2024-05-10T18:06:28-04:00 2023-06-30 JAMES E RICHMAN CPA 3269 NE ALAMEDA TERRACE PORTLAND OR 97212 990 2022-07-01 931124501 CAPPELLA ROMANA CAPP 5032368202 1201 SW 12TH AVE SUITE 415 PORTLAND OR 97205 MARK POWELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5032368202 2024-05-05 true MARK POWELL 999009999 false JAMES E RICHMAN P00088854 5032953780 2024-05-05 X 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z MARK POWELL 1201 SW 12TH AVE SUITE 415 PORTLAND OR 97205 1098315 false X WWW.CAPPELLAROMANA.ORG X 1991 OR MUSICAL PERFORMANCES FOR THE PUBLIC. 10 10 4 57 0 532841 679716 294084 227631 273 1815 35694 187824 862892 1096986 0 0 264575 276413 0 99872 557674 695094 822249 971507 40643 125479 397345 586157 40996 142459 356349 443698 X MUSICAL PERFORMANCES FOR THE PUBLIC. false false 762401 227631 AS ONE OF THE LEADING PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER CHOIRS IN NORTH AMERICA BOTH BY BUDGET AND ACTIVITY LEVEL, CAPPELLA ROMANA AIMS TO BE THE PREEMINENT GLOBAL PROPONENT OF EARLY AND CONTEMPORARY VOCAL MUSIC INSPIRED BY BYZANTIUM, THE SLAVIC COMMONWEALTH, AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH WESTERN TRADITIONS. FOUNDED BY MUSIC DIRECTOR ALEXANDER LINGAS IN 1991, ITS HIGHLY FOCUSED PROGRAMS OFFER A GLIMPSE OF THE TRANSCENDENT IN VOCAL ART, MADE POSSIBLE BY DEEP, ORIGINAL MUSICOLOGICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH. REACHING MORE AUDIENCES EACH YEAR AND ACCLAIMED RECENTLY IN GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE ("A SOUND WORLD OF UNIQUE BEAUTY"), THE PORTLAND, OREGON BASED ENSEMBLE PRESENTS A WEST COAST CONCERT SERIES (PORTLAND, SEATTLE, AND SAN FRANCISCO) AS ITS MAIN PROGRAM OFFERING. COLLABORATIONS WITH PEERS, SUCH AS PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, AND 45TH PARALLEL NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, REACH BROAD AUDIENCES, AS DO ITS REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL TOURS. CAPPELLA'S RECENT INTERNATIONAL TOURS INCLUDE PERFORMANCES IN THE NETHERLANDS, ROMANIA, HUNGARY, SERBIA, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NATIONAL TOURS INCLUDE PERFORMANCES IN WASHINGTON (DC), BOSTON, MINNEAPOLIS, SACRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO, ST. LOUIS (MO), LINCOLN (NE), NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, AND SEATTLE. CAPPELLA RECORDS (CAPPELLA ROMANA'S OWN RECORD LABEL) NOW HAS OVER 30 RELEASED RECORDINGS, WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED BY NAXOS OF AMERICA, AND A RECENT RELEASE OF THE ST. TIKHON CHOIR GARNERED A GRAMMY NOMINATION. CAPPELLA ROMANA WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST ADOPTERS OF THE REGIONAL ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL'S ARTS FOR ALL PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM, BEGUN IN 2007, BENEFITS CITIZENS IN THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA ON FOOD ASSISTANCE (SNAP). ANY HOLDER OF AN OREGON TRAIL (SNAP) CARD MAY PURCHASE 5 TICKETS TO ANY CAPPELLA ROMANA CONCERT. THE REGULAR MARKET-RATE FOR TICKETS RANGE FROM 22 TO 80. SNAP CREDIT IS NOT USED FOR PURCHASING TICKETS. THE ARTS FOR ALL PROGRAM ENABLES LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF CAPPELLA ROMANA'S MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, IN