Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet Association AKA Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2016
End Date
May 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Minneapolis Guitar Quartet premieres three new works Funding to present the world premieres of recently commissioned works by Minnesota composers Wade Oden and Maja Radovanlija, and California composer Ian Krouse. A total of three performances and one workshop will be presented at White Bear Lake Center for the Arts and Sundin Music Hall in St Paul.

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

Zhen Zou: Education, general management, artistic; Emmy Carter: Fundraising, education, artistic; Kevin Vollmers: Fundraising, audience development, organizational development; Liane Olson: Administration, fundraising, community education; Marjorie Fedyszyn: Artistic, education, volunteerism; Colleen Zuro-White: General administration, organizational development, volunteerism; Tisidra Jones: Artistic, administration; Tiffany Kong: Computer systems, administration, organizational development; Nicole Matter: 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
$6,050
Direct expenses
$11,050
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We intend to reach approximately 325 audience members with three performances of three new works for guitar quartet. All of the audience members will be hearing these pieces for the first time. At all three performances, attendees will be asked to complete a brief survey to help us determine how audience members learned about our project and whether they are first time audience members at a Minneapolis Guitar Quartet concert. The performance at Sundin Hall will be recorded on audio and video, allowing performers and composers the opportunity to further study and evaluate the project, and interaction with audience members at the less formal educational performances will provide helpful feedback before the Sundin Hall concert.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Our most significant outcome was probably the successful presentation of the new work StarWaves by Ian Krouse. This is a very difficult piece requiring the inconvenient use of an eight-string guitar, but the enthusiastic response of the audiences and our own personal enjoyment of the piece guarantee that we will play this piece on many more concert programs in the future.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Wade Oden, Benjamin Kunkel, Joseph Hagedorn, Maja Radovanlija, Robert Collier, Ila June Brown-Pratt, Alex Lubet, Gloria Raheja
Project Manager
First Name
Joseph
Last Name
Hagedorn
Organization Name
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet Association AKA Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
Street Address
2550 Dupont Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55405-3506
Phone
(612) 669-2883
Email
hagedornguitar@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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

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