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FY2014 Annual ReportM U S I C F O R E V E R Y O N E S I N C E 1 9 2 1

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1991 In collaboration with the San Francisco Unified School District, CMC created the tuition-free Inner City Young Musicians Program (ICYMP) for low-income middle school students.

1994 Community Music Center’s Latin music program began as a residency of the California Arts Council.

1995 The CMC Teen Jazz Band was founded as a free program.

1996 The Inner City Young Musicians Program expanded to include high school students.

2006 CMC piloted the Mission District Young Musicians Program (MDYMP), a tuition-free program focused on Latin music for predominantly Latino students from low-income families who live or attend school in the Mission District.

CMC’s Spring Gala A Salute to the Joy of Making Music featured pianist Jon Nakamatsu at SFJAZZ.

FY2014

June 2013

CMC’s annual All-School Recital took place at the Mission District Branch.

May 2013

2012 CMC purchased 552 Capp Street, the building next door to its main branch in the Mission District.

CMC offered Musical Discovery Camp for the first time.

Mark Cavagnero and Associates announced as architects of campus expansion.

MDYMP musicians, the Solera Singers, and Mission District Community of Voices choirs performed for the Cinco de Mayo Celebration in the Mission. MDYMP Musicians also performed at Mission Carnaval.

CMC’s first Summit of Older Adult Choirs featured singers from Community of Voices choirs based in the Mission District, along with Solera Singers and the 30th Street Choir.

CMC’s older adult choir program awarded $250,000 as a Top Ten Finalist in Google’s Bay Area Impact Challenge.

Architects from Mark Cavagnero Associates held first stakeholder

meeting after conducting surveys.

The first million dollars raised for The Campaign for Community Music Center.

1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980

1912 The music department of the Dolores Street Girls’ Club settlement house was founded by Gertrude Field.

1921 Community Music School was established and moved to its current home at 544 Capp Street.

1923 The Community Chest (now The United Way) was formed and began supporting Community Music School, one of the original affiliates. Community Music School Board members were city leaders including Mrs. Jesse W. Lillienthal, Mrs. M.C. Porter, Mrs. Leon Sloss, Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker, Mrs. I. W. Hellman Jr., Mrs. Leon Guggenheimer, Mrs. Louis C. Greene, Mrs. Henry Crocker, Mrs. Walter Bliss, Mrs. Sidney Ehrman, Mrs. William Fitzhugh, Mrs. John Rossiter, Mrs. Andrew Welch and Mrs. Frank King.

1926 The auditorium, upstairs offices and four practice rooms were added to the original building on Capp Street.

1953 Community Music School became Community Music Center.

1973 San Francisco Community Orchestra, San Francisco Community Chorus, and the San Francisco Children’s Chorus were formed as part of Community Music Center.

1983 Community Music Center opened its Richmond District Branch.

1987 CMC developed the Comprehensive Musicianship Program, which

provides current CMC private lesson students with free theory, musicianship and ensemble classes for the academic year.

July 2013Bassist and composer Marcus Shelby joined CMC’s faculty to lead Teen Jazz Orchestra.

The first Community of Voices Choir performed at Mission Neighborhood Center.

August 2013

October 2013

January 2014

CMC’s Donor Thank You Party at Anchor Brewing Company featured Teen Jazz Band guitarist Aaron Bierman with a CMC faculty combo.

March 2014

Pianist Emanuel Ax gave a master class to CMC students.

“La Posarela,” CMC’s popular Mexican Christmas Musical was performed at the Brava Theater.

San Francisco Symphony’s Day of the Dead Celebration

CMC’s older adult choirs, the Solera Singers and

30th Street Chorus, performed in the lobby of Davies Hall.

December 2013

CMC faculty Omar Ledezma Jr. and Javier Cabanillas won a Grammy Award!

September 2013

Percussionist John Santos presented “La Tumbadora y el Timbal: Foundations of Latin Jazz and Salsa.”

November 2013

Cellist Peter Wispelwey gave a Concert with Conversation at CMC.*

CMC hired Denise Wells as Director of Finance and Operations.

CMC’s Faculty Chamber Music Concert celebrated “The Rite of Spring.”

