Annual Report

Ongoing Annual Events: MasterWork performance collaborations with orchestra and other arts institutions, including youth ensembles • Local & Outreach Christmas Concerts • Holiday events including Fanfare for the 4th multimedia patriotic 4th of July events • Valentine Dinner Show, Dancing & Silent Auction

2009 6/09—Return of Daniel Spurlock as Music Director2009 Filming for perpetual INTERNATIONAL Broadcast on EWTN, largest global religious media network

2006 Collaborative concerts of Brahms: A German Requiem with Jewish Comm Ctr Orchestra and YPAS Concert Choir Release of Love Song CD entitled If Music Be the Food of Love

2005 Inauguration of Fanfare for the 4th historical multimedia presentation

2003 Appointment of S. Timothy Glasscock as Artistic Director Release of double disk Christmas CD entitled The Art of Christmas

2002 A “9/11” Memorial Musical Tribute

2000 “60th” Anniversary feature concert - Mozart Requiem + with members of The Louisville Orchestra

1999 “60th” Anniversary season opening performance of the Fauré Requiem with The Louisville Orchestra

1998 Release of Sacred CD entitled Voices To Heaven

1997 Iroquois Amphitheater Diamond Jubilee Season Opener and Kickoff Concerts

1996 ReleaseoffirstCDentitled Christmas from the Heart

1995 First annual “Unforgettable” Valentine Dinner Concert

1994 Host Chorus for the Mahler Symphony of A 1000 The Louisville Orchestra-Daniel Spurlock, Chorus Master

1993 Lonesome Pine Special Celebration of Irish Folk Music Concert with Mick Moloney

1992 My Old Kentucky Home, sung in Russian, to 300 million former Soviet citizens, during a KY Derby telecast Host Chorus for the Kentucky Bicentennial Concert

1991 Appointment of Daniel Spurlock as Music Director

1989 Designation of Richard Spalding as Conductor Emeritus

1988 First Super Pops with The Louisville Orchestra/Induction into Chorus America, as a professional chorus

1987 Name change to The Louisville Chorus/Mahler Resurrection Symphony with The Louisville Orchestra

1985 European Sister Cities Concert Tour to Germany and France/Carmina Burana with the Louisville Ballet

1984 OfficialBrown&Williamsonsponsored“LightUpLouisville”Entertainmentforthenext10years

1972 Name change to The Choral Club of Louisville. Chorus becomes non-denominational.

1970 Verdi Requiem with The Louisville Orchestra

1967 Appointment of Richard Spalding as Music Director

1958 Appointment of Joseph Herde as Music Director

1957 SelectedtorecordfortheNaitonalSacredHeartProgramandtheHouroftheCrucified

1942 Recruitment of Catholic women. Began concerts at the Iroquois Amphitheater with proceeds to the US.O

1940 First performance in Columbia Auditorium (Knights of Columbus - now Spalding Auditorium)

1939 Founding of the Holy Name Band and Choral Club (all male Catholics) by Father Joseph Emrich

Highlights 1939-40 thru 2014-1575 seasons of service in the arts, adding to the quality of life in our culture.

76th Season

2014-201576th

Season

Daniel Spurlock Music Director

Financial StatisticsChorus Roster

Daniel Spurlock, Music DirectorTherese Davis, Pianist

SopranoLynn K. Carrie

Beverly Drake

Liz Durham

Sarah Francisco

Madeline Hicks

Tish Kimbel

Lisa Lanning

Marilynn McCormick

Ruth Newman

Mary Rose Pinotti

Emily Rogers

Gail Ronayne

Rachael Rhule

Marjorie Taggart

Lois Walker

Marva Watkins

Darlene Welch

76th Season

2014-2015 Operating Revenues$59,200

2014-2015 Operating Expenses$59,425

Unearned Income**Concerts 31%

Earned Income*

76th Season

76th Season

AltoVictoria Ball

Lina Barrett

Betty Bennett

Alicia Davis

Lee Ann Dickerson

Betty Gabhart

Joan Gilezan

Kate Grindon

Debra Guess

Donna Love

Linda Maultsby

Rebecca Oliver

Pat Pernicano

Patricia Perry

Marilee Pruitt

Stephanie Quinn

Colleen White

TenorBrad Cleary

Paul Culbertson

Charles A. Davis

Kevin Gilman

Ryan Ludwig

Bradley Mann

John E. Trueblood

BassPaige Gahhart

Stuart Hale

Jon Jacoby

Alan Luger

Robert McDowell

Lee Overpeck

Paul Peterson

Michael Sands

Season P/L: (225)

Ending Net Assets: (109,685)

CD Sales Rel 683 07% Commissioned Perf 5700 57%Traditional Series Tickets 3429 34%Other 238 02% $10,050

Corporate/Bus 6,824 14% Foundations 2,780 5.5%Fund Raising Concert Events 23,394 47.5%Gifts Individual 11,203 23%KY Arts Council 1,726 3.5%Other 3,223 6.5% $49,150

Administrative 9,124 15% Program Artistic 26,404 44% Program Concert Marketing 8,045 14% Program General 9,864 17% Fund Raising 2,792 05% Other 3,195 05%

Board of directors

Robert McDowell, President Alan Luger, Vice-President Vinita Talegaonkar, Treasurer Belinda Cotter, SecretaryChuckNix Marjorie Taggart

friends of the chorus

Terri&ChuckNix and Gale Vandivier, Co-Volunteer Coordinators Judy Britt Marilou Eastman Theresa Glaspie Vivien Jacoby Susan Lish David Maultsby Linda Overpeck Amy Pierce Rose Marie Waters Debbie Willis

Music director Daniel Spurlock

executive director

Therese Davis

Pianist

Therese Davis

conductor eMeritus

Richard Spalding

Mission, Status, Board, Staff, Contributors Friends of The Chorus foundation

Cralle Foundation

sPonsor

Mary Anne Kaelin

Kentucky Arts Council

Target

Patron Victoria BallLina BarrettBenefityCommunityImpact FundBetty BennettLynn K. CarrieBelinda CotterPaul & Nita CulbertsonCharles A. DavisLee Ann DickersonBeverly DrakeLiz DurhamSarah FranciscoBetty GabhartPaige GabhartGE FoundationKevin GilmanKate GrindonDebra GuessStuart HaleMadeline HicksE.W. & Ruth HoelscherEJon & Vivien JacobyTish KimbelLisa LanningDonna Love

Ryan LudwigAlan LugerBradley MannLinda MaultsbyMarilynn McCormickRobert McDowellRuth NewmanLee OverpeckDrs. Kevin & Pat PernicanoPatricia PerryPfizerFoundationMarilee PruittRachael RhuleGail RonayneMichael SandsMarjorie TaggartJohn E. TruebloodLois WalkerMarva WatkinsDarlene WelchColleen White

Louisville Chorus also thanks the FundfortheArtsforexecutingthe Power2Give program and for innovatively providing matching sponsors.

Gifts in KindActors Theatre of LouisvilleTimothy L. Baker, OrganistBeargrass Christian ChurchBeckenhorst Press, Inc.Boyd Bacon, ComposerCave Country CanoesChildren’s Museum of EvansvilleColla Voce Music Publishing

Come Back InnDerby City LithographingDerby Dinner PlayhouseEvansville Mesker Park ZooFalk AudioEdwin FissingerEternal Word Television NetworkFrazier History MuseumFriends of The ChorusFrisch’s Big Boy RestaurantFritz’s Salon for MenThe Fun FarmLisa Spurlock Gilmore, HarpistJackGriffin,ViolinThomas Hale, ComposerHighlandTax&AccountingHoliday World and Splashing’ SafariImmaculate Conception Catholic ChurchIndianapolis SpeedwayJon JacobyKentucky Derby MuseumKentucky KingdomKentucky Science CenterKings Island Robert Lau, ComposerLost River and Cave Boat ToursLouisville BatsLouisville Chorus SingersLouisville Philharmonia—The Musicians’ OrchestraPaul Manz, ComposerMarengo CavernsDonald McCullough, ArrangerMorning Star Music PublishersMuhammad Ali CenterSacred Voice Music PublishingSt. Boniface Catholic ChurchSt Brigid Catholic ChurchSt. Mary’s CenterLaura Sullivan, OrganistTNT ProductionsWLCR AM 1040 —Holy Family RadioAnne YeiserZ Salon & Spa

76th Season

76th Season

The Mission of The Louisville Chorus:

T o e n r i c h t h e s p i r i t o f t h e c o m m u n i t y a n d t h e

l i v e s o f i t s c i t i z e n r y b y o f f e r i n g a w i d e v a r i e t y o f

m u s i c a l p e r f o r m a n c e s i n r e g i o n a l l y d i v e r s e v e n u e s .

S p e c i a l a t t e n t i o n i s g i v e n t o b r o a d e n i n g t h e a p p e a l

o f t h e c h o r a l a r t s f o r m f o r n e w a n d e x i s t i n g a u d i e n c e s .

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76th Season

Louisville Chorus, the longest-thriving most frequently performing choral arts agency in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Southern Indiana, and neighboring states.

A professional chorus of auditioned singers, Louisville Chorus thrills audiences with a wide repertoire ranging from choral masterworks with orchestra to pops, family-oriented, Broadway, and celebrations of Christmas, Val-entine’s Day, 4th of July, and more.

Under the skilled baton of Daniel Spurlock, they sang the most gorgeous pianissimos and the most chilling fortissimos! Evening of pure magic. . . emotional, inspirational, and fun . . .—theartslouisville.com

Fetching choral elegance . . . Vigor and clearly delineated dynamics . . . sumptuous well-blended sound that easily filled the spacious sanctuary . . . balanced evenly from section to section and reflecting appreciation for whatever idiom came to the foreground . . . crystal clear articulation, exquisite balance, subtlety of timbre, and a detailed approach to dynamics . . . real attention to shifting styles . . . All selections emerged with consider-able interpretive sympathy. . . . most distinctive reading of a core work (Mozart: Requiem . . . same sensation as The Chorus sang Dvorak’s Mass in D Major, Op. 86 . . . fresh, vigorous, and deeply affecting . . . responded with unflagging enery and tonal detail . . . Daniel Spurlock had prepared them well and it showed again and again. . . . He and his colleagues have every right to be proud.—Courier-Journal

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