THIS GIVING TUESDAY - WILL YOU HELP US RAISE $7K FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS?
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Venmo @ChoralChameleon For personal checks, please find info below |
This Giving Tuesday, we are recognizing the crucial contribution of our professional artists to this season, and to guarantee we can continue to offer consistent employment for the months ahead.
Choral Chameleon is actively making music of high quality this Season, with recording projects for our online series on Patreon that are challenging and engaging our professional singers, and our Principal Pianist, on a monthly basis, during a period where opportunities for professionals are scarce. Our pros are delivering outstanding results, as an Ensemble, for the TASTE2 Series, and as section leaders for the Chorus' WOVEN series - to enable the rest of the choir to record with confidence. Our Principal Pianist is a true collaborator, providing incredible tracks for our recordings but has also been working alongside our Assistant Conductors in online sectional rehearsals and has been recording piano tracks to aid our Chorus to practice music at home. We appreciate any contribution you may be able to make at this time. |
*** Take advantage of the $300 CARES Act additional deduction in 2020 ***
Signed into law on March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") includes provisions designed to encourage charitable contributions of cash. It allows taxpayers who do not itemize deductions on their federal income tax returns to receive a tax deduction of up to $300 for cash donations to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations during calendar year 2020, in addition to taking the "standard deduction" on their returns.
Making art during a pandemic: people first, technology second.
We entered the summer with an absolute artistic commitment to innovate. We saw performing groups all over the world shutting down and decided we must double-down to create new art, now more than ever. We decided that Covid would be an inspiration for us, not a limitation.
So we spent months figuring out how to create new music safely. Virtual choirs - singing alone into your phone - weren't good enough. If people aren't singing together, in real time, balancing and feeding off one another, it doesn't sound the same. If we were going to make music this Season, we wanted it to last.
The route we have chosen is to make music in person at a high-end recording studio that has 4 completely separate booths. That means 4 people at a time can sing together, safely. We've been recording both our Chorus and our Ensemble like that, in quartets, and then are mixing them all together. The results are already phenomenal in their quality and warmth - I invite you to listen for yourself.
It's also incredibly expensive - the studio costs hundreds of dollars per hour, and we need a lot of hours since we can only record 4 singers at a time. The Chorus has over 40 singers physically participating in this process and we are continuing to pay our professional Ensemble singers.
This season we're also staying mission-focused by producing groundbreaking new art just like we did before Covid! We're combining our exquisite choral music with custom recipes for food and drinks inspired by the music to stimulate the senses during lockdown. And we've commissioned beautiful handmade rugs whose colors and texture you'll hear in sumptuous new recordings of us singing. Our food and design partnership with The Taste Curators is beautifully packaged via the medium of video, in collaboration with our supremely talented videographer Jacob McCoy.
We don't know what the future holds, but it could be another year or more before we're all back in the same room together.
Would you consider making a gift to sustain us during this difficult time?
With a donation, you'll be helping create more of Choral Chameleon's trademark beauty, love, and wonder... and lighting the path forward for other arts organizations in New York City and around the world.
Nicole Belmont, Executive Director
We entered the summer with an absolute artistic commitment to innovate. We saw performing groups all over the world shutting down and decided we must double-down to create new art, now more than ever. We decided that Covid would be an inspiration for us, not a limitation.
So we spent months figuring out how to create new music safely. Virtual choirs - singing alone into your phone - weren't good enough. If people aren't singing together, in real time, balancing and feeding off one another, it doesn't sound the same. If we were going to make music this Season, we wanted it to last.
The route we have chosen is to make music in person at a high-end recording studio that has 4 completely separate booths. That means 4 people at a time can sing together, safely. We've been recording both our Chorus and our Ensemble like that, in quartets, and then are mixing them all together. The results are already phenomenal in their quality and warmth - I invite you to listen for yourself.
It's also incredibly expensive - the studio costs hundreds of dollars per hour, and we need a lot of hours since we can only record 4 singers at a time. The Chorus has over 40 singers physically participating in this process and we are continuing to pay our professional Ensemble singers.
This season we're also staying mission-focused by producing groundbreaking new art just like we did before Covid! We're combining our exquisite choral music with custom recipes for food and drinks inspired by the music to stimulate the senses during lockdown. And we've commissioned beautiful handmade rugs whose colors and texture you'll hear in sumptuous new recordings of us singing. Our food and design partnership with The Taste Curators is beautifully packaged via the medium of video, in collaboration with our supremely talented videographer Jacob McCoy.
We don't know what the future holds, but it could be another year or more before we're all back in the same room together.
Would you consider making a gift to sustain us during this difficult time?
With a donation, you'll be helping create more of Choral Chameleon's trademark beauty, love, and wonder... and lighting the path forward for other arts organizations in New York City and around the world.
Nicole Belmont, Executive Director
If you prefer to donate by personal check, please address it to 'Choral Chameleon Inc.' and email our treasurer Eddie Maddalena for mailing instructions (we are not using our usual mailing address at the moment).
We also accept Venmo (@ChoralChameleon)
If you prefer to donate by personal check, please address it to 'Choral Chameleon Inc.' and email our treasurer Eddie Maddalena for mailing instructions (we are not using our usual mailing address at the moment).
We also accept Venmo (@ChoralChameleon)
YOU CAN ALSO SUPPORT CHORAL CHAMELEON AS OUR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE ON PATREON!
