BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS
FROM THE GROUND UP
SoBe Institute of the Arts / SoBe Music Institute (SoBe Arts) has a long term mission to develop and build of a world-class arts education and performance institute in the south for the community and for professional degrees in music, music-theater, theater, visual arts, film-video, dance and literature. We model our mission somewhat like California Institute of the Arts and The Juilliard School, but built from the ground up with its own distinct educational and performance philosophy. This independent arts institute is especially needed in South Florida and in all areas south of NCSA
We are a non-profit arts & education 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization that tries to work closely with the major arts institutions of the area, including the New World Symphony, the Miami City Ballet, The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, and others.
We are located in the center of the cultural arts district (CANDO) of Miami Beach. We provide exceptional and acclaimed professional concerts and other related events free and open to the public, as well as world-class arts & music education to adults and children without regard to their socioeconomic situation (currently 50% of our youngest students receive full-scholarships and all students are subsidized to some extent).
Our project requires us to raise needed funds - We need you now more than ever - please donate a "rock or two" by making a tax-deductible donation online today or by calling Administrative Director, Enduringness Rodriguez at (305) 674-9220 for more information (No contribution is too small or too large).
Thank you for your support
Dr. Carson Kievman
Executive Artistic Director
Mystery Park Arts
Mystery Park Arts Company, Inc. Is a Not-For-Profit Company (501 (c) (3) which functions as the fundraising arm of SoBe Institute of the Arts / SoBe Music Institute.. Its history as an organization dates back to 1989 when it was organized for "the purpose of promoting cultural diversity and educating the public by creating, producing, and providing new music, music-theater, modern opera, and other new creative arts through live, recorded, published, video-recorded, and by other means.
Mystery Park Arts been focused on establishing an International Institute of the Arts in Miami - starting with the SoBe Music Institute, now SoBe Institute of the Arts (SoBe Arts). We need your help to:
Expand SoBe Arts Programs
Raise funds to provide free or inexpensive music, music-theater, theater, dance and film instruction to all levels and ages and from all socioeconomic backgrounds at SoBe Music Institute; Music for Youth, Music for Seniors & Music for Adults:
Summer Programs for Children, Seniors & Adults Music (Instrumental, Voice / Music-Theater, Musicianship & Multi-Media Music History / Appreciation), Musical Theater, Theater, Dance and Film.
Fall/Winter/Spring Programs for Children, Seniors Adults (After-School Programs for Children, Intensive music & theater)
Instrument, Equipment & Library fund to make instruments available to all students free of charge during the program, as well as needed equipment and a library of music scores, plays and workbooks.
Build South Florida's Independent & World Class Institute of the Arts.
Raise funds to establish and build a world-class Institute of the Arts on Miami beach (a major community arts educational Institute and a degree-granting conservatory-level arts university), Our Long term plans to develop and build of a world-class arts education institute in the south for the community and for professional degrees in music, music-theater, theater, visual arts, film-video, and literature.
Raise funds for future Arts for Youth, Arts for Seniors & Arts for Adults which will provide professional instruction in all the arts for children from all socioeconomic backgrounds; After-School and Summer Programs (Music, Visual Art, Creative Writing, Movement/Dance, Theater, Musical Theater, Video & Film).
Raise fund to establish the one of the nations highest degree granting conservatory level arts programs
Raise funds to support the Institute's ongoing diverse projects, which include recordings, concerts and other cultural innovations city, county and worldwide.
Raise funds to establish an Annual Winter Music Teaching and Performance Festival on South Beach -- Professional musicians will teach and interact with students on an intensive basis culminating in performances in and around South Florida.
