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ONE CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHECK AMOUNT: $175,000.00
CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 PO BOX 761
CARMEL IN 46082 -0761 CHECK NUMBER: 172137
CHECK DATE: 5/6/2009
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April 28, 2009
BOARD OF City of Carmel
DIRECTORS 1 Civic Square
CARL MILLS Carmel, IN 46032
CHAIR
WENDY PHILLIPS The Carmel Symphony Orchestra is extremely grateful for the funding
VICE CHAIR
provided by the City of Carmel in 2008. The CSO is requesting $185,000
PAUL REIS
for 2009. The grant provides funding for:
SECRETARY
KEN HOWARD
TREASURER o Presenting Guest Artists with a national reputation.
SUE FINKAM a Two elementary concerts enabling all Carmel -Clay fifth grade
CRAIG GIGAX students to hear live orchestral music.
DOLORES KROHNE The annual CarmelFest concert.
O Music for various civic events such as the Holiday Tree Lighting.
r) RS MOY o The Kids Pass program (children and students through 8' grade
AL OZDEMIZDEMIR have free admission).
DAVID PETERSON Affordable ticket pricing.
LINDA PLOPPER 0 Hiring of a Development Director to increase the capacity of the
JOERG SCHREIBER CSO's fund raising including corporate sponsorships.
JIM STREETER 0 Increase marketing that has increased public awareness of the CSO
and arts in Carmel.
ALAN DAVIS
PRESIDENT CEO
DAVID BOWDEN During this past year the CSO performed for more than 30,000 adults and
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR children at subscription concerts, educational concerts, and free public
concerts such as CarmelFest. The CSO's upcoming season, marks the 34"
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.
This past year, funding from the City of Carmel enabled the CSO to begin
presenting guest artists with a national reputation such as Dale Clevenger
and Cormeron Carpenter. The increased prominence of our guest artists
resulted in an average increase of 150 people per concert or a 25%
increase. This coming season the CSO will be presenting two -time Grammy
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Award winner, Sylvia McNair, as well as bringing back Cameron Carpenter
to begin a five year association with the CSO as Artist in Residence. During
this residency the CSO will be creating and premiering new works for organ
and orchestra commissioned by the CSO for Cameron Carpenter. These
new arrangements will be based on popular and jazz standards. In addition,
in 2011, the CSO will be premeiring a concerto for organ and orchestra
written by Mr. Carpenter. This residency is designed to result in a major
recording project for the CSO and Cameron Carpenter to be recorded in the
Regional Performing Arts Center.
Furthermore, 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 5" grade students in
the Carmel -Clay system, as well as other area school systems, private
schools, and home schooled students. The season subscription season
includes Family Fun!, a concert that gives "children" through the age of 90
an opporunity to sit among the orchestra musicians to watch music being
made up close. This concert also includes a performance by the winner of
the CSO Young Artist Competition. City funding also sponsors the CSO's
performance at CarmelFest on the 4th of July and at various other civic and
community 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
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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. Typically
this competition draws applications from more than 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.
The CSO is participating 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
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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 2000 -10 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 worked with CSO
staff, board, and stakeholders to rebrand the orchestra both visually and
through message and to develop a comprehensive marketing plan and
oversee its implementation. The CSO is currently in the process
restructuring its development initiative. During 2009, we anticipate hiring a
new 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 2007, four local corporations pledged
$10,000 a year for the next five years in donations and sponsorhips for a
total of $200,000, and three others made donations or sponsorhips
commitments at the $5,000 level. Furthermore, 100% of the board, 100%
of the staff, 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.
Sincerely,
Alan Davis
President CEO
Prescribed iiy State Board of Accounts City Form No. 201 (Rev. 1995)
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHER
5/5/09 CITY OF CARMEL
An invoice or bill to be properly itemized must show: kind of service, where performed, dates service rendered, by
whom, rates per day, number of hours, rate per hour, number of units, price per unit, etc.
Payee
Carmel Symphony Orchestra Purchase Order No.
P. 0. Box 761, 11 First Ave NE Terms
Carmel IN 46082 -0761 Date Due
Invoice Invoice Description Amount
Date Number (or note attached invoice(s) or bill(s))
4/28/09 Request letter Arts Funding request 2009 $175,000.00
Total $175,000.00
1 hereby certify that the attached invoice(s), or bill(s), is (are) true and correct and I have audited same in accordance
with IC 5- 11- 10 -1.6.
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Clerk- Treasurer
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ry Carmel Symphony Orchestra IN SUM OF
P. 0. Box 761
11 First Avenue NE
Carmel IN 46082 -0761
175,000.00
ON ACCOUNT OF APPROPRIATION FOR
504 Support for the Arts 55101
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