Annual Meeting Have a Great Summer! Stay Safe! Stay Well! We Hope You'll Celebrate with Us Our Diamond Jubilee Season!
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DEARBORN ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY Annual Meeting June 28, 2021 AGENDA Welcome & President’s Report ..................................... Sandra Butler, President Minutes of Annual Meeting 7/20/20 .............................. Linda Freitag, Secretary Treasurer’s Report .................................................Brenda Lemecha, Treasurer Proposed Budget 2021-2022 ..................................Brenda Lemecha, Treasurer Music Director Report ................................................................... Steven Jarvi Artistic Committee ....................................................................Michael Nealon Personnel Manager Report .................................................. Kathy Zuchniewicz Librarian .................................................................................Faith Demorest Marketing ................................................................................Wendy Baggett Long-range Planning.................................................................Wendy Baggett Scholarship ...............................................................................Anne Bakalyar Friends of Dearborn Symphony Annual Report ............. Yasmin Eloian, President Nominations ..............................................................................Linda Freitag Election of Board Members Adjournment of DOS Meeting DEARBORN ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY ENDOWMENT FUND (DOSEF) President’s Report ................................................Brenda Lemecha, President Financial Report ........................................................ Ben Bachrach, Treasurer Adjournment Have a great summer! Stay safe! Stay well! We hope you’ll celebrate with us our Diamond Jubilee Season! DOS Annual Report 2021 INDEX Artistic Committee ..................................................................................13 Balance Sheet ..........................................................................................9 Budget 2021-2022 Proposed ..................................................................10 DOS Minutes of Annual Meeting 7/20/20 ...................................................6 DOS Motions of Fiscal Year 2020-21 ..........................................................7 DOSEF Minutes Annual Meeting 7/20/20 .................................................20 DOSEF President’s Report ......................................................................20 DOSEF Treasurer’s Report ......................................................................21 Friends of the Dearborn Symphony .........................................................17 Librarian ................................................................................................14 Long-range Planning...............................................................................15 Marketing Committee .............................................................................15 Music Director Report .............................................................................11 Nominations ..........................................................................................18 Personnel Manager ................................................................................14 President’s Report ...................................................................................2 Scholarship Committee ..........................................................................16 BOARD OF DIRECTORS term 2020/2021 expires Sandra Butler ................................................................................. President (22) Wendy Baggett ....................................................................... Vice President (23) John Matthews ........................................................................ Vice President (23) Linda Freitag .................................................................................. Secretary (22) Brenda Lemecha ............................................................................ Treasurer (23) Brigitte Anouti .................................................................................. Director (23) Ben Bachrach ................................................................................... Director (23) Anne Bakalyar .................................................................................. Director (21) Mary Bugeia..................................................................................... Director (22) Yasmin Eloian (President of Friends of the Dearborn Symphony) .......... Director (21) Al Holmes ........................................................................................ Director (21) Dennis Hoy ...................................................................................... Director (23) Jan Huang ....................................................................................... Director (21) Kimberly Ismail ................................................................................ Director (21) Mary Kosch ...................................................................................... Director (22) Donald Mack .................................................................................... Director (22) Patti Mack ........................................................................................ Director (22) Michael Nealon ................................................................................. Director (22) Cynthia Pepper................................................................................. Director (22) Alice Putrus ..................................................................................... Director (23) Francene Sanak ............................................................................... Director (23) Margaret Schaefer ............................................................................ Director (22) Jennie Somers ................................................................................. Director (21) EmmaJean Woodyard ....................................................................... Director (22) Anne Bakalyar, Scholarship Committee Chair Wendy Baggett, Marketing Committee Chairs Brenda Lemecha, Finance Committee Chair Wendy Baggett, Strategic Planning Chair Michael Nealon, Artistic Committee Chair Gloria Nycek, Event Planning Chair Margaret Schaefer, Outreach Chair Kathy Zuchniewicz, Orchestra Personnel Manager Faith Demorest, Music Librarian Seth Larson, Stage Manager Alice Wu, Office Manager Dearborn Orchestral Society, Inc. PO Box 2063 Dearborn, MI 48123 6 Parklane Blvd., Suite 670 Dearborn, MI 48126 313.565.2424 website: dearbornsymphony.org Page 1 of 21 DOS Annual Report 2021 PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL REPORT Welcome patrons to the 2021 annual meetings of the Dearborn Orchestral Society and Dearborn Orchestral Society Endowment Fund. The DOSEF meeting will follow immediately after the DOS meeting. It is my pleasure to welcome everyone who is joining us virtually. For the second year in a row, we’re holding a virtual-only meeting, just one example of how COVID-19 continues to impact our world. While it’s been a sad 16 months since we’ve had live concerts at the FCPAC, we’ve had events and activities to stay connected with our audience and provide financial support to our musicians. We held an outdoor concert in September 2020. While the State allowed only 100 in the pavilion at Dearborn’s Ford Field, many people attended by sitting outside the pavilion. The program, “A Slice of Americana,” was light, upbeat, and family-friendly. Selections included familiar American favorites such as America the Beautiful, Hoe Down for Strings, Motown Forever, Don’t Stop Believing, and Somewhere Over the Rainbow. A brass quintet additionally performed Armed Forces Salute and Simple Gifts and our concertmaster’s solo was Spring from Four Seasons – Mvt. 1. The free concert was a “Gift to the Community,” but we paid the musicians. Many attendees begged for more live concerts. The Dearborn Symphony partnered in a virtual holiday event in December 2020 with the City of Dearborn and Dearborn Community Fund. Separate performances by the Dearborn Symphony, Vanguard Voices, and Players Guild were recorded and compiled as one show that was broadcast by CDTV, on websites, and in social media. We paid the musicians even though we received no income. Our selections included Fantasia on Greensleeves, and Leroy Anderson’s Suite of Carols. We did a combined Hallelujah Chorus with Vanguard Voices. The mission of the Dearborn Symphony is to inspire, uplift, and enrich its audiences and musicians by presenting high caliber and engaging orchestral performances and educational programs. Recognized for excellence and hailed as the “the cultural cornerstone of Dearborn,” the DOS defines quality in terms of artistic excellence, audience engagement, and effective outreach, as measured by ticket sales — subscription renewals and new attendees — donations, audience responses in post-concert surveys, newspaper reviews, and verbal feedback. We regularly stage 60-70 musicians and feature world class soloists. Detroit Music Awards has named The Dearborn Symphony “The Outstanding Community Orchestra” six times, most recently this year, 2021. While our 59th season was full of uncertainty, we planned a series of three concerts February-May, 2021. Due to continued lockdown because of COVID-19, we were unable to hold those concerts but Steven Jarvi has integrated elements of those concerts in planning our 2021-22 season. Due to the timing of COVID-19 shutdown in