2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT
season 47 2015 - 2016
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB CONVERSATIONS WONDER | ¡CANTARÉ! | CHORALIA OF
CHRISTMASLIVE | STAR | WITNESS: ON TOUR | CONCERT
PUNTO | WELCOME EN
SINGS | ENSEMBLE SINGERS
FALLENIN |THREE VOZ ACTS | LISTENERS’ CHOICE
OF THE COMMUNITY
FOUR SAINTS DREAMS 2015-2016 47TH SEASON ANNUAL REPORT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
The Morehouse College Glee Club rocked the Twin Cities this past fall and winter through the VocalEssence WITNESS program. More than 9,000 people of all ages were inspired through performances, education programs, and a community sing.
The stars of the event were the 260-Voice High School Male Chorus, created to inspire young men from Twin Cities high schools to sing. Participating students rehearsed with VocalEssence Associate Conductor G. Phillip Shoultz, III, as well as members of the Morehouse College Glee Club and director Dr. David Morrow. They performed on stage at Orchestra Hall at one public concert and three Young People’s Concerts in February.
One student said of the experience: “I feel honored to be a part of it at my age, and I think that everyone should have this type of opportunity. It is amazing that VocalEssence is able to provide this opportunity to youth like me.”
One teacher commented, “The VocalEssence WITNESS program is a wonderful way for my students to have first-hand experiences which expose them to a culture different than their own. Cul- tural understanding and acceptance are so badly needed in our society right now, and this program is helping to create these important values in our young students.”
• 5,436 students (grades K-12) from 43 schools in the Twin Cities metro area and Greater Minnesota participated in the VocalEssence WITNESS School Program.
• Nearly half of the schools report a more than 50% non-white student body, and more than a third report that more than 50% of students are eligible for free and reduced lunch.
Page 2 2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT RIVER SONGS & TALES WITH MARK TWAIN: NORTHERN MINNESOTA TOUR
Twelve members of the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, along with Don Shelby as Mark Twain, Sara Pajunen on fiddle, and VocalEssence Associate Conductor G. Phillip Shoultz, III on piano, toured our theatrical River Songs & Tales with Mark Twain performance to four Minnesota communities—Moorhead, Detroit Lakes, Mora, and Bigfork.
The tour was a major success! The performances and outreach activities—which included school and community workshops and community performances—engaged more than 2,700 Minnesotans. Virtually all attendees were enthusiastic about the experience. 91% of concert attendees said they enjoyed it “very much,” and the same held true for community outreach events.
“This was truly inspiring for my students,” said one teacher. “They do not get to hear and work with singers of this caliber.”
An unexpected highlight was working with Viking Elementary School in Pelican Rapids. To enrich the experience for the high population of Spanish speakers, VocalEssence included songs and content from VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! in the student workshop. VocalEssence also provided joy to senior residents at Ecumen Emmanuel in Detroit Lakes.
One singer noted, “A resident told me that she doesn’t always feel happy, but that she could go through the day with something happy to cling to after our performance.”
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT Page 3 FAMOUS GUEST ARTISTS & INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING
The VocalEssence 47th Season was filled with unexpected and amazing cameos and 1 guest artists.
1 The Guthrie: The Events Singers from VocalEssence performed on stage during the Guthrie’s performance of The Events.
2 Dreams of the Fallen The Metropolitan Symphony 2 Orchestra and pianist Jeffrey Biegel joined VocalEssence to perform Minnesota composer Jake Runestad’s new piece, Dreams of the Fallen.
3 Voz en Punto Mexican a cappella jazz ensemble Voz en Punto invited the Anoka High School Concert Choir on 3 stage to perform.
4 A Prairie Home Companion Members of the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers joined Garrison Keillor on stage multiple times during the 47th season.
5 Four Saints in Three Acts 5 VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and guest artists Black Label Movement brought this eclectic opera to life.
6 VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Students from Northport Elementary School used iPads during the performance.
6 7 VocalEssence with Andrea Bocelli Sixty-five members of the VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers wowed more than 16,000 fans at Target Center with Andrea Bocelli on Tuesday, June 9.
