Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,212,017

Total expenses

$1,272,848

Contributions and grants received

$627,746

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$468,130

Investment income

$105

Other revenue

$116,036

Total assets, end of year

$1,135,847

Total liabilities, end of year

$968,669

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$167,178

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$982,938

Management and general expenses

$121,436

Fundraising expenses

$168,474

Program service expenses (Part III)

$982,938

Program services were 77.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• ELEMENTAL STRINGS: OUR SIGNATURE STRING ORCHESTRA PROVIDES STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 TO 5 WITH TWO LEVELS OF STRING ORCHESTRA: INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED. STUDENTS RECEIVE SECTIONAL REHEARSALS AND FULL ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCES UNDER PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS AND TEACHING ARTISTS. THE PROGRAM PREPARES STUDENTS FOR MUSIC STUDIES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. 55 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN THE 2024/25 SEASON AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $93,968 · Revenue $64,763

• PRELUDE: THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY-LEVEL STRING ENSEMBLE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 TO 5. THERE IS NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO JOIN THIS PROGRAM AND MOST STUDENTS IN THE ENSEMBLE ARE LEARNING AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME. PRELUDE PREPARES STUDENTS WITH A THOROUGH TECHNICAL AND MUSICAL FOUNDATION, INCLUDING NOTE-READING, AND PREPARES STUDENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN ELEMENTAL MUSIC'S MORE ADVANCED ENSEMBLES. 17 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN THE 2024/25 SEASON AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $31,883 · Revenue $18,462

• ELEMENTAL BAND: OUR CONCERT BAND FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 35 WAS LAUNCHED IN 2013. THE ENSEMBLE HELPS YOUNG BAND STUDENTS DEVELOP ENSEMBLE SKILLS AND GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO PERFORM AS A FULL CONCERT BAND SOMETHING NOT AVAILABLE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUSIC CLASSES WHERE STUDENTS ARE GROUPED IN INSTRUMENT-SPECIFIC CLASSES. 11 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN THE 2024/25 SEASON AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $35,107 · Revenue $11,992

• OUR BERGMANN PROGRAM/ENCORE LESSON PROGRAM PROVIDED 98 SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN GRADES 4 TO 12 FROM THE SANTA MONICA-MALIBU UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH FREE YEAR-ROUND PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS, INCLUDING SUMMER MONTHS. STUDENTS RECEIVED WEEKLY LESSONS RANGING FROM 30 TO 60 MINUTES DEPENDING ON AGE AND TECHNICAL ABILITY LEVEL. STUDENTS PERFORMED IN A FREE PUBLIC RECITAL.

  Expenses $239,717 · Revenue $53,355

• ELEMENTAL GUITAR: THIS UNIQUE PROGRAM PROVIDES CLASSICAL GUITARISTS IN GRADES 3 TO 8 WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND PERFORM AS AN ENSEMBLE RATHER THAN LEARNING AS A SOLITARY PURSUIT. THE PROGRAM SERVES A RANGE OF LEVELS, FROM TOTAL BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED GUITARISTS, ALLOWING FOR STUDENTS TO PLAY MORE ADVANCED PARTS YEAR AFTER YEAR. 21 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN THE 2024/25 SEASON AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $30,105 · Revenue $21,051

• ELEMENTAL CHOIR: THIS CHILDREN'S CHOIR PROVIDES VOCAL MUSIC EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 TO 5, OFFERING THEM THE CHANCE TO LEARN HEALTHY VOCAL TECHNIQUE, SOLFEGE AND SIGHT-SINGING, AND ENSEMBLE SINGING WITH A FOCUS ON MULTI-PART HARMONIES. 27 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN THE 2024/25 SEASON AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS, IN ADDITION TO OUTREACH PERFORMANCES. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $29,842 · Revenue $35,003

