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Home My WebLink About156126 02/06/2008 ^e CITY OF CARMEL,.INDiANA VENDOR: 00350189 Page 1 of 1 ONE CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA z� CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 PO Box 761 CHECK AMOUNT: $165,000.00 INDIANAPOLIS IN 46082 -0761 CHECK NUMBER: 156126 CHECK DATE: 21612008 DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT PO NUMBER INVOICE NUMBER AMOUNT DESCRIPTION 1160 4355101 165,000.00 SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS 1' carmelsymphonyorchestra P.O. sox 761 January 31 2008 Carmel, Indiana 46082 -0761 (317) 844 -9717 (317) 844 -9916 (fax) City of Carmel 1 Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 The Carmel Symphony Orchestra is extremely grateful for the funding provided by the City of Carmel in 2007. The CSO is requesting $175,000 for 2008. The grant provides funding for Two elementary concerts enabling all Carmel -Clay fifth grade students to hear live orchestral music. The free concert for CarmelFest. Music for various civic events such as the Holiday Tree Lighting. The Kids Pass program. Affordable ticket pricing. Hiring of a Development Director to increase the capacity of the CSO's fund raising including corporate sponsorships. During this past year the CSO performed for more than 30,000 adults and children at subscription concerts, educational concerts, and free public concerts such as CarmelFest. The CSO's upcoming season, marks the 33 year of providing outstanding orchestral concerts to the citizens of Carmel and surrounding communities. The Carmel Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to enhancing our community's quality of life in a fiscally responsible manner through creative, artistically excellent performances and educational experiences for diverse audiences of all ages. Funding from the City of Carmel helps to underwrite the CSO's subscription series of six "family- friendly" concerts (families with young children are encouraged to attend and children are made to feel welcome at all CSO concerts), and educational concerts for all 5th grade students in the Carmel -Clay system, as well as other area school systems, private schools, and home schooled students. The season includes Family Fun!, a concert allowing young children to sit among orchestra musicians to watch music being made up close, and a performance by the winner of the CSO Young Artist Competition. City funding also enables the CSO to perform the traditional CarmelFest concert on the 4th of July and various other civic events. As a "family- friendly orchestra," the Carmel Symphony Orchestra programs concerts that entertain and educate the broadest possible audience, including audiences who do not traditionally attend orchestra concerts. The CSO has been successful in attracting a broader age range than the typical 40 -60 year -old symphony orchestra patron. The eclectic programming, use of multi -media presentations, affordable ticket price ($20 general admission, $15 seniors, and $5 high school and college students) and Kids Pass program (students eighth grade and younger attend free with a paying adult) have attracted family audiences from broad ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. At a recent CSO concert one -third of the audience was comprised of children 12 and under. The CSO has successfully positioned its concerts as accessible, affordable family entertainment in a way that can compete favorably with movies and other popular forms of family entertainment. CSO ticket pricing and the Kids Pass means that the most two parents would pay to attend a concert with their family is $40. As a result, CSO concerts draw more children and young adults than most other major Indiana orchestras. During the last season the CSO performed for more than 30,000 people. Because distance from Downtown Indianapolis makes it difficult to attend evening performances in Indianapolis, the CSO considers people living in northern Hamilton County to be an underserved population. Due to the Kids Pass Program, CSO ticket pricing, and the educational nature of CSO programming, every CSO concert is a form of community outreach. The CSO provides quality live orchestra performances that contribute to the artistic growth of Carmel and the surrounding multi county metropolitan area. The CSO's focus on "family- friendly" educational programming is attracting new audiences and educating listeners who will become the audience of this century. The CSO season is designed to enhance the educational mission of the orchestra. The education program has three key components: the Kids Pass, the Elementary Concerts, and the Young Artists Concerto Competition. Since the 2000 -01 season, the CSO has offered a Kids Pass. The Kids Pass is given to students in Carmel -Clay, other area school districts, several private schools, home schooled students, and others who call and request a pass or pick one up at their local library. Each pass gives free admission to students when accompanied by an adult. The concert schedule and a brief description of each concert are printed on the pass. This program contributed to a 50% increase in concert attendance in the first two seasons it was introduced and has been one of the biggest factors in the continual grow of CSO audiences each season. The Educational Concerts Sounds Exciting.!— is designed especially for elementary school students, who are at the age when they are deciding if they want to play a musical instrument and participate in school band and orchestra. Youth concerts draw more than 1,500 students from Hamilton and surrounding counties to Carmel High School for the performances that showcase a wide range of orchestral repertoire. After this concert, teachers are surveyed. Additionally, the CSO has developed an advisory committee of music teachers from area schools to help the orchestra plan future programs and projects that will be a resource for teachers to use in suplimenting the state music curriculum. The CSO nurtures the careers of young musicians through its annual Young Artist Concerto Competition. With corporate sponsor Meridian Music, the CSO conducts a juried competition open to any instrumental music student who lives in a county contiguous to Hamilton or Marion counties. Each year this competition draws applications from 25 -40 talented elementary, junior high and high school students. The winner is presented in concert as a soloist with the orchestra. The winner also receives a $1,000 prize. During the 2008 -09 season, the CSO will participate in Ford Made in America. This program, a partnership between the Ford Motor Company Fund and the League of American Orchestras, leverages the combined resources of participating orchestras to commission a new work by a nationally renowned composer. Its goals are to generate future interest and support for new music, heighten awareness and understanding of the work of smaller budget orchestras, build enhanced skills and expertise in the promotion and presentation of new music, and encourage greater awareness of the value of living composers. One orchestra in each state is chosen to premier the work in that state. The CSO is the Indiana orchestra for the 2008 -09 premier of this new work by Joseph Schwantner. With support from the Ctiy of Carmel, in 2007 the CSO was able.to engage. marketing counsel for the first time. Hirons and Company Currentlyis working to rebrandthe orchestra both visually and through message and to develop a comprehensive marketing plan and oversee its implementation. The CSO is currently in the process of hiring a Director of Development to further enhance the fundraising capacity of the orchestra. In addition to funds provided by the city, the CSO is supported by a donor base made up of people of different socio- economic backgrounds and age groups. The CSO receives support from the business community through concert sponsorships, gifts, matching contributions, and in -kind donations of services. During the past year, eight local corporations pledged $10,000 a year for the next five years in donations and sponsorhips for a total of $400,000. Furthermore, 100% of the board and a vast majority of the musicians contribute to the annual fund. Funding from the City of Carmel will enable the Carmel Symphony Orchestra to continue to provide "family- friendly' symphonic music of the highest artistic level at prices that are affordable for all the residents of our community especially families and seniors. 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