PERSON, AT A FRACTION OF THE REGULAR PRICE. CAPPELLA ROMANA CONCERTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, GENDER, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR DISABILITY. WE WILL NOT TURN SOMEONE AWAY FOR THE LACK OF ABILITY TO PAY. CAPPELLA ROMANA ALSO PROVIDES ITS RECORDINGS WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE NONPROFIT ALL CLASSICAL PORTLAND RADIO STATION TO ENSURE THAT THE GREATER COMMUNITY CAN EXPERIENCE OUR LIVE PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS. ALL CLASSICAL'S LISTENERSHIP IS OVER 150,000. CAPPELLA ROMANA ALSO OFFERS FREE RECITALS OF ITS MUSICAL PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLIC AS A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY, IN PERFORMANCES SUCH AS AT PORTLAND'S GREEK FESTIVAL AND FOR THE NORTHWEST CHAPTER CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS. CAPPELLA ROMANA HAS ALSO PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE IN HOSPITALS, WITH A SET OF HOLIDAY CAROLS FOR CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS THERE, AND FOR WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS IN ITS COMMUNITY. DURING THE PANDEMIC, ADDITIONAL FREE PERFORMANCES WERE BROADCAST ONLINE AND AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE. PROGRAM ACTIVITY IN FY23 CAPPELLA ROMANA BEGAN FY23 WITH A PROJECT IN JULY 2022, A RECORDING SESSION FOR ROBERT KYR'S ALL-NIGHT VIGIL, A WORK COMMISSIONED BY CAPPELLA ROMANA USING THE SAME TEXTS AS THE RACHMANINOFF ALL-NIGHT VIGIL BUT IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION. THE RECORDED MATERIAL WAS QUICKLY EDITED AND MASTERED FOR A RELEASE IN NOVEMBER 2022 WITH CONCERTS OF THE SAME WORK (SEE BELOW). IN SEPTEMBER 2022 THE ENSEMBLE ENTERED THE STUDIO AGAIN FOR RECORDING SESSIONS OF A BYZANTINE EMPEROR AT KING HENRY'S COURT, AN EXPLORATION OF THE MEETING OF THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR MANUEL II AT THE COURT OF ENGLISH KING HENRY IV AT CHRISTMASTIDE IN THE YEAR 1400. THIS DISC WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED AT CONCERTS IN JANUARY 2023 (SEE BELOW), AFTER THOSE CONCERTS WERE POSTPONED DUE TO THE OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID-19 THAT APPEARED THE YEAR BEFORE IN JANUARY 2022. IN OCTOBER 2022 CAPPELLA ROMANA WAS PRESENTED IN CONCERT AT VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY NEAR CHICAGO FOR A FUNDRAISING EVENT IN SUPPORT OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES AND THOSE AFFLICTED BY THE WAR IN UKRAINE. THE PROGRAM FEATURED ANCIENT AND MODERN WORKS BY UKRAINIAN COMPOSERS, NOTABLY UKRAINIAN COMPOSER MS. GALINA GRIGORJEVA, WHOSE EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC HAS BEGUN TO TAKE A PROMINENT PLACE IN CAPPELLA ROMANA'S PROGRAMMING SINCE THIS EVENT. ALSO IN THE SAME MONTH OCTOBER 2022, WE OPENED OUR LOCAL NORTHWEST SERIES WITH "HEAVEN AND EARTH" WITH MUSICIANS FROM 45TH PARALLEL UNIVERSE, PERFORMING MUSIC FEATURED ON THE DISC OF THE SAME NAME RELEASED WITH THIS CONCERT SET: "HEAVEN AND EARTH- AND "ICON OF LIGHT." "HEAVEN AND EARTH" IS A SETTING OF PSALM 103 (SEPTUAGINT; 104 IS THE MASORETIC NUMBER). THIS WORK FEATURES THE WORK OF SIX AMERICAN ORTHODOX COMPOSERS: TIKEY ZES, RICHARD TOENSING, ALEX