY - 7:30 PM AT CORAL GABLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, FREE. SMALL STRING ORCHESTRAS, QUARTETS AND QUINTETS FORMED FROM ORCHESTRA MEMBERS PRESENTED A SALUTE TO ITALIAN MUSICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, WITH INSTRUMENTAL PIECES BY BOCCHERINI, VIVALDI, ROSSINI, VERDI, RESPIGHI, AND OTHERS FOR WINDS, BRASS AND STRINGS. HIGHLIGHTS WERE VIVALDIS LA TEMPESTI DE MARE WITH SOLO FLUTE, AND HIS LIVELY CONCERTO FOR FOUR VIOLINS. THE CHURCH WAS FILLED TO ITS 325-PERSON CAPACITY DESPITE PERSISTENT RAINY WEATHER, AND THE AUDIENCE WAS EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS UNUSUAL CURATED PROGRAM, ATTENDED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ITALIAN CONSULATE. MARCH 3, 2024- THROUGH A WOMANS EYES, 2 PM AT MICHAEL-ANN RUSSEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, FREE. AN ALL-WOMAN STRING QUARTET OF ORCHESTRA MEMBERS PERFORMED FOR ATTENDEES AT AN ART EXHIBIT FEATURING FEMALE ARTISTS. AUDIENCE WAS ESTIMATED AT 110. MARCH 3, 2004, MIAMI SALON GROUP, 5 PM AT TURNBERRY OCEAN COLONY, FREE. A DIFFERENT QUARTET OF ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA MEMBERS ENTERTAINED 30 ATTENDEES AT A MEETING OF THE MIAMI SALON GROUP. APRIL 7, 2024 - OUT OF THIS WORLD, 4 PM AT DENNIS C. MOSS CENTER, FREE. THIS FAMILY CONCERT, PRODUCED JOINTLY WITH THE PHILIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND THE MOSS CENTER, DAZZLED CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECTACULAR ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES ACCOMPANYING SPACE-THEMED CLASSICAL AND MOVIE MUSIC INCLUDING THE PLANETS, STAR TREK, APOLLO 13, STAR WARS, CLAIR DE LUNE, AND BLUE MOON. THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUMS PLANETARIUM NARRATED THE SHOW, EXPLAINED THE SOLAR ECLIPSE EXPECTED THE NEXT DAY, AND DISTRIBUTED ECLIPSE GLASSES TO EVERYONE. THERE WERE SCIENCE-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES IN THE COURTYARD. A DELIGHTED AUDIENCE OF 670 ATTENDED. APRIL 9, 2024 - CITIZENS INTERESTED IN ARTS MEETING, 12 PM AT THE VI IN AVENTURE. A SOLO FLAUTIST ENTERTAINED MEMBERS AND GUESTS AT THIS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS FUNDRAISING LUNCHEON, AUDIENCE 75. JUNE 2, 2024 - SEASON FINALE MADE IN AMERICA, 7:30 PM AT FIUS WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, FREE. THE FULL ORCHESTRA PERFORMED SELECTIONS FROM BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS BERNSTEIN (WEST SIDE STORY), COPLAND (RODEO, FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN, AND LINCOLN PORTRAIT) WITH PIANIST MIA VASSILEV PERFORMING GERSHWINS RHAPSODY IN BLUE ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS PREMIERE. THE THEATRE WAS OMPLETELY FILLED TO ITS 588-SEAT CAPACITY WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC, APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE THAT GAVE A 5 MINUTE STANDING OVATION TO THE HARDWORKING ORCHESTRA MEMBERS.$86,153
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KEVIN CLAVELO
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FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16EXPENSES PUBLICITY - CONCERTS 1,497 PUBLICITY - WORKSHOP 73 INSURANCE 1,333 COMPETITION PRIZES 1,227 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 1,372 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 125 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 20 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 1,836 HOSPITALITY 18 HOSPITALITY WORKSHOP 367 TRAVEL EXPENSE 112 MUSIC RENTAL OR PURCHASE 116 MUSIC RENTAL OR PURCHASE 50 MUSIC RENTAL OR PURCHASE 1,751 REFUNDS 25 SUPPLIES 218 NON-INVESTMENT DEPRECIATION 2,023 TOTAL 12,163
