Lord of the Rings is between 750 and 800; I don’t remember the exact number. If
Robert has the music picked for next year (besides LotR), that’ll add a few
hundred more. I would imagine that, with this group, we could come up with a
few other band standards that we could play in the future, if not immediately.
Anything Fourth of Julyish spring to anyone’s minds? Or new Christmas tunes?
Pending Robert’s approval, of course.
From: Michael Bell<mailto:mikekb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:42 AM
To: acweboard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:acweboard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [acweboard] CoA Funding Update
Hi All
I just got off the phone with someone from the City Cultural Arts Division.
In general, things are still pretty up in the air, but in most cases, they are
willing to give us a fair bit of latitude on things.
One big issue for us is we are not able to spend the planned money on the music
commission and masterclasses. That amounts to $3000. I suggest we pay Robert
$500 to $1000 for leading the online music theory classes. The city has
already approved substituting virtual events. We do have to make those
sessions public to be in compliance. We don't have to try real hard to
advertise them, but we do need to make some token effort. We will need to make
sure we credit the city funding during those sessions.
I have asked if we can purchase music for future events. They are going to
check on that and let me know. Robert and Jarred, how much do you think we
could end up spending on some new music? I know we are looking at around $800
for Lord of the Rings. Any chance of $2000 total for music purchases?
We originally planned to pay Karina out of our own money. There is a pretty
good chance we can switch that over and pay her with city money. The city is
waiving the matching requirement, so don't really have to worry about what we
spend of our own money.
The really big question is if we are not able to re-schedule the Spring
concerts. Hopefully we will be able to do that somehow. If not in June, maybe
something in July or August.
The funding application for FY20-21 was originally due May 1. They are going
to extend that, but have not set a date yet. Karina (and everyone really),
please continue to try to plan next concert season as best you can so we can
provide reasonable details on our application.
That's all for now, I think.
mike