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ALHAMBRA MUSIC INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2024

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Organization
ALHAMBRA MUSIC INC (EIN 65-0565230)
Tax period
2024-08-01 to 2025-07-31
Filed
2025-10-28
IRS object ID
202543019349200124
Schema version
2024v5.0
Source
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Printing Publications Postage$1,212PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
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Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxtProgram Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP JANUARY 3-5, 2025 - 21ST ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC,5500 SAN AMARO DRIVE, CORAL GABLES 33146 THIRTY-THREE MUSICIANS SPENT AN INTENSIVE WEEKEND REHEARSING THEIR ASSIGNED PIECES WHILE BEING TUTORED BY THE ILLUSTRIOUS FACULTY OF THE FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC, AND THEY GAVE A PUBLIC RECITAL ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ATTENDED BY 105 PERSONS. FIFTEEN OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE STUDENTS. THEY LEARNED REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES, HOW TO ANALYZE THEIR PARTS, HOW TO LEAD AN ENSEMBLE, AND MUCH MORE.$5,058
CONCERTO COMPETITION FEBRUARY 1, 2025 SOUTH FLORIDAS GOT TALENT FIU WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, 10910 SW 17TH STREET, MIAMI 331997:30PM, FREE ADMISSION. THE TOP THREE WINNERS FROM THE ORCHESTRAS 21ST ANNUAL CONCERTO COMPETITION FOR SOUTH FLORIDA MIDDLE AND HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE EACH GIVEN SOLO SPOTS AT A FORMAL CONCERT WITH FULL ORCHESTRA ACCOMPANIMENT. ONE OF THE WORKS WAS A RARELY HEARD PIANO CONCERTO BY EMILIE MAYER, A CONTEMPORARY OF BEETHOVEN, AND THE OTHERS WERE CONCERTI BY WALTON AND BY VIEUXTEMPS. IN ADDITION TO SOLOS SPOTLIGHTING THESE AMAZINGLY TALENTED TEENS, THE AUDIENCE WAS TREATED TO SHORT ORCHESTRAL WORKS BY DVORAK AND WAGNER. A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, NEAR-CAPACITY AUDIENCE OF 495 GAVE STANDING OVATIONS TO EACH OF THE SOLOISTS AND TO THE ORCHESTRA.$16,031
COMMUNITY CONCERTS SEPTEMBER 28 AND 29- HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION CORAL GABLES SANCTUARY OF THE ARTS, 410 ANDALUSIA AVENUE, CORAL GABLES 33134 - 7:30 PM ON SATURDAY AND 3 PM ON SUNDAY. TICKETS 10 ADULTS AND 5 FOR SENIORS AND STUDENTS. IN HONOR OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, THE ORCHESTRA PRESENTED TWO PERFORMANCES OF A LIVELY PROGRAM FEATURING SEVERAL OUTSTANDING LOCAL SOLOISTS, AS WELL AS LECUONAS BELOVED ANDALUCIA SUITE AND SIBONEY, TARREGAS RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA, AND A VARIETY OF POPULAR SPANISH SONGS ARRANGED FOR ORCHESTRA. ACCOMPANIED BY A SMALL ORCHESTRA, GUITARIST KOH KAZAMA PERFORMED A CONCERTO BY VILLA-LOBOS, SOPRANO NATHALIE AVILA PRESENTED TWO SPANISH ART SONGS, FLAUTIST CAROL NAVEIRA-NICHOLSON PERFORMED ARS ANTIGUA BY RODRIGO, AND VIOLINISTS STEFFEN ZEICHNER AND DANIEL ANDAI PRESENTED SARASATES NAVARRA, A THRILLING VIRTUOSO PIECE FOR TWO VIOLINS. A CAPACITY AUDIENCE EACH TIME, TOTALLING 650, INCLUDING A GROUP OF STUDENT DANCERS BASED AT THE VENUE, ENJOYED THE TWO EVENTS. OCTOBER 25, 2024 SPOOKY SYMPHONY - DENNIS C. MOSS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, 10950 SW 111 STREET, PALMETTO BAY 33189 --- 7 PM