2022-01-11T07:56:09-06:00 2021-08-31 561042836 GOULD KILLIAN CPA GROUP PA 100 COXE AVE ASHEVILLE NC 288012354 990EZ 2020-09-01 650565230 ALHAMBRA MUSIC INC ALHA 3056689260 1015 COUNTRY CLUB PRADO CORAL GABLES FL 331342181 HELEN HAUSER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3084454090 2022-01-06 true HELEN HAUSER XXX-XX-XXXX DAN MULLINIX CPA P01306232 8282580363 2022-01-11 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X WWW.ALHAMBRAMUSIC.ORG X X 71322 X 64588 2289 4425 20 71322 1200 21357 28850 4058 725 8844 65034 6288 45340 51628 X 45340 44829 6799 45340 51628 45340 51628 X COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA VIRTUAL CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP, JAN. 8-10 THE 17TH ANNUAL VERSION OF OUR BE BETTER WITH BERGONZI CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP HAD TO BE RETOOLED, AS THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MUSIC WAS NOT OPEN TO OUTSIDE GROUPS. OUR COLLABORATORS AND INSTRUCTORS, UMS BERGONZI STRING QUARTET, TAUGHT OUR GROUP OF 24 AMATEUR AND STUDENT MUSICIANS VIA ZOOM. THE PARTICIPANTS HAD GROUP COACHING, MASTER CLASSES, AND INSTRUCTION IN HOW TO RECORD A VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE. AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOP, EACH MUSICIAN COMPLETED A RECORDING WHICH WAS MIXED WITH OTHERS TO CREATE A VIRTUAL QUARTET PERFORMANCE. WE CHARGED A SMALL TUITION OF 100 PER STUDENT TO COVER PERSONNEL AND TECH EXPENSES, WITH A QUARTET OF HIGH- SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING ON FULL SCHOLARSHIP. A FEW OF THE GROUPS CHOSE TO MAKE THEIR VIDEOS PUBLIC. COUNTING PARTICIPANTS, STAFF AND VIRTUAL AUDIENCE WHO SUPPORTED THE PARTICIPANTS, THIS EVENT SERVED 130. 3400 17TH ANNUAL RAY MILLETTE YOUNG ARTIST CONCERTO COMPETITION, NOV. 1-22, 2020 TO SAFELY CONDUCT OUR ANNUAL COMPETITION FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS, WE MADE IT ENTIRELY VIRTUAL SO THAT STUDENTS WOULD SUBMIT THEIR PERFORMANCE VIDEOS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND JUDGES COULD LOG IN FROM THEIR HOMES TO EVALUATE THE ENTRIES. WE HAD TWELVE EXCELLENT ENTRIES, FROM WHICH WE CHOSE FOUR FINALISTS. IN THE SECOND ROUND, THE JUDGES CHOSE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PLACES. THE TOP THREE WINNERS WERE INVITED TO PERFORM WITH A SMALL ENSEMBLE FROM OUR ORCHESTRA AT THE BEGINNING OF 2021. INCLUDING TEACHERS, ACCOMPANISTS, JUDGES AND PARENTS, THE COMPETITION PROCEEDINGS INVOLVED ABOUT 50 PARTICIPANTS. SOUTH FLORIDAS GOT TALENT -- FREE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT. PREMIERING MARCH 7, 2021. OUR USUAL FULL-ORCHESTRA PRESENTATION OF OUR COMPETITION WINNERS PLAYING MAJOR CONCERTI WITH US WAS NOT FEASIBLE THIS YEAR. INSTEAD, A STRING ENSEMBLE FROM THE ORCHESTRA BEGAN REHEARING WITH THE THREE COMPETITION WINNERS AND CONDUCTOR DANIEL ANDAI IN JANUARY, USING THE OPEN-AIR BANYAN BOWL AT PINECREST GARDENS, WITH PLAYERS MASKED AND SPACED FAR APART. THE THREE WINNERS REHEARSED WITH US, PERFORMING A VIVALDI CONCERTO FOR TWO VIOLINS AND CELLO. WE THEN FILMED THEIR PERFORMANCE, ALONG WITH INTERVIEWS OF THE FINALISTS AND SELECTIONS BY SMALL ORCHESTRA, TO CREATE A FREE VIDEO. THE VIDEO CONCERT WAS ROUNDED OUT BY THE STRING ENSEMBLES PERFORMANCES OF ELGARS SERENADE FOR STRINGS AND THE LOVELY INTERMEZZO FROM CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, PLUS A WOODWIND QUARTET PIECE RECORDED ON A MUSICIANS PATIO..OUR FREE VIDEO PREMIERED ON MARCH 7TH AND TO DATE HAS BEEN VIEWED BY OVER 1300 PEOPLE ON YOUTUBE. IN ADDITION, THE VIDEO SEGMENT FEATURING THE COMPETITION WINNERS WAS FEATURED ON MARCH 20TH IN THE SOUTH DADE SCHOOLS ARTS FEST 2021 (ALL THREE OF OUR COMPETITION WINNERS WERE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS), AND THE ENTIRE VIDEO WAS SHOWN ON THE INTERNAL CHANNEL OF THE DOUGLAS GARDENS RETIREMENT HOME, AS WELL AS BEING PLACED ON A SPECIAL WEBSITE FOR ARTS AND LETTERS DAY AT MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE ON APRIL 6. WE ESTIMATE THAT THESE FURTHER SHOWINGS SERVED AN ADDITIONAL 1400 PEOPLE, ALL FREE. SONGS 1200 13103 HOSPITAL PIANO PERFORMANCE - SEPT. 15, 2020 THE MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE REQUESTED MUSIC TO CHEER UP THEIR PATIENTS AND STAFF, WHICH WE HAVE OFTEN SUPPLIED IN PRIOR YEARS BY SENDING STRING QUARTETS. WE TURNED TO OUR PLANIST DEBORAH LEVI, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SAFEST METHOD WAS FOR HER TO RECORD HER SELECTIONS TO BE BROADCAST THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL. SHE PERFORMED A SELECTION OF PIANO ARRANGEMENTS OF AMERICAN POPULAR SONGS FROM THE 1890S THROUGH THE 1950S, RANGING FROM GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY TO DEEP PURPLE, AND ENDING WITH THE PERENNIAL FAVORITE, GOD BLESS AMERICA. ABOUT 190 PATIENTS AND STAFF WERE ABLE TO ENJOY THIS EVENT. MS. LEVI DONATED HER TALENTS TO THE HOSPITAL. SPOOKY SYMPHONYFREE VIRTUAL SYMPHONY CONCERT, PREMIERING OCT.25, 2020 TO CREATE OUR 12TH ANNUAL FREE FAMILY HALLOWEEN CONCERT, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY AND NORMALLY DRAWS UP TO 1500 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO A MAJOR VENUE LIKE MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, WE PUT TOGETHER SELECTED VIDEO FOOTAGE OF OUR HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCES FROM PRIOR YEARS. THEN WE FILMED INTRODUCTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE CHILDRENS TRUST (SPONSOR OF THE EVENT) AND FROM SEVERAL STUDENT MUSICIAN MEMBERS OF THE GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY, MELDING THEM INTO AN INTEGRATED, PROFESSIONAL VIDEO. OUR SELECTIONS INCLUDED HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE MUSIC FROM SCHEHEREZADE, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, WONDER WOMAN, AND JURASSIC PARK, AND AN ORIGINAL PIECE BY MIAMI-BASED COMPOSER JAVIER ALBORNOZ. THE FINAL VIDEO WAS POSTED ON YOUTUBE FOR FREE VIEWING, WITH ITS LAUNCH PARTY ON OCTOBER 25TH. TO DATE IT HAS HAD OVER 1400 VIEWS. NIGHTS OF LIGHTS ELECTRIC STRINGS PERFORMANCE, DEC. 13TH WE APPEAR EACH YEAR IN PINECREST GARDENS NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, A MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL WHERE PATRONS ENJOY THE FAIRYLAND ATMOSPHERE OF THE DECORATED GARDENS ALONG WITH MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. WE SENT OUR ELECTRIC STRINGS ENSEMBLE, ALHAMBRA AMPED, CONSISTING OF 10 SOCIALLY DISTANCED MUSICIANS WHO PLAY ELECTRIC VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, BASS AND KEYBOARD, ALONG WITH A DRUMMER. THEY PERFORMED SEVERAL TYPES OF HOLIDAY FAVORITESLATIN, JAZZ, TRADITIONAL