Page 4 2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT SINGING OUR PRAISES
The 47th season of VocalEssence was filled with numerous artistic and administrative successes including a sold-out fundraiser, a national award, and recognition through a first-ever chorus audience study.
VocalEssence Choralia Thanks to the leadership of co-chairs Ann Farrell and Jenny Wade, an amazing committee, and community support, VocalEssence Choralia raised more than $160,000 for the VocalEssence Community Engagement programs! 500 attendees bid on auction items, ate delicious food, and experienced the power choral music has to change lives.
Chorus America Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award In June, Chorus America awarded VocalEssence with the Chorus America Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award at their national conference. The award recognizes individuals or organizations whose work shows a commitment to diversity, inclusiveness, and furthering African-American and other diverse choral traditions through performance, research, or the creation of new compositions of significance. As the 2016 recipient, VocalEssence was honored for our 26 years of work with the VocalEssence WITNESS program.
Intrinsic Impact Audience Project VocalEssence also finished participation in a national two-yearIntrinsic Impact Audience Project, the first-ever systematic study of choral music audiences. A total of 23 choruses throughout North America participated, and the results shed light on what moves and motivates people who attend choral music performances. Below are a few highlights.
· Audiences want more information about program inspiration and the performing experience. Audience members are more interested in “curatorial insight” than they are in biographical information about the ensemble, composer, or soloists.
· Different programs have different impacts on audiences, and audiences at choral programs reflect the repertoire onstage. The report states that “In curating programs, artistic directors are not just selecting repertoire, but also curating their chorus’s constituency.”
· Involved audience members report higher levels of impact. The study measured forms of audience participation including singing along, clapping along, talking to a stranger, or dancing and moving to the music. Audience members who danced or moved to the music reported the highest levels of impact.
2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT Page 5 MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY:
How do we keep Minnesota on the cutting edge of choral music? Our new program, VocalEssence ReMix, made the case in its inaugural year.
In partnership with the American Composers Forum and the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN) and funded by the Jerome Foundation, VocalEssence ReMix connected four all-star composer mentors—Tim Takach, Libby Larsen, Carol Barnett, and J. David Moore—with four emerging Minnesota composers— Emily Feld, Michael Maiorana, Liam Moore and Daniel Smith. Over a six-month period, the mentors provided professional development and vocal-writing assistance as the composers wrote their choral work. The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers premiered their pieces for 118 choral directors at the annual ACDA-MN State Conference in November 2015. The results were inspiring:
“It stretched and strengthened my abilities. I became more disciplined. I got out of my comfort zone. I got to learn from composers I admire, and from the three other talented young composers. Since it’s such a solitary pursuit, it was fantastic to collaborate with others (mentors, conductors, singers) through the whole process.” – VocalEssence ReMix Composer
“VocalEssence ReMix creates a space for composers to experiment musically, for conductor-educators to consider the real possibility of commissioning a work, and an insider’s perspective of how that transaction takes place. A very informative opportunity!” – VocalEssence Ensemble Singer
As part of the program, emerging composer Emily Feld won a commission by VocalEssence that will be premiered at the VocalEssence WITNESS: Underground Railroad concert in February 2017. VocalEssence is pleased to announce that it has received an additional two-year grant from the Jerome Foundation to fund years two and three of the VocalEssence ReMix program.
Page 6 2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY:
This season VocalEssence became the first choral organization nationally to participate in the Lullaby Project, a program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. The Lullaby Project is an opportunity for young mothers to work with professional musicians to write original lullabies for their children or children they are expecting. The mothers articulate the hopes and dreams for their children, and, in doing so, strengthen the bond between parent and child, a key predictor of success for children later in life.
This season VocalEssence partnered with the Teen Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program at Longfellow Alternative High School in Minneapolis. VocalEssence Associate Conductor G. Phillip Shoultz, III and an octet of VocalEssence Ensemble Singers collaborated with VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! composer Francisco Zúñiga to help six Latina teen moms write Spanish language lullabies. These lullabies were recorded and are available on the Carnegie Hall SoundCloud page. Two of the lullabies were performed at the VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Community Concert at the Ordway Concert Hall in Saint Paul in May.
