2011 Annual Report - Cleveland Jazz Orchestra

Thank You for Your Generous Support in 2011
Arranger ($500 - $999)
CJO Jazz Circle
Platinum Circle ($20,000+)
Cleveland Foundation
Anonymous
Gold Circle ($15,000—$19,999)
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
George Gund Foundation
Founder's Circle ($10,000—$14,999)
John P. Murphy Foundation
Composer's Circle ($5,000 - $9,999)
Irv & Gloria Fine
The Kulas Foundation
The Albert B. & Audrey G. Ratner
Family Foundation
Mr. Dominic A. Visconsi, Sr.
Fred Weisman
Producer's Circle ($2,500 - $4,999)
Bascom Little Fund
The Greenfield, Benedejcic and
Gordon Families
Anna Greenfield
Ohio Arts Council
Randy & Cindy Phillips
Director's Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)
Joel & Vivienne Brotman
Classic Auto Group
Chuck & Char Fowler
vic & Joan Gelb
John & Beth Klayman
Janet L. Kramer
Norbert J. Lewandowski
Dennis & Marcy Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Lee and June Seidman,
Susan Benedejcic
Eaton Corporation Matching Gift Program
Anonymous
David & Sarah Gedeon
Shirley & Bernard Gordon
Barry and Rose M. Greenfield
James P. Greenfield
Sean Jones
Jeff & Susan Lucier
Ralph & Carol Meyer
Marjorie Shorrock
Jim & Kathleen Szabo
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Marty Shizzle Cool
Soloist ($250 - $499)
Adrienne L. Asimou
Carl Aukerman
Geri & Lewis Bernard
Dr. Christopher Brandt
John E. Butauski
Tim Clarke
Jordan Davis and Catherine Butler
Dr. & Mrs. Alvin E. Fulton
Eric D. Gould
Rick and Carole Kender
William H. Kenney
Stanley Kline
Gregory Klucher
George & Carole Morris
Marjorie & Bert Moyar
Christopher Murphy
Bill and Joan Park
Greg Reese
Judy & Harvey Relman
Bob & Linda Sebo
"T" Stallworth
Carlo Wolff & Karen Sandstrom
Lead Chair ($100 - $249)
Christopher G. Axelrod
Anonymous
Tom Benda
Donald & Jacqueline Bercu
Barbara & Fred Brown
Patricia Burgess & John Shelley
Richard R. Colbert
Kenneth H. Cooley
David B. Dawson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dettelbach
George W. Diehl
Robert & Eleanor Dreshfield
David Edmonds
Donald Esarove
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Irving B. Fine,
Jane & Ed Hendershot
Janet Henning
Gene & Phyllis Hershman
Robert & Lillian Horton
Dick E. Ingersoll
Bobby Jackson and Lisa-Jean Sylvia
Katherine Kendall
Robert J. Kichler
Thomas Kiousis, Jr.
Gerrit Kuechle
Carol A. Laird
Dee & Liz Logan
Marc & Debora Lynn
Tom & Glenda Madden
Douglas & Jacqueline Miller
Gary & Julie Miller
Anonymous
Anonymous
Michael & Lisa Orlandi
Mr. and Mrs. James and Marian Patterson,
In Memory of Lois Weisman
Roland & Marci Paolucci
Patrick & Trudy Pauken
Neal & Kim Pellar
Terri Pontremoli
Richard Powidel
Mitchell S. Renko
Mark & Celeste Ribbins
Michael & Anna Rogers
Dr. Daniel E. Schwartz
Bob Seaman & Amanda Matthews
Helen & Bill Shackleford
Michael & Penny Shemo
Steve & Carol Spackey
Russ Spetrino
Quinten & Victoria Tifft
Marty & Jim Tracy
Mr. Dominic A. Visconsi, Sr. and Ms.
BeBe Weinberger,
In Memory of Lois Weisman
Ken & Kay Welsh
Adele & Henry Zucker
John Carroll University
Sideman ($1 - $99)
Catherine S. Ellsworth
Gaylen & Linda Emond
Bob Enoch
Dick & Deena Epstein,
In Honor of Nigel Newman
Benjamin F. Farah
Louise Gissendaner
Martha Goble
Carolyn E. Gordon, Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil and Enid Gurney,
I n Memory of Lois Weisman
Anonymous
Mr. William F. Hronek
Karen & Marc Jaffe
Merritt Johnquest
James A. Johnson
Mr. Stephen Kadish,
In Memory of Lois Weisman
CJO Jazz
Cheapskate’s Society: $24.99
2011 Members
Rod & Shari Allwood
Anonymous
Carolyn E. Gordon, Ph.D.