Soprano Jessica Rivera gave a Concert with Conversation at CMC.*

Pianist Angela Hewitt gave a Concert with Conversation at CMC.*

Trumpeter Sean Jones gave a Concert with Conversation at CMC.*

April 2014

Violinist Stefan Jackiw gave a Concert with Conversation at CMC.*

CMC piano faculty produced 11th Annual Keyboard Marathon: Improvisations.

Harvard Business School Community Partners presented their research on CMC revenue streams to CMC Board.

Cypress String Quartet brought their “Call and Response” program to CMC’s Young Musicians Programs.

Founders Circle Luncheon: CMC’s Legacy Society gathered at 552 Capp Street.

Soprano Jessica Rivera gave a master class with CMC’s Solera Singers and Community of Voices Choirs at Mission Neighborhood Center.*

February 2014

CMC’s Woodwind Ensemble performed at the California Academy of Sciences.

*Made possible by a partnership with San Francisco Performances.

FY2014Highlights

The History of Music for Everyone at CMC

“All week, we wait with enthusiasm for Friday [rehearsal]. I feel a lot better physically and spiritually.”

— Isabel, 76 Community of Voices Choir Member

“When I first met Sebastien, he was very shy and he couldn’t quite hold the violin correctly. It

took two months before he would say hello to me and hold the violin up comfortably. But now he is singing with me, regularly conversing, and

holding the violin up with confidence!” -Kristan Cassidy, Sebastien’s violin teacher

The mission of Community Music Center is to make high quality music accessible to all people, regardless of their financial means.

Christopher J. Borg Patricia Taylor LeeExecutive Director President, Board of Directors

Dear Community Music Center Family,

It is our pleasure to present Community Music Center’s fiscal year 2014 Annual Report for the period July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014.

Fiscal year 2014 was another year of capacity building and infrastructure strengthening. To understand and meet new challenges in organizational growth, CMC worked with Harvard Business School Community Partners in a six-month study to review existing revenue streams and explore new options to generate revenue from more diverse sources. A highlight of our ongoing work in this area came in the spring when Community Music Center received $250K to support our older adult choir program with a highly competitive Google Bay Area Impact Challenge Award.

Having purchased the adjacent building in the year prior, CMC moved forward this year to bring together the team of professionals who will develop our campus expansion project at our historic home in the Mission District. Architect Mark Cavagnero led the community through a comprehensive master planning process to integrate our buildings in ways that reflect CMC’s unique sense of community. The CMC Board of Directors continued to play a critical role in assessing options from both design and financial perspectives. Fiscal year 2014 marks the first year of fundraising for the project and we are happy to report that goals set for this period were achieved, including full support from the CMC Board of Directors.

Community Music Center is proud to have played an important role this year in the lives of over 2,400 students, whose ages span over 90 years. At our Mission and Richmond District branches and through our community partnerships we offer life-changing experiences to our students. We continually reaffirm our commitment to our 93-year mission of providing high quality music education to all.

In support of this mission, CMC provided its students with over $1.1M in tuition assistance programs in fiscal year 2014. We offered over 300 performances at our concert hall and at other locations around the Bay Area. These were attended by an estimated 20,000 music enthusiasts.

We remain grateful to the many members of our community—students, faculty, staff, Board members, families, neighbors, and donors—who come together in support of our mission and the opportunities CMC provides the people of San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.

Sincerely,

Photo: Drew Altizer Photography

During the year beginning July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2014, Community Music Center programs enriched the lives of over 2,400 students and 20,000 audience members. CMC offered private lessons, group classes and ensembles at our Mission and Richmond District Branches and at various partner sites in San Francisco. Here are just a few inspiring student stories.

Our students know that music brings joy at every age

For eight-year-old violin student Loren Gigi, Community Music Center is more than a place to learn how to play an instrument. It is a place that has taught her to truly appreciate music, to set goals, and not to give up.

Loren hopes one day to join an orchestra so she can travel the world making music. To prepare for this future, she studies violin with Sin-Tung Chiu at the Richmond District Branch of Community Music Center.

After only two years of study with Sin-Tung, Loren soloed at CMC’s Spring Gala at the SFJAZZ Center last May, where she brought down the house with her poised perfor-mance of “Allegro” by Fiocco. Loren has also participated in Sin-Tung’s violin ensemble in performances with the CMC Children’s Choir. One day soon she hopes to audition for the Junior Bach Festival.

