2026-06-26T19:28:22-05:00 2025-08-31 911056739 VINE DAHLEN PLLC 3500 188TH STREET SW STE 322 LYNNWOOD WA 98037 990 2024-09-01 911923624 MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE MUSI 2063657770 PO BOX 27500 SEATTLE WA 98165 MINA MILLER PRESIDENT 2063657770 2026-06-25 1 0 LORI L SCOTT CPA P01452038 4257716055 2026-06-25 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MINA MILLER PO BOX 27500 SEATTLE WA 98165 670335 0 X MUSICOFREMEMBERANCE.ORG X 1998 WA ADDRESSING QUESTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC. 16 16 3 16 0 0 572988 570390 83462 57365 12989 13460 -20233 585 649206 641800 0 0 0 0 244907 316385 107501 103020 155418 532837 418260 885245 837665 -236039 -195865 1209994 1062809 11804 40974 1198190 1021835 X MOR IS A PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES. FOUNDED IN 1998, IT EVOLVED FROM A FOCUS ON HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE TO HONORING THE RESILIENCE OF ALL PEOPLE EXCLUDED OR PERSECUTED FOR THEIR FAITH, ETHNICITY, GENDER OR SEXUALITY. 0 0 525397 57365 MOR PRODUCED FOUR MAJOR CONCERTS DURING ITS 27TH SEASON: FOUR PROGRAMS ON OUR MAINSTAGE AT SEATTLE'S BENAROYA HALL AND ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO. ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUED OUR ONLINE PROGRAMMING OF PAST PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE. OUR OPENING CONCERT ON OCTOBER 27, 2024, TITLED "PEACE IMAGINED," FEATURED TWO WORKS BY AFGHAN-BORN COMPOSER MILAD YOUSUFI, WHICH REFLECT A MESSAGE OF HOPE AMID A WORLD OF CONFLICT AND A REFUGEE'S LONGING FOR HOME. ON JANUARY 27, MOR PRODUCED OUR ANNUAL "ART FROM ASHES" CONCERT MARKING INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY (CONTINUED)AND THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUSCHWITZ'S LIBERATION. THIS FREE, SOLD-OUT PROGRAM SHOWCASED MUSIC CREATED WITHIN GHETTOS AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS, BRINGING TOGETHER GENERATIONS OF ARTISTS, INCLUDING THE NORTHWEST BOYCHOIR, SEATTLE GIRLS CHOIR, A YOUNG MOR AWARD RECIPIENT, AND ENSEMBLE PLAYERS FROM THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY. ON MARCH 16, WE PRESENTED "IDENTITY," EXPLORING IDENTITIES UNDER EXISTENTIAL THREAT. THE PROGRAM FEATURED TWO WORLD PREMIERES COMMISSIONED BY MOR, INCLUDING "TRIBULATIONS" BY ACCLAIMED PORTUGUESE COMPOSER LUIS TINOCO, RECIPIENT OF PORTUGAL'S PRESTIGIOUS 2024 PESSOA PRIZE. THIS WORK, FOR SOPRANO AND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, GIVES VOICE TO CRYPTO-JEWS WHO SECRETLY PRACTICED THEIR FAITH TO SURVIVE THE INQUISITION. TINOCO JOINED MOR FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MINA MILLER ONSTAGE FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PIECE. THE PROGRAM ALSO SHOWCASED WORKS BY LEADING BLACK AMERICAN COMPOSERS, HONORING COURAGE AND RESISTANCE FROM SLAVERY AND JIM CROW THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO TODAY. A BOLD NEW DANCE COMMISSION BY RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHER DONALD BYRD OF SPECTRUM DANCE THEATER ACCOMPANIED JESSIE MONTGOMERY'S COMPOSITION, "SOURCE CODE."WE CONCLUDED OUR SEASON IN MAY WITH TWO PERFORMANCES OF "AFTER LIFE," THE GRIPPING ONE-ACT OPERA BY COMPOSER TOM CIPULLO AND LIBRETTIST DAVID MASON, WHICH MOR COMMISSIONED IN 2015. THE OPERA IMAGINES THE GHOSTS OF GERTRUDE STEIN AND PABLO PICASSO CONFRONTING THEIR MORAL CHOICES DURING WWII, AND IS UPENDED BY AN ORPHAN GIRL EMBODYING INNOCENCE AND TRUTH. THE FIRST PERFORMANCE WAS IN ON MAY 18 IN SEATTLE, FOLLOWED BY A PERFORMANCE ON