Michael Leonakis
In Memory of Lois Weisman
Michael & Anna Rogers
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Kent
Brit & Mike Seifert
Keybank Employee Matching Gift Program Susan B. Snider
George Kiteley
Scott A. White
M. Kohn and M. Silver
Charter Members
Mr. and Mrs. Earl and Marlene Legome,
Frank Abbott
In Memory of Lois Weisman, Wife, Rod & Shari Allwood
Mother, Grandmother and Great
Bruce & Judie Amsel
Grandmother
Robert Blatchford
Dan & Andrea Leibundgut
Michael Leonakis
Anonymous
Dean and Mary Armstrong
Anonymous
Linda Macklin
Walter Mathews
Mike McGraw
Tina & Ken Michaels
George & Vickie Mineff
C.M. Moore, Ph.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Larrie and Amy Nadler,
In Memory of Lois Weisman
Deborah L. Neale
Nancy Neylon & Rick Croll
Michael O'Donnell
The O'Donnells
David & Judie Perelman
Don & Donalene Poduska
Janine A. Purcell
Stuart & Carole Reese
Stuart B. Reese
Don & Joanne Reiss
Tim & Laurie Runyan
Constance W. Sallee
Ron & Joanne Schuller
Brit & Mike Seifert
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart J. and Rebecca Sharpe,
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Kenneth J. Vinciquerra
Mr. & Mrs. James Voltz
Mary Warren
Anonymous
Scott A. White
Alan M. Wolk
David Wyatt
Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Adele Zucker,
James Cooperider
Carolyn Danielson
Jordan Davis
Janet Gassman
Richard A. Hardy
Molly Kirby
Dan Leibundgut
Carl Lindblom
Michael Manocchio
Barbara A. McComas
Ralph Meyer
Roger & Bonnie Oviatt
David and Judie Perelman
Marcia Polyak
Kyra Price
Shirley Riedy
John and MaryKay Skvasik
Colleen G. Sherman
Susan B. Snider
Les Tolt
Board of Directors
Daniel R. Leibundgut, President
Ralph Meyer, Executive VP
Gregory L.. Reese, VP of Development
Joel A. Brotman, Secretary
Dick E.. Ingersoll, Treasurer
Adrienne Asimou
Jordan Davis
Alvin E.. Fulton
David J. Gedeon
Eric D. Gould
Bobby Jackson
Debora Lynn
Marc Lynn
Vera Miller
Christopher Murphy
Roland Paolucci
Mark Ribbins
June “Tee” Stallworth
Carlo Wolff
Staff
Erika Federmann, Director of Development
Mary Glauser, Director of Communications &
Community Outreach
Colleen G. Sherman, Director of Operations
Vision and Mission
Our VISION is to celebrate jazz as a uniquely
Frank Abbott
American art form. Our MISSION is to enrich the
Anonymous
In-Kind
Contributions
cultural and intellectual fabric of the
Rod & Shari Allwood
Thank you to these individuals and
communities we serve through jazz.. We
Bruce & Judie Amsel
businesses for providing in-kind
Don Babets
NOURISH our community by actively leading in
goods and services with a value of
Loretta M. Baldwin
our region's cultural community, promoting
$500 or higher: Mr. Irving B. Fine,
Tom Ball
Mr. Ralph Meyer, Mr. John Klayman, Cleveland, reflecting Cleveland's diversity, and
Anonymous
and Northern Ohio Printing.
serving as a musical beacon. We PERFORM to
Anonymous
In
Memory
of
Lois
Weisman
Les Blakemore
We also extend our heartfelt grati- play the best jazz you've ever heard and the
Mrs. Sue Sherwin,
Robert Blatchford
tude to ideastream (WCPN/WVIZ) for best jazz you've never heard. We EDUCATE our
In Memory of Lois Weisman
Dick & Mary Breitenstein
their
community by celebrating cultural unification
Mr. & Mrs. Shale S. Sonkin,
In Memory of Lois Weisman
Nita L. Brown
support and advancement of the
In Memory of Lois Weisman
In
Memory
of
Lois
Weisman
through jazz and by inspiring new generations
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Chaka
arts in Cleveland.
U.S. Bancorp Foundation Employee
Bud Ford
Howie Smith & Barbara Fitzhugh
of jazz listeners, players, teachers, and jazz
Robert & Judith Charlick
Matching Gift Program
Mr. and Mrs. Eric & Debbie Friedman,
Susan B. Snider
Richard F. Dacek
lovers. We SUSTAIN our existence in the
In Memory of Lois Weisman
Robert & Germaine Spencer
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Deutschman
community by optimizing earned revenue,
Cindy & Bob Hazelton
Buddy Sullivan
Mr. Robert Deitz,
David Hazelwood
providing appropriate market compensation,
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Tammaro
In Memory of Lois Weisman
and securing funding to ensure our survival in
perpetuity.
