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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by JULIAN GAU.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,318
Total expenses
$16,345
Contributions and grants received
$23,018
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$0
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$0
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$300
Total assets, end of year
$2,893
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,893
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,882

Program services were 60.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

The mission of the Horizon Ensemble is to enrich the artistic and cultural lives of our communities of musicians and audiences through our orchestral concerts. We serve the community of the Boston area by providing accessible musical performances at no cost in a historical space. We also support the community of musicians in Boston by acting as a high-level ensemble playing unique repertoire with a relatively short rehearsal cycle. Finally, we further the artistic development of the community of young composers by providing them with performances of large-ensemble pieces, a much-desired opportunity.

  • Horizon Ensemble Concert, No. 6: Flow was delivered on March 5, 2023. A concert of flowing orchestral music! Featuring music by Felix Mendelssohn, Marcea McGuire, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Gordon Jacob. About this Event As we began to break the winter freeze, Horizon Ensemble invited folks to get into the flow of the oncoming spring with some music old and new. The Horizon Ensemble is an orchestra that plays music by friends & music of history and will be presenting music centered around the theme of "flow." The concert started with More Old Wine in New Bottles by Gordon Jacob, a casting of four English folk songs reimagined for wind and brass instruments. Next, the ensemble flew through the airy notes of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Overture to The Magic Flute. What followed was a premiere of our friend Marcea McGuire's new piece Flow, inspired by flowing air and poetry. Finally, the concert finished with Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, nicknamed the "Scottish Symphony," inspired by his travels in the winds and waters of Scotland.

    Expenses $1,627 · Grants $2,000

  • Horizon Ensemble Concert 7: Across the Pond, was delivered on August 19, 2023. "The day has grown old; the fainting sun has but a little way to run...". As the flame of summer burned its westward light, Horizon Ensemble invited their music fans to come and enjoy serenades of revered places and nocturnal beauty. The Horizon Ensemble is an orchestra that plays music by friends & music of history. We'll highlight local Boston composers, American trailblazer Charles Ives, and the British composer Benjamin Britten. A Serenade for Winds opened the program, written by four friends of the Horizon Ensemble: Amber Dai, Brian Daniel Ross, Enrique Hernández de Tejada III, and Julian Gau. Next: Charles Ives's Three Places in New England, a wild romp through three New England landmarks, including one in the Boston Public Garden! Last was Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, a menagerie of odes to the subtle graces of nighttime. This piece will feature tenor Felix Aguilar Tomlinson and horn player Jack Krugman.

    Expenses $3,133 · Grants $3,000

  • Horizon Ensemble delivered another concert, Dreams, on October 15, 2023. In this concert, there were solo and chamber music by Fanny Hensel, Florence Price, Claude Debussy, Michael Mills, J.S. Bach, and more. Additionally, new compositions "Mother and Child", for string orchestra by William Grant Still and "Silent Tear" for chamber orchestra (world premiere!) by Izzi Napoli and Dee Ypsilantis.

    Expenses $2,125 · Grants $2,500

  • Horizon Ensemble Concert 8: Branches and Dances was delivered on December 17, 2023. "While thy branches mix with mine, and our roots together join." Shadows lengthen and reveal the beauty of the branches above us as we dance through these December days. The Horizon Ensemble is an orchestra that plays music by friends and music of history. The concert started by performing the world premiere of act Natural ~ by composer and violist Elsie Bae Han. This piece featured cellist Olivia Katz and twenty-one string players - not only playing but also walking around and talking. The audience were to find out what it really means to act natural! Next, it was Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, a well-loved gem of the orchestral world. Each movement features its own characteristic rhythmic energy, from the stately, severe Allegretto to the boisterous, rollicking finale. What a blast!

    Expenses $2,997 · Grants $3,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Julian Gau

    President, Music Director & Conductor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Jack Gau

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anchi Lin

    Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202523179349200907

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