Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,729
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Mina W. Kaiser
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2017
End Date
October 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
Lake
Carlton
St. Louis
Lake
Carlton
Project Overview

Career Development Grant

Project Details

Concerto for Flute, Recorder and Strings

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Paula Gudmundson: Music professor at University of Minnesota-Duluth, flutist; Kayla Schubert: arts administrator, curatorial assistant; Walt Raschick: music director at KUWS; Pamela Davis: artist, weaver, instructor.

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 Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,729
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,271
Direct expenses
$3,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The goal is the creation of a concerto composed for flute, recorder and string orchestra to be performed by the Lake Superior Community Orchestra as part of their 2017 season. The composition will be completed by June 1, 2017 to allow the performers time to rehearse the music for the August concert date.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The composition was completed and performed by the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra with the soloists Shelley Gruskin and Johanna Gruskin as part of the final concert of LSCO's summer concert series on August 3rd, 2017. Audience attending numbered around 200.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Mina
Last Name
Kaiser
Organization Name
Mina W. Kaiser
State
MN
Phone
(218) 341-3528
Email
mina1.61803@gmail.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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