2024-11-13T23:13:51-07:00 2024-06-30 990EZ 2023-07-01 274613778 SPHERE ENSEMBLE LLC SPHE 6024595108 505 N Logan St Apt 10 Denver CO 80203 Alexander Vittal Executive Director 6024595108 2024-11-13 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X www.sphereensemble.org X X 110055 X 84434 25096 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 517 0 517 8 110055 1234 0 8000 71525 0 2174 28061 110994 -939 43791 0 42852 X 43836 56820 0 0 0 1507 43836 58327 45 15475 43791 42852 Engage diverse communities with string ensemble music through the performance of our innovative arrangements, education, and outreach. We gave two performances each of four different concert programs. Each concert program was crafted around a central theme: "Mixtape" (September 9 and 10, 2023), which featured a wide range of classical and pop favorites, "90s Retro" (November 18 and 19, 2023), which featured works from the 90s decade of the last five centuries, "Menagerie" (February 17 and 18, 2024), which was all about animals, and "Postcards from Sphere" (June 7 and 8, 2024), which featured works with deep personal meaning to the musicians as musical postcards to our audience members. One performance from each concert cycle was also available to remote audiences via a livestream. Over the course of the season, we had 843 in-person audience members, 462 views of our livestream concerts, and 4,874 views of all our videos on our youtube channel. Our concert programs included 19 works by women composers, 18 works by BIPOC composers, 50 works popular music songs, 4 living classical composers, and also one US premiere. 100 52732 Community outreach and educational programming: We gave three free outreach events with three different partner organizations, reaching a total of 129 participants, and a set of three outreach events with 13 high school musicians plus their adult coach for a total of 42 further touchpoints. This project with the students was an intimate and educational side-by-side experience. The students rehearsed and then gave two public performances side-by-side with us on stage for two pieces during our final concert cycle of the season. 0 22883 Our arrangers created 27 cutting-edge new string versions of pieces from classical, folk, world, and popular music idioms that were uniquely crafted for our group and for our exclusive use. Additionally, our arrangers also wrote four unique medleys of pop songs comprised of excerpts from 45 different songs and lasting over 38 minutes in total. 0 7308 Sphere Ensemble hired a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Consultant to help us assess our program strengths and weaknesses in the DEIA space, and to help development recommendations for an improvement plan. The grant money listed below was used to purchase gift cards for focus group participation by a variety of our program stakeholders. 1134 5750 88673 Alexander Vittal Executive Director 20 13337 0 0 Alejandro Gomez Guillen Music Director 2 2991 0 0 Jesse Werner Creative Director 8 2600 0 0 Beth Rosbach President 10 0 0 0 Saul Rosenthal Vice President 5 0 0 0 John David Alley Treasurer 2 0 0 0 Terrence McDonnell Secretary 2 0 Claire Graham-McDonnell Director 2 0 0 0 Maria Fisher Director 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CO Leaf & Ledger Bookkeeping 1368 S Minneola Ln Gilbert AZ 85296 4807106555 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 24245 39571 75215 77055 84434 300520 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24245 39571 75215 77055 84434 300520 23918 276602 0 1 4 8 8 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300541 0 0.92035 0.75887 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Interest earned Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Purchase of gift cards for DEIA focus group participants, and a Covid relief payment to a musician who needed to step away from a project due to contracting Covid right before the start of a project. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Radio On Air Advertising;596|Digital Online Advertising;2056|Music Purchase and Rental and Licensing;3615|ASCAP Fees;232|Bank Charges and Credit Card Processing Fees;1219|Business Registration Fees;61|General Supplies;5|Insurance;2738|University Online Course Certification;828|Memberships and Subscriptions;656|Sales Tax;34|Meals and Snacks for Musicians;230|Website and Software Applications;53|Payroll Processing Fees;96|Payroll Tax;631|Music Director Accomodations;700|Music Director Travel Reimbursements;1187|Musician Travel Stipends;3899|Local Transportation and Parking;600|Venue Fees;7785|Other Meals;840^Total;28061^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Deposits in Transit Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^Accounts Payable;475|Grant deferred to FY 2024 2025;15000^Total;15475^