Arts in Education Residency

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Northern Lights Music Festival
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2012
End Date
July 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview

Music lessons (various)

Project Details

Provide free instrumental music lessons and theory/sightsinging lessons/workshops recitals and public performances.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tony Kuznik: musician, retired president of Hibbing Community College; Rolf Anderson: choral and vocal music, retired high school vocal music instructor; Ken Bloom: Director, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Carina Ellis: instrumentalist, Master of Music Education degree; Peter Pestlozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School, Grand Marais; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, and animator; Mary McGilligan: writer, published poet; Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Kathy Dodge: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program; Nancy Daley: hand paper maker and instructor at North House Folk School; Jeffrey Adams: published playwright and director of IceBox Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Paula Brandel: art instructor Itasca Community College and visual artist; Gerard Sordelet: stage combat instructor, instrumentalist and media artist.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Tony Kuznik: musician, retired president of Hibbing Community College; Rolf Anderson: choral and vocal music, retired high school vocal music instructor; Ken Bloom: Director, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Carina Ellis: instrumentalist, Master of Music Education degree; Peter Pestlozzi: furniture maker, instructor at North House Folk School, Grand Marais; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies, University of Minnesota- Duluth; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, and animator; Mary McGilligan: writer, published poet; Josh Aerie: cellist, orchestra conductor, college music instructor; Kathy Dodge: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program; Nancy Daley: hand paper maker and instructor at North House Folk School; Jeffrey Adams: published playwright and director of IceBox Radio Theater; Marcie McIntire: traditional beadwork Ojibwe artist, gallery owner and educator; Paula Brandel: art instructor Itasca Community College and visual artist; Gerard Sordelet: stage combat instructor, instrumentalist and media artist.

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 ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$10,788
Direct expenses
$15,788
Administration costs
$600
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Creation of a pilot Suzuki program series of four piano lectures, presentation of three music lectures.Beginners will play two octave scales and "Twinkle Little Star" piano participants will create lesson plans, lectures will include survey.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Numerous local students took part in workshops, study sessions, and recitals that we planned and hosted.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Thomas Gillach, Carver Richards, Matthew Uhan, H. Martin Zuponcic, Veda Zuponcic, Norma Haugan, Catherine Uhan, Patrick Roche, Mark Muhich, Dennis Reagan, Robert Olson, Alan Hodnik, Eric Erie, Dean Gibson, Gerry Kangas, ncy Johnson, Erica Blee, Rita Taylor, Stuart Blee
Project Manager
First Name
Veda
Last Name
Zuponcic
Organization Name
Northern Lights Music Festival
Street Address
PO Box 147
City
Gilbert
State
MN
Zip Code
55741
Phone
(856) 795-1830
Email
Zuponcic@yahoo.com
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
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Location


332 West Superior Street, Suite 204
Duluth, MN 55802

Phone
Project Manager: Rebecca Graves
(218) 722-0952
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