Student DemographicsEight-year old Loren Gigi set goals

European American44%

African American 6%

Asian American

25%

Latino 18%

Native American and Other

7%

Older Adults (65+) 19%

Youth (Ages one month

to 18 years) 49%

Adults (19-64)

32%

Loren performing at the SFJAZZ Center for CMC’s Spring Gala

43% of on-site students enrolled in more than one class at a time at CMC last year.

Mr. Chiu tells me the secrets that help me play more beautifully.

- Loren Gigi

Photo: Mieke Strand

Our students know that music brings joy at every age

Alicia Noyola explores music as an adult learner

Joselino De La Rosa started his musical life at CMC at age five in our Music for Children class. Now ten, Joselino studies the piano and sings in CMC’s Children’s Chorus. Last spring, Music for Children teacher Irene Chagall asked Joselino to visit the class to share what he’s learned since. He played the piano for the group and answered questions from the class like, “How much do you practice?” and “Why did you choose the piano?” It was clear that the kids were very curious and excited to hear about what could come next!

Joselino De La Rosa inspired a Music For Children class

Alicia Noyola is a longtime student and friend of Community Music Center. A lawyer with a degree in architecture, she started her musical journey as an adult with the cello. She now studies piano and accordion, and plays in CMC’s String Orchestra Workshop. Because of her enthusiasm for CMC and our future plans, Alicia has done extensive volunteer work here and also served as CMC’s Capital Campaign assistant last year.

The welcoming attitude at CMC has really helped me because the inclusiveness here isn’t just economic. It includes age and lack of childhood preparation. As an adult, somehow you feel like you missed the train if you didn’t start as a child. CMC is unique and very valuable in that it welcomes people at all stages in life and in music study. - Alicia Noyola

CMC provided over $1 million in tuition support and free programs in FY2014.

43% of on-site students enrolled in more than one class at a time at CMC last year.

Rosa Posas-Ankus performing a duet at the final concert of CMC’s Musical Discovery Camp

Alicia Noyola

Joselino (center) singing with the CMC Children’s Chorus for Graham Nash at the Commonwealth Club

Joselino performing for a Music for Children class

CMC’s Young Musicians Programs have brought the many benefits of music—artistic, educational, personal, and social—to middle and high school students since it began in 1987. This tuition-free, award-winning program embraces diversity, partners with the San Francisco Unified School District, and offers a comprehensive, culturally diverse curriculum. Students receive a full scholarship for weekly CMC private instrumental lessons, theory/musicianship, and ensemble classes for the academic year. Ensemble classes include playing Latin, classical, jazz and other music forms in orchestra, chamber groups, combos and bands. During the 2013-14 school year, over 90 students participated in one of these three branches of the Young Musicians Program:

Tuition-free youth programs offer opportunity

Young Musicians Program student Joshua Urrutia deepens involvement at CMC

Mission District Young Musicians Program Performance Highlights• The Brava Theater for CMC’s “La Posarela”

• San Francisco’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration

• Harrison Street Stage at San Francisco Carnaval

The CMC Children’s Chorus Performance Highlights• Singing for Graham Nash at The Commonwealth Club

• Performing in CMC’s La Posarela at The Brava Theater

• Taking the stage at SFJAZZ Center for CMC’s Gala

• Giving a concert for Bethany Center senior residents

New programs and fresh perspectives for young musicians

The Inner City Young Musicians Program (ICYMP) is a collaborative program with the San Francisco Unified School District. Low-income students are nominated for a Young Musician Program scholarship by their school music teachers based on their drive, hard work and passion for music.

The Comprehensive Musicianship Program (CMP) provides a scholarship for advanced training to motivated young musicians already enrolled at CMC as private lesson students.

The Mission District Young Musicians Program (MDYMP) has a focus on Latin music and primarily serves Latino youth from the Mission District. Nominated for this scholarship by public school music teachers and community organizations, MDYMP students work with Spanish/English bilingual instructors on a curriculum focused on the music of Latin America. Group classes take place at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts each week.