KHALIL, JOHN MICHAEL BOYER, AND MATTHEW ARNDT, EACH COMPOSER SETTING A PART OF THE PSALM, INFLUENCED BY SLAVIC, BYZANTINE, GEORGIAN, AND MODERN CHORAL STYLES. JOHN TAVENER'S "ICON OF LIGHT" FOR CHOIR AND STRING TRIO (PERFORMED BY OUR PARTNERS AT 45TH PARALLEL) WAS PERFORMED WITH BYZANTINE STYLE UNLIKE ANY OTHER PERFORMANCE OR RECORDING OF THE PIECE EVER DONE. IN THE SAME MONTH TWO PATRONS OF CAPPELLA ROMANA PASSED AWAY AND MEMBERS OF THE ENSEMBLE SANG AT BOTH FUNERALS. IN NOVEMBER 2022 WE GAVE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ROBERT KYR'S ALL-NIGHT VIGIL, WHICH SETS THE SAME TEXTS AS THE FAMOUS WORK BY RACHMANINOFF, BUT IN ENGLISH. THIS SET OF CONCERTS FEATURED A RECORDING RELEASE OF THE SAME, WHICH CHARTED IN THE TOP 10 ON BILLBOARD. IN DECEMBER 2022 WE PERFORMED HANDEL'S MESSIAH UNDER THE AUSPICES OF PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, THE 16TH TIME WE COLLABORATED ON THIS HOLIDAY TRADITION. IN JANUARY 2023 WE GAVE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE PROGRAM "A BYZANTINE EMPEROR AT KING HENRY'S COURT: CHRISTMAS 1400," WHICH FEATURED ANCIENT CHANT IN LATIN AND GREEK COMMEMORATING THE MEETING OF BYZANTINE EMPEROR MANUEL II AT THE COURT OF ENGLISH KING HENRY IV AT CHRISTMASTIDE 1400. THIS WAS PERFORMED IN EUGENE, PORTLAND (OREGON) AND SEATTLE. THIS WAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY THE RELEASE OF A DISC OF THE SAME PROGRAM. THE SAME MONTH WE RELEASED OUR FIRST PUBLICATION, "BYZANTINE CHANT: THE RECEIVED TRADITION, A LESSON BOOK" BY JOHN MICHAEL BOYER, A 622-PAGE TEXTBOOK ON HOW TO READ AND SING FROM BYZANTINE MUSICAL NOTATION. THIS BOOK SOLD OUT IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS (1000 COPIES) AND WE ORDERED ANOTHER PRINTING OF THE SAME QUANTITY. IN FEBRUARY CAPPELLA ROMANA WAS HIRED TO SING THE B-MINOR MASS BY JS BACH IN THE CONCERT SERIES AT ST. PAUL'S IN SALEM, OREGON, CONDUCTED BY PAUL KLEMME. THE SAME MONTH CAPPELLA ROMANA PRESENTED A CONCERT BY THE ENGLISH ENSEMBLE GESUALDO SIX, PERFORMING RENAISSANCE POLYPHONIC SACRED MUSIC. LATER THAT MONTH THE ENSEMBLE TOURED BOSTON AND NEW YORK, WITH A CONCERT OF CHANT AND CHORAL WORKS BASED ON THE BYZANTINE TRADITION. IN MARCH THE ENSEMBLE COLLABORATED WITH CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE 45TH PARALLEL UNIVERSE AND THE CONCERT PIANIST PAUL BARNES, GIVING A CONCERT OF MUSIC BY PHILIP GLASS, ARVO PRT, BYZANTINE CHANTS, AND A CHORAL SETTING OF BYZANTINE CHANT BY MARK POWELL. IN APRIL 2023 CAPPELLA ROMANA GAVE THE NW PREMIERE OF IVAN MOODY'S GREEK LITURGY, CONDUCTED BY PETER JERMIHOV, WITH CONCERTS IN PORTLAND AND SEATTLE. IN MAY WE CLOSED THE SEASON WITH A CONCERT CALLED "A UKRAINIAN WEDDING," THE FIRST PROGRAM WITH AN ALL-FEMALE CAST, LED BY THE ETHNOGRAPHER AND MUSICOLOGIST NADIA TARNAWSKY. THE PROGRAM FEATURED SONGS AND LITURGICAL WORKS FOR A TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN WEDDING, MUSIC TRADITIONALLY SUNG ONLY BY WOMEN. 