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2013/2014 Community Report FINANCIAL SUMMARY: FISCAL YEAR 2014 September 1, 2013-August 31, 2014 ($ in Thousands) BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS Barry H. Beracha TRUSTEES OVERSEERS Chair, Board of Trustees REVENUE EXPENSES Paul Arenberg Dr. John A. Pieper Vicki Mayer Altvater Kimberley Ann Eberlein Steven Baldwin, Ph.D. Emily Rauh Pulitzer* Mark B. Andrews Vice Chairman Earned Revenue Salaries and Benefits $19,304 Barry H. Beracha* Margaret Ann Ritter Bert Condie III Jo Ann Taylor Kindle Thriess Britton Victor H. Ruiz, M.D. Mrs. Ernest A. Eddy, Jr. Ticket Revenue $6,746 Vice Chairman Fee and Tour Revenue 1,109 Artist and Conductor Fees 2,644 Dino L. Cannella Walter G. Shifrin Mrs. Solon Gershman David Steward William M. Carey Rick A. Short* Alice Goodman _____________________________________Other Earned Revenue 425 Advertising and Promotion 984 Vice Chairman J.-J. Landers Carnal David Steward* Harvey A. Harris Total Earned Revenue 8,280 Emily Rauh Pulitzer Thelma E. Steward Keith A. Duplain Eugene Kornblum Professional Fees 455 Secretary Norman Eaker* Dr. Donald M. Suggs* Linda J. Lee Contributed Revenue Lawrence P. Katzenstein Kimberley Ann Eberlein* Susan M. Veidt Other Expenses Edwin B. Meissner, Jr. Annual Campaign 6,876 General Counsel Sara Fabick* Anne von der Heydt Gordon W. Philpott, M.D. Gala, Special Gifts and Volunteer Activities 1,755 Powell Hall Operations 2,040 Rick A. Short Carolyn Graham Farrell Phoebe Dent Weil Rex Sinquefield* Reserve (83) Concert Production Costs 539 Treasurer David Fischhoff, Ph.D Peri Widener _____________________________________ Mary Strauss Office Expense 1,349 Dr. Donald M. Suggs James G. Forsyth, III Donna Wilkinson* Total Contributed Revenue 8,548 Assistant Treasurer Ann M. Sullins _____________________________________Miscellaneous 944 Nancy Galvin* Mrs. Orrin S. Wightman III Endowment and Other Revenue Total Other Expenses 4,872 Walter Hawkins, Jr. LIFE TRUSTEES David C. Farrell Endowment Draw* 8,648 Cheryl Holman Marjorie M. Ivey Carolyn F. Henges ENDOWMENT TRUST Other Miscellaneous 576 _____________________________________ Dr. Gayle Jackson Michael F. Neidorff Steven L. Finerty, Chairman Total Endowment and Other Revenue 9,224 William James H. Edwin Trusheim J.-J. Landers Carnal Lawrence P. Katzenstein* Walter Hawkins, Jr. TOTAL REVENUE 26,052 TOTAL EXPENSES 28,259 Jo Ann Taylor Kindle* HONORARY TRUSTEES Michael F. Neidorff Patricia Lane John W. Bachmann Jerry E. Ritter Ned O. Lemkemeier C. Robert Farwell Rex Sinquefield Advertising and Kimberly Walker Promotion: 4% Sally S. Levy John R. Jordan, Jr. Kathleen Mattis* Dr. Wilfred R. Konneker Professional Noémi Neidorff* Dr. Mabel L. Purkerson * Executive Committee member Fees: 2% Sanford S. Neuman Andrew C. Taylor 2013 2014 Other James L. Nouss, Jr.* Virginia V. Weldon, M.D. I Expenses Kathleen T. Osborn* 17% Endowment Artist and and Other Earned Conductor Fees Revenue COMMUNITY Revenue 9% 35% 32% 314-286-4184 | stlsymphony.org/donate REPORT Salaries and Benefits Contributed Revenue 68% 33% FY2014 STRUCTURAL DEFICIT** (2,207) *Endowment draw based on 5% of 12 quarter rolling average of total base. **Planned structural deficit funded through special contributions pending successful endowment campaign. FROM THE CHAIRMAN FROM THE 2013 I 2014 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOARD MUSIC DIRECTOR Your contribution to the St. Louis Symphony helped support more than 120 concerts at Powell Hall, a With your generous support, the When I’m asked about the highlights critically-acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall and 250 free education and community programs across St. Louis Symphony’s 134th season of a season past, I must admit I our region during the 2013/14 season. Thank you for playing your part! once again proved our city has one find it to be an overwhelming of the best orchestras in the world, question. The concert experience and it just keeps getting better. is filled with so many things: SEPTEMBER–Led by Music Director David Robertson, gestures, surprises, turn-on-a-dime MARCH–In collaboration with the International the STL Symphony opens its 134th season with Copland’s In addition to a critically-acclaimed orchestra pivots, a sound you had Institute and Bosnia Memory Project at Fontbonne performance at Carnegie Hall, your not imagined, an energy that can Lincoln Portrait, narrated by Wintley Phipps. gift also helped extend our ability to University, the STL Symphony celebrates the heritage Barry Beracha David Robertson hardly be believed. And all that OCTOBER–Yo-Yo Ma, cello, returns to Powell Hall as spread the joy of great music across can happen in a few minutes of of St. Louis’ Bosnian population. “Bosnian Journeys: Generations” featured members of the our region, including a special community celebration of performance. How