Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
East Metro Symphony Orchestra
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2011
End Date
May 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Washington
Project Overview
Arts Activities Support
Project Details
Funding for four concerts in the 2011-2012 season featuring barbershop choral works, a performance with 8th to 12th grade musicians, a concert celebrating different world cultures, and musicians in solo and small group performances. Concerts will take place between January and May 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Theresa Downing: independent art curator; Mary Grace Flannery: Arts administrator, Nimbus Theatre; Greg Herriges: Musician, Indian Music Society of Minnesota; Heidi Larson: Minnesota Orchestral Association staff; Abby Marcus: General Manager, Playwrights' Center; Marya Morstad: Arts administrator, Mizna.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$11,000
Direct expenses
$21,000
Administration costs
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To demonstrate to young artists the life-long value of making music; to incorporate the music of other cultures into the performances in order to challenge and expand the perspectives of both performers and audiences.Orchestra post-concert evaluation sessions; audience feedback; involvement of young artists.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Audiences reported delight and enlightenment at concerts, and East Metro Symphony Orchestra performers and teachers reported that students demonstrated new interest in and appreciation of diverse orchestral music as a result of exposure to and instruction
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Sally Browne, Angie Wanger, Kim Heit, Dwight Erickson, Eric Levinson, James Cheeseman, Megan Gangl
Project Manager
First Name
Sally
Last Name
Browne
Organization Name
East Metro Symphony Orchestra
Street Address
1949 Paris Bay N
City
Stillwater
State
MN
Zip Code
55082
Phone
(651) 337-1274
Email
tsbrowne@comcast.net
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