Joshua Urrutia, a violist in CMC’s Mission District Young Musi-cians Program (MDYMP) and chamber ensembles, deepened his involvement at CMC as a student intern and a volunteer. Joshua has supported our work in many ways, including event promotion, video editing, and instrument demonstrations at our instrument petting zoos.

Joshua had always listened to Latin music before enrolling in the MDYMP, but has gained new appreciation and understading of it in the program. Playing in an adult chamber ensemble at CMC, he’s also enjoyed the opportunity to play classical music: “Hearing Latin influences in classical music is really fun. Music is all connected!”

On volunteering, Joshua says, “It’s been really fun to volunteer at CMC’s instrument petting zoos. There is nothing like watch-ing someone pick up the violin or viola after a long time and hearing them say, ‘Wow, I need to do this again!’ A lot of adults who used to play as kids realized that they ‘still had it’ when they picked up an instrument. There is also nothing like watch-ing a child produce a sound on an instrument for the first time.”

I’ve really enjoyed volunteering at CMC. I always knew CMC existed, but didn’t know how much work went into what happens here. It makes me appreciate it all even more.”

Just like when I’m playing music, I lose track of time when I volunteer at CMC! - Joshua Urrutia

Joshua performing in the MDYMP Spring Concert at CMC

Tuition-free youth programs offer opportunity

CMC’s Teen Jazz Orchestra welcomed Marcus Shelby as directorRenowned bassist, composer and educator Marcus Shelby began leading CMC’s Teen Jazz Orchestra last fall. The middle and high school students in the group learn about American history and the history of jazz as well as improvisation and technique. They were in high demand for community performances last year, playing at the grand opening celebration for The Tenderloin National Forest, and at fundraisers for Mission Kids Co-op and Community Music Center.

Visiting artists inspire CMC’s Young Musicians Programs Master percussionist John Santos presented lecture/demonstration “La Tumbadora y el Timbal” Five-time Grammy nominated master percussionist John Santos gave a lecture/demonstration of traditional and modern rhythms for students in CMC’s Young Musicians Programs last fall. He also talked about the historical evolution of two Afro-Cuban percussion instruments: the tumbadora and the timbal. Santos analyzed recorded examples from his legendary collection and encouraged discussion with the students in the audience.

The Cypress String Quartet presented “The Long and The Short of It”In the past sixteen years, The Cypress String Quartet has regularly presented their educational Call & Response presentation for CMC’s Young Musicians Program. Last year’s theme, “The Long and the Short of It,” explored how pieces of music that vary wildly in length can all express worlds of emotions. Cypress played four very different works by composers Franz Schubert, Anton Webern and George Tsontakis, and the Q&A that followed was lively!

Composers and Schools in Concert (CSIS) introduced graphic notationCSIC encourages collaboration by commissioning composers and bringing them into schools to work with student ensembles. Last spring, the organization brought The International Contemporary Ensemble to CMC while they were on a national tour. The ensemble gave a graphic notation workshop for the Young Musicians Program in which the students developed their own musical language by drawing pictures to convey their musical ideas. The ensemble performed the students’ pieces at the end of the workshop and offered the young musicians a new way of understanding the process of composition.

CMC’s Musical Discovery Camp debutCMC developed a Musical Discovery Camp to intro-duce kids to the world of musical sounds and the joys of making music. The week’s activities, directed by Chus Alonso, included singing, rhythm work, some music theory, and an introduction to guitar and percussion. Campers played in ensembles, and shared their music in an informal concert at the end of the week. Concert highlights were “Sir Duke” by Stevie Wonder and “Sister Rosa” by the Neville Brothers.

New programs and fresh perspectives for young musicians

Musical Discovery Campers’ processional at their end-of-week concert

CMC’s Teen Jazz Orchestra in rehearsal

YMP students composing together

Community partnerships mean more musicCMC brought music to Bethany Center seniors Community Music Center has a longstanding partnership with its Mission District neighbor, Bethany Center Senior Housing and its cultural program, Ruth’s Table. In exchange for studio space at Bethany, CMC organizes music programming at the Center for its residents and other community members. In FY2014, CMC produced three special concerts there:

Ka-hon - This five-piece ensemble featuring CMC’s Omar Ledezma Jr. and Javier Cabanillas fuses traditional rhythms from Peru, Mexico, Cuba, and Venezuela, through percussion and song.