We are delivering new programming every month this season online via the fan-support platform PATREON, which we're testing out for the first time. This is our virtual venue for the Season and it works via a monthly plan, or 10% discounted annual upfront pledge in the place of concert tickets.
Choral Chameleon's Ensemble and Chorus are making completely fresh new music for our virtual audience EVERY MONTH via high-quality studio recordings, delivered to subscribers with gorgeous video from our collaborators and other benefits like livestream chat on launch day, swag and more!
- $10/month provides access to new monthly music
- $25/month provides access to new monthly music and artisanal keepsakes developed to accompany our series
- $40/month provides the above plus more access to work-in-progress
Learn more about how to access and support our Season HERE.
[Please note, while PATREON is a way to support us monthly, it is a platform for us to deliver goods & services to you, and is not tax-exempt]
Shout-outs to our friends on Patreon (as of November 24th 2020):
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Agnes & Jo Buchanan
Alan Ahles Alan McGowan Allison Carroll Anya Gibian Audrey Elias 'Beigeforce' Boreta Singleton Brian Moseley Brian Rosen Briel Steinberg Cara Caponi Caroline Quinn Carly Robinson Christopher Derby Corey Kinger Dale Trumbore Dan Venora David Bloom David Dabbon David R. Murray Dean Goodman Edward Thompson Eli Gilboa Emily Crowe Emily Uz |
Erba 'n' Dan
Evelyn Beliveau Hee Sung Kim Hope deFrenes Howard and Roberta Robinson Irina Tseyref Jacqueline R Francis Jeffrey & Lisa Waller Jillian S Hornick Johanna Hirota Julia Armstrong Julia Trencher Karen Beluso Kathleen Gilbride Kathryn Squitieri Katie Zaffrann Lisa W Cook Lynn Peterson Marilynn Berkey Mark Endozo Mark Heflin Mark McManus Marshall Taylor Matthew Finkel Max Parke Michael Squitieri |
Michelle Coladonato
Nicole Belmont Nina Cass Pat Bumgarner Paul & Connie Beliveau Paul Golding Peter A Belmont Richard Berg Rina McNamara Rita Coladonato Robyn Caponi Rod Hines Sally Fleming Samantha Jones Sandra Garner Scott Brown Stephanie Tuck Tegan Miller Thomas Lloyd Victoria Beliveau Vince Peterson Tyler Smith Westley Todd Holiday Xan Weiser |
SEASON 2019-2020 DONORS
Thank you for your invaluable support during a challenging season
Thank you for your invaluable support during a challenging season
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$1000+
Anonymous (1) Nicole Belmont David Dabbon Mark Endozo Morgan Stanley Christopher & David Murray Brian Rosen Kathryn Squitieri Michael Squitieri Seisei Tatebe-Goddu Kara Unterberg Nicholas Weininger $500-999 Peter Belmont Donna Lee Karin Miller-Lewis Clayton l. Morris John Prince Deborah Tuck |
$200-499
Elise Caves Tom Gabbard Joseph Gilbride Larry Squitieri Hilary Sterne Stefanie Teitelbaum Joanne Tuck and Stuart Freedman $100-199 Richard Berg David Bloom Scott Brown Cara Caponi Dean Dinnebeil Joseph Gregorio Johanna Hirota Martin Isenberg & Lynda Sher Matt Oltman Vince Peterson Hilary Sterne Nanci Tuck Stephanie Tuck |
$10-99
Amazon Smile Nadia Al-Said Blair Desmon Andy Einhorn Audrey Elias Jared Field Barbara Gilbride Barry Gilman Kimberly Glassman Kelly Baxter Golding Abner Greene Phil Gutierrez Westley Holiday Richard LaMura William Pusey Maura Rabuffo Benjamin Shaw Alyssa Venora Evelyn Zornoza |
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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The performance venues for Choral Chameleon are ADA-compliant and wheelchair accessible spaces.
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This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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Choral Chameleon historically relies on a combination of revenues: ticket revenues from live performances/digital subscription, Chorus dues, grants and crucially, INDIVIDUAL GIVING.
Individual donor support is critical for us to continue our important and influential work in New York City and beyond.
This work includes:
Individual donor support is critical for us to continue our important and influential work in New York City and beyond.
This work includes:
- Preparation and Presentation of groundbreaking choral music programming, dealing with real human themes for real people that require exceptionally flexible and open-minded artists.
- Guaranteeing our audience will experience premieres of exciting new choral music in every season. We have commissioned, nurtured and produced OVER 180 WORLD PREMIERES since 2008 - an unprecedented number, and a major statement about the support of new concert music for voices! This is one of the key reasons why Choral Chameleon has been recognized nationally by the choral community in our winning of the Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming in 2015 and why founder Vince Peterson was awarded the Chorus America Louis Botto Award for Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal.
- Ability to offer year-long composer residencies.
- Freedom to explore secular contexts for choral music alongside the spiritual, to provoke reassessment of what a choral music concert can feel like, utilizing unexpected venues, videos and collaborations with other disciplines.
- Unparalleled educational experiences for emerging composers and conductors at our Summer Institute and providing guest conducting rotations. 81 composers and conductors have attended our Institute since 2010.
- Increasing awareness of important social issues in our shared community through the medium of ensemble singing.
- Promoting personal health and well-being through choral singing as a sustainable life-practice for avocational and professional singers alike.
- “Changing the Voice of Choral Music” on the modern concert scene, and claiming our American choral music heritage.