Oregon Symphony Association

“The executive committee is authorized to act on behalf of the board during the intervals between full board meetings. The executive committee possesses the full power of the board.”

“The board of directors is elected by the membership at the annual meeting.”

“The board of directors is elected by the membership at the annual meeting.”

“Form 990 will be reviewed by the finance committees prior to submission to the irs. The full board will receive an electronic copy of the full form prior to submission.”

“The board of directors consistently monitors any possibility of a conflict of interest. Board members have recused themselves from voting on policies that might affect them: for example, if the board is voting on a motion that will increase musician compensation, directors who are also employed by the symphony as musicians in the orchestra have cited a conflict of interest and recused themselves from voting on the motion.”

“For senior management positions, national search firms are engaged to recruit and advise on comparable/competitive compensation packages. Published comparables are also consulted for all positions.”

“Form 990 is available on the website orsymphony.org and is uploaded to guidestar. Copies are also available upon request.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. Financial statements are also published on the organization's website.”

“In 2017/18, we collaborated with 52 elementary schools to share the link up curriculum and concerts, encouraging 9,000 students to practice music throughout the year to sing and play recorders along with the orchestra in our concert hall. Participation in link up has quadrupled in since its inception in 2016. Two young people's concerts drew 5,500 students, teachers and parents from 100 schools to the concert hall. In both programs, 65% of the students, or over 13,200 kids, attended for free based on their enrollment in the federal free/reduced lunch program. Further, our musicians continue instructing and mentoring scores of young musicians through partnerships with bravo youth orchestra, portland youth philharmonic, metropolitan youth orchestra, and david douglas school district. During fy18, we invited 850 school and community musicians to perform in the lobby of the arlene schnitzer concert hall in a series of 53 prelude performances staged prior to concerts. Our artist-in-residence colin currie appeared in ten unexpected and unconventional venues, including the japanese garden and st. Mary's home for boys, reaching close to 1,000 people of all ages in new or underserved audiences. For listeners at home, 48 pre-concert concert conversations featuring our conductors and guest artists were recorded and made available to the public for free in the online archives of oregon symphony and all classical portland. Recordings & broadcast we recorded four classical concerts in fy18 for radio broadcast and webstream. All classical portland aired them locally, and american public media syndicated selections on their programs symphonycast and performance today, reaching over 15 million listeners.”

“This process has not changed from the prior year.”