The Venue
Most of our performances are held in a late-19th -Century adobe church, the Historic Old San Ysidro Church on Old Church Road in Corrales, New Mexico. Artists of all types have commented on its excellent acoustic characteristics and its intimate, warm atmosphere. The venue seats 175, and has a stage where the apse once was which is approximately 18 feet wide and 21 feet deep. The stage is elevated 8 inches above audience floor level, and may be elevated more with 6-inch or 12-inch risers if the artist requests more elevation.
One concert each year is performed in June in La Entrada Park, an outdoor venue appropriate for jazz, folk, band, and a few other types of performances. Performers may use our band shell, and sound amplification is available if needed.

Rehearsals
Rehearsals in the church may be arranged in advance with our Artistic Director. Rehearsals requiring a piano may begin as soon as the piano is tuned, usually by 11:00 A.M. the day of the performance. The church is locked when not in use, so advance arrangements are required to have it opened for rehearsals.

Our Selection Process
We select our artists each season on the basis of performance quality, entertainment value, program variety, and cost, in that order. We strive to include a variety of musical types and ethnic diversity in our programs. Past seasons have included a broad range of music from classical (solo, ensemble, instrumental, and vocal), to jazz, to folk, to romantic, to blues, to Middle Eastern instrumental.
All applications for our season must be submitted by December 1 in the year before the upcoming season, which runs (once a month) from September through April of the following year. Applications will be made to the Artistic Director, Joanne Hoover, P.O. Box 2723, Corrales, NM 87048, and will include a sample CD, a performance video if available, a brief biography, and 2 glossy black and white photos.
The Artist Selection Committee reviews all the applications and presents its final choices to the Council for approval at the February Council meeting.
The Artistic Director contacts all applicants of the results.

Our Contract, and IRS Reporting
We issue a standard, one-page performance contract describing the date and location of the concert, the concert fee, a minimum performance length, additional requirements (such as room and board, transportation), and termination conditions. If the artist prefers, we will use a contract of his or her choosing, if a model contract is submitted for review with the artist’s application. Our contracts are mailed in March, along with an IRS Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification and Certification. While we are a tax-exempt organization, we still file a Federal tax return each year, and we must identify all persons we pay, using the completed W-9 form. Contracts will not be honored without the submission of a completed W-9 form.
CCAC does not pay New Mexico gross receipts taxes or income taxes for performers. All fees paid to performers by CCAC are net of any taxes or other fees required of the artist; taxes are the sole responsibility of the performer. Artists will be paid by check the evening of the performance, unless other arrangements are made.

Recording and Sound
If specified in the contract and if we have ample advance notification, CCAC will provide a professional sound engineer with sound amplifiers, microphones, and speakers to enhance the performance. Most groups do not need significant amplification in our small venue, but we can provide sound enhancement and fill-in, and voice mike to the artists’ specifications.
We do not normally record our performances and do not allow recording without advance permission from the artist. However, if CCAC and the artist agree that recording is desirable, we have a release form for both parties to sign, and we can provide the services of a professional recording technician.

Pianos
For all performances requiring a piano, CCAC provides either a 7-foot or a 9-foot Steinway grand piano at CCAC’s cost when specified in our contract. The piano is normally delivered to the church by 10:00 A.M. on the morning of the performance, is tuned on-site by a Steinway certified piano technician, and is usually available for rehearsal by 11:00 A.M. Advance notice to the Artistic Director is required to set up rehearsal times on the day of the concert.

Other Equipment Rentals
Most of our artists cannot travel with a full percussion set, for example, and rentals of most standard instruments are available locally. However, these requirements must be detailed in advance in our contract through the Artistic Director. They should be specified when the artist originally makes application to CCAC.

CD Sales
Many of our artists like to have CDs available for sale at our performances. We can provide assistance during intermission and after the performance to sell CDs. We do not have facilities for credit card sales, and we suggest that artists bring manual credit card imprinters if they wish to make credit card sales available to our audience. CCAC will collect a nominal fee for CD sales, usually 15%per CD. We ask our artists to price their CDs for easy change-making, and to provide change for cash transactions. All CD sales proceeds, less CCAC fees, will be transferred directly to the artist immediately after the performance.

Website Design by Mary Rothman
Advertising Art Design Studio, Inc.
505-890-1900