Potingue Flamenco Latin Ensemble - Led by Chus Alonso, this CMC student ensemble plays original and traditional music from Spain and Latin America. A Musical Caravan - This musical journey led by CMC’s Shirley Wong-Frentzel travels through space and time through varied performances by CMC faculty and students.

San Francisco Public Libraries were alive with music• In honor of Chinese New Year, CMC faculty brought an

instrument petting zoo focused on Chinese music to the Visitacion Valley branch of the SFPL

• CMC’s 30th Street Choir sang in a Mother’s Day Concert at the SFPL Mission branch

• Mission District Young Musicians Program faculty and students brought an instrument petting zoo to the Dia del Nino celebration sponsored by the SFPL Mission Branch

CMC brought music and movement to Mission Kids Co-opMission Kids is a neighboring preschool co-op in the Mission District of San Francisco. CMC’s Hector Lugo taught an on-site music class of Latin rhythms, songs and movement with a focus on Puerto Rican Music.

Instrument Petting Zoos inspired new musiciansCMC faculty and students introduced community members to an array of musical instruments last year. • Latin music at Cinco de Mayo festival in the Mission District• Latin music at SF Music Day event at the San Francisco

Conservatory• Instrument petting zoos at San Francisco Public Libraries

Performance and demonstration by Ka-hon at Bethany Center

Shirley Wong-Frentzel at Chinese music demonstration

Instrument petting zoo at SF Music Day

Hector Lugo with Mission Kids Co-op students

Community of Voices study lauched four new choirs in FY2014• Western Addition Senior Center (September 2013)• Centro Latino de San Francisco (November 2013)• Richmond Senior Center (February 2014)• Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center and Bayview Opera House (April 2014)Each choir performed quarterly at their senior center and in the greater community. The Community of Voices Choir at Mission Neighborhood Center continued singing last year. Now that their participation in the study has ended, many of the choir members have joined CMC’s Solera Singers, also based at Mission Neighborhood Center.

Community partnerships mean more music

In 2012, CMC began its work on the Community of Voices research study, which examines whether singing in a community choir is a cost-effective way to promote health and well-being among culturally diverse older adults. Over the five-year period of the study, new choirs for older adults are being launched in 12 senior centers throughout San Francisco. The Community of Voices study involves a three-way partnership between Community Music Center, the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and 12 San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) senior centers. It is funded by a grant from the National Institute on Aging to UCSF.

CMC and Community of Voices presented the first Older Adult Choir Summit in May of 2014. Nearly one hundred voices came together from Solera Singers, 30th Street Chorus, and Community of Voices choirs at Mission Neighborhood Center and Centro Latino de San Francisco. The performance was recorded live for a CD which is now available to the public.

Older adult choirs sing across San Francisco

CMC presented best practices in creative aging programs at national conference In November of 2013, CMC’s Program Director Sylvia Sherman presented at the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s annual conference. In a session entitled “Tapping Potential: Arts Learning in Later Life,” Sherman spoke about how to design and implement an older adult choir program, how to sustain interest and investment in choirs from senior centers, and how to scale up through partnerships, such as the Community of Voices project.

Google Bay Area Impact Challenge Grant awarded to CMC to support older adult choirsCommunity Music Center was a top ten finalist in Google’s highly competitive campaign and was awarded $250,000 to continue choirs started in the Community of Voices study. Beyond the grant, the campaign has also provided invaluable exposure for CMC throughout the Bay Area and beyond. To compete, local nonprofits were invited to share their most innovative ideas for improving Bay Area communities. Thanks to Google, 12 community choirs will join CMC’s older adult choir program.

“Community Music Center’s choirs are a stellar example of best practice in the field of creative aging.”

- Susan Perlstein, National Center for Creative Aging, founder emeritus

Singers in the Community of Voices Western Addition choir at their end-of-study performance. Photo: Anne Hamersky

Community Music Center has over 130 experienced faculty members who teach in a wide range of musical styles. Many of our teachers are also bilingual. Here are some FY2014 highlights of faculty performances at CMC.

