Editor’s Message
Thomas A. Mosher
tmosher@njmea.org
Website:
http://www.njmea.org
How Would You Like To Play At Carnegie Hall?
Concert Band on the stage at Carnegie Hall for our 50th anniversary. It was a great experience! There was a cost, however, as performance halls such as CH just don’t invite you to play there for nothing. People hear the saying: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice man, practice” and think that you are just asked to play there. The total cost was $60,000, but we actually made money by performing there. The process started two years prior to the performance. The first thing we did was solicit tax deductible donations in any amount. Donations of $300 or more received a free ticket to the concert for each $300 donation. The forms for these donations were passed out at each of our concerts for the year and a half prior to playing at CH. The band plays four holiday concerts each fall and four additional concerts in the spring. At the end of the donation period we had collected over $40,000. We set the cost of all tickets at $25.00 each and only expected a small number of people to actually attend. On the day of the concert, friends and relatives had flown in from all over the country including Chicago, Florida, Michigan, California and other places. Over 1200 people attended the concert. Groups that rent Carnegie Hall receive all of the ticket money because the hall is rented and they make their money on the rental fees. The result was that we earned just under $30,000 after subtracting the free tickets we had to give to donors over $300. We also sell ads to our program book each spring and
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we did the same for the Playbook at Carnegie Hall. An additional $10,000 was earned with that project.
TEMPO 4 MAY 2018
ne year ago on May 12th, I had the good fortune to be able to conduct, perform a solo, and play with the Greater Shore
The $40,000 in donations, the $30,000 in ticket sales, plus the $10,000 earned in ad sales resulted in our earning $80,000 with a profit of $10,000. We did some smaller fund raising projects in addition to the above, and performing at Carnegie Hall does not have to be an overly expenseive thing, but a good experience. This is probably not something for the average school
ensemble, but would be for community groups of 50 or more people. We had a little over 70 perform at CH. The GSCB has an excellent and active executive
board who work hard for the organiztion. One of our members is a terrific graphic artist and created the display boards used at Carnegie Hall. I produced the Playbill. Others took care of everything from transportation to NYC, having dinner catered for the members, fund raising, etc. There were many of us in the band who had doubts about the entire project when it was first suggested, but it turned out to be a fantastic experience in every respect. If you would like to learn more about performing at CH, go to:
https://www.carnegiehall.org/
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