Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Bach Society of Minnesota
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2011
End Date
April 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

Bach's Saint John Passion and solo cantatas

Bach's Saint John Passion and solo cantatas

Project Details

Funding for two concerts in their 2011/2012 season, one featuring a performance of BachÆs Saint John Passion and the other highlighting two of BachÆs rarely heard solo cantatas. Performances will take place at Saint MaryÆs Chapel on the campus of the Saint Paul Seminary and at Sundin Music Hall at Hamline University.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Scott Chamberlain: Musician and arts administrator, One Voice Mixed Chorus; Ellen Draeger: Musician and arts administrator, Lutheran Music Program; Jennifer Ilse: Co-artistic director, OffLeash Area dance and theater company; Alecia Leonard: Community education administrator and youth programming specialist; Mike Mason: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts staff; Dawn Ridgway: Dance performer and educator and arts administrator; Becky Ten Brink: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra staff.

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
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
$17,985
Direct expenses
$27,985
Administration costs
$10,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To mount a performance of a large, major work of Bach; to deeply engage the audience in the music performed; to expand the audience of the Bach Society in both size and diversity.Audience feedback; board and staff feedback; musician evaluations; ticket sales, audience numbers, and earned income.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The performance facilitated expanded audiences for the Bach Society, and those diverse attendees were engrossed in the grand show.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Suzanne Asher, Jonathan Morgan, Paul Boehnke, Nathan Davis, William Gamble, Takuzo Ishida, Buffy Larson, Bruce Jacobs, Mark Stahura, Ronald French
Project Manager
First Name
Buffy
Last Name
Larson
Organization Name
The Bach Society of Minnesota
Street Address
1043 Grand Ave Ste 229
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55105-3002
Phone
(651) 428-5170
Email
events@bachsocietymn.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency