2025-06-09T16:44:18-04:00 2024-09-30 824388106 THE FORDE FIRM LLC 5150 BELFORT RD BLDG 300 JACKSONVILLE FL 32256 990 2023-10-01 562281527 RITZ CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY INC RITZ 300 W WATER STREET SUITE 200 JACKSONVILLE FL 32202 TERRANCE PATTERSON EXEC./ARTISTIC DIR 9044281204 2025-06-09 false DAVID FORDE P02500306 9047255832 2025-06-09 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CONCHITA ROBINSON 903 UNION STREET WEST JACKSONVILLE FL 32204 137854 false X WWW.RITZCHAMBERPLAYERS.ORG X 2002 FL TO FOSTER THE APPRECIATION OF CHAMBER MUSIC THROUGH PERFORMANCES AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH FEATURING PREEMINENT AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS AND COMPOSERS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BUILDING AUDIENCES AND ARTS INCLUSION THAT REFLECTS OUR DIVERSE SOCIETY. 11 11 1 0 118073 137854 0 0 -255 118073 137599 0 0 35006 25610 0 1827 88595 107365 123601 132975 -5528 4624 4056 3813 3605 0 451 3813 X TO EXPAND THE AWARENESS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC TO MINORITIES AND UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES. false false 117498 THE RITZ CHAMBER PLAYERS IS THE NATION'S FIRST CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE COMPRISED SOLELY OF AWARD-WINNING MUSICIANS SPANNING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, PUBLIC CONCERTS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, THE RITZ CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY WORKS TO CULTIVATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF MINORITIES AND UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE CLASSICAL MUSIC GENRE. 1. PRESENTED A LANDMARK CONCERT SERIES CELEBRATING DIVERSITY AND HERITAGE O DELIVERED A FULL SEASON OF FREE, PUBLIC CONCERTS AT TERRY CONCERT HALL AT JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING SIGNATURE EVENTS SUCH AS THE OPENING CONCERT GALA: OUR VOICES (NOV 2024), CORETTAS VOICE (JAN 2025), LIFT EVRY VOICE (FEB 2025), THE TIES THAT BIND (APR 2025), AND THE JUNETEENTH: VOICES OF FREEDOM CELEBRATION (JUN 2025). O EACH PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTED THE ARTISTRY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS, AMPLIFYING UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. 2. EXPANDED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH O DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO FOSTER DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS WITHIN MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND ENGAGE NEW AUDIENCES, PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND YOUNG PEOPLE. O PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONCERTS, INCLUDING THEMATIC EVENTS SUCH AS CORETTAS VOICE, WHICH HONORED CIVIL RIGHTS LEGACIES AND THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN SOCIAL CHANGE. 3. SHOWCASED WORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS AND FOSTERED ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE O BROUGHT TOGETHER PREEMINENT MUSICIANS FROM ACROSS THE AFRICAN DIASPORA FOR PERFORMANCES OF NEW WORKS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND STANDARD CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE. O FEATURED ARTISTS WHO PERFORM WITH LEADING ORCHESTRAS SUCH AS THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, BOSTON SYMPHONY, CHICAGO SYMPHONY, AND LONDON SYMPHONY. 4. ACHIEVED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION O CONTINUED TO BUILD ON A LEGACY OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM, INCLUDING PREVIOUS DEBUTS AT CARNEGIE HALLS WEILL RECITAL HALL, INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTS, AND APPEARANCES ON THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS AND NPRS PERFORMANCE TODAY AND THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW. O MAINTAINED A REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND DYNAMIC ENSEMBLES TO EMERGE IN RECENT YEARS (THE BALTIMORE SUN). 5. ADVANCED THE MISSION OF DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESS O REMAINED STEADFAST IN THE MISSION TO REDEFINE ARTS PARTICIPATION, ENSURING THAT THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AND THAT THE PERFORMING ARTS REFLECT THE MULTICULTURAL FABRIC OF SOCIETY. 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FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THE RITZ CHAMBER PLAYERS IS THE NATION'S FIRST CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE COMPRISED SOLELY OF AWARD-WINNING MUSICIANS SPANNING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, PUBLIC CONCERTS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, THE RITZ CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY WORKS TO CULTIVATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF MINORITIES AND UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE CLASSICAL MUSIC GENRE. 1. PRESENTED A LANDMARK CONCERT SERIES CELEBRATING DIVERSITY AND HERITAGE O DELIVERED A FULL SEASON OF FREE, PUBLIC CONCERTS AT TERRY CONCERT HALL AT JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING SIGNATURE EVENTS SUCH AS THE OPENING CONCERT GALA: OUR VOICES (NOV 2024), CORETTAS VOICE (JAN 2025), LIFT EVRY VOICE (FEB 2025), THE TIES THAT BIND (APR 2025), AND THE JUNETEENTH: VOICES OF FREEDOM CELEBRATION (JUN 2025). O EACH PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTED THE ARTISTRY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS, AMPLIFYING UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. 2. EXPANDED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH O DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO FOSTER DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS WITHIN MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND ENGAGE NEW AUDIENCES, PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND YOUNG PEOPLE. O PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONCERTS, INCLUDING THEMATIC EVENTS SUCH AS CORETTAS VOICE, WHICH HONORED CIVIL RIGHTS LEGACIES AND THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN SOCIAL CHANGE. 3. SHOWCASED WORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS AND FOSTERED ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE O BROUGHT TOGETHER PREEMINENT MUSICIANS FROM ACROSS THE AFRICAN DIASPORA FOR PERFORMANCES OF NEW WORKS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND STANDARD CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE. O FEATURED ARTISTS WHO PERFORM WITH LEADING ORCHESTRAS SUCH AS THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, BOSTON SYMPHONY, CHICAGO SYMPHONY, AND LONDON SYMPHONY. 4. ACHIEVED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION O CONTINUED TO BUILD ON A LEGACY OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM, INCLUDING PREVIOUS DEBUTS AT CARNEGIE HALLS WEILL RECITAL HALL, INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTS, AND APPEARANCES ON THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS AND NPRS PERFORMANCE TODAY AND THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW. O MAINTAINED A REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND DYNAMIC ENSEMBLES TO EMERGE IN RECENT YEARS (THE BALTIMORE SUN). 5. ADVANCED THE MISSION OF DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESS O REMAINED STEADFAST IN THE MISSION TO REDEFINE ARTS PARTICIPATION, ENSURING THAT THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AND THAT THE PERFORMING ARTS REFLECT THE MULTICULTURAL FABRIC OF SOCIETY. O OFFERED ALL SEASON CONCERTS FREE TO THE PUBLIC, REMOVING FINANCIAL BARRIERS AND FOSTERING A WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL AUDIENCE FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D THE RITZ CHAMBER PLAYERS IS THE NATION'S FIRST CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE COMPRISED SOLELY OF AWARD-WINNING MUSICIANS SPANNING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, PUBLIC CONCERTS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, THE RITZ CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY WORKS TO CULTIVATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF MINORITIES AND UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE CLASSICAL MUSIC GENRE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B TREASURER REVIEWS FORM 990 WITH THE BOARD PRIOR TO ITS BEING ELECTRONICALLY FILED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST, ALSO AVAILABLE ON STATE OF FLORIDA CORPORATE WEBSITE. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G ARTIST FEES 48,371 0 0 AUTO EXPENSES 0 549 0 TOTAL 48,371 549 0 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT 0