The Corporation is also authorized to improve public knowledge, acceptance and understanding of new music, music-theater, modern opera, and other new creative arts, by educating and informing the public and by engaging in activities in support of such arts; to identify, develop, and promote new and emerging art forms of historical and cultural significance (e.g. Internet); to help create an environment for contemporary artists to continue producing new music and new music-theater, by holding music competitions, by providing management services, workshops and lectures in new music and music-theater, modern opera, and other new creative arts; to engage in any and all other activities which will directly or indirectly help in the growth and development of new music, new music-theater, modern opera, and other new creative arts.
The corporation is not formed for any pecuniary profit or for financial gain and no part of its assets income or profit shall be distributed to or inure to the benefit of any private individual. Reasonable compensation, however, may be paid for services rendered to or for the Corporation or in furtherance of its purposes."
SoBe Institute of the Arts / SoBe Music Institute began operations in December 2005 as the music educational component of the non-profit arts & education corporation Mystery Park Arts Company, Inc. SoBe Music Institute's Executive Artistic Director is distinguished composer and professor Carson Kievman (PhD Princeton University, MFA California Institute of the Arts, composer-in-residence for the Tanglewood Music festival, the New York Shakespeare Festival, Donaueschingen Festival, NationalTheater Mannheim, the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Ballet, winner of multiple awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and The Florida Department of State, among others).
Giving extraordinary music & arts instruction to children without regard to their ability to pay or even find this level of instruction anywhere in south florida.
Giving extraordinary music & arts instruction and high-level free performances to adults and seniors who would not otherwise have an opportunity to be exposed to music & arts at this level.
Currently located in the historic Carl Fisher Clubhouse, Little Stage Theater and park. The oldest, and some of the most beautiful, buildings in South Beach.
Leslie Cooper - DouglasEllimanFlorida, Real Estate
Jack Gelfand, Ph.D. - Princeton University/SUNY Oswego Carson Kievman, Ph.D. - SoBe Music Institute
Mark Needle, J. D. (chair) - Miami-Dade Department of Education
Ronald A. Unger, CPA - Gerson, Preston, Robinson and Co., P.A
Advisory Board
Michael Andrews- Director, South Beach Chamber Ensemble
**Ray Breslin - President, Collins Park Neighborhood Association
Tracy Brighty - Executive Director, Lied Austria
Diane Camber - Executive Director/Chief Curator (ret.), Bass Museum of Art
Charlie Cinnamon - Charles Cinnamon Associates, Public Relations
Jack Firestone - Firestone Capital Management; Former Executive Director, Louisville Orchestra
Karen Fryd - Executive Director, South Florida Youth Foundation
**Howard Herring - CEO New World Symphony
Horst Kohlem - Sculpture/Painter; Miami Beach/Karlsruhe, Germany
*Nancy Liebman (chair of Advisory Board) - Arts Advocate
Gustavo Matamoros - Director, Subtropics Music Festival
Albert Milano, CEO Concert Association of Florida
Johnny Regan -President, Vision Miami
Laurinda Spear - Co-Founder/Principal, Arquitectonica
Edward Villella - Founding Artistic Director/Chief Executive Officer, Miami City Ballet
Lawrence J. Wilker - President & CEO, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
* invited to join the Board of Directors
** invited to join the Board of Director, ex-officio
National Artistic Advisors
David Arden - Pianist and President, Keys to Achievement Foundation
Earle Brown (d.) - Composer and Professor of Music
Keith Carradine - Stage & Film Actor
Patricia Collins - Broadway & Opera Lighting Designer
Lynn Taylor-Corbett - Broadway & Film Choreographer
Mario di Bonaventura - Conductor, Former Dean, Boston University Department of Music
Andre Ernotte (d.) - International Stage Director
David Delta Gier -Music Director, South Dakota Symphony, Associate Conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Paulette Haupt - Director, Eugene O'Neill Music-Theater Conference
Leon Major - Artistic Director of The Maryland Opera Institute at the University of Maryland
Daniel Selsnick - Film Producer
Morton Subotnick - Composer, Professor of Music California Institute of the Arts
Edward Villella: Founding Artistic Director, Miami City Ballet
SoBe Institute of the Arts can facilitate gifts of stock, real estate and other non-cash gifts. Planned gifts, such as simple bequests and charitable trusts, are also the choice of many donors. You can choose from the options below:
Gift Options
How to Make the Gift
Your Benefits
Outright Gift of Cash
You can make a quick and easy gift by simply writing a check or making a cash donation now
You receive an immediate tax deduction
Outright Gift of Cash Securities
You can contribute long-term appreciated stock or other securities
You receive an immediate charitable deduction and avoids capital gains tax
Bequest
You can defer a gift until after your lifetime
Name SoBe Institute of the Arts in your will, but let us know, so we can acknowledge you
Gift of Life Insurance
You can contribute a paid up life insurance you no longer need and name SoBe Institute of the Arts as your beneficiary
You receive an immediate income tax reduction for the cash value.
