Last Hundred Inc

WE RECEIVED 501C3 STATUS IN 2022. CONSEQUENTLY, TO ACCOMPLISH OUR 2022'S ACTIVITIES, WE HAD TO APPLY TO GRANTS IN 2021 UNDER A FISCAL SPONSOR. WE DID ACTIVITIES IN 2022 BUT OUR TREASURER HAD TO RECEIVE THE GRANT FUNDS AS AN INDIVIDUAL, FOR THIS REASON WE ARE REPORTING JUST FEW REVENUES AND EXPENSES WITH THE NON-PROFIT. IN 2023 WE APPLIED FOR THE FIRST TIME AS THE LAST HUNDRED, INC. DIRECTLY AND OUR NEXT TAX RETURN WILL SHOW A REGULAR BUDGED. THE MISSION OF THE LAST HUNDRED (TLH) IS TO PRESENT HIGH-QUALITY ART MUSIC WRITTEN IN THE LAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS, ACTING AS A LIAISON BETWEEN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. A CENTRAL ASPECT OF TLH IS TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLE THAT WILL FEATURE SOME OF THE BEST MUSICIANS FROM OUR AREA AS WELL AS TO INVITE GUEST PERFORMERS, COMPOSERS, AND ENSEMBLES FROM OTHER CITIES, STATES, AND COUNTRIES TO PERFORM, GIVE LECTURES, AND TEACH MASTERCLASSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. TLH AIMS TO CREATE CAREFULLY SELECTED AND CRAFTED EVENTS WHERE AUDIENCE MEMBERS CAN EXPERIENCE MUSIC IN A WELCOMING SETTING. IN THE SPIRIT OF PROMOTING NEW WORKS, THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO PRESENTING AND COMMISSIONING PIECES BY A WIDE RANGE OF COMPOSERS WORKING LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY. ULTIMATELY, TLH WISHES TO CREATE A CULTURALLY ENRICHING ENVIRONMENT WHERE THOSE WHO LOVE CLASSICAL MUSIC FROM THE 20TH CENTURY TO OUR DAYS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO IT, CAN EXPLORE THIS RICH YET LARGELY UNDERREPRESENTED REPERTOIRE. THE ACCTIVITIES OF THE FIRST THREE YEAR OF TLH HAVE BE SUPPORTED PRINCIPALLY BY THE MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY GRANT AND DONATIONS. EVENTS OF 2021 INCLUDED AN INAUGURAL CONCERT WITH WORKS BY STRAVINSKY, RICARDO ZOHN-MULDOON, CATALINA VON WRANGELL AND FEDERICO BONACOSSA. HIGHLIGHTS FROM TLH 2022 SEASON INCLUDE A HOMAGE TO SOFIA GUBAIDULINA, IN CELEBRATION OF HER 90TH BIRTHDAY, THE RELEASE OF TLH'S FIRST CD FEATURING MUSIC BY FEDERICO BONACOSSA AND TLH FIRST INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION: THE OPERA ELLA-MIAU (SHE-MEOW) BY JUAN TRIGOS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PUPPET COMPANY "LA COPERACHA" OF GUADALAJARA (MEXICO) WITH PERFORMANCES IN MIAMI AND TEATRO DEGOLLADO (FESTIVAL CULTURAL DE MAYO, GUADALAJARA, MEXICO), FUNDED BY TLH AND LA COPERACHA. TLH'S SEASON 2023 INCLUDED TWO EVENTS CONDUCTED BY JUAN TRIGOS. ON FEBRUARY 24TH IT WILL PRESENT MUSIC BY BRUNO MADERNA, CHARLES NORMAN MASON, ORLANDO JACINTO GARCÍA, ARTHUR HONEGGER, GABRIO TAGLIETTI AND AUGUSTA READ THOMAS. ON MARCH 28TH, WE PRESENTED "CHOROS BIS", FOR VIOLÍN AND CELLO BY HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS AND TWO WORLD PREMIERES OF WORKS WRITTEN FOR THE LAST HUNDRED ENSEMBLE. "A SPARROW FLIES TOWARDS A WOMAN AS SHE STARES AT A CRESCENT MOON" BY FEDERICO BONACOSSA, WRITTEN FOR GUITAR AND ENSEMBLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MIA STIPEND PROGRAM AND "EL POEMA DE TLALTECATZIN" (POEM OF TLALTECATZIN) BY JUAN TRIGOS, SCORED FOR SOPRANO AND ENSEMBLE, IS A COMMISSION OF THE PRESTIGIOUS FROMM COMMISSION OF THE FROMM MUSIC FOUNDATION AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. WE ORGANIZED ALSO TO OTHER EVENTS WITH GUEST SOLOISTS IN MAY AND SEPTEMBER, RESPECTIVELY.