MUSIC BEFORE 1800 INC
529 W 121ST STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10027 www.mb1800.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: (A) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST AND EDUCATION IN MUSIC, COMPOSED PRIMARILY BEFORE 1800; (B) TO AFFORD THE PUBLIC INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTEND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, PARTICULARLY OF MUSIC COMPOSED BEFORE 1800;(C) TO PROVIDE HISTORICALLY AND ESTHETICALLY APPROPRIATE SETTINGS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC COMPOSED BEFORE 1800;(D) TO AFFORD YOUNG MUSICIANS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS PARTICULARLY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC COMPOSED BEFORE 1800; (E) TO INVESTIGATE THE ARCHIVES SO AS TO REVIVE OLD WORKS FOR CURRENT PERFORMANCE; (F) TO EMPLOY AND PAY COMPENSATION TO COMPOSERS, MUSICAL DIRECTORS, CONDUCTORS, SINGERS, INSTRUMENTALISTS, AND OTHER ARTISTS, ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL PERSONNEL, AND OTHER PERSONS AS NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION;(G) TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AS TO ALL OF THE FOREGOING ACTIVITIES.

THE 2019-20 SEASON WAS OUR 45TH SEASON OF PRESENTING PROGRAMS BY OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND LOCAL EARLY MUSIC GROUPS IN ACOUSTICALLY AND AESTHETICALLY SUPERB SETTINGS. THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO PRESENT 11 CONCERTS: 8 CONCERTS AT OUR HOME BASE, THE ACOUSTICALLY SUPERB CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH ON SUNDAYS AT 4 P.M.; AND 3 CONCERTS AT THE INTIMATE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION, ON THURSDAYS AT 7 P.M. IN LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WE CANCELED 3 CONCERTS AND PRESENTED 8 CONCERTS: 7 AT CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH AND 1 AT THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION. WE OFFERED A REFUND TO TICKET HOLDERS OF THE CANCELED PERFORMANCES AND OFFERED A PARTIAL COMPENSATION TO THE ARTISTS.

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