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Cappella Romana

Cappella Romana

Portland, OR 97205
Tax ID93-1124501

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About this organization

Revenue

$731,014

Expenses

$721,573

Website

cappellaromana.org

Mission

Its performances “like jeweled light flooding the space” (Los Angeles Times), Cappella Romana is a vocal chamber ensemble dedicated to combining passion with scholarship in its exploration of the musical traditions of the Christian East and West, with emphasis on early and contemporary music. Founded in 1991, Cappella Romana’s name refers to the medieval Greek concept of the Roman oikoumene (inhabited world), which embraced Rome and Western Europe, as well as the Byzantine Empire of Constantinople ("New Rome") and its Slavic commonwealth. Each program in some way reflects the musical, cultural and spiritual heritage of this ecumenical vision.

About

AS ONE OF THE LEADING PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER CHOIRS IN NORTH AMERICA BOTH BY BUDGET AND ACTIVITY LEVEL, CAPPELLA ROMANA AIMS TO BE THE PREEMINENT GLOBAL PROPONENT OF EARLY AND CONTEMPORARY VOCAL MUSIC INSPIRED BY BYZANTIUM, RUSSIA, AND WESTERN EUROPE. FOUNDED BY MUSIC DIRECTOR ALEXANDER LINGAS IN 1991, ITS HIGHLY FOCUSED PROGRAMS OFFER A GLIMPSE OF THE TRANSCENDENT IN VOCAL ART, MADE POSSIBLE BY DEEP, ORIGINAL MUSICOLOGICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH. REACHING MORE AUDIENCES EACH YEAR AND ACCLAIMED RECENTLY IN GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE ("A SOUND WORLD OF UNIQUE BEAUTY"), THE PORTLAND, OREGON BASED ENSEMBLE PRESENTS A WEST COAST CONCERT SERIES (PORTLAND, SEATTLE, AND SAN FRANCISCO) AS ITS MAIN PROGRAM OFFERING. COLLABORATIONS WITH PEERS, SUCH AS PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, AND THIRD ANGLE NEW MUSIC, REACH BROAD AUDIENCES, AS DO ITS REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL TOURS. CAPPELLA'S RECENT INTERNATIONAL TOURS INCLUDE PERFORMANCES IN THE NETHERLANDS, ROMANIA, HUNGARY, SERBIA, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NATIONAL TOURS INCLUDE PERFORMANCES IN WASHINGTON (DC), MINNEAPOLIS, SACRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO, ST. LOUIS (MO), LINCOLN (NE), NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, AND SEATTLE. CAPPELLA NOW HAS 24 RELEASED RECORDINGS, WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED BY NAXOS OF AMERICA. CAPPELLA ROMANA WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST ADOPTERS OF THE REGIONAL ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL'S ARTS FOR ALL PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM, BEGUN IN 2007, BENEFITS CITIZENS IN THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA ON FOOD ASSISTANCE (SNAP). ANY HOLDER OF AN OREGON TRAIL (SNAP) CARD MAY PURCHASE 5 TICKETS TO ANY CAPPELLA ROMANA CONCERT. THE REGULAR MARKET-RATE FOR TICKETS RANGE FROM 22 TO 49. SNAP CREDIT IS NOT USED FOR PURCHASING TICKETS. THE ARTS FOR ALL PROGRAM ENABLES LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF CAPPELLA ROMANA'S MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, IN PERSON, AT A FRACTION OF THE REGULAR PRICE. CAPPELLA ROMANA CONCERTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR DISABILITY. WE WILL NOT TURN SOMEONE AWAY FOR THE LACK OF ABILITY TO PAY. CAPPELLA ROMANA ALSO PROVIDES ITS RECORDINGS WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE NONPROFIT ALL CLASSICAL PORTLAND RADIO STATION TO ENSURE THAT THE GREATER COMMUNITY CAN EXPERIENCE OUR LIVE PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS. ALL CLASSICAL'S LISTENERSHIP IS OVER 150,000. CAPPELLA ROMANA ALSO OFFERS FREE RECITALS OF ITS MUSICAL PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLIC AS A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY, IN PERFORMANCES AT THE GROTTO'S CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AND AT PORTLAND'S GREEK FESTIVAL EACH OCTOBER. CAPPELLA ROMANA HAS ALSO PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE IN HOSPITALS, INCLUDING AT LEGACY EMANUEL AND RANDALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, WITH A SET OF HOLIDAY CAROLS FOR CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS THERE, AND FOR WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS IN ITS COMMUNITY. PROGRAM ACTIVITY IN FY19 CAPPELLA ROMANA'S MAJOR ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2018-19 WERE THE SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION OF ITS PORTLAND AND SEATTLE AREA CONCERT SERIES, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURING, AND THE RELEASE OF A NEW CD RECORDING OF 16TH-CENTURY BYZANTINE AND LATIN CHANTS AND POLYPHONIC WORKS CALLED "VENICE IN THE EAST: RENAISSANCE CRETE AND CYPRUS" (THOSE TWO GREEK- SPEAKING ISLANDS WERE RULED FROM VENICE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY RENAISSANCE). FY19 MARKED CAPPELLA'S 27TH ANNUAL SEASON AND REPRESENTED A LEVELLING OF THE METEORIC INCREASE IN PROGRAMMING THAT CAME IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEARS. WE MAINTAINED A SIX-CONCERT SERIES, PLUS TWO SPECIAL EVENTS WITH GUEST ENSEMBLES THE TALLIS SCHOLARS AND PSALTIKON (BOSTON), WITH PERFORMANCES IN BOTH PORTLAND AND SEATTLE. IT WAS BOTH OUR KEY ACCOMPLISHMENT AND BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO MAINTAIN THE BUDGET AND ACTIVITY LEVEL THAT HAD BEFORE DOUBLED IN ONE YEAR. THE SERIES INCLUDED: (1) RACHMANINOFF'S ICONIC ALL-NIGHT VIGIL SUNG IN CHURCH SLAVONIC, LED BY GUEST CONDUCTOR BENEDICT SHEEHAN; (2) THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "HEAVEN AND EARTH," FEATURING A SETTING OF PSALM 103 (104 IN THE MASORETIC NUMBERING) BY SIX EASTERN ORTHODOX COMPOSERS, LED BY ASSOCIATE MUSIC DIRECTOR JOHN MICHAEL BOYER (TO BE RECORDED IN FY20); (3) THEY ARE AT REST: AN ANNIVERSARY CONCERT OF BRITISH SACRED CHORAL MUSIC MARKING THE 100 YEARS SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE 1918 ARMISTICE OF WORLD WAR I, LED BY BRITISH CONDUCTOR GUY PROTHEROE; (4) CHRISTMAS IN UKRAINE, FEATURING CAROLS AND LITURGICAL WORKS FROM THAT COUNTRY, LED BY GUEST DIRECTOR MARIKA KUZMA; (5) LOST TREASURES OF ARMENIA, NEWLY RESEARCHED SACRED CHANT AND POLYPHONY FROM ARMENIA AND ITS BYZANTINE NEIGHBORS, CO-LED BY MUSIC DIRECTOR ALEXANDER LINGAS AND GUEST CONDUCTOR HAIG UTIDJIAN; (6) AVE MARIA - RENAISSANCE MOTETS IN HONOR OF THE VIRGIN MARY, LED BY GUEST CONDUCTOR AND LONG-TIME ENSEMBLE MEMBER BLAKE APPLEGATE. CAPPELLA ROMANA ALSO PRESENTED TWO GUEST ENSEMBLES: THE TALLIS SCHOLARS, IN A RENAISSANCE POLYPHONY PROGRAM, AND PSALTIKON FROM BOSTON, DIRECTED BY ENSEMBLE MEMBER SPYRIDON ANTONOPOULOS, IN AN EASTER-THEMED PROGRAM OF BYZANTINE CHANT. ITS INAUGURAL SAN FRANCISCO SERIES, SUPPORTED IN PART BY A NEW GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, FEATURED PERFORMANCES OF THE RACHMANINOFF ALL-NIGHT VIGIL, CHRISTMAS IN UKRAINE, AND VENICE IN THE EAST: RENAISSANCE CRETE AND CYPRUS. CAPPELLA ROMANA OFFERED FREE PRE-CONCERT EDUCATIONAL TALKS PRIOR TO EVERY PERFORMANCE. CAPPELLA ROMANA ALSO PERFORMED HANDEL'S MESSIAH WITH PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA AND PARTICIPATED IN FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS, INCLUDING CAROLING AT THE GROTTO'S CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. THE ENSEMBLE'S TOURS IN FY19 INCLUDED AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL MULTI-CITY ENGAGEMENT BY POP-UP MAGAZINE, A PRODUCTION COMPANY BASED IN THE BAY AREA WHO PRESENTS "LIVE" MAGAZINE ARTICLES BY