AND 8:30 PM (TWO SHOWS). FREE ADMISSION. PART OF THE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION AT THE MOSS CENTER WHICH ALSO INCLUDED DANCE PERFORMANCES, A HAUNTED HOUSE, CANDY GIVEAWAYS, AND OTHER FAMILY ACTIVITIES. TWO KID-FRIENDLY SIDE-BY-SIDE PERFORMANCES WITH GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY, WITH THE COMBINED 110-PIECE ORCHESTRA PLAYING MOVIE THEMES AND SUPERNATURAL-THEMED CLASSICAL PIECES INCLUDING THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING BY GRIEG, PERFECT POTIONS BY LOCAL COMPOSER JAVIER ALBORNOZ, AND THEMES FROM THE MOVIE FRANCHISES MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, HARRY POTTER, SPIDERMAN, AND 007. THE CONDUCTORS AND MOST OF THE PERFORMERS WORE COSTUMES. VIDEOS COORDINATED WITH THE EXCITING MUSIC WERE CREATED BY THE CHILDRENS TRUST, AND SHOWN BEHIND THE ORCHESTRAS. EVEN THE EMCEES WERE DRESSED AS ELVES AND SPRITES. BOTH AUDIENCES CHEERED AND CLAPPED FOR THE PERFORMERS. WE ESTIMATE THAT YOUNGSTERS UNDER 18 MADE UP ABOUT 50% OF THE TOTAL CONCERT ATTENDANCE OF 1469. THE MOSS CENTERS EVENT AS A WHOLE DREW 3200 PERSONS. DECEMBER 12, 2024HOLIDAY SERENADE -- MIAMI CANCER CENTER, 8900 N. KENDALL DRIVE, MIAMI 3317611 AM, FREE. THE ORCHESTRAS IN-HOUSE STRING QUARTET PERFORMED IN THE HOSPITAL LOBBY FOR STAFF AND PATIENTS, PLAYING LIGHT CLASSICAL AND HOLIDAY TUNES, BEGINNING LATE MORNING AND GOING INTO THE LUNCH HOUR. ABOUT 110 LISTENERS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA AND STAYED AS LONG AS THEY COULD IN THEIR BUSY DAY, TO ENJOY THE MUSIC. THERE WAS NO CHARGE TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OUR HOLIDAY CHEER. DECEMBER 15, 2024 HOLIDAY POPS PINECREST GARDENS, 11100 SW 57TH AVENUE, PINECREST 33156 6:30 PM. FREE ADMISSION. THE ORCHESTRA JOINED THE ANNUAL NIGHTS OF LIGHTS FESTIVAL AT GAILY DECORATED PINECREST GARDENS, WHERE IT OPENED THE EVENING ACTIVITIES WITH A LIVELY MIXTURE OF TRADITIONAL FAVORITES SUCH AS SLEIGH RIDE, EXCERPTS FROM NUTCRACKER, FESTIVE SOUNDS OF HANNUKAH, CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL OVERTURE, AND GREENSLEEVES, LIVENED UP WITH TWO ROCK-INFUSED TRANS- SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA ARRANGEMENTS. A WILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC FAMILY AUDIENCE TOTALING 380 CHEERED, CLAPPED AND SANG ALONG. (THERE WAS AN ADMISSION CHARGE FOR THE GARDENS BUT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO ATTEND THE CONCERT.) MARCH 16, 2025 FROM FOLK TO CLASSICAL CORAL GABLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 3010 DESOTO BLVD. , CORAL GABLES, FL 331347:30PM, FREE ADMISSION. HOSTED BY MUSICOLOGIST DR. LEO WALZ, SMALL ENSEMBLES OF WIND, BRASS AND STRING PLAYERS FROM THE ORCHESTRA TREATED ATTENDEES TO LIVELY AND TUNEFUL FOLK AND FOLK-INSPIRED PIECES FROM RUSSIA, RUMANIA, ENGLAND, IRELAND, SPAIN, AND AMERICA, INCLUDING PIECES BY AARON COPLAND, JAY UNGAR AND MARK OCONNOR, BELA BARTOK, PERCY GRAINGER, AND MORE, CONCLUDING WITH THE HAUNTING ASHOKAN FAREWELL. A CAPACITY AUDIENCE OF 405 ATTENDED THE PERFORMANCE. MAY 3, 2025 LATE ROMANTIC FIREWORKS, THE REGULAR SEASON FINALE-- FIU WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, 10910 SW 17TH STREET, MIAMI 331997:30PM, FREE ADMISSION. YOUNG INTERNATIONAL CELLO SOLOIST THOMAS MESA, A MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS ALUM WHO HAS WON THE SPHINX PRIZE, AN AVERY FISHER CAREER GRANT, AND