Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
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About this organization
Mission
To enrich the Twin Cities by sharing distinctive and engaging chamber orchestra performances.
About
Organization SummaryRenowned for its artistic excellence, remarkable versatility of musical styles and adventurous programming, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is widely regarded as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world. Now in its 61st season, the SPCO has recently undergone transformational change with the opening of its new home, the Ordway Concert Hall, the addition of a new generation of players, and significant changes in its artistic vision. The SPCO is primarily an unconducted ensemble that performs a broad range of repertoire from Baroque to new music and works in close collaboration with a dynamic roster of Artistic Partners, currently including British Baroque specialists Jonathan Cohen and Richard Egarr, American pianist Jeremy Denk, American composer and musical commentator Rob Kapilow, and Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto. Past Artistic Partners include Roberto Abbado, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Joshua Bell, Douglas Boyd, Martin Frost, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Nicholas McGegan, Stephen Prutsman, Dawn Upshaw, Christian Zacharias and Thomas Zehetmair.The virtuoso musicians of the SPCO present more than 130 concerts and educational programs in the Twin Cities each year. The orchestra's free online Concert Library receives more than 80,000 visits annually and offers both live and on-demand videos of concerts that can be viewed anytime, anywhere, completely free of charge. Through its partnership with Classical Minnesota Public Radio, the SPCO is regularly heard on public radio programs that reach nearly 1 million listeners each week on over 250 stations. Additionally, the SPCO has released 67 recordings, including the 2017 Grammy Award-winning recording of Schubert's Death and the Maiden with violinist and Artistic Partner Patricia Kopatchinskaja. The SPCO has commissioned 150 new works and tours nationally and internationally, including recent engagements in Europe and New York City, and a prestigious residency with Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley. The SPCO is nationally recognized for its commitment to broad community accessibility, its innovative audience outreach efforts, and its educational and family programming. Regular subscription series are performed in a variety of different venues across the Twin Cities metropolitan area each season, a unique commitment to geographic accessibility for a major orchestra. The SPCO offers the most affordable tickets of any major orchestra in the United States, with over 50 percent of tickets available for $15 or less, and has expanded accessibility even further by offering free tickets for children and students starting in the 2016.17 season as a part of the New Generation Initiative. The orchestra also offers an innovative ticket membership model in which members pay $9 per month to attend unlimited concerts. The SPCO's award-winning CONNECT education program reaches over 5,000 students and teachers annually in 13 Minneapolis and Saint Paul public schools, and its Target Free Family Music program provides engaging and educational experiences for thousands of Twin Cities children and families each year. MISSION OF THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRAOur mission is to sustain a world-class chamber orchestra at the highest standards of artistic excellence that enriches the Twin Cities community by sharing dynamic, distinctive and engaging performances. We are actively committed to accessibility and intentional inclusivity in all aspects of our work and continually strive to provide all people in our community with opportunities to connect with the music we perform.For more information, visit www.thespco.org. 2018-19 SummaryThe SPCO once again served a record high number of unique attendees throughout the 2018.19 season, surpassing the all-time high achieved the previous season. Individual giving to the Annual Fund reached an all-time high for the fourth consecutive year, and the total amount contributed to the Annual Fund increased by one percent from the previous year. SERVING AN EXPANDING AUDIENCEContinued Audience GrowthThe SPCO continued to build upon its long history of audience growth in the 2018.19 season, serving a record high number of unique attendees (13,424 unique households) and surpassing the all-time high achieved the previous season. 108,696 people attended its 147 concerts in 28 different venues throughout the metro area, and more than 13,000 of these attendees were children, students or young adults. Thousands more experienced the SPCO through its free online Concert Library, which received over 81,000 visits in the 2018.19 season. The orchestra also shared music with several thousand people through its additional community engagement and education programs. The SPCO engaged nearly 5,600 students through its CONNECT music education program in 13 Minneapolis and Saint Paul public schools. In addition, the SPCO provided 11 free concerts for families and children through its Free Family Music Series, generously supported, in part, by Target. The SPCO also presented 11 performances of its celebrated Liquid Music Series.The strong attendance in the 2018.19 season represents another year of continued audience expansion for the SPCO and progress toward two audience goals established in its most recent strategic plan: to expand the number of people who experience SPCO performances, both in-person and digitally, and to increase the number of young audience members. The chamber orchestra's audience has grown by more than 50 percent in the last 15 years, during which time the SPCO has maintained its commitment to broad community accessibility, offering the most affordable ticket prices of any professional orchestra in the United States.The New Generation InitiativeThe 2018.19 season marked the third year of the SPCO's New Generation Initiative, a series of programs designed to expand access to classical music for young people in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro area. Through generous funding from donors, the SPCO is making it easier than ever for young people to experience SPCO concerts with free tickets for children and students at nearly every concert throughout the season, as well as special concerts geared toward young people. Special performances for young audiences in the 2018.19 season included a 3-concert series at Icehouse in Minneapolis, a series of happy hour concerts at the Ordway and a 3-concert series at Turf Club in Saint Paul. Attendance among children and students has quadrupled since the launch of the New Generation Initiative in 2016. In addition to providing free tickets for children and students, the SPCO expanded the New Generation Initiative in the 2018.19 season to offer free tickets for parents and adults from socioeconomically disadvantaged families through partnerships with community organizations that serve socioeconomically disadvantaged populations in the Twin Cities. Free Online Concert LibraryIn addition to those who experienced the SPCO in person by attending performances, the SPCO also shared its music via its free online Concert Library (www.thespco.org/music), which received over 47,000 visits from Minnesotans (a 65% increase over FY18) and over 81,000 visits from listeners worldwide in 2018.19. In a recent step in the organization's history of bold moves toward greater accessibility for the community, the orchestra announced this video initiative in June 2017, adding full-length concert videos to the Concert Library and presenting its first ever live video stream of a performance in the season's closing weekend. In the 2018.19 season, the SPCO offered free live video streams of six concerts, later adding each to the Concert Library for free unlimited on-demand viewing. SPCO concerts are offered as full HD video, with the accompanying audio mix provided by the SPCO's long-time broadcast partner Classical Minnesota Public Radio. In the current season, the SPCO has presented live streams of two concerts, with several more planned for the remainder of the season. (www.thespco.org/live)The Concert Library allows The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra to share transformational performances with more and more people in our community and beyond and allows those who cannot attend live concerts, such as those in assisted living facilities or homebound for health reasons, the opportunity to experience the SPCO's music.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
In the filing, the mission of the non-profit is noted as “To enrich the twin cities community by sharing distinctive and engaging chamber orchestra performances. we are committed to inclusivity and strive to provide all people in our community with opportunities to connect with our music.”.
When referring to its responsibilities, they were outlined as: “To enrich the twin cities by sharing distinctive and engaging chamber orchestra performances.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally registered to operate is MN, as per legal records.
- The filing documents the non-profit's address in 2020 as 408 St Peter Street 3rd Floor, St Paul, MN, 55102.
- According to the non-profit's form, they have 303 employees on their payroll as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$1,132,770.
- The organization has 59 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1958.
- The organization pays $6,754,476 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $1,044,109 in fundraising expenses.