2022-12-05T09:17:06-05:00 2022-07-31 561042836 GOULD KILLIAN CPA GROUP PA 100 COXE AVE ASHEVILLE NC 288012354 990EZ 2021-09-01 650565230 ALHAMBRA MUSIC INC ALHA 3056689260 1015 COUNTRY CLUB PRADO CORAL GABLES FL 331342181 HELEN HAUSER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3084454090 2022-10-31 true HELEN HAUSER XXX-XX-XXXX DAN MULLINIX CPA P01306232 8282580363 2022-12-05 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X WWW.ALHAMBRAMUSIC.ORG X X 93190 X 86605 6569 16 93190 1200 34807 12890 21006 422 8338 78663 14527 51628 66155 X 44829 60691 6799 5464 51628 66155 51628 66155 X COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP AND RECITAL - ON THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 18-20, THE ORCHESTRA SPONSORED A CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP FOR LOCAL STUDENTS AND AMATEURS, TAUGHT BY FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY. SIX GROUPS, TOTALING 21 PLAYERS, PARTICIPATED. THEIR FINAL RECITAL ON SUNDAY, AT THE CLARKE RECITAL HALL ON THE UM CAMPUS, WAS ATTENDED BY 60 PEOPLE. 8132 CONCERTO COMPETITION: SOUTH FLORIDA'S GOT TALENT - ON SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 6TH, 2022, AT FIU'S WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, THE FULL ORCHESTRA PRESENTED A FORMAL CONCERT FEATURING THE THREE YOUNG WINNERS OF ITS ANNUAL CONCERTO COMPETITION, EACH PLAYING A MOVEMENT OF HIS/HER CHOSEN CONCERTO WITH FULL ORCHESTRA. THE SELECTIONS WERE MENDELSSOHN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO, SAINT-SAENS' HAVANAISE, AND THE BARTOK VIOLA CONCERTO. THE ORCHESTRA ON ITS OWN PERFORMED THE LOVELY SIEGFRIED IDYLL BY WAGNER AND RAVEL'S GOSSAMER PAVANE FOR A DEAD PRINCESS. A VERY APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE OF 180 ATTENDED THIS EVENT, THE FIRST INDOOR PUBLIC CONCERT WE HAVE PERFORMED SINCE EARLY 2020. 1200 6319 DUE TO A SURGE IN COVID CASES, THE ORCHESTRA WAS UNABLE TO START REHEARSING IN LATE AUGUST AS PLANNED, AND A HISPANIC HERITAGE CONCERT SET FOR EARLY OCTOBER HAD TO BE CANCELLED. INSTEAD, ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT ARRANGED FOR SMALLER ENSEMBLES TO BEGIN MEETING SAFELY TO CREATE VIDEOS THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS OTHER OUTREACH PROJECTS. EVEN WITH OUR RESTRICTED ABILITY TO REACH OUR PUBLIC DURING MOST OF THE PERFORMING SEASON, WE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE MEMBERS SUCH AS, "THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA IS A FANTASTIC ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY." SPOOKY SYMPHONY - OCTOBER 24, 2021, MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, 4:00 PM WE BROUGHT BACK OUR POPULAR FREE ANNUAL HALLOWEEN EVENT, BUT WITH COVID PRECAUTIONS. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WERE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE ADVANCE TICKETS IN SOCIALLY DISTANCED GROUPINGS, AND ONLY 50% OF THE AUDITORIUM WAS TICKETED. THE NUMBER OF MUSICIANS ALLOWED ON THE STAGE WAS ALSO LIMITED. AS THIS IS A JOINT PROJECT WITH GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY, SPONSORED BY THE CHILDREN'S TRUST, WE USED A HYBRID APPROACH: MOST OF THE GMYS ORCHESTRA WAS ALLOWED ONSTAGE, WHILE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA PRODUCED VIDEOS OF SOME OF THE PIECES TO BE PLAYED ON THE HUGE SCREEN BEHIND THE YOUTH