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra is a non-profit, large ensemble dedicated to performing and creating traditional and emerging jazz at the highest professional artistic level.
Dear CJO Fan,
Welcome to our first-ever Annual Report! Your support of CJO—through your ticket purchases,
individual gifts, concert sponsorships and institutional support—keeps us in business. As investors in
our vision and mission you deserve an accounting of how we‟re doing: who we serve, what we offer to
the community, where we get our operating revenue and how we spend our funds. You‟ll find all of this
information here.
Since moving our annual concert series downtown to the Hanna Theatre in 2009, CJO has turned the
page to a new chapter of jazz in Cleveland. During our 2010/2011 season we continued to build on the
buzz by growing our audience, piloting new concerts, and reaching even further into our community.
From audience surveys, we know that our listeners enjoy our new digs at the Hanna Theatre and our
varied approach to programming. Bringing our community together, through jazz, is what CJO is all
about. The jazz orchestra is America‟s unique creation. CJO is proud to showcase the entire repertoire
of this home-grown art form and the extraordinary talent of our own Cleveland jazz artists.
In addition to presenting a world-class musical product, CJO understands its obligation to serve as a
responsible steward of your gifts and grants. We continue to collaborate, create and connect with other
Cleveland non-profit organizations as we work to sustain ourselves and support our community.
We hope this Annual Report gives you some perspective on what we‟ve accomplished during the past
year. We‟re excited to share this information about where we‟ve been—and we‟re even more excited
about where CJO is headed.
Yours in Cleveland Jazz,
Sean Jones
Artistic Director
Paul Ferguson
Associate Artistic Director
Daniel R. Leibundgut
President
FISCAL 2011 HIGHLIGHTS
In 2010/2011 CJO
EXPANDED. CJO added one more concert to
the Annual Concert Series (5 total); piloted a
new CJO Plugged In electric band concert;
and added two free outreach concerts (4
total). In 2010/2011 we served over 3,000
listeners at 10 CJO-produced concerts:
since 2006 CJO has more than doubled its
number of annual concerts and quadrupled
its audience.
EDUCATED. We continued our work with
high school students in the Settlement Jazz
Orchestra; presented clinics at Solon High
School and Tri-C; and introduced
pre-concert educational talks.
RECORDED. CJO recorded its first new CD
since 2006 and its first with Sean Jones as
Artistic Director. This new CD, The Cleveland
Jazz Orchestra with Sean Jones, Live at the
Bop Stop, was released on May 14, 2011.
COLLABORATED. CJO worked in partnership
with the Cleveland Museum of Art and Tri-C
to present free outreach concerts in those
venues.
REACHED. A live broadcast on WCPN 90.3
reached over 11,000 listeners. CJO‟s
recordings were played regularly on
satellite radio and were purchased online
by jazz fans throughout the U.S., Japan,
Australia and Europe!
Each year CJO serves over 10,000
listeners of all ages, income levels and
backgrounds in Cleveland, Northeast Ohio
and the world .
CJO Community
Leadership Council
Fred Weisman—Honorary Chairman
Irving & Gloria Fine
Vic & Joan Gelb
Anna Greenfield
Nobby Lewandowski
Albert & Audrey Ratner
John & Karen Sayre
Dennis & Marcy Schwartz
Annual Concert Series
CJO served over 2,000 listeners at six ticketed concerts:
November, 2010, Hanna Theatre: The Cleveland Scene, featured
Cleveland jazz legends and rising stars including Eddie Baccus Sr.,
Dominick Farinacci, Ernie Krivda and Ki Allen.
December, 2010, Hanna Theatre: Jazz Up Your Holidays, a SOLD OUT
concert of seasonal favorites.
February, 2011, E. 14th Street Theatre: CJO Plugged In, the CJO‟s electric ensemble blew the roof off the E. 14th
Street Theatre in a pilot concert designed to showcase jazz fusion from the 1970‟s, „80‟s and „90‟s.
February, 2011, Hanna Theatre: Lift Every Voice, CJO‟s inspirational Jazz-Meets-Gospel extravaganza featured the
Musical Arts Chorale, a 40-voice gospel choir.
April, 2011, Fairmount Temple Auditorium: Still Swingin’ at the Temple, CJO‟s annual tribute to Jewish jazz
composers featured vocalist Helen Welch and a foot-tapping mix of well-known and well-loved classics by Leonard
Bernstein, Jerome Kern and George Gershwin plus jazz treatments of traditional Sephardic melodies.