The Shenson Faculty Concert Series

Each year, The Shenson Foundation sponsors four concerts by CMC faculty that are free to the community:

Latin-Flamenco Ensemble and Camp CMC Director, Chus Alonso collaborated with Filipino composer and guitarist Florante Aguilar to produce a concert of original, contem-porary compositions. The pieces explored the connections between the traditional music of the Philippines, Latin America and Spain.

CMC piano faculty member Lauren Cony along with cellist Dana McComb presented “Six Degrees of Separation.” Their program of six works, beginning with the Schumann Fantasy pieces and ending with De Falla’s Suite Populaire Espagnole, showed how these works and their composers are connected by six degrees of separation.

CMC piano faculty member Matylda Rotkiewicz, along with cellist Irina Chirkova presented “Cello/Piano with a Twist” - Romantic and 20th century Classical music laced with Latin tangos and improvisations on popular and classical themes.

CMC piano faculty member Betty Shaw presented “Contemporary Jazz by The Betty Shaw Quartet” featuring Bob Kenmotsu, tenor sax; Betty Shaw, piano; Rob Fischer, bass; and Ron Marabuto, drums.

CMC Faculty Partnership Grants

Community Music Center’s Faculty Partnership Grants Program supports faculty projects involving a partnership with CMC or its programs. Each year, CMC awards up to $750 to individuals and $1,000 for collaborations among two or more CMC faculty members.

Masterclass at CMC with the Ka-Hon Ensemble CMC percussion faculty members Omar Ledezma Jr. and Javier Cabanillas will offer a masterclass and performance with their five-piece Latin/Carribean ensemble, Ka-Hon. CMC’s 4th Annual Faculty Chamber Music Concert CMC piano faculty member Katy Luo will produce the faculty chamber music concert in the spring of 2015. The concert will encourage listeners to imagine what the musical landscape of the world would be if Genghis Khan’s empire had never fallen. Commemorative Concert: The 20th Anniversary of CMC’s Potingue and Latin-Flamenco Ensembles Led by CMC’s Chus Alonso, over 200 musicians have participat-ed in Potingue and Latin-Flamenco Ensemble classes over the past 20 years. Some of them are now part of the professional Latin music community and many were CMC faculty members, CMC staff and even members of CMC’s Board of Directors. The concert and celebration took place in May of 2014. 11th Annual CMC Faculty Keyboard Marathon: Improvisations, from Bach to Brubeck Produced by Juliet McComas and Jennifer Peringer, the 2014 faculty keyboard marathon explored the many ways classical and jazz music intersect and influence each other. Percussion Instrument Upgrade CMC drum set faculty member Victor Flaviani will replace or upgrade CMC’s percussion instruments. Commissioned Work for Young Musicians Program CMC piano and music theory faculty member Janis Mercer commissioned Dr. Liza Seigido to compose a piece for her Young Musicians Program ensemble. It was debuted at the pro-gram’s end-of-year recital in June of 2014 (see photo below).

Faculty performances educate and inspire

Left to right: Young Musicians chamber ensemble, composer Liza Seigido, and faculty coach Janis Mercer. Photo: Roger Jones

Left to right: Chus Alonso and Florante Aguilar

Since joining the piano faculty in 2011, Katy Luo has become involved at CMC in many ways, including organizing Faculty Chamber Music Series concerts and bringing guest artists to CMC’s Young Musicians Programs.

Katy learned about Community Music Center when she was teaching at the Bloomingdale School of Music in New York City. The Executive Director at the time looked to CMC as a sister school and a role model, so encouraged her to contact us when she moved back to the Bay Area.

Last spring, Katy coordinated the Faculty Chamber Music Concert: “The Rite Stuff,” music inspired by The Rite of Spring. It was an exciting experience for her in that it gave her the chance to spotlight both phenomenal performers and composers on faculty. The concert was a great success and has inspired continued collaboration amongst CMC faculty members.

Katy also brought The International Contemporary Ensemble to CMC’s Young Musicians Program to give a graphic notation workshop last year. She was able to bring these skilled educa-tors and musicians to CMC as a member of the board of direc-tors of Composers and Schools in Concert (CSIS). Read more about the International Contemporary Ensemble’s graphic notation workshop on page 7.

