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MUSIC HALL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Annual Report 2016-2017 MUSIC HALL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT-A-GLANCE* EVENTS & AUDIENCE 100 MAIN STAGE EVENTS 135,000 MAIN STAGE AUDIENCE 150 JAZZ CAFÉ EVENTS 15,000 JAZZ CAFÉ AUDIENCE 50 3 FIFTY TERRACE EVENTS 50,000 3 FIFTY TERRACE AUDIENCE (EARLY EVENING, MID-, AND LATE-EVENING SEGMENTS) 300 TOTAL EVENTS 200,000 TOTAL AUDIENCE 1M+ WEB HITS 50,000 EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS 5 ORIGINAL COMMISSIONS CAST & CREW 22 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES 225 PART TIME EMPLOYEES 80 TRUSTEES 1,321 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS 3,200 TOURING ARTISTS 1,200 LOCAL ARTISTS 75 COLLABORATING ORGANIZATION PARTNERS 300 VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTERS 225 INDIVIDUAL PRODUCERS 30 CORPORATIONS 6 FOUNDATIONS 3 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES DEMOGRAPHICS STUDENTS AUDIENCE 56% AFRICAN AMERICAN 40% AFRICAN AMERICAN 7% LATINO 5% LATIN AMERICAN 34% CAUCASIAN 39% CAUCASIAN 1% ASIAN 9% SOUTHEAST & EAST ASIAN 2% MIDDLE EASTERN 7% MIDDLE EASTERN PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION OUTREACH 5 EDUCATION PROGRAMS 22,000 STUDENTS 32 SCHOOLS 38 CLASSROOMS 30 EDUCATORS FINANCIAL $5.5MM BUDGET $16.5MM AGGREGATE ECONOMIC IMPACT 600 VENDORS * A L L NUMBERS REPRESENT ANNUAL TOTALS ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction A. History B. Mission C. Structure II. Our Work: Music Hall’s 2016-17 Season A. Programming B. Education 1. Annual High School Assembly Program 2. Contemporary Dance Outreach and Master Classes 3. Jazz Vocal Education Program. 4. Lincoln Center’s Jazz for Young People 5. Theatre for Young People III. Financial Information A. Background and Current Situation: Capital Campaign B. Financial Solvency and Fiscal Responsibility C. Planning for the Future D. Current Needs – Music Hall Building IV. The People behind the Scenes A. Management B. Board of Trustees V. Addendums A. Partner Organizations B. Season-At-A-Glance - Calendar of Events Highlights I. Introduction I. A. History Music Hall Center opened in 1928, a product of the forward-looking vision and commitment of Matilda Dodge Wilson. Former owner of the Dodge Motor Car Company, Mrs. Wilson also built Meadowbrook Hall in the late 1920’s and helped found what is now Oakland University. Along with these brick-and- mortar legacies, she left the enduring example of her commitment to inclusion and respect for all people, creating Detroit’s first entertainment venue that welcomed men and women of all ethnicities to both its stages and its audiences. Her celebration of the rich diversity of Southeast Michigan’s population continues to serve us as a guiding principle. Over the decades, Music Hall has been home to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Cinerama, Michigan Youth Theater, and Michigan Opera Theater. The theater’s main hall has 1731 seats, a fully outfitted stage, and an orchestra pit. Its design and construction endure as state of the art, with ideal acoustics and unimpeded sightlines. Some 135,000 people attend 100 main stage events per year. The building’s two additional venues include the intimate 100-seat Jazz Café, converted in 2007 from a concessions space and coat check area and presenting 150 performances each year – a roster that includes national-level artists but also creates opportunity for our city’s developing talent. And finally there is the rooftop deck with the breathtaking city views, 3Fifty Terrace. The Terrace has just completed its third year of successful operations, attracting tens of thousands of the sought-after millennial demographic to downtown’s cultural core. I. B. Mission The historic Music Hall, through its presentations and productions (including commissions of original artistic work), provides Southeastern Michigan with high quality performing arts programs and education that reflect the diverse mix of cultures that make up our community. Music Hall is Detroit’s “People’s Theater” – the place for high quality but non-elitist performing arts and education with an emphasis on dance, theater and music, particularly Jazz. Music Hall aims to be the most accessible, inclusive and culturally diverse performing arts institution in the country. Much of our programming is grouped into our four Series – World Cultures, Family, Contemporary Dance, and Music. Each of our dance, music and theatre performances, drawn from all corners of the globe, is specially selected for its ability to connect and engage with Metro Detroit’s rich mix of demographics. In addition, we bring five performing arts education outreach programs to 22,000 students each year (mainly in the Detroit Public Schools). Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts 350 Madison Avenue Detroit MI 48226 - www.musichall.org Page 4 I. C. Structure Music Hall is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation. It is governed by a 74-member Board of Trustees, which is led by a 15-member Executive Committee. The staff is comprised of the President / Artistic Director, 22 full-time artistic, operations and development professionals and approximately 220 part- time staff of ushers, stagehands, bartenders, servers, cooks, electricians, marketing, maintenance staff and artists. Our current annual budget is $5.5MM. II. Our Work: Music Hall’s 2016-2017 Season II. A. Programming While Music Hall serves all of Southeastern Michigan, it is quintessentially a City of Detroit institution. Our programming reflects the rich and diverse spectrum of our metropolitan area, as we believe that the performing arts offer an unsurpassed way to connect with each other and foster mutual understanding. In pursuit of this goal, we also collaborate with over 200 fellow non-profit organizations each year. It’s a fact that over the last century Detroit has contributed more to the performing arts than any other single community in the world. The city’s rich musical and performing arts heritage is unparalleled -- jazz, blues, rock, techno, hip-hop, and of course the Motown sound. Music Hall has been a part of this history and celebrated this heritage since the day we opened our doors. We are members in various performing & cultural arts organizations including Creative Many, Cultural Arts Alliance, Culture Source, Detroit Entertainment District Association, and the Paradise Valley Conservancy. We have long established relationships with local vendors for the arts. We provide performance opportunities each year for more than 1,200 local artists and provide many local business opportunities for various local companies. Music Hall has always preferred Detroit-based vendors for all events and will continue its policy of doing so as an offered strength in our community. We also have strong relationships with several national, regional and local artists, agents and artist promoters. Music Hall’s programs, services, and activities are exemplified in the following list. Each category contains a few examples from this year’s season that demonstrates Music Hall’s diverse programming strategy. [Please see also our ‘Season-At-A-Glance’ Calendar Highlights at bottom.] Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts 350 Madison Avenue Detroit MI 48226 - www.musichall.org Page 5 Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts 350 Madison Avenue Detroit MI 48226 - www.musichall.org Page 6 Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts 350 Madison Avenue Detroit MI 48226 - www.musichall.org Page 7 *Music Hall collaborated with Wayne State University to produce the seventh Complexions Detroit Summer Intensive 2017. This two-week program was sold out at 125 students and culminated with a performance of all students and six Company members on the Music Hall main stage. II.B. Education Our complimentary education programs, focused mainly on Detroit Public Schools (DPS) students ages 4-18, reached over 22,000 youth in southeast Michigan in 2016-17. Our outreach demographic is 86% African American, 7% Hispanic American, 2% Arab American, 1% Asian American and 4% Anglo American. The programs are established for all ability levels. Key components of our education work are: II.B.1. High School Assembly Program Our 2016-17 Assembly was based on a brand-new Music Hall-commissioned work on the extraordinary life and career of Roland Hayes, who broke color barriers to become an internationally-acclaimed lyric tenor and composer in the early 20th century. ‘First of His Kind: The Roland Hayes Story’ used music, theater, dance, and spoken word to bring to life a story from the past that is still sadly all too current, involving blatant discrimination and a systematized lack of access to education and opportunity. Study guides and supporting materials are distributed to the classroom instructors prior to scheduled Assembly dates, establishing a familiarity with the material and preparing the students for a resonant experience that goes beyond book learning. The instructor team, professional artists all, engaged with the students following each performance and led us all on a journey of awareness and sensitivity to the different experiences of our classmates and neighbors. Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts 350 Madison Avenue Detroit MI 48226 - www.musichall.org Page 8 Participating HS Assembly Schools Exhibit Locations Cass Technical High School Detroit DTE Corporate Lunchroom Central High School Detroit Compuware Corporate Lunchroom Dearborn High School Dearborn Arts League, Carr Center Denby High School Detroit Detroit International Academy for Young Flint High School Women Detroit Detroit School of Arts Detroit Warren High School East Detroit High School Eastpointe Affirmations East English Village Preparatory Academy Detroit MOSAIC Grosse Pointe South High School Grosse Pointe The Zone Horizon Upward Bound Hamtramck High School Hamtramck U of D Africana Dept. Harper Woods High School Harper Woods Henry Ford High School Detroit YMCA Boys and Girls Clubs King High School Detroit Cranbrook Art Academy Madison Heights High School Madison Heights Osborn High School Detroit Pioneer High School Ann Arbor Pontiac Central High School Pontiac Renaissance High School Detroit River Rouge High School River Rouge Roeper School Bloomfield Hills “The students, staff and I are very thankful for your sponsorship of the production and Denby's participation in it.