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FOUNDED BY MUSIC DIRECTOR ALEXANDER LINGAS IN 1991, ITS HIGHLY FOCUSED PROGRAMS OFFER A GLIMPSE OF THE TRANSCENDENT IN VOCAL ART, MADE POSSIBLE BY DEEP, ORIGINAL MUSICOLOGICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH. REACHING MORE AUDIENCES EACH YEAR AND ACCLAIMED RECENTLY IN GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE ("A SOUND WORLD OF UNIQUE BEAUTY"), THE PORTLAND, OREGON BASED ENSEMBLE PRESENTS A WEST COAST CONCERT SERIES (PORTLAND, SEATTLE, AND SAN FRANCISCO) AS ITS MAIN PROGRAM OFFERING. COLLABORATIONS WITH PEERS, SUCH AS PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, AND 45TH PARALLEL NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, REACH BROAD AUDIENCES, AS DO ITS REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL TOURS. CAPPELLA'S RECENT INTERNATIONAL TOURS INCLUDE PERFORMANCES IN THE NETHERLANDS, ROMANIA, HUNGARY, SERBIA, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NATIONAL TOURS INCLUDE PERFORMANCES IN WASHINGTON (DC), BOSTON, MINNEAPOLIS, SACRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO, ST. LOUIS (MO), LINCOLN (NE), NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, AND SEATTLE. CAPPELLA RECORDS (CAPPELLA ROMANA'S OWN RECORD LABEL) NOW HAS OVER 30 RELEASED RECORDINGS, WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED BY NAXOS OF AMERICA, AND A RECENT RELEASE OF THE ST. TIKHON CHOIR GARNERED A GRAMMY NOMINATION. CAPPELLA ROMANA WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST ADOPTERS OF THE REGIONAL ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL'S ARTS FOR ALL PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM, BEGUN IN 2007, BENEFITS CITIZENS IN THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA ON FOOD ASSISTANCE (SNAP). ANY HOLDER OF AN OREGON TRAIL (SNAP) CARD MAY PURCHASE 5 TICKETS TO ANY CAPPELLA ROMANA CONCERT. THE REGULAR MARKET-RATE FOR TICKETS RANGE FROM 22 TO 80. SNAP CREDIT IS NOT USED FOR PURCHASING TICKETS. THE ARTS FOR ALL PROGRAM ENABLES LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF CAPPELLA ROMANA'S MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, IN PERSON, AT A FRACTION OF THE REGULAR PRICE. CAPPELLA ROMANA CONCERTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, GENDER, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR DISABILITY. WE WILL NOT TURN SOMEONE AWAY FOR THE LACK OF ABILITY TO PAY. CAPPELLA ROMANA ALSO PROVIDES ITS RECORDINGS WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE NONPROFIT ALL CLASSICAL PORTLAND RADIO STATION TO ENSURE THAT THE GREATER COMMUNITY CAN EXPERIENCE OUR LIVE PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS. ALL CLASSICAL'S LISTENERSHIP IS OVER 150,000. CAPPELLA ROMANA ALSO OFFERS FREE RECITALS OF ITS MUSICAL PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLIC AS A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY, IN PERFORMANCES SUCH AS AT PORTLAND'S GREEK FESTIVAL AND FOR THE NORTHWEST CHAPTER CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS. CAPPELLA ROMANA HAS ALSO PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE IN HOSPITALS, WITH A SET OF HOLIDAY CAROLS FOR CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS THERE, AND FOR WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS IN ITS COMMUNITY. DURING THE PANDEMIC, ADDITIONAL FREE PERFORMANCES WERE BROADCAST ONLINE AND AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE. PROGRAM ACTIVITY IN FY23 CAPPELLA ROMANA BEGAN FY23 WITH A PROJECT IN JULY 2022, A RECORDING SESSION FOR ROBERT KYR'S