ORCHESTRA. THUS, BOTH GROUPS COULD PLAY "TOGETHER." THESE VIDEOS WERE ALSO POSTED FREE ON YOUTUBE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY. THERE WERE 681 ENTHUSIASTIC ATTENDEES AT THE LIVE PERFORMANCE, AND AN ADDITIONAL 263 HAVE WATCHED THE VIDEO, TO DATE. FAMILY POPS UNDER THE STARS - NOVEMBER 26, 2021, PINECREST GARDENS, 7:30 PM. OUR STRING AND PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE, PRECEDED BY A WOODWIND TRIO, A WOODWIND QUINTET, AND A BRASS QUINTET, PLAYED LIGHT CLASSICS, MOVIE MUSIC AND HOLIDAY FAVORITES IN AN OUTDOOR ARENA FOR AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE OF 285, INCLUDING MANY CHILDREN AND SENIORS. NOMINAL TICKET PRICES OF 10 FOR ADULTS AND 5 FOR CHILDREN WERE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO ATTEND. ENSEMBLES VIDEO- DECEMBER 10, 2021, FREE ONLINE VIDEO. WE POSTED A COMPILATION OF WORK THAT OUR ENSEMBLES HAD BEEN DOING DURING THE FALL WHEN FULL ORCHESTRA COULD NOT MEET. THIS VIDEO INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY A WOODWIND TRIO AND WOODWIND QUINTET, AS WELL AS A STRING ENSEMBLE. TO DATE, IT HAS RECEIVED 268 VIEWS. STRING QUARTET PERFORMANCE FOR MIAMI CANCER CENTER - AT THE REQUEST OF MIAMI CANCER CENTER, OUR IN-HOUSE ALHAMBRA STRING QUARTET PRODUCED A 30- MINUTE VIDEO OF HOLIDAY MUSIC FOR BROADCAST THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL IN LATE DECEMBER. IT WAS SHOWN ON THE HOSPITAL'S INTERNAL CHANNEL TO APPROXIMATELY 110 PATIENTS AND STAFF. STRING DUO PERFORMANCE - DECEMBER 12, 2021 - A VIOLINIST AND VIOLIST PERFORMED MULTICULTURAL HOLIDAY TUNES FOR AN AUDIENCE OF 220, IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM, AT THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION IN SOUTH MIAMI. ELECTRIC STRINGS HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE - DECEMBER 16, 2021, PINECREST GARDENS, 7:30 PM - OUR AMPLIFIED STRINGS ENSEMBLE PERFORMED A VARIETY OF JAZZY AND TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY MUSIC, FOR FAMILIES ATTENDING THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS FESTIVAL. AN AUDIENCE OF 255 ENJOYED THE PERFORMANCE, WHICH COULD BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PARK. THE CONCERT WAS FREE WITH PARK ADMISSION. STRING QUARTET AT VIZCAYA - ALSO ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 16, 2021, OUR IN-HOUSE ALHAMBRA STRING QUARTET PERFORMED FOR THE VIZCAYA HOLIDAY EVENT, SERENADING ATTENDEES ON THE STEPS OF THE HISTORIC JAMES DEERING HOME WITH HOLIDAY TUNES AND CLASSICAL QUARTETS. A SOLD-OUT CROWD OF 900 WANDERED THROUGH THE BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED HOUSE AND ABOUT 500 OF THEM STOPPED BY THE TERRACE TO ENJOY THE PERFORMANCE. THE CONCERT WAS FREE WITH PARK ADMISSION. LITTLE KIDS CHRISTMAS CONCERT- ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, AT 3 PM, OUR ALHAMBRA STRING QUARTET PLAYED HOLIDAY TUNES FOR A GROUP OF 25 (10 SMALL CHILDREN AND 15 PARENTS) AT THE BRICKELL CITY CENTER CONDO, FREE. STRING QUARTET AT ARTSFEST - ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 12TH, OUR IN- HOUSE STRING QUARTET PLAYED LIGHT CLASSICS AND SHOW TUNES IN PINECREST GARDENS AS PART OF THE MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS' ARTSFEST EVENT. ABOUT 90 OF THE FESTIVAL ATTENDEES CAME BY THEIR STATION TO ENJOY THE STRING QUARTET. MUSIC INSIDE