does one choose highlights through featured performer for the fifth annual Red Velvet St. Louis’ Bosnian heritage, and a new education program all the gold there is to sift? Ball and coaches members of the St. Louis Symphony STL Symphony accompanied by Bosnian musician Amir to promote early childhood literacy. Youth Orchestra at a special rehearsal session. Salesevic. Each section of this free concert event was You have your own memories, and they are as valid and introduced with audio recordings of Bosnian immigrants, From a financial standpoint, we continue to build upon important as my own. Let’s rejoice in all of them. NOVEMBER–STL Symphony receives extended recounting the story of their lives before and during war- growth attributed to audience development and new revenue standing ovation at Carnegie Hall for performance of time, their journey to the United States, and present-day initiatives. Revenue grew by 25% and ticket sales were up 19% For now, let’s share our pride in the production of life as part of the St. Louis Bosnian community. for our popular-oriented Live at Powell Hall events. Total Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes that took place at Britten’s Peter Grimes. On November 22, the STL Symphony and Chorus performed contributed operating revenue totaled $8.6m and $23.3m Carnegie Hall on the composer’s 100th birthday. The APRIL–STL Symphony announces the release Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes in New York on what was given in support for the endowment and capital needs. St. Louis Symphony and Chorus performed with an of its latest CD produced by Nonesuch Records, The STL Symphony’s endowment stands at $169m, due to outrageously talented cast and brought glowing notices would have been the late composer’s 100th birthday. The market growth and recent contributions. that acknowledged the artists, as well as the city that concert dazzled a capacity audience and was widely praised featuring John Adams’ City Noir as well as his is our home. by critics in St. Louis and across the country. New York Saxophone Concerto. With continued progress and careful expense control this Classical Review observed, “The prime stars of the night were season, overall operating losses totaled $2.2m, representing None of this would have happened without your support. Robertson and the orchestra and chorus. It is impossible to MAY–More than 2,000 students make their the smallest deficit in more than 10 years of full operations. The world audience saw a part of St. Louis that night. recall or imagine more emotionally riveting music-making...” performance debut with the STL Symphony as part With your continued support, our work moving forward is This is what you invested in, and we continue to reap St. Louis audiences previewed the Carnegie program at of the Link Up program. critical to build endowment and secure the greatness of the the benefits. Powell Hall on November 16, where it was also enthusiastically Since 2005, the STL Symphony has participated in Link STL Symphony for generations to come. Up, a music education program designed by the Weill My sincere thanks. received. Carnegie Hall concerts have become a highlight of Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. Upon completion of the Thank you for all you do for the STL Symphony. the STL Symphony’s season, providing the opportunity to spotlight the city of St. Louis on a prestigious national stage. year-long program, students in grades 3 through 5 partici- pate in an interactive performance at Powell Hall where David Robertson, Music Director DECEMBER–Anthony Tommasini of The New York they are invited to move, sing and play recorders along Barry Beracha, Chairman of the Board Times includes the STL Symphony performance of with the STL Symphony. Peter Grimes in his Top Ten list of classical music JUNE–Teaming up with the St. Louis County Library, the concerts in 2013. STL Symphony introduces Read to Succeed education JANUARY–STL Symphony presents the U.S. premiere program to promote early childhood literacy. Children from Lucas Crossing Elementary School in the COLUMBIA 55 of John Cage’s Thirty Pieces for Five Orchestras at the BY THE NUMBERS: 40 O’FALLON EDWARDSVILLE Normandy School District gathered at the Natural Bridge 70 Pulitzer Arts Foundation for the Arts in Grand Center. 2013 I 2014 Community Impact ST. CHARLES 270 library branch for a presentation and performance by ST. LOUIS BALLWIN LEBANON FEBRUARY–IN UNISON scholarship recipients share three STL Symphony musicians, with a special focus on Program (# of Performances) Audience JEFFERSON WASHINGTON CITY 64 the Powell Hall stage with the STL Symphony and literacy. Each child in attendance received a free book Education & Community Programs (250) 34,677 44 Classical Series (60) 97,882 IN UNISON Chorus, conducted by Kevin McBeth, for and
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