CRESCENDO INC

Programs

1. Performed Cavalieris "Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo" "Body and Soul" the earliest known opera oratorio from the turn of the 17th century and a turning point in music and two balletti by Cavalieri and Cristofano Malvezzi for thirty voices seven choirs composed for the marriage of their patrons Ferdinand I of Medici and Christina of Lorraine. Two semi-staged performances by Crescendo Chorus of thirty five singers drawn from the community augmented by professional singers Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra and professional soloists of internationally and nationally renowned early music specialists: soprano Paulina Francisco Anima Baritone Anicet Castel Corpo bass-baritone Paul Max Tipton Mondo baritone Jermaine Woodard Jr. Consiglio countertenor Benjamin Rauch Piacere mezzo soprano Salome Sandoval Angel Custode and soprano Jennifer Tyo Oberto Vita Mondana led by Crescendos founding artistic director Christine Gevert.

   $58,100 spent
   36% of program spending

2. Performed "Bach-Circle: Christmas Oratorios and Contemporary Female Voices" bringing to our audience 17th and 18th century works by Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries. This program included Bachs fifth cantata of his Christmas Oratorio and lesser known works by his mentor Dietrich Buxtehude and his contemporaries Johann Schelle Johann Rosenmller Philipp Erlebach and Jeremias du Grain. Also part of this program were unaccompanied choral works by the award-winning contemporary female North American composers Emily Drum MaryAnne Muglia and Christine Donkin. Two performances with Crescendo Chorus soloists soprano Paulina Francisco countertenor Nicholas Tamagna tenor Gene Stenger bass-baritone Douglas Williams and Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra with professional musicians from Connecticut New York City and Boston led by Crescendos founding artistic director Christine Gevert.

   $51,244 spent
   32% of program spending

3. Performed "Nature in Vivaldis Sounds": Concertos for solo instruments and chamber orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi. Among the works were the violin concerto Tempesta di mare The Storm at Sea and the flute concertos "La notte" The Night and "Il gardellino" The Goldfinch. A unique version of Vivaldis Concerto for Two Mandolins was performed on two charangos small Andean stringed instruments of the lute family from the Quechua and Aymara peoples with the addition of quenas Andean wood flutes to the string orchestra giving our listeners a taste of the fusion of traditional and folk instruments that might have been heard in the New World. Two performances on period and Andean instruments with Edson Scheid Baroque violin Rodrigo Tarraza traverso Carlos Boltes and Scott Hill charango with strings and basso continuo players of Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra and Gonzalo Cortes and Rodrigo Tarraza quenas directed by Christine Gevert from the harpsichord.

   $21,075 spent
   13% of program spending

4. Presented a harpsichord solo recital performed by Kenneth Weiss professor at the Paris Conservatoire France in honor of the legendary harpsichord virtuoso and scholar Wanda Landowska.

   $4,539 spent
   3% of program spending

5. Offered Summer Sessions to the public. These sessions provided an opportunity to members of the community to sing with a small group exploring the repertoire understanding what was behind the music how the composition was conceived and what it meant. Each session offered some tools of vocal technique and exercises to build or develop participants practical musical skills.

   $5,809 spent
   4% of program spending

6. Two performances of "Revolutionary Renaissance" - Music by six largely unrecognized female composers from the Renaissance plus Afro-Portuguese contemporary Vicente Lusitano. Performed by the 25-member Crescendo chorus accompanying professional singers and musicians playing period instruments.

   $19,432 spent
   12% of program spending

7. Holiday period public service event of Crescendo singers caroling to horses and the public.

   $307 spent
   0% of program spending

The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $160,506.