OUT-ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 13, OUR ELECTRIC STRINGS ENSEMBLE, "ALHAMBRA AMPED" PERFORMED CLASSIC ROCK, DISCO AND COUNTRY TUNES ON THE LAWN OF CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH, FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, TO AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE OF 130 WHO BROUGHT LAWN CHAIRS, PICNICS AND BLANKETS TO ENJOY A SOUTH FLORIDA SPRING DAY. UNHEARD MELODIES - ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 27TH, IN THE LOVELY SANCTUARY OF CORAL GABLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, MEMBERS OF THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA IN SIX DIFFERENT CHAMBER GROUPS PRESENTED INTERESTING CHAMBER WORKS BY FEMALE AND MINORITY COMPOSERS INCLUDING AMY BEACH, REBECCA CLARKE, FANNY MENDELSSOHN, SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, AND DARIUS MILHAUD. THIS FREE CONCERT WAS SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, AND HAD AN ATTENDANCE OF 105. SEASON FINALE-- ON THE EVENING OF MAY 15TH AT FIU'S WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA PRESENTED A FREE CONCERT FEATURING WELL-KNOWN LOCAL STARS -- VIOLINIST SCOTT FLAVIN FROM UM AND VIOLIST MICHAEL KLOTZ FROM FIU-PERFORMING MOZART'S LIVELY SINFONIA CONCERTANTE WITH THE ORCHESTRA, RECEIVING THREE CURTAIN CALLS. THE PROGRAM CONCLUDED WITH WILLIAM GRANT STILL'S AFRO-AMERICAN SYMPHONY, A DRAMATIC AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED WORK WHICH HAS NOT RECENTLY BEEN PERFORMED IN MIAMI, MUCH APPLAUDED BY THE LISTENERS. AN AUDIENCE OF 250 ATTENDED. WE RECEIVED COMPLIMENTS FROM OUR SOLOISTS, WHO ARE BOTH LONGTIME FRIENDS OF THE ORCHESTRA. SCOTT FLAVIN SENT THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIAL TO THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA: "THANK YOU ALL FOR SUCH A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE THIS WEEKEND - HAVING KNOWN MANY OF YOU FOR DECADES, AND KNOWING OF YOUR LOVE AND DEDICATION TO GREAT MUSIC. I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE; WHAT I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR WAS THE TRULY HIGH LEVEL OF PLAYING THROUGHOUT. THE CONCERT WAS WONDERFUL BESIDES THE JOY OF SHARING MOZART TOGETHER, I ENJOYED YOUR PERFORMANCE OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN SYMPHONY IMMENSELY YOU PLAYED WITH COLOR, SHAPE, AND GREAT EMOTION, AS WELL AS TRULY EXCELLENT ENSEMBLE - WHAT A DELIGHT TO HEAR I'M SURE YOU KNOW IT, BUT YOU HAVE A TREASURE IN DANI ANDAI, HIS INSPIRED AND INSPIRING LEADERSHIP IS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY, AND HE DOES IT ALL WITH SUCH A SENSE OF JOY AND AN ENDLESS SEARCH FOR GREATER HEIGHTS - BRAVI" WOODWIND TRIO AT UUCM-ON SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 2022 AT THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION IN SOUTH MIAMI, A WOODWIND TRIO PERFORMED A WORK CALLED "BIRDS" FOR THE CONGREGATION AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF A SPRING HOLIDAY. ABOUT 200 CONGREGANTS ENJOYED THE PERFORMANCE. 