Gifts of Real Estate
You can avoid the capital gains tax on the sale of a home or other real estate
You receive immediate income tax deduction
Charitable Remainder Unitrust
You can receive an income for life by setting up a trust that pays a fixed percentage of trust's assets as revalued annually
You can get an immediate tax deduction for the remainder value
Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
You can create a trust that pays you a set income annually
You can get an immediate tax deduction for the remainder value
Charitable Lead Trust
Income to charity for a period of time, remainder to you or your family
You receive a tax deduction for the payments to charity and your family keeps the property, often with reduced gift taxes
Ask your accountant or attorney how you can benefit Mercy and yourself as well, or call our offices at 305-674-9220
Miami Beach, FL - "I have started a sponsor a child for the summer program and have sponsored the first child by paying $450 for his summer tuition. His name is Angel Perez. He and his family were thrilled that I did this and thanked me from the bottom of their hearts. There are many other deserving students and I implore you to each use a portion of your discretionary funds to sponsor a child and encourage others you know to do the same. These kids are our future and the programs that are offered by SoBe and the free concerts that they give all through the year are a real valuable asset.
The final spring concert on May 22nd drew a standing room only crowd on a weekend when most residents flee the beach. It was amazing to see how great this organization truly is for South Florida.
You still have a chance. Please join me and sponsor a kid for the summer. You can meet the student if you would like, or you can be anonymous. It is your choice but please help. These kids deserve it. I have attached a picture of Angel, his family, and me from the performance this past Saturday that finished SoBe Music's school year. If I can make the difference in just one kids life, it is well worth it but I want more and that takes you.
Thank you in advance for your support and help. SoBe Arts deserves it and so do the kids."
Ray Breslin, Collins Park Neighborhood Association
Sponsorships range from $350 for theater & dance programs, $450 for Youth Music to $500/550 for teen workshops in Musical Theater and Film. Please sponsor a child at the level you are comfortable with - even partial sponsorships would help create a magical summer for a deserving young person. SoBe Institute of the Arts is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization - all sponsorship donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
BE AN ANGEL AND SPONSOR A CHILD - CONTACT SILVIA LORENZO (305) 674-9220
Donate securely online with Pay Pal. You do not need an account to donate with a credit card.
Check (by mail)
Donate via regular mail.
Please make the cheque payable to Mystery Park Arts Company, Inc.
' To prevent theft, please do not send cash through the mail.
Our mailing address:
SoBe Institute of the Arts
2100 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
United States
SoBe Institute of the Arts 2100 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139 (MAP)
Tel: (305) 674-9220
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 12:00PM - 7:00PM
info@sobearts.org
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"I have started a sponsor a child for the summer program and have sponsored the first child by paying $450 for his summer tuition. His name is Angel Perez. He and his family were thrilled that I did this and thanked me from the bottom of their hearts. There are many other deserving students and I implore you to each use a portion of your discretionary funds to sponsor a child and encourage others you know to do the same. These kids are our future and the programs that are offered by SoBe and the free concerts that they give all through the year are a real valuable asset.
