Career Development Grant

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,232

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Teague Alexy

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

February 2015

End Date

April 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Career Development Grant

Project Details

Sacred Heart Recording Project. I am in the process of recording a new collection of original songs at Sacred Heart Studios in Duluth, Minnesota. These songs were composed with a big and potentially dynamic sound in mind. The big space of Sacred Heart Studios is proving to be the perfect place to bring these songs to life. Before heading back to the studio, I will take a four-day solo songwriting getaway to try and compose another song or two worthy of inclusion on the album.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth, Shannon Sweeney: stage manager for Duluth Playhouse and former production manager for the Minnesota Ballet; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist.

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

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

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,232

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,768

Direct expenses

$3,000

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal is to make the biggest, most dynamic and most focused recordings of my career. I started the process by paying great attention to detail from the first steps in the songwriting process and am now in the process of carrying over that attention to recording, mixing, mastering and promotion. I believe I am on my way to making my best sounding album yet. I have been a full-time musician for over 7 years. I am continually trying to channel my experiences into a noticeable, continued development in my recordings. I am hoping this album will outperform all of my previous recordings in physical and digital sales. I am working towards more firmly establishing myself as a career musician in the form of CD and digital sales, increased attendance at performances and respect from my peers. This new recording will have the chance to succeed through my busy performance schedule and previously established relationships with press, radio and other forms of promotion and music business.

Measurable Outcome(s)

No measurable outcomes yet. The project will not be released to the public until 2016.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Teague

Alexy

Teague Alexy

(218) 390-5079

teaguealexy@gmail.com

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