58248 72699 AUGUST NEAL PRESIDENT 6.00 0 JOE YEARGIN VICE PRESIDE 4.00 0 JANET COPELAND TREASURER 4.00 0 VLADIMIR POPOV DIRECTOR 4.00 500 JAVIER ALBORNOZ SECRETARY 4.00 12000 MYRON GINSBERG DIRECTOR 4.00 0 VOLKER ANDING DIRECTOR 4.00 0 MATT LEONE DIRECTOR 4.00 12500 CAROL NAVEIRA NICHOLSON DIRECTOR 4.00 1000 DEBORAH LEVI DIRECTOR 4.00 0 HELEN HAUSER EXECUTIVE DI 12.00 0 PAMELA YEN DIRECTOR 4.00 0 ORLANDO HADDOCK DIRECTOR 4.00 2250 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 59986 79581 62469 69012 86605 357653 59986 79581 62469 69012 86605 357653 25480 332173 101 223 20 16 360 8147 9934 5225 2289 6569 32164 390177 30936 0.85130 0.84760 X PART II, LINE 10 TICKETS AND MERCHANDISE 32,164 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES PUBLICITY - CONCERTS 1,419 PUBLICITY - WORKSHOP 400 TRAVEL CONCERTS 43 INSURANCE 1,275 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 1,525 HOSPITALITY WORKSHOP 53 MUSIC RENTAL OR PURCHASE 1,253 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 250 SUPPLIES 686 SUPPLIES 99 NON-INVESTMENT DEPRECIATION 1,335 TOTAL 8,338 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 7,285 7,285 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 486 1,821 TOTAL 6,799 5,464 FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP AND RECITAL - ON THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 18-20, THE ORCHESTRA SPONSORED A CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP FOR LOCAL STUDENTS AND AMATEURS, TAUGHT BY FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY. SIX GROUPS, TOTALING 21 PLAYERS, PARTICIPATED. THEIR FINAL RECITAL ON SUNDAY, AT THE CLARKE RECITAL HALL ON THE UM CAMPUS, WAS ATTENDED BY 60 PEOPLE. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 CONCERTO COMPETITION: SOUTH FLORIDA'S GOT TALENT - ON SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 6TH, 2022, AT FIU'S WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, THE FULL ORCHESTRA PRESENTED A FORMAL CONCERT FEATURING THE THREE YOUNG WINNERS OF ITS ANNUAL CONCERTO COMPETITION, EACH PLAYING A MOVEMENT OF HIS/HER CHOSEN CONCERTO WITH FULL ORCHESTRA. THE SELECTIONS WERE MENDELSSOHN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO, SAINT-SAENS' HAVANAISE, AND THE BARTOK VIOLA CONCERTO. THE ORCHESTRA ON ITS OWN PERFORMED THE LOVELY SIEGFRIED IDYLL BY WAGNER AND RAVEL'S GOSSAMER PAVANE FOR A DEAD PRINCESS. A VERY APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE OF 180 ATTENDED THIS EVENT, THE FIRST INDOOR PUBLIC CONCERT WE HAVE PERFORMED SINCE EARLY 2020. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 DUE TO A SURGE IN COVID CASES, THE ORCHESTRA WAS UNABLE TO START REHEARSING IN LATE AUGUST AS PLANNED, AND A HISPANIC HERITAGE CONCERT SET FOR EARLY OCTOBER HAD TO BE CANCELLED. INSTEAD, ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT ARRANGED FOR SMALLER ENSEMBLES TO BEGIN MEETING SAFELY TO CREATE VIDEOS THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS OTHER OUTREACH PROJECTS. EVEN WITH OUR RESTRICTED ABILITY TO REACH OUR PUBLIC DURING MOST OF THE PERFORMING SEASON, WE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE MEMBERS SUCH AS, "THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA IS A FANTASTIC ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY." SPOOKY SYMPHONY - OCTOBER 24, 2021, MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM, 4:00 PM WE BROUGHT BACK OUR POPULAR FREE ANNUAL HALLOWEEN EVENT, BUT WITH COVID PRECAUTIONS. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WERE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE ADVANCE TICKETS IN SOCIALLY DISTANCED GROUPINGS, AND ONLY 50% OF THE AUDITORIUM WAS TICKETED. THE NUMBER OF MUSICIANS ALLOWED ON THE STAGE WAS ALSO LIMITED. AS THIS IS A JOINT PROJECT WITH GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY, SPONSORED BY THE CHILDREN'S TRUST, WE USED A HYBRID APPROACH: MOST OF THE GMYS ORCHESTRA WAS ALLOWED ONSTAGE, WHILE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA PRODUCED VIDEOS OF SOME OF THE PIECES TO BE PLAYED ON THE HUGE SCREEN BEHIND THE YOUTH ORCHESTRA. THUS, BOTH GROUPS COULD PLAY "TOGETHER." THESE VIDEOS WERE ALSO POSTED FREE ON YOUTUBE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY. THERE WERE 681 ENTHUSIASTIC ATTENDEES AT THE LIVE PERFORMANCE, AND AN ADDITIONAL 263 HAVE WATCHED THE VIDEO, TO DATE. FAMILY POPS UNDER THE STARS - NOVEMBER 26, 2021, PINECREST GARDENS, 7:30 PM. OUR STRING AND PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE, PRECEDED BY A WOODWIND TRIO, A WOODWIND QUINTET, AND A BRASS QUINTET, PLAYED LIGHT CLASSICS, MOVIE MUSIC AND HOLIDAY FAVORITES IN AN OUTDOOR ARENA FOR AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE OF 285, INCLUDING MANY CHILDREN AND SENIORS. NOMINAL TICKET PRICES OF 10 FOR ADULTS AND 5 FOR CHILDREN WERE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO ATTEND. ENSEMBLES VIDEO- DECEMBER 10, 2021, FREE ONLINE VIDEO. WE POSTED A COMPILATION OF WORK THAT OUR ENSEMBLES HAD BEEN DOING DURING THE FALL WHEN FULL ORCHESTRA COULD NOT MEET. THIS VIDEO INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY A WOODWIND TRIO AND WOODWIND QUINTET, AS WELL AS A STRING ENSEMBLE. TO DATE, IT HAS RECEIVED 268 VIEWS. STRING QUARTET PERFORMANCE FOR MIAMI CANCER CENTER - AT THE REQUEST OF MIAMI CANCER CENTER, OUR IN-HOUSE ALHAMBRA STRING QUARTET PRODUCED A 30- MINUTE VIDEO OF HOLIDAY MUSIC FOR BROADCAST THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL IN LATE DECEMBER. IT WAS SHOWN ON THE HOSPITAL'S INTERNAL CHANNEL TO APPROXIMATELY 110 PATIENTS AND STAFF. STRING DUO PERFORMANCE - DECEMBER 12, 2021 - A VIOLINIST AND VIOLIST PERFORMED MULTICULTURAL HOLIDAY TUNES FOR AN AUDIENCE OF 220, IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM, AT THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION IN SOUTH MIAMI. ELECTRIC STRINGS HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE - DECEMBER 16, 2021, PINECREST GARDENS, 7:30 PM - OUR AMPLIFIED STRINGS ENSEMBLE PERFORMED A VARIETY OF JAZZY AND TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY MUSIC, FOR FAMILIES ATTENDING THE NIGHTS OF LIGHTS FESTIVAL. AN AUDIENCE OF 255 ENJOYED THE PERFORMANCE, WHICH COULD BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PARK. THE CONCERT WAS FREE WITH PARK ADMISSION. STRING QUARTET AT VIZCAYA - ALSO ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 16, 2021, OUR IN-HOUSE ALHAMBRA STRING QUARTET PERFORMED FOR THE VIZCAYA HOLIDAY EVENT, SERENADING ATTENDEES ON THE STEPS OF THE HISTORIC JAMES DEERING HOME WITH HOLIDAY TUNES AND CLASSICAL QUARTETS. A SOLD-OUT CROWD OF 900 WANDERED THROUGH THE BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED HOUSE AND ABOUT 500 OF THEM STOPPED BY THE TERRACE TO ENJOY THE PERFORMANCE. THE CONCERT WAS FREE WITH PARK ADMISSION. LITTLE KIDS CHRISTMAS CONCERT- ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, AT 3 PM, OUR ALHAMBRA STRING QUARTET PLAYED HOLIDAY TUNES FOR A GROUP OF 25 (10 SMALL CHILDREN AND 15 PARENTS) AT THE BRICKELL CITY CENTER CONDO, FREE. STRING QUARTET AT ARTSFEST - ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 12TH, OUR IN- HOUSE STRING QUARTET PLAYED LIGHT CLASSICS AND SHOW TUNES IN PINECREST GARDENS AS PART OF THE MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS' ARTSFEST EVENT. ABOUT 90 OF THE FESTIVAL ATTENDEES CAME BY THEIR STATION TO ENJOY THE STRING QUARTET. MUSIC INSIDE OUT-ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 13, OUR ELECTRIC STRINGS ENSEMBLE, "ALHAMBRA AMPED" PERFORMED CLASSIC ROCK, DISCO AND COUNTRY TUNES ON THE LAWN OF CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH, FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, TO AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE OF 130 WHO BROUGHT LAWN CHAIRS, PICNICS AND BLANKETS TO ENJOY A SOUTH FLORIDA SPRING DAY. UNHEARD MELODIES - ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 27TH, IN THE LOVELY SANCTUARY OF CORAL GABLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, MEMBERS OF THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA IN SIX DIFFERENT CHAMBER GROUPS PRESENTED INTERESTING CHAMBER WORKS BY FEMALE AND MINORITY COMPOSERS INCLUDING AMY BEACH, REBECCA CLARKE, FANNY MENDELSSOHN, SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, AND DARIUS MILHAUD. THIS FREE CONCERT WAS SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, AND HAD AN ATTENDANCE OF 105. SEASON FINALE-- ON THE EVENING OF MAY 15TH AT FIU'S WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA PRESENTED A FREE CONCERT FEATURING WELL-KNOWN LOCAL STARS -- VIOLINIST SCOTT FLAVIN FROM UM AND VIOLIST MICHAEL KLOTZ FROM FIU-PERFORMING MOZART'S LIVELY SINFONIA CONCERTANTE WITH THE ORCHESTRA, RECEIVING THREE CURTAIN CALLS. THE PROGRAM CONCLUDED WITH WILLIAM GRANT STILL'S AFRO-AMERICAN SYMPHONY, A DRAMATIC AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED WORK WHICH HAS NOT RECENTLY BEEN PERFORMED IN MIAMI, MUCH APPLAUDED BY THE LISTENERS. AN AUDIENCE OF 250 ATTENDED. WE RECEIVED COMPLIMENTS FROM OUR SOLOISTS, WHO ARE BOTH LONGTIME FRIENDS OF THE ORCHESTRA. SCOTT FLAVIN SENT THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIAL TO THE ALHAMBRA ORCHESTRA: "THANK YOU ALL FOR SUCH A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE THIS WEEKEND - HAVING KNOWN MANY OF YOU FOR DECADES, AND KNOWING OF YOUR LOVE AND DEDICATION TO GREAT MUSIC. I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE; WHAT I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR WAS THE TRULY HIGH LEVEL OF PLAYING THROUGHOUT. THE CONCERT WAS WONDERFUL BESIDES THE JOY OF SHARING MOZART TOGETHER, I ENJOYED YOUR PERFORMANCE OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN SYMPHONY IMMENSELY YOU PLAYED WITH COLOR, SHAPE, AND GREAT EMOTION, AS WELL AS TRULY EXCELLENT ENSEMBLE - WHAT A DELIGHT TO HEAR I'M SURE YOU KNOW IT, BUT YOU HAVE A TREASURE IN DANI ANDAI, HIS INSPIRED AND INSPIRING LEADERSHIP IS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY, AND HE DOES IT ALL WITH SUCH A SENSE OF JOY AND AN ENDLESS SEARCH FOR GREATER HEIGHTS - BRAVI" WOODWIND TRIO AT UUCM-ON SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 2022 AT THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION IN SOUTH MIAMI, A WOODWIND TRIO PERFORMED A WORK CALLED "BIRDS" FOR THE CONGREGATION AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF A SPRING HOLIDAY. ABOUT 200 CONGREGANTS ENJOYED THE PERFORMANCE.