Cappella Romana Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

May 15, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.5

Gross Receipts

$294,571

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Of this program, James McQuillen of the Oregonian wrote that this program "was a landmark performance well worth the wait... possibly for the first time the music was presented roughly as it might have been in a church context in pre-Revolutionary Russia, and the sense of liturgical purpose balanced its rapturous, sensuous beauty. ... On the heels of their excellent recent CD releases--including their collaboration with Portland Baroque Orchestra on J.S. Bach's St. John Passion -- this was one of a fine choir's finest moments, and it is to be hoped that they will commit this program as well to disc." Oregon Art Beat also produced a 15-minute TV segment on the Rachmaninoff Vigil and on the 20th Anniversary of Cappella Romana with interview of Alexander Lingas, singers, and audience members. The third series program in May 2012 completed the 20th-Anniversary series with new compositions by composers who have contributed to the ensemble's success over its twenty-year history. The program was titled "Be Radiant, O Peoples," the opening lines of the Canon of Pascha (Easter). The eight sections of the Byzantine canon were set by a variety of composers/contributors for a total of six world premieres and modern premieres of medieval chants: Composers Tikey Zes, John Vergin, Richard Toensing, Ivan Moody, Peter Michaelides, and Robert Kyr, and medieval Byzantine chant transcribed by long-time collaborator Ioannis Arvanitis. This was also toured to Lincoln City, Oregon. Cappella Romana presented pre-concert talks before each of its series concerts, the core education program of the ensemble. In addition to the CDs mentioned above ("Mt. Sinai," "Live in Greece," "Epiphany") we also released a compilation CD called "Angelic Light," designed to reach new audiences in gift and music shops so far unreached. We also collaborated with Portland Baroque Orchestra in its Handel's Messiah program in December 2012, the sixth such collaboration, and the ensemble was featured on Portland Baroque Orchestra's release of the Bach St. John Passion (on the Avie label). All programs have averaged 79% full halls; the January 2012 presentation was packed to over capacity. Cappella Romana is one of the twelve original developers of the Arts For All program, which has enabled Cappella Romana to create new levels of access to low-income households who could otherwise not attend with live performances of classical music. The ensemble was engaged for several outreach events in 2010-11, including performances for a fundraising event, a performance for a Greek festival in Beaverton, and at a Syrian Christian festival in Gresham, Oregon. These events provided an excellent opportunity for Cappella Romana to be showcased in a friendly non-concert environment in order to pursue our mission of exploring music of the Christian East and West.Aggregate audiences amounted to approximately 11,100 in our series and on tour, plus approximately 100,000 in radio audiences, in North America and in Europe.

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EIN

93-1124501