Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Chorus Polaris
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2017
End Date
June 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Carmina Burana performance with percussion Funding for Year One of a three-year series of performances of Carl Orff?s Carmina Burana. The performance will consist of Chorus Polaris singers accompanied by the Eden Prairie High School Percussion Ensemble and will be held in May 2017.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mary Jo Lewis: Artistic, administration; Nancy Anderson: Administration; Mary Beth King: Artistic, organizational development, administration; Sarah Wiechmann: Education, community education, youth programming; Tim Cooper: Artistic, computer systems, finance; Mandy Meisner: Audience development, artistic, fundraising; Sue Morgan: Artistic, volunteerism; Jeff Ambroz: Artistic, fundraising, administration; Florence Brammer: Administration.

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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$5,130
Direct expenses
$10,130
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We will prepare and perform Carmina Burana, involving 35 adult singers and 80 youth singers, percussion ensemble and two pianists. We will perform Carmina Burana for an expected audience of 200 adults and youths. We will compile a roster of our participants. We will do an audience count and conduct an audience survey addressing audience demographics as well as response to the concert itself.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Chorus Polaris nearly doubled its usual ensemble with high calibre singers drawn by this opportunity to perform Carmina Burana with professional duo pianists, percussion ensemble and signature soloists. Carmina Burana has universal appeal; targeted outreach AND the appeal of a local award winning percussion ensemble from a local high school drew a capacity audience.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Gail Gordon, Jeffrey Gordon, John Hoffacker, Carol Lacey, Larry Pecchia, Dan Smith, Elliott Youngberg
Project Manager
First Name
John
Last Name
Hoffacker
Organization Name
Chorus Polaris
Street Address
5725 Nevada Ave N
City
Crystal
State
MN
Zip Code
55428
Phone
(952) 974-2248
Email
dsmith@treancorp.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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency