Arts Activities Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2014

End Date

September 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding to perform six Free Concerts for Seniors during July 2014. Four coffee concerts will be held at the Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis, with listeners bused in from senior care facilities throughout the Twin Cities. Additional concerts will b

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Robert Scott: Education, Artistic, Administration, Finance; Bob Bierscheid: Community Education, Organizational Development, Volunteerism; Janice Johnson: Audience Development, Organizational Development, Education; Scott Chamberlain: Administration; Noah Keesecker: Artistic, Organizational Development, Audience Development; Teresa Mock: Artistic, Administration, Organizational Development; Junauda Petrus: Artistic, Youth Programming, Community Education; Bonny Southworth: Fundraising, Administration, Organizational Development; Emily Shaftel: Fundraising, Marketing, Volunteerism.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

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

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$43,377

Direct expenses

$53,377

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Over 2,000 seniors will enjoy professionally played music, complimentary treats and beverages, door prizes, and community at our six Free Concerts for Seniors in the summer of 2014. Audience feedback regarding these concerts is overwhelmingly positive, for example: “We always love these concerts. Space is great. We are a group of seniors with developmental disabilities. We don’t get the chance to hear the orchestra unless it is at one of these concerts. Please keep having them!”A Minneapolis Pops Orchestra volunteer does an audience count at every concert and numbers of participants are recorded. We collect participant feedback surveys from group leaders at every Concert for Seniors.

Measurable Outcome(s)

About 2,600 seniors attended Free Concerts for Seniors in 2014, 2,100 at Nicollet Island, 300 at Elliot Park, and about 225 at Cerenity. Applause was enthusiastic, patrons enjoyed the performances, and comments to orchestra members were positive. Survey questionnaires filled out by group leaders and seniors were also enthusiastic, and included some helpful suggestions for next season as well.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Cynthia Stokes, Lynn Erickson, Ashley Langland, Thomas Austin, Mark Bjork, Michael Coddington, Richard Gaynor, William Goldman, Shelley Hanson, Mark Kausch, Kathleen Kresge, Jere Lantz, Martha Stutsman, Barbara Thomas, Arnold Walker, Richard J Wildberger

Project Manager

Lucia

Magney

Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association

2712 41st Ave S

Minneapolis

55406-1810

(612) 219-1707

lmagney@bitstream.net

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