New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc.

Filing Period

Jun 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012

Signed

Dec 13, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$1,569,897

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The nhso pops! Concerts are performed in various towns throughout the state including shelton, hamden, and fairfield. The pops! Are dramatic and fun concerts featuring light classics, broadway musicals, holiday favorites and more. The afternoon performance offerings are of special interest to senior citizens and to parents who attend the performances with their children.the 2012-2013 season marks principal pops conductor jerry steichens sixteenth and final season with the nhso. Steichen also serves as music director of the ridgefield symphony orchestra and the principal pops conductor of the utah symphony. Steichen, an audience favorite, will work closely with the nhso to choose his successor.the nhso family concert series offers children and their families a lively introduction to the orchestra and its music through child-friendly performances of familiar repertoire. Musicians from the orchestra and special guest performers bring music to life for young audiences in one-hour programs that include narration and visuals along with the music. A half hour before each concert children can visit our instrument discovery zone where they can meet the musicians and touch, toot, tickle a tune out of orchestral instruments. During the summer, families can take advantage of the nhsos summer concerts. In the summer of 2013, the nhso will perform at new havens edgerton park and on the new haven green.during the holiday season, the nhso performs handels messiah in collaboration with the christ church choir. This season, performances will take place at sacred heart university (fairfield), first congregational church of madison, and christ church new haven (a benefit concert for the community soup kitchen).

Activity 3

Education and community engagement initiatives reach 35,000 students in 42 connecticut towns. Responding to cutbacks at many schools, the nhso education program has been expanded to include full orchestra concerts, workshops being coached by professional musicians, and progressive partnerships with other arts institutions.in-school programs including creating musical readers and mozart rocks on bring musicians from the nhso to area schools for workshops and assembly performances.adult education includes preludes, nhso lecture series, and program notes. Preludes are informative talks in which a scholar with expertise on the music to be performed presents a brief lecture and takes questions from audience members. The nhso lecture series is presented in various community venues throughout the state, and consists of nhso music director william boughton speaking on the exciting work of the nhso. Program notes are available in all of the nhsos concert programs and contain background information about the composers and works on the program. A special kids program notes contains simpler program notes, an orchestral instrument map, and games.outreach initiatives extend to programming concerts aimed at the hispanic-latino community (marketed in both english and spanish) and the african-american community. In september 2012, the nhso worked with representatives of the african-american community to present a tribute to the late dr. Regina lilly-warner. In the spring of 2013, the nhso will present a composer residency program with haitian-american violinist daniel bernard roumain that is anchored at the fair haven and davis street schools.prior to each woolsey hall performance, a showcase of young musicians is presented in the lobby. Student ensembles from local schools are invited to perform as the audience gathers for the evening. The participants represent the varied demographics that are found in the public schools.

Filer

EIN

06-6000592