• ACADEMY PHILHARMONIC: THIS IS OUR ADVANCED FULL ORCHESTRA FOR WIND AND STRING STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 TO 8. STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO BLEND MULTIPLE INSTRUMENT GROUPS AND GAIN AN INTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE AHEAD OF PLAYING IN ORCHESTRAL GROUPS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. AUDITIONS ARE COMPETITIVE EACH YEAR. 32 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN THE 2024/25 SEASON AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $68,401 · Revenue $37,250

• ACADEMY STRINGS: THIS IS AN INTERMEDIATE STRING ORCHESTRA FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 TO 8 , DESIGNED TO HELP PLAYERS DEVELOP ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUE, MUSICALITY, AND ENSEMBLE PLAYING SKILLS NEEDED TO PLAY ADVANCED REPERTOIRE. MANY STUDENTS FROM ELEMENTAL STRINGS FUNNEL INTO ACADEMY STRINGS TO HONE THEIR SKILLS BEFORE BEING ACCEPTED INTO ACADEMY PHILHARMONIC. THE 2024/25 SEASON WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS ENSEMBLE. 19 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $29,937 · Revenue $23,133

• ACADEMY WINDS: THIS IS AN INTERMEDIATE CONCERT BAND FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 TO 8, PROVIDING MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND STUDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MUSIC ALONGSIDE FRIENDS. STUDENTS EXPLORE FUN REPERTOIRE THAT SPANS MULTIPLE CULTURES AND GENRES, EVEN LEARNING THE BASICS OF IMPROVISATION. THE 2024/25 SEASON WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS ENSEMBLE. 18 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $40,073 · Revenue $19,113

• CHAMBER MUSIC INSTITUTE: DESIGNED FOR INSTRUMENTALISTS IN GRADES 6 TO 12 AND VOCALISTS IN GRADES 6 TO 8, THE CHAMBER MUSIC INSTITUTE IS AN AUDITION-BASED PROGRAM FOR STRINGS, WOODWINDS, BRASS,PERCUSSION, GUITAR, AND VOICE. MUSICIANS ARE GROUPED IN SMALL, CONDUCTORLESS ENSEMBLES AND WORK WITH A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN IN COACHINGS EACH WEEK. CHAMBER GROUPS RECEIVED 24 WEEKLY COACHINGS FROM LATE SEPTEMBER THROUGH LATE MAY, HAD TWO MASTER CLASSES WITH GUEST ARTISTS, AND PERFORMED IN TWO PUBLIC RECITALS. THERE WERE 57 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE 2024/25 SEASON.

  Expenses $83,250 · Revenue $64,773

• TEACHING FELLOWSHIP: OUR TEACHING FELLOWSHIP LAUNCHED IN FALL 2022 WITH THE GOAL OF EXPANDING THE FUTURE POOL OF TEACHING ARTISTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES HANDS-ON TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND MENTORSHIP FOR FOUR COLLEGE STUDENTS, WHO SUPPORTED WEEKLY ENSEMBLE PROGRAMS FROM LATE SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE. FELLOWS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN SIX PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTS PROFESSIONALS.

  Expenses $26,139

• ELEMENTAL @ WESTMINSTER: OUR IN-SCHOOL CORE MUSIC CLASSES AT WESTMINSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A TITLE I LAUSD SCHOOL IN THE VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD, PROVIDED ALL 370 STUDENTS FROM TK THROUGH 5TH GRADE WITH CORE MUSIC INSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE ALSO BROUGHT IN GUEST ARTISTS TO WORK WITH STUDENTS AND PRODUCED TWO CONCERTS.