The project made a lasting impact on the moms and their children:
“I like to sing to my son, so when I heard about the Lullaby Project I was on board. I never imagined myself to be able to sit down with composers and singers getting to write something that I want for my child, and for that I’m really happy.” –Lullaby Project Mom
“The recording was like angels singing—the singers touched my heart. I have sung the lullaby to my son, and he smiles and laughs. The song has made my strong feelings for my son even stronger.” –Lullaby Project Mom
“After going through the Lullaby Project, I feel like I have better goals for myself and my son. It has made me want to pursue a PhD in criminology instead of an MA.” –Lullaby Project Mom
2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT Page 7 VOCALESSENCE FINANCIAL HEALTH
VocalEssence ended the 2016 fiscal year in a strong financial OPERATING EXPENSES position due in large part to our consistent and growing contributed revenue and the success of our biennial fundraising event, Choralia. Contributed income continues to be over 80% of our annual revenue. Concert expense remains consistently $160,828 $252,446 at about 60% of our budget, impacted by Minnesota State Arts Board funded touring and a semi-staged opera production. Our $36,755 balance sheet is strong with modest liabilities and a healthy $1,155,073 reserve of unrestricted net assets. $366,320
VOCALESSENCE BALANCE SHEET - JUNE 30, 2016
Artistic Series 59% • Education 19% ASSETS 2016 2015 • • Special Programs 2% Current Assets: • Management & General 8% Cash and Cash Equivalents $12,341 $65,802 • Fundraising 13% Accounts Receivable 9,616 18,402 Pledges Receivable 126,272 76,241 Prepaid Expenses 44,141 50,390 Total Current Assets 192,370 210,835 OPERATING REVENUE Investments 3,952,072 4,341,052 Property and Equipment - Net 47,474 14,999 $(13,334) $4,028 TOTAL ASSETS $4,191,916 $4,566,886
$253,125 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 2016 2015 $127,013 Current Liabilities: $155,048 $1,028,417 Accounts Payable $21,094 $17,221 Accrued Vacation 25,149 10,627 Capital Lease Payable 9,355 - Deferred Income - 11,000 Total Current Liabilities 55,598 38,848 • Contributions 66% Long-Term Liabilities: Fundraising Events Net 10% • Government Grants 8% Capital Lease Payable 25,405 - • Performance Revenue 16% Total Liabilities 81,003 38,848 • Investment Income -1% • Miscellaneous <1% Net Assets: • Unrestricted: Undesignated 1,439,166 1,379,426 Endowment 1,158,061 1,152,499 Total Unrestricted 2,597,227 2,531,925 Temporarily Restricted 540,227 1,022,654 Permanently Restricted 973,459 973,459 Total Net Assets 4,110,913 4,528,038 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $4,191,916 $4,566,886
Page 8 2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT Garrison Keillor CONTRIBUTOR’S Hognander Family Foundation of VOCALESSENCE James* and Jane Riley-Koll The Minneapolis Foundation DONORS Daniel and Constance Kunin CIRCLE The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation Libby Larsen and James Reece The Mauriel Family Foundation VocalEssence gratefully Helmer* and Christine Larson Judy and Peter Mitchelson acknowledges all those who THE ENDOWMENT Laura Jane Musser Fund Philip and Katherine Nason Fund of Mary Sue Lindsay* made gifts between July 1, 2015 The Saint Paul Foundation HONOR ROLL Jean and Kenneth Linwick and June 30, 2016. Although we Piper Family Fund of The Minneapolis make every effort to ensure that VocalEssence salutes the Patricia Lund* Foundation our Honor Roll list is accurate individuals and corporate and Herb and Corrine Lundberg Paul and Abigail Pribbenow and complete, we are capable of private foundations whose Thomas* and Patti* Maetzold RBC Wealth Management error. 