STORYTELLERS, MUSICIANS, AND ARTISTS. OUR PRESENTATION IN POP-UP MAGAZINE FOCUSED ON THE "LOST VOICES OF HAGIA SOPHIA" PROJECT, IN WHICH CAPPELLA ROMANA PERFORMS MEDIEVAL BYZANTINE CHANTS IN THE VIRTUAL-REALITY ACOUSTICS OF THE ACTUAL HAGIA SOPHIA IN CONSTANTINOPLE (ISTANBUL), MADE POSSIBLE WITH TECHNOLOGY FROM THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER RESEARCH IN MUSIC AND ACOUSTICS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY. THIS TOUR FEATURED SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCES OF ABOUT 3,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS EACH IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA; BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; WASHINGTON, DC; LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA; SEATTLE, WASHINGTON; AND PORTLAND, OREGON. THE ENSEMBLE ALSO RELEASED A NEW CD RECORDING OF "VENICE IN THE EAST- AND TOURED THAT PROGRAM AROUND ITS RELEASE DATE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST. LOUIS, AND TO THE EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER SERIES IN VANCOUVER, BC. THE ENSEMBLE THEN PERFORMED THIS PROGRAM, AS NOTED ABOVE, IN ITS NEWLY INAUGURATED SAN FRANCISCO SERIES. FY20 WILL FEATURE FIVE UNIQUE PROGRAMS IN ITS PORTLAND AND SEATTLE CONCERT SERIES; THE CONTINUATION OF A THREE-CONCERT SUBSCRIPTION SERIES IN SAN FRANCISCO; THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RELEASE OF ITS RECORDING "LOST VOICES OF HAGIA SOPHIA," RELEASED ON BOTH CD AND BLU-RAY DISC WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND SURROUND-SOUND FORMATS, INCLUDING DOLBY ATMOS, AND A 30-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY FILM. COLLABORATIONS AND TOURS WILL INCLUDE APPEARANCES IN BOSTON AND NEW YORK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ORTHODOX CHURCH MUSIC BIENNIAL CONFERENCE, AND A PERFORMANCE OF ROBERT KYR'S ENVIRONMENTAL ORATORIO "A TIME FOR LIFE" BEFORE THE "GREEN PATRIARCH" WHO INSPIRED IT, HIS ALL-HOLINESS ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW DURING HIS APOSTOLIC VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES IN MAY 2020.

Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing

The filing clearly states the mission of the non-profit as “Musical performances for the public.”.

When outlining its functions, they were explained as: “Musical performances for the public.”.

  • In compliance with legal regulations, the non-profit has reported their state of operation as OR.
  • The filing records the non-profit's address for 2020 as 620 SW MAIN ST STE 714, PORTLAND, OR, 97205.
  • As of 2020, the non-profit's form reports a total of 5 employees.
  • Does not operate a hospital.
  • Does not operate a school.
  • Does not collect art.
  • Does not provide credit counseling.
  • Does not have foreign activities.
  • Is not a donor-advised fund.
  • Is not a private foundation.
  • Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
  • Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
  • Revenue less expenses is $9,441.
  • The CEO's salary plan within the organization is subject to review and endorsement by an independent body.
  • The organization has 11 independent voting members.
  • The organization was formed in 1991.
  • The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
  • The organization is required to file Schedule B.
  • The organization is required to file Schedule O.
  • The organization pays $245,679 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
  • The organization pays $32,296 in fundraising expenses.
  • The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
  • The organization has minutes of its meetings.
  • The organization has a written whistleblower policy.

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