CAROLS, AND HANNUKAH MUSIC, FOR AN HOUR, SERENADING AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE OF 400 THROUGHOUT THE GARDENS (ADMISSION TO THE GARDENS WAS LIMITED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, ALTHOUGH THE VENUE COULD OTHERWISE HOLD MANY MORE). THE PERFORMANCE WAS FREE. SONGS OF THE AGES-- FREE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT, PREMIERING APRIL 25, 2021. THE ORCHESTRAS SEASON PLANS INCLUDED A COLLABORATION WITH MIAMI COLLEGIUM MUSICUM, WHICH HAD TO BE ADAPTED TO REMOTE RECORDING SINCE SINGERS COULD NOT SAFELY PERFORM TOGETHER. THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS DETERMINED TO PRODUCE A PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED LYRICAL WORKS FOR VOICE AND INSTRUMENTS. THE CHOIR MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY RECORDED THE ENTIRE MASS IN G BY SCHUBERT, AND BEETHOVENS RARELY PERFORMED ELIGISCHER GESANG. A STRING GROUP FROM THE ORCHESTRA, MASKED AND SOCIALLY DISTANCED IN THE OUTDOOR STAGE AT PINECREST GARDENS, RECORDED THE INSTRUMENTAL PARTS FOR THESE TWO PIECES WHILE THE CHOIR PARTS WERE PLAYED THROUGH HEADPHONES. SOUND AND VIDEO TECHS MERGED THE RECORDINGS TO CREATE A UNIFIED PERFORMANCE. THE VIDEO ALSO FEATURED THE ORCHESTRA IN VAUGHAN WILLIAMS LOVELY FANTASIA ON GREENSLEEVES AND A VERSION OF MUSIC OF THE NIGHT FROM PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, AS WELL AS A REMOTELY RECORDED OBOE/PIANO PERFORMANCE OF A TCHAIKOVSKY SONG WITHOUT WORDS. THE CONCERT WAS PROMOTED AS A BEAUTIFUL RESPITE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT WAS PREMIERED ON APRIL 25TH AND TO DATE IS HAS GARNERED OVER 680 VIEWS. SEASON FINALE CONCERT SMALL OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE MAY 2, 2021 BEFORE FINISHING THE VIDEO WE PLANNED FOR OUR SEASON FINALE, WE WERE ABLE TO HOST AN AUDIENCE OF 150 IN THE OUTDOOR ARENA AT PINECREST GARDENS TO HEAR THE PROGRAM, WHICH SHOWCASED NEW WORLD SCHOOL FACULTY MEMBERS CIRO FODERE (PIANO) AND DANIEL ANDAI (VIOLIN) PERFORMING MENDELSSOHNS RARELY HEARD DOUBLE CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO. THE ORCHESTRAS STRING ENSEMBLE ABLY ACCOMPANIED THEM, AND THE ENSEMBLE ALSO RECORDED TWO STRING PIECES, CHRYSANTHEMI BY PUCCINI AND SIBELIUS ANDANTE FESTIVO. SEASON FINALE FREE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT, PREMIERING JUNE 27. 2021. OUR FINAL VIDEO FOR THIS CONCERT SEASON, FILMED PARTIALLY IN PINECREST GARDENS AND PARTIALLY IN CORAL GABLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, WITH COVID PRECAUTIONS, INCLUDED ALL THE PIECES PLAYED ON MAY 2ND AS WELL AS A REMOTELY RECORDED MOVEMENT OF MOZARTS QUINTET FOR PIANO AND WINDS. THIS VARIED AND INTERESTING PROGRAM PREMIERED ON JUNE 27TH. TO DATE IT HAS OVER 480 VIEWS. 43284 59787 AUGUST NEAL PRESIDENT 6.00 0 JOE YEARGIN VICE PRESIDE 4.00 0 JANET COPELAND TREASURER 4.00 0 VLADIMIR POPOV DIRECTOR 4.00 0 JAVIER ALBORNOZ SECRETARY 4.00 0 MYRON GINSBERG DIRECTOR 4.00 0 VOLKER ANDING DIRECTOR 4.00 0 MATT LEONE DIRECTOR 4.00 5000 CAROL NAVEIRA NICHOLSON DIRECTOR 4.00 750 DEBORAH LEVI DIRECTOR 4.00 0 HELEN HAUSER EXECUTIVE DI 12.00 0 PAMELA YEN DIRECTOR 4.00 0 ORLANDO HADDOCK DIRECTOR 4.00 750 FRED LEDER DIRECTOR 4.00 0 false false false false false false false false false FL JANET COPELAND 824 CORTEZ ST CORAL