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 247,817 10,117 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 3,376 5,399 TOTAL 4,441 4,718
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28JAN. 5-7, 2024 - CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP THE 20TH ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY THE ORCHESTRA WAS HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMIS FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC. 42 PARTICIPANTS IN 11 GROUPS RECEIVED COACHING FROM UM FACULTY, SUPPLEMENTED BY PROFESSORS FROM NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. AMONG THEM WERE TEN HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE FINAL RECITAL, HELD AT 1:30 PM ON JANUARY 7TH IN THE CLARKE RECITAL HALL, DREW 105 AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS THE PARTICIPANTS. 25 OF THEM WERE STUDENTS UNDER 18.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29JAN. 21, 2024 - SOUTH FLORIDAS GOT TALENT, 7:30 PM AT FIUS WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, FREE THE ORCHESTRA PRESENTED A FORMAL CONCERT FEATURING THE THREE YOUNG WINNERS OF ITS CONCERTO COMPETITION AS SOLOISTS, PLUS INTERLUDES WITH VERDIS NABUCCO OVERTURE AND STRAUSS FLEDERMAUS OVERTURE. ATTENDANCE WAS 495, INCLUDING MANY YOUNG PEOPLE. THE SOLOISTS HAD MULTIPLE CURTAIN CALLS AND THE ORCHESTRA PIECES WERE WARMLY RECEIVED.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30SEPT. 23, 2023 HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION, 7:30 PM IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, FREE. CO-SPONSORED BY MDCA AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NEWLY FORMED DORAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA PRESENTED A DYNAMIC MIX OF BELOVED CLASSICAL WORKS BOLERO, RITUAL FIRE DANCE, AND DANZON NO. 2, INTERSPERSED WITH INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS OF TANGOS, BALLADS AND POPULAR SPANISH SONGS, PLUS A TRIBUTE TO GLORIA ESTEFAN. THERE WERE ALSO SINGERS PRESENTING ZARZUELA AND BOLERO PIECES. A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE OF 1623 ATTENDED, INCLUDING MANY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. THEY SANG ALONG WITH SONGS THEY KNEW, CLAPPED AND CHEERED. OCT. 29, 2023 - SPOOKY SYMPHONY, 3:00 PM IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, FREE. OUR ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CONCERT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, A COLLABORATION WITH GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY, RETURNED FOR ITS 15TH YEAR, SPONSORED BY THE CHILDRENS TRUST. THE COMBINED ORCHESTRAS PERFORMED SUPERNATURAL-THEMED CLASSICAL WORKS NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN AND PORTIONS OF THE FIREBIRD AND SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE, PLUS SOUNDTRACKS FROM APOLLO 13, GHOSTBUSTERS, FROZEN AND THE STAR WARS SERIES. COORDINATED IMAGES PLAYED ON A HUGE SCREEN BEHIND THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL ORCHESTRA. CONDUCTORS, MUSICIANS, AND MUCH OF THE AUDIENCE WORE COSTUMES. ATTENDANCE WAS 1392. DEC 17, 2023- HOLIDAY MUSIC 11 AM AT THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGRETATION, FREE. A SOLO VIOLINIST ACCOMPANIED THE CONGREGATIONS CHOIR FOR A SPECIAL CHORAL PRESENTATION, ABOUT 160 PERSONS ATTENDED. DEC 20, 2023 - HOLIDAY MUSIC, 10:30 AM IN MIAMI CANCER CENTERS LOBBY, FREE. THE ORCHESTRAS IN-HOUSE STRING QUARTET PERFORMED AN HOUR OF WINTER HOLIDAY MUSIC TO CHEER THE STAFF AND PATIENTS. APPROXIMATELY 120 PERSONS CAME BY TO LISTEN. DEC 20, 2023 - NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, 7:00 PM IN PINECREST GARDENS, FREE. THE ORCHESTRAS IN-HOUSE