Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Twin Cities Women's Choir
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2011
End Date
April 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

Surround Sound

Project Details

Funding for Surround Sound: The Fifteenth Anniversary Concert featuring guest artists Bruce Henry and his band. The concert will take place at Central Presbyterian Church in Saint Paul in February 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Bart Buch: Puppet artist, Hinterhands Puppet Company; Jeff Hnilicka: Executive Director, Kulture Klub Collaborative; Jason Jaglo: Visual artist and graphic designer for Target Corporation; Janice Johnson: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts staff; Jonna Kosalko: Coldwell Banker Burnet; Elise Marubbio: Associate Professor of Women's Studies, Augsburg College; Libby Tschida: Arts administrator, East Side Arts Council.

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
$28,192
Direct expenses
$38,192
Administration costs
$10,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To develop the skills of choir members; to sell 100 season tickets and 625 concert tickets; to create a fusion of jazz and gospel music.Audience feedback; Artistic Director and choir member feedback on artistic quality of the concert; ticket sales; Board review of budget goals.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Successful season and single concert ticket sales helped to make this diverse choral experience a triumph.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Barb Gacek, Emily Reilly, Erica Mauter, Gillian Reynolds, Heidi Pross, Patti Phenix, Sage Walen, Sue Pohlod, Susan Terry, Mary Bussman, Pat Teiken
Project Manager
First Name
Pat
Last Name
Teiken
Organization Name
Twin Cities Women's Choir
Street Address
1672 Mackubin St
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55117-3530
Phone
(612) 333-8292
Email
patteiken@comcast.net
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