GABLES FL 33134 3056689260 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 46963 59986 79581 62469 69012 318011 46963 59986 79581 62469 69012 318011 26484 291527 101 223 20 344 8147 9934 5225 2289 25595 343950 30005 0.84760 0.86280 X PART II, LINE 10 TICKETS AND MERCHANDISE 25,595 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES PUBLICITY - CONCERTS 1,777 PUBLICITY - COMPETITION 750 INSURANCE 1,251 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 914 MUSIC RENTAL OR PURCHASE 39 HOSPITALITY CONCERTS 430 MUSIC RENTAL OR PURCHASE 1,001 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 1,760 SUPPLIES 412 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 SUPPLIES 14 NON-INVESTMENT DEPRECIATION 486 TOTAL 8,844 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 TIMPANI DRUM SET 0 7,285 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 0 486 TOTAL 0 6,799 FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 VIRTUAL CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP, JAN. 8-10 THE 17TH ANNUAL VERSION OF OUR BE BETTER WITH BERGONZI CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP HAD TO BE RETOOLED, AS THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MUSIC WAS NOT OPEN TO OUTSIDE GROUPS. OUR COLLABORATORS AND INSTRUCTORS, UMS BERGONZI STRING QUARTET, TAUGHT OUR GROUP OF 24 AMATEUR AND STUDENT MUSICIANS VIA ZOOM. THE PARTICIPANTS HAD GROUP COACHING, MASTER CLASSES, AND INSTRUCTION IN HOW TO RECORD A VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE. AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOP, EACH MUSICIAN COMPLETED A RECORDING WHICH WAS MIXED WITH OTHERS TO CREATE A VIRTUAL QUARTET PERFORMANCE. WE CHARGED A SMALL TUITION OF 100 PER STUDENT TO COVER PERSONNEL AND TECH EXPENSES, WITH A QUARTET OF HIGH- SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING ON FULL SCHOLARSHIP. A FEW OF THE GROUPS CHOSE TO MAKE THEIR VIDEOS PUBLIC. COUNTING PARTICIPANTS, STAFF AND VIRTUAL AUDIENCE WHO SUPPORTED THE PARTICIPANTS, THIS EVENT SERVED 130. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 17TH ANNUAL RAY MILLETTE YOUNG ARTIST CONCERTO COMPETITION, NOV. 1-22, 2020 TO SAFELY CONDUCT OUR ANNUAL COMPETITION FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS, WE MADE IT ENTIRELY VIRTUAL SO THAT STUDENTS WOULD SUBMIT THEIR PERFORMANCE VIDEOS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND JUDGES COULD LOG IN FROM THEIR HOMES TO EVALUATE THE ENTRIES. WE HAD TWELVE EXCELLENT ENTRIES, FROM WHICH WE CHOSE FOUR FINALISTS. IN THE SECOND ROUND, THE JUDGES CHOSE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PLACES. THE TOP THREE WINNERS WERE INVITED TO PERFORM WITH A SMALL ENSEMBLE FROM OUR ORCHESTRA AT THE BEGINNING OF 2021. INCLUDING TEACHERS, ACCOMPANISTS, JUDGES AND PARENTS, THE COMPETITION PROCEEDINGS INVOLVED ABOUT 50 PARTICIPANTS. SOUTH FLORIDAS GOT TALENT -- FREE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT. PREMIERING MARCH 7, 2021. OUR USUAL FULL-ORCHESTRA PRESENTATION OF OUR COMPETITION WINNERS PLAYING MAJOR CONCERTI WITH US WAS NOT FEASIBLE THIS YEAR. INSTEAD, A STRING ENSEMBLE FROM THE ORCHESTRA BEGAN REHEARING WITH THE THREE COMPETITION WINNERS AND CONDUCTOR DANIEL ANDAI IN JANUARY, USING THE OPEN-AIR BANYAN BOWL AT PINECREST GARDENS, WITH PLAYERS MASKED AND SPACED FAR APART. THE THREE WINNERS REHEARSED WITH US, PERFORMING A VIVALDI CONCERTO FOR TWO VIOLINS AND CELLO. WE THEN FILMED THEIR PERFORMANCE, ALONG WITH INTERVIEWS OF THE FINALISTS AND SELECTIONS BY SMALL ORCHESTRA, TO CREATE A FREE VIDEO. THE VIDEO CONCERT WAS ROUNDED OUT BY THE STRING ENSEMBLES PERFORMANCES OF ELGARS SERENADE FOR STRINGS AND THE LOVELY INTERMEZZO FROM CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, PLUS A WOODWIND QUARTET PIECE RECORDED ON A MUSICIANS PATIO..OUR FREE VIDEO PREMIERED ON MARCH 7TH AND TO DATE HAS BEEN VIEWED BY OVER 1300 PEOPLE ON YOUTUBE. IN ADDITION, THE VIDEO SEGMENT FEATURING THE COMPETITION WINNERS WAS FEATURED ON MARCH 20TH IN THE SOUTH DADE SCHOOLS ARTS FEST 2021 (ALL THREE OF OUR COMPETITION WINNERS WERE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS), AND THE ENTIRE VIDEO WAS SHOWN ON THE INTERNAL CHANNEL OF THE DOUGLAS GARDENS RETIREMENT HOME, AS WELL AS BEING PLACED ON A SPECIAL WEBSITE FOR ARTS AND LETTERS DAY AT MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE ON APRIL 6. WE ESTIMATE THAT THESE FURTHER SHOWINGS SERVED AN ADDITIONAL 1400 PEOPLE, ALL FREE. SONGS FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 HOSPITAL PIANO PERFORMANCE - SEPT. 15, 2020 THE MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE REQUESTED MUSIC TO CHEER UP THEIR PATIENTS AND STAFF, WHICH WE HAVE OFTEN SUPPLIED IN PRIOR YEARS BY SENDING STRING QUARTETS. WE TURNED TO OUR PLANIST DEBORAH LEVI, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SAFEST METHOD WAS FOR HER TO RECORD HER SELECTIONS TO BE BROADCAST THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL. SHE PERFORMED A SELECTION OF PIANO ARRANGEMENTS OF AMERICAN POPULAR SONGS FROM THE 1890S THROUGH THE 1950S, RANGING FROM GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY TO DEEP PURPLE, AND ENDING WITH THE PERENNIAL FAVORITE, GOD BLESS AMERICA. ABOUT 190 PATIENTS AND STAFF WERE ABLE TO ENJOY THIS EVENT. MS. LEVI DONATED HER TALENTS TO THE HOSPITAL. SPOOKY SYMPHONYFREE VIRTUAL SYMPHONY CONCERT, PREMIERING OCT.25, 2020 TO CREATE OUR 12TH ANNUAL FREE FAMILY HALLOWEEN CONCERT, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY AND NORMALLY DRAWS UP TO 1500 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO A MAJOR VENUE LIKE MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, WE PUT TOGETHER SELECTED VIDEO FOOTAGE OF OUR HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCES FROM PRIOR YEARS. THEN WE FILMED INTRODUCTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE CHILDRENS TRUST (SPONSOR OF THE EVENT) AND FROM SEVERAL STUDENT MUSICIAN MEMBERS OF THE GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY, MELDING THEM INTO AN INTEGRATED, PROFESSIONAL VIDEO. OUR SELECTIONS INCLUDED HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE MUSIC FROM SCHEHEREZADE, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, WONDER WOMAN, AND JURASSIC PARK, AND AN ORIGINAL PIECE BY MIAMI-BASED COMPOSER JAVIER ALBORNOZ. THE FINAL VIDEO WAS POSTED ON YOUTUBE FOR FREE VIEWING, WITH ITS LAUNCH PARTY ON OCTOBER 25TH. TO DATE IT HAS HAD OVER 1400 VIEWS. NIGHTS OF LIGHTS ELECTRIC STRINGS PERFORMANCE, DEC. 13TH WE APPEAR EACH YEAR IN PINECREST GARDENS NIGHTS OF LIGHTS, A MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL WHERE PATRONS ENJOY THE FAIRYLAND ATMOSPHERE OF THE DECORATED GARDENS