Career Development Grant
Career Development Grant
Divertimento for wind quintet.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Kristina Estell: visual artist, university fine arts instructor; Faith King: creative writer, visual artist, arts organization member; Karen McManus: musician, administrator at Mesabi Symphony Orchestra; Sarah Waddle: Program Manager for the North House Folk School, arts educator; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
My goal is to write a 12-15 minute multi-movement Divertimento for wind quintet to be performed and recorded by the University of Minnesota Duluth Faculty Wind Quintet at one of their future recitals preferably in 2019, but no later than their recital in March 2020. They comprise of the internationally-recognized standard instrumentation for wind quintet - Ted Schoen on clarinet, Jim Pospisil on horn, Paula Gudmundson on flute, Brett Linski on oboe, and Jefferson Campbell on bassoon. This wind quintet will be added to their continuous repertoire and I will distribute it internationally to other wind quintets. I will use this recording and score to promote myself as a composer which will advance my career by adding name recognition. I will know if I am successful by several indicators. The positive feedback I receive from the performers is arguably the most important sign of success. If they perceive the music favorably and are able to perform the piece well, with limited rehearsals, the project will be a success. Another important indicator will be feedback from the audience. If the audience expresses a genuine joy in their reaction, I will have succeeded in my intent. Finally, the commitment to performances at other venues or scholastic institutions will indicate success.
I now have a wonderful and promotable recording of the first three movements of the project. I was going to attain another recording of the full quintet at the faculty spring concert, but it was cancelled due to Covid nineteen pandemic. I still plan to get a full recording some day and will use it to promote the quintet to faculty at other Universities and professional wind quintets. I will also use the recording to attempt to attain future commissions to advance my career. I received positive feedback from the performers that the quintet was enjoyable and composed to a level that is performable by professionals and advanced students alike.
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