Prairie Ensemble Records

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Subject Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Governing Records

Financial Records

Administrative Records

Concerts, Special Events, and Publicity


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Finding Aid for Prairie Ensemble Records, 1996-2015 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Prairie Ensemble Records, 1996-2015Add to your cart.

ID: 12/9/143

Primary Creator: Kevin Kelly (1961-)

Other Creators: Grant, Joe W. (1947-)

Extent: 10.4 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement:

Organized in three series: Series 1) Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Governing Records, 1996-2015; Series 2) Financial Records, 1997-2015; Series 3) Administrative Records, 1996-2015; and Series 4) Concerts, Special Events, Publicity, and Digital Records, 1997-2014. All four series contain both paper and digital records and have been further divided to show this structure.

Series 1 is arranged into two sub-series: sub-series 1) Board of Directors Records and sub-series 2) Board of Directors Digital Records.

Series 2 is arranged into two sub-series: sub-series 1) Financial Records and sub-series 2) Financial Digital Records.

Series 3 is arranged into two sub-series: sub-series 1) Administrative Records and sub-series 2) Administrative Digital Records.

Series 4 is arranged into four sub-series: sub-series 1) Concerts Programs, sub-series 2) Special Events and Correspondence, sub-series 3) Publicity, and sub-series 4) Concert Programs, Special Events, and Publicity Digital Records.

Date Acquired: 06/13/2015. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), Business Records, Concert Programs, Concerts, Fund Raising, Illinois Arts Council, Instrumental music, Local History, Orchestra, Radio Station - WILL, Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestras, Taxes

Formats/Genres: Meeting Minutes

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of business records, financial reports, group bylaws, payroll sheets and performer contracts, meeting minutes, advertisements and publicity reports, photographs, awards, concert programs, computer files, and correspondence documenting the governance, operations, events, and publicity of the Prairie Ensemble chamber orchestra of Champaign-Urbana.

Collection Historical Note

The Prairie Ensemble was founded by Kevin Kelly in 1996 in Champaign-Urbana. As a chamber orchestra, the Prairie Ensemble performed classical music throughout Central Illinois, attempting to make symphonic music more approachable to the community by performing in informal attire across several local indoor and outdoor venues. On occasion the ensemble performed major symphonies and masses by composers like Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Mahler, Mozart, and Schubert, but they also played contemporary chamber pieces by composers like Virgil Thomson, Jacques Ibert, and Kurt Weill as well as contemporary classics by popular composers like Bernard Rogers, Leonard Bernstein, and George Gershwin. Players within the ensemble were drawn from the community and ranged from professional musicians to gifted amateurs, undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Illinois, and faculty of the University of Illinois. These players did not audition for their seats, but were paid. The ensemble also hosted many guest soloists including both local artists like pianist Ian Hobson, and vocalists Ollie Watts Davis and Jarold Siena as well as nationally-touring performers like pipa player Zhou Yi, violinist Stefan Milenkovich, and cellist Rohan de Silva.

As a non-profit arts organization, the Prairie Ensemble was overseen by a board of volunteers, who filled many roles within the organization. The organization successfully earned several Illinois Arts Council grants, which helped keep the organization opperating throughout the 2000s. After Kelly moved to Chicago in 2014 and due in part to finanical constraints, the Praire Ensemble was disbanded in 2015.

Biographical Note

Kevin Kelly grew up in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. In 1979 he was accepted at Northwestern University, where he earned bachelors degrees in English and music history and criticism. After working as an editor for the Chicago-based publishing house Mosby-Year Book, Kelly moved to Champaign-Urbana to pursue dual masters degrees in orchestral and choral conducting at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Kelly studied conducting with Kenneth Kiesler, Paul Vermel, and Victor Yampolsky. Prior to graduating in 1993, he became the conductor of the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra and has served in this position for over thirty years. In 1996, Kelly became the host of WILL-FM's classical program "Live and Local." In that same year he founded the Prairie Ensemble, a local chamber orchestra, which operated from 1996 until 2015. Kelly also became the choir director at Emmanuel Memorial Episcopal Church in Champaign in 1996, serving the church for seventeen years.

