2017 2018 THE YEAR IN REVIEW. . . HIGH-QUALITY INNOVATIVE - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2017–2018

THE YEAR IN REVIEW. . .

HIGH-QUALITY INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING— CONCERT SERIES

Dan Allcott (Music Director) and Jaclyn Johnson (Chorus Director) have raised our performance levels

HIGH-QUALITY INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING— CHAMBER SERIES

Thanks to Bill Schwenterly

ISOTONE PERFORMED AGAIN CO-SPONSORED WITH PELLISSIPPI STATE

Kudos to Scott Eddlemon for devising this well-received series

ORCMA SPONSORED A FAMILY CONCERT

LOCAL MUSICIANS PERFORMED IN FREE COFFEE CONCERTS

Thanks to Susan Shor

SPECIAL EVENTS WERE A BIG SUCCESS

Thanks to Lois McKeever and her volunteers And thanks to Tom Lakers of Willow Ridge Garden Center for hosting Oktoberfest and a thank you party For orchestra members

WE HAVE GREAT MUSIC BUT NEED MORE AUDIENCE

• There are too many conflicts with other events, despite our attention to this when we

create our schedule.

• Our core audience is aging. ORCMA needs to create a new audience.
• Children get in free, and young adults receive a discount. I see more kids …
• Eternal debate—should we change programming? More pops, jazz, folk?
• Collaboration helps, especially with Sound Company

FINANCIALLY, ORCMA IS SOUND

• This is due to generous bequests from previous ORCMA members.
• Generous donations from current ORCMA members.
• But current income and yearly donations still leave us with a shortfall of $20–30

thousand, which we take out of our invested money.

• Luckily the stock market has been good to us this year…
• Please leave a bequest to ORCMA in your will.
• Donate to ORCMA tax free from your IRA distribution.
• Funnel donations through the Arts Council with an ORCMA designation.

PERSONNEL CHANGES THIS YEAR

• ORCMA is fortunate to have a new, enthusiastic, talented, and capable Executive Director

Lisa Muci Eckhoff.

• We hired Scott Eddlemon to be both Personnel Manager and Concert Manager
• Frank Plasil, who was President of ORCMA for some time, swapped jobs with Jim Rome,

who was Vice-President