MAY 21 IN SAN FRANCISCO. MOR PRODUCED HIGH-QUALITY VIDEOS OF EACH CONCERT TO EXTEND OUR REACH WITH ONLINE STREAMING.IN RECENT SEASONS WE HAVE COMMISSIONED AND PREMIERED COMPELLING NEW WORKS ON NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE WARTIME INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS, THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, THE WORLDWIDE REFUGEE CRISIS, THE PERSECUTION OF GAY PEOPLE, THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION, THE CONSEQUENCES OF RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE OF ALL KINDS, THE HEARTBREAK OF FAMILIES SEPARATED BY BORDERS, AND MANY OTHER PRESSING HUMANITARIAN ISSUES. 525397 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 WA X LORRI STAAL 2063657770 PO BOX 27500 SEATTLE WA 98165 DAVID EPSTEIN CHAIR 8.00 X X 0 0 0 JONATHAN GREEN VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SANDRA SPEAR SECRETARY 8.00 X X 0 0 0 RUSSELL LEBERT TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ALI ALEXANDER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROYAL ALLEY-BARNES DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LINDA CROME DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 THEA FEFER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 TONI FREEMAN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ALICE GREENWOOD DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ADDIE HITCHCOCK DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOAN SANDLER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 CYNTHIA SHUMATE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 GREGORY WALLACE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 FREDERICK YUDIN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 STANLEY ZEITZ DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MINA MILLER PRESIDENT 40.00 X 97500 0 733 LORRI STAAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 85000 0 20320 182500 0 21053 0 0 0 0 NICKOLAS NEWCOMBE 27 TOSCANA WAY E RANCHO MIRAGE CA 92270 FUNDRAISING CONSULTANT 118406 1 97786 58750 413854 9260 570390 CONCERT REVENUE 711130 57365 57365 57365 13406 13406 9314 9260 54 54 54 19860 97786 19275 585 585 641800 57365 0 14045 X 229157 183325 22916 22916 59545 59545 6711 6711 20972 11954 5662 3356 65 65 17659 17659 103020 103020 173241 168535 1206 3500 10624 10624 24051 1423 22357 271 12591 12591 12207 6836 3296 2075 47082 37303 214 9565 2876 2876 2849 1624 769 456 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT 99042 99042 MISC EXPENSES 15973 4731 983 10259 837665 525397 156850 155418 167594 144724 2022 220 11862 9310 13427 13427 2876 0 1025640 908555 1209994 1062809 9819 6021 1985 34953 11804 40974 X 1156827 980472 41363 41363 1198190 1021835 1209994 1062809 -195865 19510 0 X 0 0 0 X 431663 1384911 560459 572988 570390 3520411 431663 1384911 560459 572988 570390 3520411 1282675 2237736 164 3250 15820 12989 13406 45629 585 585 3566625 0.62740 0.61700 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 13427 13427 0 0 X X X X X X X 1 NICKOLAS NEWCOMBE 27 TOSCANA WAY E RANCHO MIRAGE CA 92270 CONSULTANT 0 509752 103020 406732 509752 103020 406732 WA GALA 117646 97786 19860 16983 2292 117646 97786 19860 16983 2292 19275 585 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO SUBMISSION WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G OTHER: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 168,535. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,206. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 3,500. TOTAL EXPENSES 173,241.