Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,453
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2015
End Date
August 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Kids Play, offered in collaboration with several public school instrumental music programs, provides students with mentors through sectional coaching and side-by-side performance experiences with Minneapolis Pops Orchestra professional musicians.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Bradley Althoff: Managing producer, national classical music programs, American Public Media - Minnesota Public Radio; Richard Carlson: Theater and philosophy teacher, School for Environmental Studies, Apple Valley; Alberto Justiniano: Artistic director, Teatro del Pueblo; theater artist and filmmaker; Cydney Perkins: Arts volunteer in Rochester schools; Gretchen Pick: Artistic director, Young Dance. Adjunct faculty, University of Minnesota Department of Dance.; Daniel Stark: Associate Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Joanne Toft: Private educational arts consultant
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,453
Other Funds Leveraged
$11,887
Direct expenses
$22,340
Administration costs
$2,900
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Students will participate in specialized small group learning in their own schools, mitigating transportation, scheduling, and economic barriers. Outcomes evaluated by teachers, coaches and students: 1) Attendance at each session, tracking numbers and returning/new students; 2) records of when/where each session occurs during class time and summer. 2: Students will demonstrate improved technical and musical skills and understanding. Outcomes evaluated by teachers, coaches, students: (1) Written evaluations by coaches after each session, recording level of improvement on specific skills, compiled by teachers; (2) aural evidence at school and summer concerts (all parties).

Measurable Outcome(s)

Students participated in excellent specialized teaching in their own schools, with professional musicians coaching small groups of like instruments. Attendance was taken at each coaching session. Teachers tracked new/returning students, coaching locations, dates and times. Coaches provided written comments summarizing the material and concepts covered at each session. 2: Students demonstrated improved technical and musical skills and understanding as a result of school-year coaching and summer intensive work. Written comments by coaches summarized the material and concepts covered at each session, and progress made between sessions. Written comments by teachers summarized progress by students for evaluation purposes. Survey questionnaires were filled out by students following Summer Kids Play.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Cynthia Stokes, Lynn Erickson, William Goldman, Thomas Austin, Mark Bjork, Michael Coddington, Richard Gaynor, John Gray, Shelley Hanson, Mark Kausch, Kathleen Kresge, Jere Lantz, Martha Stutsman, Barbara Thomas, Arnold Walker, Richard Wildberger
Project Manager
First Name
Lucia
Last Name
Magney
Organization Name
Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association
Street Address
2712 41st Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Phone
(612) 219-1707
Email
lmagney@bitstream.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
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