2024-05-23T09:24:00-07:00 2023-09-30 841073179 Fredrick Zink & Associates PC 954 E Second Ave Ste 201 Durango CO 81301 990 2022-10-01 742550850 Music in the Mountains MUSI 9703856820 515 E College Drive Durango CO 81301 Angie Beach Executive Director 2024-05-23 true Angie Beach 999009999 true Michelle Sainio P01247182 9702470506 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Angie Beach 515 E College Drive Durango CO 81301 993842 false X www.musicinthemountains.com X 1987 CO To produce an exceptional summer music festival with musicians of the highest caliber, entertain, educate and delight audiences with the richness of classical music, and complement the concerts with a year round education program for youth. 14 14 5 78 0 1434282 724979 195059 138958 14234 32304 13469 29435 1657044 925676 0 0 170856 234640 0 45134 624827 550188 795683 784828 861361 140848 1471803 1623821 40605 39667 1431198 1584154 To produce an exceptional summer music festival with musicians of the highest caliber, entertain, educate and delight audiences with the richness of classical music, and complement the concerts with a year round education program for youth. false false 659430 138958 Music in the Mountains approached the 2023 Festival season with an abundance of confidence following the success of the 2022 season. We continued to offer our popular free community concert series on top of our pre-pandemic three-week orchestral season, making the festival four weeks long. Following are FY 2023 operations notes: Management continued to concentrate on both managing expenses and maintaining strong donor relationships. Inflation and the cost of everything is having a substantial impact on our financial statement. The local (and national) labor shortage/crisis is REAL and continued to impact Music in the Mountains operations severely. This season we had several new contractors and employees: stage manager, operations manager, graphic designer, festival assistant, and summer intern. Much time and energy were spent in recruiting, hiring, and training. Three months of the 2023 fiscal year were managed with only one full-time employee. After the 2022 Festival, Artistic Director, Gregory Hustis, retired from the organization after 35 years of excellent service. The strategic decision was made to consolidate the artistic leadership positions following Hustis retirement, and Guillermo Figueroa, who has been our music director & conductor since 2007, assumed the additional role of artistic director in 2023. This resulted in significant savings. The 2024 Festival will be Guillermo Figueroas final year as our artistic director & conductor, and we will spend the year celebrating his 18-year tenure. We will also begin the important, expensive, and time-consuming task of conducting a national search for his replacement. We expect it to take two fiscal years. In the current environment, local businesses are still recovering and may not be able to sponsor at past levels. The lodging situation in Durango continues to be challenging. The organization is tasked with finding adequate housing for all musicians - and in many cases their families - and the cost/night in Durango has risen to double what it was in 2019. Music in the Mountains was the beneficiary of a one-time $150,000 bequest. As a result, we ended the year in a favorable financial position. The aforementioned financial position is a temporary and misleading bottom line. It will be very important to communicate the full story. As a non-profit performing arts organization, we must continue to rely heavily on the generosity of individual supporters and corporate sponsors to operate. At the time of this writing, the plan for Festival 2024 is to bring the full orchestra to Durango for the regular three-week season to be presented at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College plus the additional week of free community outreach concerts throughout the region. 659430 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 91 0 true 5 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 14 14 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true true true true false X X Laurie Keck 9703856820 515 E College Drive Durango CO 81301 Angie Beach Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 94893 0 0 Guillermo Figueroa Artistic Dir. 7.00 0.00 X 36250 0 0 Gail Harris Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Hogan President Elect 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Steven Philips Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Linda McLaughlin Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Richard Jalkut Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Paul Singer Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dwight Frankfather Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marilyn Swanson Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Cahill Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Sheryl Kaufman President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ellynn Ragone Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Crandall Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Will Spears Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Danica Frost Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 131143 0 false false false 0 27500 15000 682479 33947 724979 Program Ads 900099 22810 22810 Ticket sales & concession 900099 116148 116148 138958 32745 32745 0 0 0 18473 18914 -441 -441 -208 -233 59087 27500 47982 11105 11105 19600 1270 18330 18330 0 0 925676 157080 43617 0 0 0 0 135000 97000 9500 28500 0 70041 64952 5089 0 17082 12037 1708 3337 12517 8820 1252 2445 0 0 25826 25826 0 0 6394 6394 57354 57354 2233 2233 10254 10254 0 0 109432 103513 2819 3100 0 0 0 0 0 9495 9181 150 164 8313 6567 832 914 Music expense 188246 188246 Festival expense 84336 84336 Board and volunteer expense 12674 2663 10011 Bank and credit card fees 12601 9801 35 2765 23030 12727 6394 3909 784828 659430 80264 45134 358476 11615 331309 0 12440 0 0 0 0 0 7831 7100 101923 88334 23085 13589 1067971 1258208 0 0 0 2000 2000 1471803 1623821 40605 39667 40605 39667 X 1306194 1475604 125004 108550 1431198 1584154 1471803 1623821 140848 12108 X true X false true false X 483811 247226 637747 1437282 694479 3500545 171128 17323 123406 195059 138958 645874 0 0 0 654939 264549 761153 1632341 833437 4146419 0 0 4146419 8367 6677 8213 14409 32304 69970 0 8367 6677 8213 14409 32304 69970 0 0 663306 271226 769366 1646750 865741 4216389 0.98340 0.98850 0.01660 0.01150 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 159764 1500 19431 9044 1247 170404 191716 -30656 1296 159764 165528 27484 1296 191716 162035 4611 1118 165528 175660 -12500 1125 162035 1.00000 false false false 5118 5118 77082 63730 13352 19723 19486 237 13589 false Pops Night 41025 41025 32134 School Event 27500 27500 2642 3850 980 1 18062 18062 86587 27500 59087 2642 3850 33114 39606 19481 false false 19600 1270 false 19600 1270 1270 18330 true false true false 1.00000 false Elizabeth Hogan Games Manager X false X 3 18913 FMV X Other goods 15034 FMV false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board of Directors and the Executive Director review the Form 990 prior to being filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All Board of Directors identify any conflicts at the time they are made known and ensures to remove themselves from any discussion/voting on items. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Organizations compensation subcommittee of the Governance Committee (comprised of the President of the Board of Directors, the President Elect of the Board of the Directors, and the Chairperson of the Governance Committee, annually reviews and recommends a compensation package for the Executive Director. The recommendation is then presented to the Board of Directors for approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.