Arts Activities Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Indian Music Society of Minnesota

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2014

End Date

January 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding to present the Fall 2014 Concert Series, a series of four chamber concerts featuring internationally renowned artists from India and one community festival of Indian classical music. The concerts and festival will be held between September and November 2014.

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

Clea Galhano: Artistic; Scott Pakudaitis: Artistic, Organizational Development, Marketing; Bill Venne: Fundraising; Bob Shoemake: Artistic, Administration, Organizational Planning; Kathryn Tjaden: Administration, Fundraising, Organizational Planning; Stanton Wood: Fundraising, Administration, Artistic; Kelli Tatum: Fundraising, Administration.

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 Cultural Heritage

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$11,925

Direct expenses

$21,925

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Total audience at the five concerts is expected to be at least 750, with at least a 100 of them first time attendees. The total audience at the community festival Aradhana is expected to be at least 200, with at least 20 participants in individual and group performances.Following each concert, the Executive Committee will review the audience size, artistic success, revenue generated and the overall success of the concerts. This information will be collated, summarized and analyzed by the secretary and PR officers of the Executive Committee and will include audience/participation count, audience surveys and post-performance oral feedback from artists and Executive Committee members.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We recorded an average of 200 people in the audience for the first three concerts and 300 for the vocal concert of Kaushiki Chakraborty. For the Aradhana community festival we had 300 in the audience. Post-concert surveys showed that 95% of the listeners were deeply affected by the music they had just heard, and between 10% and 20% were new and first time listeners at the first four concerts.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Ameeta Kelekar, Mythili Chari, Vineet Sinha, Sriram Natarajan, Jay Patel, Durgesh Manjure, Sandhya Joshi, Allalaghatta Pavan

Project Manager

Allalaghatta

Pavan

Indian Music Society of Minnesota

PO Box 581846

Minneapolis

55458-1846