Friends of Starlight, INC.

PROJECT PURPOSE

The mission of Friends of Starlight Concerts, Inc. is to provide quality live music to the largest possible Tulsa audience. Specific objectives and purposes of the organization are to promote music education opportunities for the general public by sponsoring concerts of the concert band and other music.

EVIDENCE

Starlight has been preforming in the Tulsa area for 76 years. 500-600 people attend each of the concerts during our concert series on Tuesday nights in June and July. We have audience from all demographics and ethnicity.

POPULATION DESCRIPTION

In 2014, Starlight?s board of directors voted to move the concert series to Guthrie Green, a move that has consistently grown our audiences each year since. This move is only our fourth venue in our 75 year history. Our audience is multigenerational, and comes from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Guthrie Green, which is a premiere performance venue, has proven to broaden our already loyal audience. Guthrie Green is located in the heart of the Tulsa Arts District, a vibrant arts and entertainment hub in downtown Tulsa. We will continue efforts aimed at building younger audience members. We have a Junior Board, which is comprised of local area high school musicians, and also our partnership with the University of Tulsa' Camp Band, which also includes local high school musicians. Starlight makes an effort to provide an evening of entertainment. We look for a variety of guest artists, as well as other activities, which tie with the music performance in order to add entertainment or artistic value to the event. One example is of a past performance with the theme ?Night at the Museum?. We partnered with the local visual artists coalition and invited artists to bring their works for viewing and sale. Food and beverages are also available at performances through third-party vendors. Concert repertoire ranges from light classics patriotic music to jazz, Broadway and current pop selections, big band, movie themes, and original commissioned for professional concert band. We promise ?something for everyone? and guarantee an evening of toe-tapping music. This season Starlight has six performances slated at Guthrie Green. Most concerts begin 8pm. Our 2022 season was primarily underwritten by the Oklahoma Arts Council, George Kaiser Family Foundation and the Treeman Family Foundation. June 14th Starlight Concert Band presents: British Rock Royalty (with Special guest The University of Tulsa HS Summer Band) June 21st Starlight Jazz Orchestra presents: The Sixties, Before Everything Changed... The Starlight Jazz Orchestra presents a survey of jazz music from the early 1960s, when jazz like popular music would completely change. With the music of Quincy Jones, Cedar Walton, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and others. June 28th Concert: Americans We Special Guest: The 145th Army band "The Governor's' Own" Officially organized and federally recognized on Aug. 31, 1918, the 145th Army Band has been sharing patriotism through music with Oklahomans for more than 100 years. July 12th Concert: German Fest in July Special Guest: Mach Schnell Mach Schnell is the traditional German Brass Band that brings traditional German waltzes, marches and Polkas to the citizens of Tulsa. Mach Schnell is the featured entertainer at the annual Tulsa OktoberFest and is affiliated with the German American Society of Tulsa. July 19th Concert: Between the Sun and the Moon Special Guest Vocalist: Alison Walden Alison Walden has spent her life around music. A native of Louisiana, her father and grandfather were both accomplished jazz musicians in the New Orleans music scene. An accomplished vocalist herself, she has sung with a variety of groups over the years from jazz ensembles to symphony orchestras. In 2018 she was named the winner in the "Tulsa's Got Talent" and has performed several times with the Tulsa Signature Symphony. July 26th Starlight Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Under the Stars The Starlight Jazz Orchestra presents a survey of music written for jazz big band, from the classics of the big band age to the current generation of composers writing for this ever-evolving musical genre.

PERFORMANCE MEASURING

Audience survey: How did you hear about Starlight?s concerts? Do you have any suggestions for future Starlight Concerts (musical selections, guest artists, themes) Musician survey: What was your favorite part of the season? Do you have any comments or suggestions on how we could make our concerts better? Staff: What suggestions do you have for improving our concerts? What suggestions do you have for improving our organization? Board: How can we as a team, accomplish more in the same time? What could we do better as a board?

ONGOING INVESTMENT AMOUNT

$

ONGOING INVESTMENT DESCRIPTION

None

ONGOING INVESTMENT REQUIRED

Able to continue operation without additional funding from the State of Oklahoma