A RECENT APPOINTMENT TO THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY, RETURNED TO HIS HOMETOWN FOR A STELLAR RENDITION OF DVORAKS STIRRING CELLO CONCERTO WITH THE ORCHESTRA. THE PROGRAM BEGAN WITH A BRIEF APPEARANCE BY THE BEGINNING STRINGS ENSEMBLE FROM WHISPERING PINES ELEMENTARY, WITH WHOM THE ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN PARTNERING, TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE CONCERT CONCLUDED WITH A ROUSING PERFORMANCE OF TCHAIKOVSKYS 1812 OVERTURE, COMPLETE WITH STAGEPROP CANNONS THAT FLASHED ON CUE. AN OVERFLOW CROWD OF 600 CHEERED AND CLAPPED EXTENSIVELY, DEMANDING MULTIPLE CURTAIN CALLS FOR MR. MESA AND CONDUCTOR DANIEL ANDAI. JUNE 15, 2025 OPERA SHOWCASEMIRACLE THEATRE, 280 MIRACLE MILE, CORAL GABLES 331343 PM, TICKETS 5 FOR SENIORS AND STUDENTS, 10 FOR ADULTS. THIS AFTERNOON EVENT ATTRACTED 395 DELIGHTED AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO HEAR TEN FEATURED SINGERS FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN MANNY PEREZ STUDIO PRESENT FAMOUS OPERA ARIAS WITH FULL ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT. 25 WERE GOLDEN TICKET INVITEES, AND THERE WERE MANY OTHER SENIORS AND STUDENTS WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE 5 TICKET PRICE. ALL OF THE ARIAS DREW EXTENSIVE APPLAUSE, AND THE FINALE NESSUN DORMA HAD TO BE REPEATED AS THE ATTENDEES DEMANDED AN ENCORE.$87,029
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RUTH SMITH
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KEVIN CLAVELO
DIRECTOR4.00$0
AUGUST NEAL
PRESIDENT6.00$0
JOE YEARGIN
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JANET COPELAND
TREASURER4.00$0
JAVIER ALBORNOZ
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MATT LEONE
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CAROL NAVEIRA NICHOLSON
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HELEN HAUSER
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PAMELA YEN
DIRECTOR4.00$0
BARBARA TRIA
DIRECTOR4.00$0
JOY CASTRO
DIRECTOR4.00$0
MARJORY FONTALVO-CABARCAS
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FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16EXPENSES PUBLICITY - CONCERTS 1,960 INSURANCE 1,350 COMPETITION PRIZES 1,200 SUPPLIES 591 REFUND 280 SHEET MUSIC 2,153 DUES & MEMBERSHIPS 1,244 EQUIPMENT 2,770 FEES 168 HOSPITALITY 795 NON-INVESTMENT DEPRECIATION 2,023 TOTAL 14,534
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 2410,117 10,117 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 5,399 7,422 TOTAL 4,718 2,695
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP JANUARY 3-5, 2025 - 21ST ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC,5500 SAN AMARO DRIVE, CORAL GABLES 33146 THIRTY-THREE MUSICIANS SPENT AN INTENSIVE WEEKEND REHEARSING THEIR ASSIGNED PIECES WHILE BEING TUTORED BY THE ILLUSTRIOUS FACULTY OF THE FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC, AND THEY GAVE A PUBLIC RECITAL ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ATTENDED BY 105 PERSONS. FIFTEEN OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE STUDENTS. THEY LEARNED REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES, HOW TO ANALYZE THEIR PARTS, HOW TO LEAD AN ENSEMBLE, AND MUCH MORE.