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Sather and Jeffrey Stone James and Georgia Thompson Donald Eddy Marcia Lantto Stephen and Sharli Schaitberger Parker and Albert Trostel Richard and Carol Eick Laurel Lapore John Schatzlein Roland and Xiomara Ugarte Ed* and Judy Eilertsen John and Laurie Larson Ed and Lois Schlampp Martin and Kathryn Urberg Susan Eilertsen Jeenee Lee Julie Schlueter Ronald and Carol Vantine Joseph Ellickson Reagan Lee Rachel Schmidt Helen Ver Hoeven Kevin and Kaia Ellis Theodore and Kathryn Lee Sandra Schoenecker Jennifer Vickerman and Ramala Shelton Michelle Eng James Jenkins and Dolores Lenore Raymond and Leola Schreurs Elaine B. Walker Karen Esbjornson Jon and Lisa Lewis Mary Schultz Michael Walsh and Maureen Kucera-Walsh Geneva S. Eschweiler Sheri Turnquist Mary Schwender Clifton and Bettye Ware Roger and Roxanne Ezell Melanie Lien Maria Schwingler
2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT Page 11 Craig Seacotte 2015-2016 VOCALESSENCE VOCALESSENCE Gary Seim and Lee Pfannmuller Anne Seltz BOARD OF DIRECTORS 47TH SEASON SPONSORS Beth Shogren Kathryn Roberts, President George and Betty Shoultz Fred Moore, Vice President Janice Sigmund and Michael Jereczek Jacob Wolkowitz, Treasurer Luke and Jennifer Slivinski Roma Calatayud-Stocks, Secretary Brett Smith Katherine Sobieck Mary Ann Aufderheide Carolyn J. Steele Ann Barkelew Jim and Sharon Stoebner Traci V. Bransford William H. Stump Philip Brunelle Alan and Irene Suddard Judith Drobeck Annie Sundberg Debbie Estes Evelyn Swanson and Marjorie Ramgren Ann Farrell Dale Talley Richard Ford Bob Thacker Wayne Gisslen Dianne A. Thompson Art Kaemmer, M.D. Ruth Torkelson Joseph Kalkman Eileen M. Troseth David L. Mona Marcy Vissell David Myers Jennifer Wallis James M. Odland Thomas and Dawn Wanous Cay Shea Hellervik Daniel and Cassandra Warn Don Shelby Sally Waterman Robert C. Smith Charles Wegner Timothy Takach Mary Sue Weir Jenny L. Wade Kenneth and Barbara Weldon Dorene Wernke This activity is made possible by the voters of Robert Wetzler Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a Carole Whitney and Craig Carlson legislative appropriation from the arts and Rhea Wikstrom cultural heritage fund, and a grant from the Dr. Preston & Sharon Williams HONORARY DIRECTORS Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota. Dwight S. Williams Dominick Argento Alex* and Marguerite P. Wilson William Bolcom Deb Winge Dave Brubeck* Michael Winikoff Aaron Copland* Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Michelle Bendett Håkan Hagegård M. Wycoff Louise Heffelfinger* Jee woong Yang Eskil Hemberg* Katie Yanike Betty Hulings* Cameron and Ellen Zebrun Sigrid Johnson Reid Mortensen and Sue Zemlin James Earl Jones Christian Zepeda Garrison Keillor Louise Ziegler Donald Mitchell Donna Zitur Helmuth Rilling John Rutter Peter Schickele Dr. André J. Thomas Eric Whitacre
*In remembrance VOCALESSENCE ARTISTIC STAFF 1900 Nicollet Avenue Philip Brunelle, Artistic Director Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 G. Phillip Shoultz, III, Associate Conductor 612-547-1451 Mary Jo Gothmann, Accompanist vocalessence.org VocalEssence is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Mary Ann Aufderheide, Executive Director Robert Graham, Education Manager and Music Librarian Sharon Hodge, Communications Specialist facebook.com/vocalessence Laura Holst, Development and Marketing Associate twitter.com/vocalessencemn Eleanor Mears, Operations Manager and Executive Assistant linkedin.com/company/vocalessence Kimberly Meisten, Director of Community Engagement Patricia Starks-Faggétt, Accounting Manager Amanda Timmer, Education Associate Katrina Wallmeyer, Director of Development and Communications VOCALESSENCE Elissa Weller, Grants and Special Events Manager MISSION STATEMENT VocalEssence champions choral music of all genres, celebrating the vocal experience through innovative concerts, commissions, and community engagement programs.
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