CFVA 2022 Annual Report

2022

ANNUAL REPORT

Central Florida Vocal Arts Central Florida Vocal Arts and Opera del Sol exist to build a better Central Florida community through our platform in arts education, performance and appreciation.

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About CFVA Central Florida Vocal Arts is a non-profit, music advocacy organization dedicated to providing the highest quality training to artists of all ages and abilities, while also providing paid performance opportunities to professional artists. We are ensuring all people in our community have equitable access to meaningful arts experiences. Through our programs we develop greater diversity, inclusivity and empathy in the arts community and across sectors.

Our Educational initiatives develop students’ talent, passion and confidence, as we overcome barriers to accessibility, including a student's ability to pay for training.

Our Mainstage productions collaborate with charitable community partners to build awareness of their mission through our arts platform. These productions provide paid opportunities to artists and exceptional performances to audiences.

Opera del Sol challenges the boundaries and norms of the operatic genre, while addressing difficult social issues. You can find Opera del Sol providing curated arts performances across our community, year round! info@centralfloridavocalarts.org

Executive Director's Message How is it possible that we less than a month away from 2023? This season, Central Florida Vocal Arts is celebrating its tenth anniversary and in the same way that this past year has flown by, so has the past decade! What began as my dream has become a midsize arts organization that employs hundreds of artists annually, serves thousands of student artists, and has awarded tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships to create equitable access to music education.

As our lives seem to move ever quicker, the role of the arts in our community takes on even greater importance. Our programs cultivate greatness in young artists. Our classes bring meaning to the lives of senior singers. Our performances welcome new audiences to the theater and with it, the powerful impact that the arts can have on minds and hearts. We affirm that every person in our community deserves equitable access to meaningful arts experiences that can change their lives and that by changing individuals, we forever change our whole community, for the better.

Theresa SmithLevin

In addition to our ten year anniversary, 2022 has given us many reasons to celebrate! This year we launched a voice class at Pace Center for Girls and the Eatonville Boys & Girls Club. We expanded our Arts 1:1 program that serves under-resourced youth in public school settings to Osceola County and have nearly doubled the number of students served in Orange County. We have forged partnerships with the Winter Park Library, the Center for Health & Wellbeing, and the Orange County Library systems. AND we moved our entire season of performances to The Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts! We have done all of this while maintaining and expanding our existing programs and caliber of work.

I encourage you to explore the impact numbers included with this letter along with what our constituents and community leaders have to say about our work. Your support makes this impact possible. We are thankful for you!

theresa@centralfloridavocalarts.org www.centralfloridavocalarts.org

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Board of Directors Our board members have the incredible joy of helping the greater Central Florida area have a voice and give back to our community in a profound way.

The members on the Board of Directors of CFVA have a legal and ethical responsibility to ensure our organization creates it's finest work possible to achieve our goals. Our goal is to consistently support Central Florida Vocal Arts and Opera del Sol in creating a better Central Florida community through arts education, performance and appreciation.

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Members

Rachel Hunter Anne Marie Ciccone Sean Meder John Myklush Mike Hamdan Lecie Langille Barbara Lezcano-Scott Lawrence Lyman Kwaku Mitchell Maegan Pierce Ryan Scordato Valerie Smith

To learn how to become involved with the Board of Directors, email president@centralfloridavocalarts.org

CFVA Leadership & Staff

Meghan Hone

Executive Director Theresa Smith-Levin Managing Director Meghan Hone Staff Caila Carter Brady Davidson Semra Eichelberger Ashley Hallenbeck Nishaa Johnson Shawn Lowe Sarah Lysiak Ging Eric Pinder Danielle Smith Andy Stetzinger Conny Williamson Michaela Wright Danielle Ziss

EDUCATION TEAM

Danielle Smith www.centralfloridavocalarts.org

Sarah Lysiak-Ging

Michaela Wright

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2022 Financial Summary Year-To-Date: January 1-November 1, 2022

Advertising/Sponsorships 1.1% Donations 20%

Services 42.8%

Revenue Advertising/Sponsorships Donations Grants Services

$2,355 $43,315 $77,910 $92,649

Total Revenue

$216,230

Grants 36%

Scholarships 9.3%

Expenditures

Marketing 5%

Production 12.9%

Staff Salaries 14.3%

Marketing Contracted Artists Staff Salaries Productions Scholarships Other

$12,354 $145,857 $35,491 $32,124 $23,022 $3,057

Total Expenditures

$251,904

Contracted Artists 58.6%

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2022 on the Mainstage 2022 began with the world premiere of Melina, written and directed by Central Florida playwright Gretchen Suarez-Pena, presented at The Orlando Shakes. We celebrated the opening of our tenth anniversary season in the Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts in August 2022 with The Sound of Music. The run of this production was completely sold out both in Orlando and for our Space Coast tour. We are so excited for this new and successful relationship and hope you will join us at the Dr. Phillips Center for many seasons to come!

Melina

The Sound of Music

Hansel & Gretel

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250

Ticket Sales

500

750

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Impact 120 120 Students received weekly voice lessons at no cost through our Arts 1:1, Pace Center for Girls, and Eatonville Boys & Girls Club Programs.

2,485 2,485 patrons attended our sold out run of The Sound of Music.

$170,000 CFVA will pay over $170,000 to teaching and performing artists this year.

50 Over 50 scholarships awarded to students in need for private voice lessons, workshops and Summer Institute.

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Over 75% of young artists who participate in our programming would be unable to do so without financial assistance.

100% of Summer Institute students indicated they would attend another CFVA program as did 100% of Sound of Music attendees.

As a transgender person, sometimes I can be a little nervous about if I will fit in to these kind of events, but everyone made me feel very cared for and understood. From asking for my preferred pronouns to just talking to me a little bit beforehand, it made a whole world of difference!! Thank you all so much for such an incredible experience :) It makes me wish I was an underclassman so I could come back next year!!

You guys rock!!!

- Robbie Gonzalez, College Audition Workshop Participant

Donor Spotlights

Become a donor at centralfloridavocalarts.org/donate

Our family supports Central Florida Vocal Arts because we enjoy their productions every season, and they truly enhance performing arts in our community. We especially appreciate that CFVA is very diverse and inclusive, as well as locally-founded, giving so many opportunities to local artists and production team-members and providing affordable student education right here in our area.

- Tobin Baum

Central Florida Vocal Arts is an organization with absolutely wonderful people.

They have a mission to make arts education available for all students no matter their background. We are happy to donate to a company who wants to make the world a better place through art and theater.

- Jonathan & Alyssa Zegers

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Thank you for

Since 2012, Central Florida Vocal Arts has been dedicated to re-imagining the future of vocal arts through the creation of equitable arts education and performance experiences.

We are grateful to our community partners, sponsors, and donors who continue to support our mission and are an integral part of our growth and success - we couldn't do it without you.

Your financial support and gifts of your time give CFVA it's voice. Our volunteers are a treasured part of our team making a tremendous impact to our organization and community.

Email info@centralfloridavocalarts.org or visit www.centralfloridavocalarts.org to learn how you can make an impact with CFVA in 2023.

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What does 2023 have in store?

FMEA Convention (January) New Partnerships with the Center for Health & Wellbeing, the Winter Park Library and Orange County Library (Spring) The Secret Garden (May) Collaboration with Space Coast Symphony Orchestra (August) Expanding Arts 1:1 to the five county area and beyond

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