Art Project Grant

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,800

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

In Progress

Start Date

May 2015

End Date

August 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Art Project Grant

Project Details

On Thursday, July 23, 2015 the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra will present the final concert of its 2015 summer season. The second half of that concert will be the presentation of a Persian fairy tale for chamber orchestra and shadow puppets. The music will be newly composed by Hooshyar Khayam of Tehran, Iran; the shadow puppets designed and operated by The Magic Smelt Puppet Troupe; the music performed by the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Warren Freisen.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: student of Art Education at University of Minnesota-Duluth, ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; David Beard: Assistant Professor of University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,800

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,900

Direct expenses

$7,700

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra will present the final concert of its 2015 season on July 23 at Weber Music Hall, University of Minnesota-Duluth. The program will feature a collaboration between the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra and the Magic Smelt Puppet Troupe, both Duluth-based organizations. They will perform a new work for orchestra and shadow puppets based on a Persian fairy tale, specific tale as yet undetermined. The musical score will be created by Tehran composer, Hooshyar Khayam. The goal is to present a performance that is artistically compelling. We hope through this collaboration to broaden the audience base for two artistic enterprises not often joined together: puppetry and chamber orchestra.The artistic evaluation will be made by the project directors reflecting the response of participating musicians and puppet artists, audience members, Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra board members, and reviews in the media. The effort to broaden the audience bas of both organizations will be reflected in ticket sales and audience response.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Ann Hodge, Aaron Bransky,Tom Eling, Brenda Schrader-Johnson, Geoff Popham, Ted Harwood, John Fochs, Pamela Benson, Anne Cotter

Project Manager

Warren

Friesen

Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra

PO Box 434

Duluth

55801