  Expenses $121,529 · Revenue $40,368

• BROADWAY SINGERS: THIS WEEKLY AFTERSCHOOL CHOIR PROGRAM AT LAUSD'S BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K2 GIVES YOUNG SINGERS AN INTRODUCTION TO CHORAL SINGING THROUGH AGE-APPROPRIATE PEDAGOGY AND REPERTOIRE. STUDENTS DEVELOP CONFIDENCE, LISTENING SKILLS, AND BEGIN TO CULTIVATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF MUSICAL TECHNIQUE AND PITCH. 29 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS IN THE 2024/25 SEASON. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $32,140 · Revenue $21,867

• BROADWAY CHORUS: THIS WEEKLY AFTERSCHOOL CHOIR PROGRAM AT LAUSD'S BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 TO 5 PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH A CHORAL EXPERIENCE THAT FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING VOCAL TECHNIQUE, MUSIC LITERACY, AND MORE. STUDENTS LEARN TO SING IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND THE ENSEMBLE IS A NATURAL CONTINUATION OF ENSEMBLE SINGING FOR SINGERS GRADUATING FROM BROADWAY SINGERS. 27 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS IN THE 2024/25 SEASON. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $33,086 · Revenue $22,007

• BROADWAY STRINGS: THIS WEEKLY AFTERSCHOOL STRING ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE AT LAUSD'S BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 34 REQUIRES NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE AND INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO STRING INSTRUMENTS PLAYING ON THE VIOLIN, THE VIOLA, OR THE CELLO. STUDENTS LEARN THE BASICS OF MUSICAL TECHNIQUE AND MUSICIANSHIP, INCLUDING NOTE-READING. 15 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS IN THE 2024/25 SEASON. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $30,741 · Revenue $17,988

• BROADWAY ORCHESTRA: THIS WEEKLY AFTERSCHOOL STRING ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE AT LAUSD'S BROADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 TO 5 IS AN INTERMEDIATE STRING ORCHESTRA AND A NATURAL CONTINUATION OF ENSEMBLE PLAYING FOR STUDENTS WHO STARTED LEARNING WITH US IN BROADWAY STRINGS. STUDENTS PLAY MORE ADVANCED REPERTOIRE AND CONTINUE BUILDING THEIR MUSICAL TECHNIQUE. 14 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED AND THEY PERFORMED 3 PUBLIC CONCERTS IN THE 2024/25 SEASON. INSTRUCTION TOOK PLACE WEEKLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH EARLY JUNE.

  Expenses $33,204 · Revenue $14,272

• EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC: OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSES PROVIDE A FOUNDATION IN MUSIC FOR CHILDREN AGES 4 MONTHS THROUGH 7 YEARS THROUGH AGE-APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SINGING, MOVEMENT, AND INSTRUMENT PLAY. CLASSES ARE HELD IN 8 WEEK SESSIONS. THE PROGRAM SERVED 8 FAMILIES IN THE 2024/25 SEASON, WITH CLASSES OCCURRING FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY. OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD DIRECTOR ALSO LED MULTIPLE CLASSES AT OUTREACH EVENTS INCLUDING AT THE SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE SANTA MONICA ARTS & LITERACY FESTIVAL.

  Expenses $18,269 · Revenue $3,670

• SUMMER SOUNDS ACADEMY: THIS SUMMER CAMP FOR RISING 6TH THROUGH 9TH GRADERS OFFERS A FULL ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE. THE CAMP RUNS TWICE A WEEK FOR FIVE WEEKS. STUDENTS LEARN ADVANCED REPERTOIRE AND HAVE THE CHANCE TO PLAY AS A CONDUCTORLESS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. SUMMER 2025 WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS CAMP HAS BEEN OFFERED. 16 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED AND THEY GAVE A CASUAL PERFORMANCE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE CAMP FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

  Expenses $5,547 · Revenue $4,537

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• MARCIA CAPPARELA

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• BRENDA BENSON

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• JANIE DOCTER

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• OMAR LOVE

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• KENNETH BURGOMASTER

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KAY TIDWELL

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ALLISON VAN ETTEN

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• GIGI DECAVALLES-HUGHES

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• VICTOR KOMLOS

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• JOSEPHINE MOERSCHEL

  EXECUTIVE & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $125,475

  From this org

  $125,475

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

25 February 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202610569349302156

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