In 2014, Kelly moved to Chicago where he became the director of the Allegro Community Chorus of Palatine, Illinois, a position he has held for over fifteen years. In addition to his part-time conducting roles in Chicago and Central Illinois, in 2020 Kelly expanded upon his experience as a radio host, becoming a voice actor. Kelly maintains a career as a professional musician as well, singing with several professional choral ensembles in Chicago, including the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the Grant Park Symphony Chorus, The City Musick, Basically Bach and His Majesties Clerkes (now Bella Voce).

Subject/Index Terms

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
Business Records
Concert Programs
Concerts
Fund Raising
Illinois Arts Council
Instrumental music
Local History
Orchestra
Radio Station - WILL
Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestras
Taxes

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals: Eleven cubic feet of material from the Prairie Ensemble were acquired from Joe Walter Grant Jr. on June 13, 2015. Computer Files were processed in 2025.

Alternate Extent Statement: 932 Gigabytes

Acquisition Source: Joe Walter Grant Jr.

Related Materials: Prairie Ensemble Records 12/9/143

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[Series 1: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Governing Records, 1996-2015],
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Series 2: Financial Records, 1997-2015Add to your cart.
Consists of tax records, income statements, financial statements, bank statements, revenue reports, expense reports, and correspondence documenting the finances of the Prairie Ensemble. Arranged into two sub-series: sub-series 1) Financial Records and sub-series 2) Financial Digital Records.
Sub-Series 1: Financial Records, 1997-2015Add to your cart.
Consists of tax records, income statements, financial statements, bank statements, revenue reports, expense reports, and correspondence documenting the finances of the Prairie Ensemble. Materials are arranged by material type and chronologically therein.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: IRS Determination Letter, 1997Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Illinois Tax Exemption Forms, 2000-2015Add to your cart.
Folder 3: 990 Tax Return, 2000Add to your cart.
Folder 4: 990 Tax Return, 2006Add to your cart.
Folder 5: 990 Tax Return, 2007Add to your cart.
Folder 6: 990 Tax Return, 2008Add to your cart.
Folder 7: 990 Tax Return, 2009Add to your cart.
Folder 8: 990 Tax Return, 2010Add to your cart.
Folder 9: 990 Tax Return, 2011Add to your cart.
Folder 10: 990 Tax Return, 2012Add to your cart.
Folder 11: 990 Tax Return, 2013Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) Application, 2012Add to your cart.
Folder 13: IRS Form 940 Correspondence, 2008Add to your cart.
Folder 14: 941 Payroll Quarterly Tax Returns, 2007-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 15: 940 Payroll Tax Return, 2008Add to your cart.
Folder 16: 941 and 941X Quarterly Payroll Tax Returns, 2012Add to your cart.
Folder 17: 941 Payroll Quarterly Tax Return, 2013Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Player Compensation, 2000-2007Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Payroll-Related Correspondence, 1998-2011Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Income Statements, 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Income Statements, 2002Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Income Statements, 2003Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Financial Statements, 2000Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Financial Statements, 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Financial Statements, 2005-2006Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Financial Statements, 2006-2007Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Financial Statements, 2007-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Financial Statements, 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Folder 31: Financial Statements, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Financial Statements, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Financial Statements, 2013-2014Add to your cart.
Folder 34: Financial Statements Checklists, 2007-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 35: National City Bank Statements, 1996-1998Add to your cart.
Folder 36: National City Bank Statements, 1999-2000Add to your cart.
Folder 37: National City Bank Statements, 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 38: National City Bank Statements, 2006-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 39: Main Street Bank and Trust Statements, 2006-2008Add to your cart.
Box 2Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Busey Bank Statements (1 of 2), 2009Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Busey Bank Statements (2 of 2), 2009Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Busey Bank Statements, 2010Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Busey Bank Statements, 2011Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Busey Bank Statements, 2012Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Busey Bank Statements, 2015Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Bank Reconciliation, 2000-2001Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Monthly Transaction Summaries, 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Hilliard Lyons Account, 2002-2003Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Credit Card Sales, 2006-2007Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Quicken Register Reports and Budget Detail, 2000-2001Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Voided and Canceled Checks, 2005-2010Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Budget Estimate, 2013-2014Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Revenues and Deposits, 2000Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Revenues and Deposits (1 of 2), 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Revenues and Deposits (2 of 2), 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Revenues and Deposits (1 of 2), 2002Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Revenues and Deposits (2 of 2), 2002Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Revenues and Deposits, January-June 2003Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Revenues and Deposits, July-December 2003Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Revenues and Deposits, June-December 2004Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Revenues and Deposits, 2005-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Accounts Payable: A-F, 2005-2007Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Accounts Payable: Ameren, 2005-2007Add to your cart.