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29CONCERTO COMPETITION FEBRUARY 1, 2025 SOUTH FLORIDAS GOT TALENT FIU WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, 10910 SW 17TH STREET, MIAMI 331997:30PM, FREE ADMISSION. THE TOP THREE WINNERS FROM THE ORCHESTRAS 21ST ANNUAL CONCERTO COMPETITION FOR SOUTH FLORIDA MIDDLE AND HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE EACH GIVEN SOLO SPOTS AT A FORMAL CONCERT WITH FULL ORCHESTRA ACCOMPANIMENT. ONE OF THE WORKS WAS A RARELY HEARD PIANO CONCERTO BY EMILIE MAYER, A CONTEMPORARY OF BEETHOVEN, AND THE OTHERS WERE CONCERTI BY WALTON AND BY VIEUXTEMPS. IN ADDITION TO SOLOS SPOTLIGHTING THESE AMAZINGLY TALENTED TEENS, THE AUDIENCE WAS TREATED TO SHORT ORCHESTRAL WORKS BY DVORAK AND WAGNER. A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, NEAR-CAPACITY AUDIENCE OF 495 GAVE STANDING OVATIONS TO EACH OF THE SOLOISTS AND TO THE ORCHESTRA.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30COMMUNITY CONCERTS SEPTEMBER 28 AND 29- HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION CORAL GABLES SANCTUARY OF THE ARTS, 410 ANDALUSIA AVENUE, CORAL GABLES 33134 - 7:30 PM ON SATURDAY AND 3 PM ON SUNDAY. TICKETS 10 ADULTS AND 5 FOR SENIORS AND STUDENTS. IN HONOR OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, THE ORCHESTRA PRESENTED TWO PERFORMANCES OF A LIVELY PROGRAM FEATURING SEVERAL OUTSTANDING LOCAL SOLOISTS, AS WELL AS LECUONAS BELOVED ANDALUCIA SUITE AND SIBONEY, TARREGAS RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA, AND A VARIETY OF POPULAR SPANISH SONGS ARRANGED FOR ORCHESTRA. ACCOMPANIED BY A SMALL ORCHESTRA, GUITARIST KOH KAZAMA PERFORMED A CONCERTO BY VILLA-LOBOS, SOPRANO NATHALIE AVILA PRESENTED TWO SPANISH ART SONGS, FLAUTIST CAROL NAVEIRA-NICHOLSON PERFORMED ARS ANTIGUA BY RODRIGO, AND VIOLINISTS STEFFEN ZEICHNER AND DANIEL ANDAI PRESENTED SARASATES NAVARRA, A THRILLING VIRTUOSO PIECE FOR TWO VIOLINS. A CAPACITY AUDIENCE EACH TIME, TOTALLING 650, INCLUDING A GROUP OF STUDENT DANCERS BASED AT THE VENUE, ENJOYED THE TWO EVENTS. OCTOBER 25, 2024 SPOOKY SYMPHONY - DENNIS C. MOSS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, 10950 SW 111 STREET, PALMETTO BAY 33189 --- 7 PM AND 8:30 PM (TWO SHOWS). FREE ADMISSION. PART OF THE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION AT THE MOSS CENTER WHICH ALSO INCLUDED DANCE PERFORMANCES, A HAUNTED HOUSE, CANDY GIVEAWAYS, AND OTHER FAMILY ACTIVITIES. TWO KID-FRIENDLY SIDE-BY-SIDE PERFORMANCES WITH GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY, WITH THE COMBINED 110-PIECE ORCHESTRA PLAYING MOVIE THEMES AND SUPERNATURAL-THEMED CLASSICAL PIECES INCLUDING THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING BY GRIEG, PERFECT POTIONS BY LOCAL COMPOSER JAVIER ALBORNOZ, AND THEMES FROM THE MOVIE FRANCHISES MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, HARRY POTTER, SPIDERMAN, AND 007. THE CONDUCTORS AND MOST OF THE PERFORMERS WORE COSTUMES. VIDEOS COORDINATED WITH THE EXCITING MUSIC WERE CREATED BY THE CHILDRENS TRUST, AND SHOWN BEHIND THE ORCHESTRAS. EVEN THE EMCEES WERE DRESSED AS ELVES AND SPRITES. BOTH AUDIENCES CHEERED AND CLAPPED FOR THE PERFORMERS. WE ESTIMATE THAT YOUNGSTERS UNDER 18 MADE UP ABOUT 50% OF THE TOTAL CONCERT ATTENDANCE OF 1469. THE MOSS CENTERS EVENT AS A WHOLE DREW 3200 PERSONS. DECEMBER 12, 2024HOLIDAY SERENADE -- MIAMI CANCER CENTER, 8900 N. KENDALL DRIVE, MIAMI 3317611 AM, FREE. THE ORCHESTRAS IN-HOUSE STRING QUARTET PERFORMED IN THE HOSPITAL LOBBY FOR STAFF AND PATIENTS, PLAYING LIGHT CLASSICAL AND HOLIDAY TUNES, BEGINNING LATE