ALONG WITH MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. WE SENT OUR ELECTRIC STRINGS ENSEMBLE, ALHAMBRA AMPED, CONSISTING OF 10 SOCIALLY DISTANCED MUSICIANS WHO PLAY ELECTRIC VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, BASS AND KEYBOARD, ALONG WITH A DRUMMER. THEY PERFORMED SEVERAL TYPES OF HOLIDAY FAVORITESLATIN, JAZZ, TRADITIONAL CAROLS, AND HANNUKAH MUSIC, FOR AN HOUR, SERENADING AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE OF 400 THROUGHOUT THE GARDENS (ADMISSION TO THE GARDENS WAS LIMITED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, ALTHOUGH THE VENUE COULD OTHERWISE HOLD MANY MORE). THE PERFORMANCE WAS FREE. SONGS OF THE AGES-- FREE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT, PREMIERING APRIL 25, 2021. THE ORCHESTRAS SEASON PLANS INCLUDED A COLLABORATION WITH MIAMI COLLEGIUM MUSICUM, WHICH HAD TO BE ADAPTED TO REMOTE RECORDING SINCE SINGERS COULD NOT SAFELY PERFORM TOGETHER. THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS DETERMINED TO PRODUCE A PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED LYRICAL WORKS FOR VOICE AND INSTRUMENTS. THE CHOIR MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY RECORDED THE ENTIRE MASS IN G BY SCHUBERT, AND BEETHOVENS RARELY PERFORMED ELIGISCHER GESANG. A STRING GROUP FROM THE ORCHESTRA, MASKED AND SOCIALLY DISTANCED IN THE OUTDOOR STAGE AT PINECREST GARDENS, RECORDED THE INSTRUMENTAL PARTS FOR THESE TWO PIECES WHILE THE CHOIR PARTS WERE PLAYED THROUGH HEADPHONES. SOUND AND VIDEO TECHS MERGED THE RECORDINGS TO CREATE A UNIFIED PERFORMANCE. THE VIDEO ALSO FEATURED THE ORCHESTRA IN VAUGHAN WILLIAMS LOVELY FANTASIA ON GREENSLEEVES AND A VERSION OF MUSIC OF THE NIGHT FROM PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, AS WELL AS A REMOTELY RECORDED OBOE/PIANO PERFORMANCE OF A TCHAIKOVSKY SONG WITHOUT WORDS. THE CONCERT WAS PROMOTED AS A BEAUTIFUL RESPITE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT WAS PREMIERED ON APRIL 25TH AND TO DATE IS HAS GARNERED OVER 680 VIEWS. SEASON FINALE CONCERT SMALL OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE MAY 2, 2021 BEFORE FINISHING THE VIDEO WE PLANNED FOR OUR SEASON FINALE, WE WERE ABLE TO HOST AN AUDIENCE OF 150 IN THE OUTDOOR ARENA AT PINECREST GARDENS TO HEAR THE PROGRAM, WHICH SHOWCASED NEW WORLD SCHOOL FACULTY MEMBERS CIRO FODERE (PIANO) AND DANIEL ANDAI (VIOLIN) PERFORMING MENDELSSOHNS RARELY HEARD DOUBLE CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO. THE ORCHESTRAS STRING ENSEMBLE ABLY ACCOMPANIED THEM, AND THE ENSEMBLE ALSO RECORDED TWO STRING PIECES, CHRYSANTHEMI BY PUCCINI AND SIBELIUS ANDANTE FESTIVO. SEASON FINALE FREE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT, PREMIERING JUNE 27. 2021. OUR FINAL VIDEO FOR THIS CONCERT SEASON, FILMED PARTIALLY IN PINECREST GARDENS AND PARTIALLY IN CORAL GABLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, WITH COVID PRECAUTIONS, INCLUDED ALL THE PIECES PLAYED ON MAY 2ND AS WELL AS A REMOTELY RECORDED MOVEMENT OF MOZARTS QUINTET FOR PIANO AND WINDS. THIS VARIED AND INTERESTING PROGRAM PREMIERED ON JUNE 27TH. TO DATE IT HAS OVER 480 VIEWS. AUGUST NEAL JOE YEARGIN JANET COPELAND VLADIMIR POPOV JAVIER ALBORNOZ MYRON GINSBERG VOLKER ANDING MATT LEONE CAROL NAVEIRA NICHOLSON DEBORAH LEVI HELEN HAUSER PAMELA YEN ORLANDO HADDOCK FRED LEDER