Box 3Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Accounts Payable: Ameren, 2007-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Accounts Payable: American Symphony Orchestra League, 2005Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Accounts Payable: Artist Sound, 2007-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Accounts Payable: ASCAP, 2005-2014Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Accounts Payable: AT&T, 2006-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Accounts Payable: Bagaduce Music Lending Library, 2003-2004Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Accounts Payable: BMI, 1996-2011Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Accounts Payable: Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. Rental Library, 2006-2014Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Accounts Payable: Bossenbroek, Roxann, 2005-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Accounts Payable: Carlisle, George, 2006-2007Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Accounts Payable: Carlton Bruett Design, 2006-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Accounts Payable: C.F. Peters Corporation, 2006-2011Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Accounts Payable: Classic Events, 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Accounts Payable: Crouse Printing, 2005-2006Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Accounts Payable: CU Mass Transit District, 2002Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Accounts Payable: Champaign Urbana School District #4, 2006-2009Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Accounts Payable: Dixon Graphics, 2005-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Accounts Payable: Do Good Consulting, 2009Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Accounts Payable: Dream Host Domain, 2007-2013Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Accounts Payable: European American Music Distributors, LLC, 2000-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Accounts Payable: Faith United Methodist Church, 2001-2007Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Accounts Payable: Fed-Ex Kinko's, 2006Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Accounts Payable: G-L, 2005-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Accounts Payable: G. Schirmer, Inc, 2005-2011Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Health and Wellness Showcase, 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Accounts Payable: Hilliard Lyons, 2000-2001Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Accounts Payable: Indiana Insurance, 2009-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Accounts Payable: Illinois Council of Orchestras, 2005-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Accounts Payable: Illinois Department of Revenue, 2007-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Accounts Payable: Illinois Power, 2004-2005Add to your cart.
Folder 31: Accounts Payable: Illinois Secretary of State, 2000-2005Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Accounts Payable: Kelly, Kevin, 2005-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Accounts Payable: Klindworth, Christine, 2008-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 34: Accounts Payable: Kobel, Terri, 2009Add to your cart.
Folder 35: Accounts Payable: Lazer's Edge, 2007-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 36: Accounts Payable: League of American Orchestras, 2009Add to your cart.
Folder 37: Accounts Payable: Levis Faculty Center, 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 38: Accounts Payable: Luck's Music Library, 2005-2011Add to your cart.
Folder 39: Accounts Payable: M-R, 2005-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 40: Accounts Payable: Martin Graphics, 2000-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 41: Accounts Payable: Music Rental, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Accounts Payable: Network Solutions, 2004-2005Add to your cart.
Folder 43: Accounts Payable: News-Gazette, 2006-2007Add to your cart.
Folder 44: Accounts Payable: Pages for All Ages, 2008Add to your cart.
Folder 45: Accounts Payable: Patron Technology, 2007-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 46: Accounts Payable: PDQ Printing, 2005-2007Add to your cart.
Folder 47: Accounts Payable: Portnoy, Stephen and Esther, 2006-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 48: Accounts Payable: Printec Press, 2007-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 49: Accounts Payable: Pen and Ink Graphic Design, 2000Add to your cart.
Folder 50: Accounts Payable: Riverwatcher Hosting/Soltec, 2005-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 51: Accounts Payable: Room 237 Productions, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 52: Accounts Payable: Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), 2006-2010Add to your cart.
Folder 53: Accounts Payable: S-Z, 2005-2007Add to your cart.
Folder 54: Accounts Payable: Safeco, 2005-2008Add to your cart.
Folder 55: Accounts Payable: Sandy Rees, 2009Add to your cart.
Folder 56: Accounts Payable: SBC, 2005Add to your cart.
Folder 57: Accounts Payable: Schuetz, Christie, 2004-2005Add to your cart.
Folder 58: Accounts Payable: Strohmeyer, Ann, 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 59: Accounts Payable: Studio 2D, 2005-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 60: Accounts Payable: Successful Hosting, 2005-2006Add to your cart.
Folder 61: Accounts Payable: Theodore Presser Company, 2000-2011Add to your cart.
Folder 62: Accounts Payable: University of Illinois, 2005-2007Add to your cart.
Folder 63: Accounts Payable: UpClose Marketing and Printing, 2005-2006Add to your cart.
Folder 64: Accounts Payable: Urbana Public Television, 2000Add to your cart.
Folder 65: Accounts Payable: Urbana School District, 2006Add to your cart.