ALL-NIGHT VIGIL, A WORK COMMISSIONED BY CAPPELLA ROMANA USING THE SAME TEXTS AS THE RACHMANINOFF ALL-NIGHT VIGIL BUT IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION. THE RECORDED MATERIAL WAS QUICKLY EDITED AND MASTERED FOR A RELEASE IN NOVEMBER 2022 WITH CONCERTS OF THE SAME WORK (SEE BELOW). IN SEPTEMBER 2022 THE ENSEMBLE ENTERED THE STUDIO AGAIN FOR RECORDING SESSIONS OF A BYZANTINE EMPEROR AT KING HENRY'S COURT, AN EXPLORATION OF THE MEETING OF THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR MANUEL II AT THE COURT OF ENGLISH KING HENRY IV AT CHRISTMASTIDE IN THE YEAR 1400. THIS DISC WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED AT CONCERTS IN JANUARY 2023 (SEE BELOW), AFTER THOSE CONCERTS WERE POSTPONED DUE TO THE OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID-19 THAT APPEARED THE YEAR BEFORE IN JANUARY 2022. IN OCTOBER 2022 CAPPELLA ROMANA WAS PRESENTED IN CONCERT AT VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY NEAR CHICAGO FOR A FUNDRAISING EVENT IN SUPPORT OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES AND THOSE AFFLICTED BY THE WAR IN UKRAINE. THE PROGRAM FEATURED ANCIENT AND MODERN WORKS BY UKRAINIAN COMPOSERS, NOTABLY UKRAINIAN COMPOSER MS. GALINA GRIGORJEVA, WHOSE EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC HAS BEGUN TO TAKE A PROMINENT PLACE IN CAPPELLA ROMANA'S PROGRAMMING SINCE THIS EVENT. ALSO IN THE SAME MONTH OCTOBER 2022, WE OPENED OUR LOCAL NORTHWEST SERIES WITH "HEAVEN AND EARTH" WITH MUSICIANS FROM 45TH PARALLEL UNIVERSE, PERFORMING MUSIC FEATURED ON THE DISC OF THE SAME NAME RELEASED WITH THIS CONCERT SET: "HEAVEN AND EARTH- AND "ICON OF LIGHT." "HEAVEN AND EARTH" IS A SETTING OF PSALM 103 (SEPTUAGINT; 104 IS THE MASORETIC NUMBER). THIS WORK FEATURES THE WORK OF SIX AMERICAN ORTHODOX COMPOSERS: TIKEY ZES, RICHARD TOENSING, ALEX KHALIL, JOHN MICHAEL BOYER, AND MATTHEW ARNDT, EACH COMPOSER SETTING A PART OF THE PSALM, INFLUENCED BY SLAVIC, BYZANTINE, GEORGIAN, AND MODERN CHORAL STYLES. JOHN TAVENER'S "ICON OF LIGHT" FOR CHOIR AND STRING TRIO (PERFORMED BY OUR PARTNERS AT 45TH PARALLEL) WAS PERFORMED WITH BYZANTINE STYLE UNLIKE ANY OTHER PERFORMANCE OR RECORDING OF THE PIECE EVER DONE. IN THE SAME MONTH TWO PATRONS OF CAPPELLA ROMANA PASSED AWAY AND MEMBERS OF THE ENSEMBLE SANG AT BOTH FUNERALS. IN NOVEMBER 2022 WE GAVE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ROBERT KYR'S ALL-NIGHT VIGIL, WHICH SETS THE SAME TEXTS AS THE FAMOUS WORK BY RACHMANINOFF, BUT IN ENGLISH. THIS SET OF CONCERTS FEATURED A RECORDING RELEASE OF THE SAME, WHICH CHARTED IN THE TOP 10 ON BILLBOARD. IN DECEMBER 2022 WE PERFORMED HANDEL'S MESSIAH UNDER THE AUSPICES OF PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, THE 16TH TIME WE COLLABORATED ON THIS HOLIDAY TRADITION. IN JANUARY 2023 WE GAVE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE PROGRAM "A BYZANTINE EMPEROR AT KING HENRY'S COURT: CHRISTMAS 1400," WHICH FEATURED ANCIENT CHANT IN LATIN AND GREEK COMMEMORATING THE MEETING OF BYZANTINE EMPEROR MANUEL II AT THE COURT OF ENGLISH KING HENRY IV AT CHRISTMASTIDE 1400. THIS WAS PERFORMED IN EUGENE, PORTLAND (OREGON) AND SEATTLE. THIS WAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY THE RELEASE OF A DISC OF THE SAME PROGRAM. THE SAME