Black Hills Symphony Orchestra Society Inc.

“The completed form 990 and all attachments are reviewed by the treasurer who prepared the source data and by the executive director who signs the submitted form. After completion of the form 990, an executive summary is prepared and presented during a meeting of the board of directors.”

“Periodic reviews are performed to ensure that the organization complies with the conflict of interest policy. If there is a reasonable cause to believe that a member has failed to disclose a conflict of interest, the governing board will conduct a hearing to investigate and take appropriate disciplinary action.”

“Annually we compare our salary data to the league of american orchestras (lao). The board treasurer reviews the annual "administrative staff salary and benefits survey final reports" published by lao comparing our salary data with other comparable orchestras. This information is shared with the board of directors during the budgeting process.”

“Copies of the governing documents are available either by providing copies on request or inspection at the office of the organization.”

“Five series concerts: black hills symphony orchestra presents a 5-concert season of live orchestral music, including a highly-anticipated and traditionally sold-out new year's eve performance. We continually strive to keep our season tickets and single concert tickets affordable, offering discounts for active military and veterans and a discount for purchasing a season ticket. Total attendance for 2019-20 is usually approximately 6,500. We were forced to cancel our april 2020 concert due to the covid- 19 pandemic, so our attendance for 2019-2020 was down by about 500. Our orchestra offers performance opportunities for adult musicians, including solo and small ensemble performances. We have an apprentice player program that gives exceptional young players the chance to be part of the orchestra. They learn preparedness and professionalism. They are held to exacting standards in terms of orchestra etiquette, and they are encouraged to develop as musicians.”

“Symphony safari: black hills symphony orchestra presents a symphony safari concert for all fourth grade students in the rapid city area schools. This free concert introduces students to the sights and sounds of the orchestra while teaching them acceptable behavior in a traditional concert setting. This concert is also meant to give students an insight into the types of instruments that they may choose to play in the next year of school. During one portion, students are selected to join the conductor onstage and conduct the orchestra. The high school students, who play in the orchestra, are available to talk to the younger students and inspire them to make music a part of their lives. 1,750 students attended the symphony safari from the rapid city area schools and surronding area schools. Of that 1,750, almost 600 children are low-income, minority, or both. The orchestra donates their time to put this performance on. We also fund the busing for all the rapid city area school children, which is the majority of the children. The schools no longer pay for busing to the concert, and we believe that if we do not pay to have the children bused to the performance, they will not come.”

“Young artist competition: the young artist competition offers a high level performance opportunity for serious, high school-aged musicians. The winner of this concerto competition performs with the black hills symphony during our march concert.”

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