2024-12-30T17:07:20-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 300713937 CHESAPEAKE ORCHESTRA INC CHES 3018485218 PO Box 1227 Leonardtown MD 20650 Jeffrey Silberschlag Director 3018485218 2024-12-30 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X chesapeakeorchestra.org X X 166828 X 157791 6287 2750 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 166828 0 0 0 128670 4052 3917 30155 166794 34 0 -19269 -19235 X 19269 34 0 0 0 0 19269 34 19269 19269 0 -19235 Provide free summer concerts to Southern Maryland and provide orchestra training to students ages 12-19 in Baltimore through our arm The Maryland Youth Symphony. Additional relation with Alba Music Festival for Debut Performances for Professionals and Students Our Chesapeake Orchestra provided free summer concerts by the only professional symphonic orchestra in Southern Maryland. Concerts are attended by 20,000 concertgoers annually. We helped build community, aided in economic development, and enhanced the quality of life in our region. We were awarded by two Maryland Governors (1 Democratic and 1 Republican) for our activity developing cultural activity and economic development. This season the Chesapeake Orchestra Series is in its 25th anniversary season and has performed for hundreds of thousands of concertgoers. Our Maryland Youth Symphony provides authentic, rigorous orchestral training, and of course, culminating in several concerts each season for a large ensemble of wonderfully diverse aspiring musicians. Many of our students go on to important music conservatories and music schools. We have an impressive record of those students going on to play professionally. With our program, the whole family becomes engaged in this art form. Our relationship with the Alba Music Festival based in Northern Italy, celebrates its 20th anniversary this spring. The Festival exposes college students, and some advanced younger students to international performing, and provides the opportunity for American Professional players too 166828 166895 166895 Hillary Howard President 1 0 0 0 Dr Terence Bertele Board member 1 0 0 0 Peggy Binzel Board Member 1 0 0 0 Michael O'Brien Board Member 1 0 0 0 Robin Witte Board Member 1 0 0 0 Deborah Greitzer Executive Director 10 0 0 0 Jeffrey Silberschlag Music Director, Founder, CEO 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD Jeffrey Silberschlag PO Box 1227 Leonardtown MD 20650 3018485218 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 143672 98901 116571 160127 166828 686099 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143672 98901 116571 160127 166828 686099 686099 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 686099 0 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Accounting Fees;497|Advertising Fees;907|Bank Charges;490|Equipment Rental;3195|Insurance non employee;813|Postage;150|Travel;10091|Operating income and refunds;1812|Cost of Goods Sold;12200^Total;30155^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 The positive balance at the beginning of 2023 was absorbed in programming, leaving a balance of $34 dollars Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 The end of year balance of 2022 was absorbed by the expenses of 2023 leaving a positive balance of $34 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Beginning balance at the beginning of 2023 was absorbed by 2023 expenses This filing is late because the director (me) was hospitalized for a kidney blockage for several weeks. After his recovery, his wife, (my wife), was hospitalized for two months, one month in the ICU of Washington Hospital, Center, and the second in a rehab facility for a respiratory issue that Parkinson's Syndrome complicated. My effort was delayed here because I had to fulfill my responsibilities as a full-time college Professor during this period as well. I was notified twice that my wife would pass in twenty-four hours and advised to gather the family. She didn't pass. It has been a gruelling period balancing all of my responsibilities. To a large degree, things have improved but I am trying to recovery from a nearly lost 9 months of my life. I hope for your understanding