Operating Support
Operating Support
DSSO's mission is to deeply move and engage as many people as possible with the power of symphonic music.
Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
ACHF Arts Access
DSSO will increase the accessibility of performances to a wider audience by implementing virtual program avenues. The DSSO will continue to promote low cost and free access to our virtual (and hopefully in-person) concerts. This will be evaluated for an increased level of engagement of multi-generational attendees, with a specific emphasis on family inclusion. 2: DSSO will be fiscally responsible and pursue activities that maximize effectiveness and efficiently utilize resources. The DSSO continues to work to maximize its programming utilizing limited resources. The DSSO has a goal of being a 100% cash business with less than $25,000 in payables by the end of June 2021.
Through Virtual Access and lessened Covid restrictions, the DSSO saw an increase in attendance for all concerts and events. The DSSO catalogued in-person and digital attendees to all seven concerts across its 2021-22 Season. 2: The DSSO operated completely on cash during the 2021-22 Fiscal Year and posted a small surplus in the audit of the 2020-21 Fiscal Year. The DSSO monitored cash on hand and accounts payable on a weekly basis, along with calculating several fiscal ratios that demonstrate organizational stability.
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