ELECTRIC STRINGS ENSEMBLE PERFORMED AN HOUR OF JAZZY AND LIVELY HOLIDAY CLASSICS FOR THE ATTENDEES WHO CAME TO SEE THE PARKS SPECTACULAR LIGHT DISPLAY. AN ESTIMATED 110 PERSONS CAME BY TO LISTEN, MOSTLY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. FEB. 11, 2024 - A VALENTINE WITH STRINGS - 3 PM AT SANCTUARY OF THE ARTS, 410 ANDALUSIA AVENUE IN CORAL GABLES, 10 ADULTS AND 5 FOR SENIORS AND CHILDREN. THE ORCHESTRAS IN-HOUSE STRING QUARTET WITH PIANIST MIA VASSILEV PRESENTED A SELECTION OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR PIECES WITH A VALENTINES DAY THEME. IT WAS OUR FIRST APPEARANCE IN THIS VENUE. AUDIENCE WAS 175 INCLUDING THE SOAS RESIDENT DANCE TROUPES WHO ATTENDED FREE. FEB 18, 2024 - A VISIT TO ITALY - 7:30 PM AT CORAL GABLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, FREE. SMALL STRING ORCHESTRAS, QUARTETS AND QUINTETS FORMED FROM ORCHESTRA MEMBERS PRESENTED A SALUTE TO ITALIAN MUSICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, WITH INSTRUMENTAL PIECES BY BOCCHERINI, VIVALDI, ROSSINI, VERDI, RESPIGHI, AND OTHERS FOR WINDS, BRASS AND STRINGS. HIGHLIGHTS WERE VIVALDIS LA TEMPESTI DE MARE WITH SOLO FLUTE, AND HIS LIVELY CONCERTO FOR FOUR VIOLINS. THE CHURCH WAS FILLED TO ITS 325-PERSON CAPACITY DESPITE PERSISTENT RAINY WEATHER, AND THE AUDIENCE WAS EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS UNUSUAL CURATED PROGRAM, ATTENDED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ITALIAN CONSULATE. MARCH 3, 2024- THROUGH A WOMANS EYES, 2 PM AT MICHAEL-ANN RUSSEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, FREE. AN ALL-WOMAN STRING QUARTET OF ORCHESTRA MEMBERS PERFORMED FOR ATTENDEES AT AN ART EXHIBIT FEATURING FEMALE ARTISTS. AUDIENCE WAS ESTIMATED AT 110. MARCH 3, 2004, MIAMI SALON GROUP, 5 PM AT TURNBERRY OCEAN COLONY, FREE. A DIFFERENT QUARTET OF ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA MEMBERS ENTERTAINED 30 ATTENDEES AT A MEETING OF THE MIAMI SALON GROUP. APRIL 7, 2024 - OUT OF THIS WORLD, 4 PM AT DENNIS C. MOSS CENTER, FREE. THIS FAMILY CONCERT, PRODUCED JOINTLY WITH THE PHILIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND THE MOSS CENTER, DAZZLED CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECTACULAR ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES ACCOMPANYING SPACE-THEMED CLASSICAL AND MOVIE MUSIC INCLUDING THE PLANETS, STAR TREK, APOLLO 13, STAR WARS, CLAIR DE LUNE, AND BLUE MOON. THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUMS PLANETARIUM NARRATED THE SHOW, EXPLAINED THE SOLAR ECLIPSE EXPECTED THE NEXT DAY, AND DISTRIBUTED ECLIPSE GLASSES TO EVERYONE. THERE WERE SCIENCE-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES IN THE COURTYARD. A DELIGHTED AUDIENCE OF 670 ATTENDED. APRIL 9, 2024 - CITIZENS INTERESTED IN ARTS MEETING, 12 PM AT THE VI IN AVENTURE. A SOLO FLAUTIST ENTERTAINED MEMBERS AND GUESTS AT THIS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS FUNDRAISING LUNCHEON, AUDIENCE 75. JUNE 2, 2024 - SEASON FINALE MADE IN AMERICA, 7:30 PM AT FIUS WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, FREE. THE FULL ORCHESTRA PERFORMED SELECTIONS FROM BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS BERNSTEIN (WEST SIDE STORY), COPLAND (RODEO, FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN, AND LINCOLN PORTRAIT) WITH PIANIST MIA VASSILEV PERFORMING GERSHWINS RHAPSODY IN BLUE ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS PREMIERE. THE THEATRE WAS OMPLETELY FILLED TO ITS 588-SEAT CAPACITY WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC, APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE THAT GAVE A 5 MINUTE STANDING OVATION TO THE HARDWORKING ORCHESTRA MEMBERS.