May, 2011, Hanna Theatre: Afro-Cuban Moods, our sizzling season closer featured guest percussionists plus Sean
Jones on Afro-Cuban Suite and other Latin tunes.
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Financial Statements
FY2010
CONTRIBUTED REVENUE
Individual Donations
Foundations
Corporate Support
State/Government Grants
In-Kind Contributions
Special One-Time Gifts
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED REVENUE
EARNED REVENUE
Ticket Sales
Contract Performance Revenue
CD Sales /Other Income
Special Events
TOTAL EARNED REVENUE
TOTAL REVENUE
FREE Community Outreach Concerts
EXPENSES
To help increase our community‟s access to live, professional jazz concerts, CJO presented four FREE outreach
concerts in venues throughout Cleveland. These concerts served a total audience of over 550—plus 11,000 more who
heard one of these concerts broadcast live on Around Noon, a production of WCPN 90.3 Cleveland public radio.
CJO expresses huge thanks to Breen Center for Performing Arts, Cleveland Museum of Art, Around Noon on WCPN
and the Tri-C Jazz Studies Department for collaborating with CJO to host and promote these concerts.
To hear CJO‟s live concert broadcast on WCPN 90.3, which was recorded for Around Noon on April 8, visit
www.wcpn.org to access the Around Noon archive recordings. This performance was also videotaped for Applause,
broadcast on WVIZ, Cleveland‟s public television station.
Program Service
Administrative Expenses
Fundraising Expenses
TOTAL EXPENSES
CJO continued its 20+ year relationship with the Cleveland Music School
Settlement Jazz Orchestra, a high school all-star ensemble led by CJO
Associate Artistic Director Paul Ferguson. In addition to receiving
hands-on weekly direction from Mr. Ferguson, students in the SJO
performed at the CJO‟s 2011 Swingin‟ at the Temple concert at Fairmount
Temple Auditorium.
SPECIAL
EVENTS
17%
TICKET
SALES
37%
CONTRACT
46,685
53,914
3,282
20,676
124,556
202,936
313,560
135,235
42,508
22,560
200,303
188,481
64,289
27,226
279,996
2,633
33,564
Each year CJO is hired by outside
organizations and presenters. This
represents a valuable stream of earned
revenue to the organization—and it helps
increase CJO‟s visibility within and outside
the community.
In Fiscal 2011 CJO performed contract
engagements at:
Hudson Summer Music Festival
The Chautauqua Institution (New York)
Ashland University
Hiram College
Solon JazzFest
NEW Recording!
10%
23%
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES
PERFORMANCE
REVENUE
43%
67%
PROGRAM
SERVICES
-
NEW for 2010/2011—CJO piloted a pre-show talk hosted by board
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra is generously funded by the residents of Cuyahoga County through
a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic
growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
32,184
42,250
1,443
75,877
FUNDRAISING
EXPENSES
CJO clinicians also provided hands-on instruction to Solon High School
jazz students as part of the 2011 Solon JazzFest in January.
member Bobby Jackson and Artistic Director Sean Jones before the
Afro-Cuban Moods concert on May 14th. This talk was very popular—it
attracted a standing-room-only audience! CJO will offer similar talks
prior to each concert in the 2011/2012 season.
60,205
61,000
3,075
19,750
1,814
43,159
189,003
WHERE THE MONEY GOES
FISCAL YEAR 2011
EARNED REVENUE
CD SALES &
OTHER
INCOME
3%
Contract Performances
59,831
49,500
8,600
4,429
4,699
127,059
SURPLUS/DEFICIT
Educational Outreach
FY2011
FISCAL YEAR 2011
CONTRIBUTED REVENUE
50,000
CORPORATE
SUPPORT
2%
150,000
200,000
Earned Vs. Contributed Revenue
Earned Revenue
SPECIAL ONEINDIVIDUAL
TIME GIFTS
DONATIONS
23%
31%
STATE/GOV
GRANTS
11%
FOUNDATION
GRANTS
33%
100,000
Contributed Revenue
$185,079
$127,059
$124,581
$75,877
60%
63%
37%
2010
CJO recorded its first new CD since 2006
in April, 2011. This CD—The Cleveland Jazz
Orchestra with Sean Jones, Live at the
Bop Stop—was recorded on April 3, 2011
and released on May 14, 2011. Featuring the
arrangements of Paul Ferguson and the
vocal styling of Evelyn Wright, this new CD
includes a mix of original compositions
plus well-known jazz standards.
40%
2011
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