MONTH WE RELEASED OUR FIRST PUBLICATION, "BYZANTINE CHANT: THE RECEIVED TRADITION, A LESSON BOOK" BY JOHN MICHAEL BOYER, A 622-PAGE TEXTBOOK ON HOW TO READ AND SING FROM BYZANTINE MUSICAL NOTATION. THIS BOOK SOLD OUT IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS (1000 COPIES) AND WE ORDERED ANOTHER PRINTING OF THE SAME QUANTITY. IN FEBRUARY CAPPELLA ROMANA WAS HIRED TO SING THE B-MINOR MASS BY JS BACH IN THE CONCERT SERIES AT ST. PAUL'S IN SALEM, OREGON, CONDUCTED BY PAUL KLEMME. THE SAME MONTH CAPPELLA ROMANA PRESENTED A CONCERT BY THE ENGLISH ENSEMBLE GESUALDO SIX, PERFORMING RENAISSANCE POLYPHONIC SACRED MUSIC. LATER THAT MONTH THE ENSEMBLE TOURED BOSTON AND NEW YORK, WITH A CONCERT OF CHANT AND CHORAL WORKS BASED ON THE BYZANTINE TRADITION. IN MARCH THE ENSEMBLE COLLABORATED WITH CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE 45TH PARALLEL UNIVERSE AND THE CONCERT PIANIST PAUL BARNES, GIVING A CONCERT OF MUSIC BY PHILIP GLASS, ARVO PRT, BYZANTINE CHANTS, AND A CHORAL SETTING OF BYZANTINE CHANT BY MARK POWELL. IN APRIL 2023 CAPPELLA ROMANA GAVE THE NW PREMIERE OF IVAN MOODY'S GREEK LITURGY, CONDUCTED BY PETER JERMIHOV, WITH CONCERTS IN PORTLAND AND SEATTLE. IN MAY WE CLOSED THE SEASON WITH A CONCERT CALLED "A UKRAINIAN WEDDING," THE FIRST PROGRAM WITH AN ALL-FEMALE CAST, LED BY THE ETHNOGRAPHER AND MUSICOLOGIST NADIA TARNAWSKY. THE PROGRAM FEATURED SONGS AND LITURGICAL WORKS FOR A TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN WEDDING, MUSIC TRADITIONALLY SUNG ONLY BY WOMEN. THE ENSEMBLE FEATURED TWO UKRAINIAN REFUGEES WHO FLED THEIR HOME COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE. IN JUNE 2023 THE ENSEMBLE SANG AT A WEDDING OF A CAPPELLA ROMANA PATRON. CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III ALSO IN MAY MUSIC DIRECTOR ALEXANDER LINGAS LED THE BYZANTINE CHANT ENSEMBLE WITH OUR MEMBERS AT THE CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY. THE CHANT WAS INCLUDED IN THE VOLUME OF MUSIC FROM THE SERVICE PUBLISHED FOLLOWING THE CORONATION. LOOKING AHEAD TO FY24 THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS ARE SLATED FOR FY24, INCLUDING LIVE CONCERTS, TOURS, RECORDINGS, RECORDING RELEASES, AND A NEW PUBLICATION. JULY 2023 BYZANTINE VESPERS, PRESENTED BY THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS CONFERENCE IN PORTLAND, OREGON. SEPTEMBER 2023 CONCERT OF MUSIC BY ARVO PRT AND GALINA GRIGORJEVA, WITH CD RELEASE "ARVO PRT: ODES OF REPENTANCE". OCTOBER 2023 TOUR TO NEW YORK, WITH RECITAL AT THE ST. NICHOLAS SHRINE AND THE RECEPTION OF THE SOPHIA AWARD FOR CAPPELLA ROMANA BY THE ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE. NOVEMBER 2023 CONCERT OF "OUT OF THE ASHES OF SMYRNA," BYZANTINE CHANT FROM THE TIME OF THE ASIA MINOR DISASTER IN 1922, LED BY JOHN MICHAEL BOYER. RELEASE OF NEW DISC BY HOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR "TWO STREAMS BY DANIEL KNAGGS". DECEMBER 2023 CONCERTS OF HANDEL'S MESSIAH WITH PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA. RELEASE OF SECOND BOOK "SUN OF JUSTICE" BYZANTINE CHANT IN ENGLISH FOR THE FEAST OF CHRISTMAS. CONCERTS OF "THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN THE EAST" IN PORTLAND AND FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B EACH BOARD MEMBER IS SENT THE 990 DOCUMENT BY EMAIL BEFORE IT IS SUBMITTED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TRANSACTION IS A TRANSACTION WITH THE CORPORATION IN WHICH A DIRECTOR OF THE CORPORATION HAS A DIRECT OR INDIRECT INTEREST, AS DEFINED IN ORS 65.361. A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TRANSACTION IS NOT VOIDABLE OR THE BASIS FOR IMPOSING LIABILITY ON THE DIRECTOR IF THE TRANSACTION IS FAIR TO THE CORPORATION AT THE TIME IT WAS ENTERED INTO OR IS APPROVED EITHER (A) BY THE VOTE OF THE BOARD OR A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD DIRECTORS OR THE COMMITTEE WHO HAVE NO DIRECT OR INDIRECT INTEREST IN THE TRANSACTION IF THE MATERIAL FACTS OF THE TRANSACTION OF THE DIRECTORS' INTEREST ARE DISCLOSED OR KNOWN TO THE BOARD OR BOARD COMMITTEE OR (B) BY OBTAINING THE APPROVAL OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OREGON OR A CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON IN AN ACTION IN WHICH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OREGON IS JOINED AS A PARTY. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A DIRECTOR OF THE CORPORATION HAS AN INDIRECT INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION IF (A) ANOTHER ENTITY IN WHICH THE DIRECTOR HAS A MATERIAL INTEREST OR IN WHICH THE DIRECTOR IS A GENERAL PARTNER IS A PARTY TO THE TRANSACTION OR (B) ANOTHER ENTITY IN WHICH THE DIRECTOR IS A DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR TRUSTEE IS A PARTY TO THE TRANSACTION, AND THE TRANSACTION IS OR SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD. A TRANSACTION MAY NOT BE AUTHORIZED, APPROVED OR RATIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION BY A SINGLE DIRECTOR. IF A MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS WHO HAVE NO DIRECT OR INDIRECT INTEREST IN THE TRANSACTION VOTES TO AUTHORIZE, APPROVE OR RATIFY THE TRANSACTION, A QUORUM IS PRESENT FOR THE FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPENSATION RATES FOR KEY EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS INCLUDED A REVIEW OF DATA FROM PEER ORGANIZATIONS, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS (CHORUS AMERICA, EARLY MUSIC AMERICA, THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS, WILLAMETTE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS, THE RECORDING ACADEMY, ETC), LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS, AND PERFORMANCE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPENSATION RATES FOR KEY EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS INCLUDED A REVIEW OF DATA FROM PEER ORGANIZATIONS, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS (CHORUS AMERICA, EARLY MUSIC AMERICA, THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS, WILLAMETTE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS, THE RECORDING ACADEMY, ETC), LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS, AND PERFORMANCE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACT SERVICES 3,225 1,900 2,625 MUSIC DIRECTOR 92,328 0 0 CONDUCTORS 15,200 0 0 SERVICE PROJECTS 1,500 0 0 GUEST ENSEMBLE 20,210 0 0 LIBRARIAN 1,020 0 0 RECORDING 18,543 0 0 SINGERS 123,650 0 0 CONSULTANTS 12,517 6,021 1,462 GRAPHIC DESIGN 2,575 0 0 OTHER PERFORMANCE 10,750 0 0 TOTAL 301,518 7,921 4,087