Faculty spotlight: Katy Luo

Teaching at CMC feels like experiencing

the entire city of San Francisco from one

teaching studio. I teach students of all

ages: kids of all ethnic backgrounds, some

of them from immigrant families. The

adults are even more fascinating. I had a

student who was a retired court clerk and

former DJ at a jazz radio station. He had

just had a stroke and was taking up the

piano to work on his motor skills. I’ve also

taught a lawyer from Australia, a travel

writer and a blogger who lives in the

Mission... I get to experience what San

Francisco is all about here at CMC.

Top left to bottom right: Katy Luo and Victor Flaviani perform a duo for harpsichord and percussion by Erik Pearson; Jennifer Peringer and Martha Rodriguez-Salazar perform a duo for piano and flute by Katrina Wreede; Jackie Chew and Zac Selisson perform a duo for electric guitar and piano by Steve Kirk; and Betty Wong and Shirley Wong-Frentzel perform a “Sonata for Two Pianos” by Igor Stravinsky.

Creating music and community

Katy Luo

NotesFiscal year 2014 was another year of capacity building and infrastructure strengthening as well as increasing the capital campaign.

Net assets increased by $1,384,682, due in large part to bequests of $510,075 and a return on investments of $487,808.

CMC continues its exemplary tuition assistance program. Included in Program Expenses is $1,117,539 in tuition assistance to CMC students in FY2014.

The full audit is available upon request.

Expenses Revenue and Support

Financial Report FY2014

Revenue: Program Service Fees Individuals/Businesses Bequests Foundations and Trusts Government Special Events (net) In Kind Other Total Revenue

Expenses Program Management Development Total Expenses Change in Net Assets

Net Assets, beginning of the year Net Assets, end of the year

$2,640,396

281,070 281,968 620,750

78,497 61,013 48,530 81,402

$4,093,626

$3,286,703

280,728 283,783

$3,851,214

$242,412

$1,371,238

$1,613,650

Operating, Annual Fund

Non-Operating, Endowment,

Capital Campaign Total

599,151 228,107

42,000

435,367

$1,304,625

38,100 124,255

$162,355

$1,142,270

$3,651,208

$4,793,478

$2,640,396

880,221 510,075 662,750

78,497 61,013 48,530

516,769

$5,398,251

$3,286,703 318,828 408,038

$4,013,569

$1,384,682

$5,022,446

$6,407,128

Revenue (Operating vs. Non-Operating)Expenses (Operating vs. Non-Operating)

Development 10%

Management and General 8%

Program 82%(including

tuition assistance)

Non-operating 4% Non-operating 24%

Program Service Fees 49%

Individual and Business 16%

Bequests 9%

Foundations and Trusts 12%

Government 2%Special Events (Net) 1%

In-Kind Contributions 1%Other 10%

Operating 96% Operating 76%

Board of Directors

Patricia Taylor LeePresident

Catharine L. KalinVice President

Paul SussmanTreasurer

David J. NeumanSecretary

Jono KornfeldFaculty Representative

Katherine L. Aizawa Lucia BogatayMary Ting ChiuTim EischensGeoffrey GallegosRonald GallmanBarbara KosnarTerri L. KwiatekRichard H. MossEdith PlotinskyJoseph SchubertDee SpencerCarolyn S. SpitzJessica WanDiana Whitehead

Advisory Council

Ruth FeltDavid M. Lawrence Fritz MaytagLise Deschamps OstwaldJane Roos Le Roux

CMC Staff

Christopher J. BorgExecutive Director

Sylvia ShermanProgram Director

Sonia CaltvedtMarketing Director

Ashley CoyleDevelopment Assistant

Linda HitchcockConcert Hall Manager,Registrar, Mission District Branch

Janet HouserRegistrar, Richmond District Branch

Tania MoralesRegistrar, Mission District Branch

Anne MitchellAssistant Registrar, Mission District Branch

John RobinsonDevelopment Director

Wayne VitaleGrantwriter

Faculty Council FY14

Jono KornfeldChair

Sin-Tung ChiuNicole LumettaMartha Rodriguez-SalazarErik Ian Walker

CMC Directory As of June 30, 2014

11 out of 12 play an instrument.9 out of 12 perform publicly.

CMC staff members are musicians, too.

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