MORNING AND GOING INTO THE LUNCH HOUR. ABOUT 110 LISTENERS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA AND STAYED AS LONG AS THEY COULD IN THEIR BUSY DAY, TO ENJOY THE MUSIC. THERE WAS NO CHARGE TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OUR HOLIDAY CHEER. DECEMBER 15, 2024 HOLIDAY POPS PINECREST GARDENS, 11100 SW 57TH AVENUE, PINECREST 33156 6:30 PM. FREE ADMISSION. THE ORCHESTRA JOINED THE ANNUAL NIGHTS OF LIGHTS FESTIVAL AT GAILY DECORATED PINECREST GARDENS, WHERE IT OPENED THE EVENING ACTIVITIES WITH A LIVELY MIXTURE OF TRADITIONAL FAVORITES SUCH AS SLEIGH RIDE, EXCERPTS FROM NUTCRACKER, FESTIVE SOUNDS OF HANNUKAH, CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL OVERTURE, AND GREENSLEEVES, LIVENED UP WITH TWO ROCK-INFUSED TRANS- SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA ARRANGEMENTS. A WILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC FAMILY AUDIENCE TOTALING 380 CHEERED, CLAPPED AND SANG ALONG. (THERE WAS AN ADMISSION CHARGE FOR THE GARDENS BUT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO ATTEND THE CONCERT.) MARCH 16, 2025 FROM FOLK TO CLASSICAL CORAL GABLES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 3010 DESOTO BLVD. , CORAL GABLES, FL 331347:30PM, FREE ADMISSION. HOSTED BY MUSICOLOGIST DR. LEO WALZ, SMALL ENSEMBLES OF WIND, BRASS AND STRING PLAYERS FROM THE ORCHESTRA TREATED ATTENDEES TO LIVELY AND TUNEFUL FOLK AND FOLK-INSPIRED PIECES FROM RUSSIA, RUMANIA, ENGLAND, IRELAND, SPAIN, AND AMERICA, INCLUDING PIECES BY AARON COPLAND, JAY UNGAR AND MARK OCONNOR, BELA BARTOK, PERCY GRAINGER, AND MORE, CONCLUDING WITH THE HAUNTING ASHOKAN FAREWELL. A CAPACITY AUDIENCE OF 405 ATTENDED THE PERFORMANCE. MAY 3, 2025 LATE ROMANTIC FIREWORKS, THE REGULAR SEASON FINALE-- FIU WERTHEIM AUDITORIUM, 10910 SW 17TH STREET, MIAMI 331997:30PM, FREE ADMISSION. YOUNG INTERNATIONAL CELLO SOLOIST THOMAS MESA, A MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS ALUM WHO HAS WON THE SPHINX PRIZE, AN AVERY FISHER CAREER GRANT, AND A RECENT APPOINTMENT TO THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY, RETURNED TO HIS HOMETOWN FOR A STELLAR RENDITION OF DVORAKS STIRRING CELLO CONCERTO WITH THE ORCHESTRA. THE PROGRAM BEGAN WITH A BRIEF APPEARANCE BY THE BEGINNING STRINGS ENSEMBLE FROM WHISPERING PINES ELEMENTARY, WITH WHOM THE ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN PARTNERING, TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE CONCERT CONCLUDED WITH A ROUSING PERFORMANCE OF TCHAIKOVSKYS 1812 OVERTURE, COMPLETE WITH STAGEPROP CANNONS THAT FLASHED ON CUE. AN OVERFLOW CROWD OF 600 CHEERED AND CLAPPED EXTENSIVELY, DEMANDING MULTIPLE CURTAIN CALLS FOR MR. MESA AND CONDUCTOR DANIEL ANDAI. JUNE 15, 2025 OPERA SHOWCASEMIRACLE THEATRE, 280 MIRACLE MILE, CORAL GABLES 331343 PM, TICKETS 5 FOR SENIORS AND STUDENTS, 10 FOR ADULTS. THIS AFTERNOON EVENT ATTRACTED 395 DELIGHTED AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO HEAR TEN FEATURED SINGERS FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN MANNY PEREZ STUDIO PRESENT FAMOUS OPERA ARIAS WITH FULL ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT. 25 WERE GOLDEN TICKET INVITEES, AND THERE WERE MANY OTHER SENIORS AND STUDENTS WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE 5 TICKET PRICE. ALL OF THE ARIAS DREW EXTENSIVE APPLAUSE, AND THE FINALE NESSUN DORMA HAD TO BE REPEATED AS THE ATTENDEES DEMANDED AN ENCORE.