Box 4Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Accounts Payable: United States Postal Service, 2000-2013Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Accounts Payable: Dan Wild, 2005Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Accounts Payable: WILL-FM, 2005-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Accounts Payable: Gaye Wong, 2005-2011Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Accounts Payable: Yahoo Web Services, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Accounts Payable: Expenses, July-December 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Accounts Payable: Expenses, January-June 2002Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Accounts Payable: Expenses, July-December 2002Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Accounts Payable, January-June 2003Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Accounts Payable, July-December 2003Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Accounts Payable, January-April 2004Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Accounts Payable, May-August 2004Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Accounts Payable, September-December 2004Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Accounts Payable, January 2005Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Accounts Payable (1 of 3), 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Accounts Payable (2 of 3), 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Accounts Payable (3 of 3), 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Accounts Payable (1 of 3), 2013-2014Add to your cart.
Box 5Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Accounts Payable (2 of 3), 2013-2014Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Accounts Payable (3 of 3), 2013-2014Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Accounts Payable, 2014-2015Add to your cart.
Sub-Series 2: Financial Digital Records, 2005-2014Add to your cart.
Consists of tax records, financial records, payroll records, and contracts. Materials are arranged alphabetically and chronologically therein. Ask Archivist for Acess.
Digital Object 2: Financial Digital RecordsAdd to your cart.
Digital Folder 1: Accounting and Payroll Policies and Documents, 2008-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 2: Busey Statements, 2014Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 3: Financials, 2005-2006Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 4: Financials, 2006-2007Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 5: Financials, 2007-2008Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 6: Financials, 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 6A: Expense Reports and Budgets, 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 6B: Monthly Checklists, 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 6C: Unpaid Bills, 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 7: Financials, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 7A : Budget, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 7B: Cash Flow, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 7C : Expense Reports, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 7D : Unpaid Bills, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 8: Financials, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 8A : Budget, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 8B: Cash Flow, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 8C: Monthly Financial Reports, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 8D: Proposed Budgets, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 9: Financials, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 9A: Balance and Expenses, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 9B: Cash Flow, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 9C: Marketing History, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 9D: Monthly Financial Reports, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 9E: Proposed Budget, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 10: Financials, 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 10A: Cash Flow, 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 10B : Monthly Financial Reports, 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 10C: Proposed Budgets, 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 11: Financials, 2013-2014Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 12: Payroll and Earnings Statements, 2006-2007Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 13: Payroll and Earnings Statements, 2007-2008Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 13A: Musician Payroll, 2007-2008Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 13B: Time SheetsAdd to your cart.
Digital Folder 14: Payroll and Earnings Statements, 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 14A: Musician Payroll, 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 14B: Time Sheets, 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 15: Payroll and Earnings Statements, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 15A: Musician Payroll, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 15B: Time Sheets, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 16: Payroll and Earnings Statements, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 16A: Musician Payroll, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 16B: Time Sheets, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 17: Payroll and Earnings Statements, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 17A: Musician Payroll, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 17B: Time Sheets, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 18: Payroll and Earnings Statements, 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 18A: Musician Payroll, 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 18B: Time Sheets, 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 19: Payroll and Earnings Statements, 2013-2014Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 20: Solo Contracts, 2008-2009Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 21: Solo Contracts, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 22: Solo Contracts, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 23: Solo Contracts, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 24: Solo Contracts, 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 25: Tax Returns, 2009-2010Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 26: Tax Returns, 2010-2011Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 27: Tax Returns, 2011-2012Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 28: Tax Returns, 2012-2013Add to your cart.
Digital Folder 29: Tax Returns, 2013-2014Add to your cart.

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