2025

ANNUAL REPORT

We Make Music Together

 

Thanks to your generous support, careful management, and strong leadership, WWCMF continues to grow while maintaining its hallmark of artistic excellence. Our strategic decision to hire Executive Director Jamey Lamar has strengthened our administrative foundation and already led to expanded programming — including an off-season performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

2025 was a remarkable year, with increased attendance, stable ticket prices, and more concerts than ever. A highlight was our Emerging Artist Quartet, Poiesis Quartet, who wowed local students and went on to win the Banff International String Quartet Competition.

With your continued support, we’ll keep delivering innovative, inspiring performances that blend the familiar and the new.

In gratitude,

 
 

Albert Marshall
Board President

 

Income and Expense Comparison

 

Income

 

  • Individual donations — $201,289

  • Ticket sales — $93,620

  • Foundation and trust grants — $22,551

  • Investment income — $17,905

  • Advertising sales — $12,520

  • Sponsorships — $12,500

  • Loca government grants — $7,000

  • Agency grants — $4,000

  • Educational fund — $240

Total — $371,625

 

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Expense

 

Programs

  • Artists — $93,484

  • Production — $33,315

  • Advertising — $18,545

  • Ticketing — $3,199

  • Staff time — $70,396

Program total — $218,939

73% of all expenses!

Administrative

  • Office — $24,363

  • Staff time — $41,990

Admin total — $66,353

22% of all expenses!

Fundraising

  • Donor events — $2,185

  • Donor letter — $1,709

  • Staff time — $11,115

Fundraising Total — $15,009

Just 5% of all expenses!

Expense total — $300,301

Surplus — $71,324

 

Event Stats

 

  • January Attendance — 692

  • June Attendance — 4904

  • TOTAL Season Attendance — 5596

  • Free Community Event Attendance Total — 2464

  • Ticketed Event Attendance Total— 3132

 

2008–2024 Festival Attendance

Vitals

 

Total Events — 33

Free Events — 13

Ticketed Events — 20

Online Events — 0 (WHOOPEE!)

Average Ticket Price — $29

Number of Venues — 26

Event Days — 29

Number of Festival Artists — 39

 

Artists’ Points of Origin

 

  • Washington — 17

  • Illinois — 5

  • New York — 5

  • Michigan — 3

  • Maryland — 2

  • New Jersey — 2

  • Nevada — 1

  • Ohio — 1

  • Tennessee — 1

  • Canada — 1

  • Germany — 1

 
 

On the Poster

 

Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)

Fanny Mendelssohn in Performance

  • June Festival— String Quartet in E flat (1834)

 

Data for this report was compiled between September 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024, the fiscal year of the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival.