Arts Tour Minnesota
Arts Tour Minnesota
Great Northern Union Chorus, an internationally acclaimed men's barbershop and a cappella chorus, will perform two major concerts and community engagements in northern Minnesota, aimed at promoting a lifetime of singing.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Delon Lyren: Professor of high brass and jazz, Bemidji State University; also assistant festival director, JENerations Jazz Festival; Brian Malloy: A novelist, teaching artist with the Loft, and adjunct faculty member at the U and Hamline; Margaret McCreary: Puppeteer, artist/educator; Arts Board grantee; Maya Washington: Filmmaker, writer, performer, and arts educator
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Workshop participants and youth will experience the artistic and interpersonal skills and thrills of performing close harmony at a high level. We will replicate previous Arts Board-funded participant surveys measuring impact on knowledge, skills, behavior, attitude, and the role of barbershop singing as a lever for future engagement in singing. 2: 1,425 Minnesotans will gain an appreciation for barbershop excellence, and feel the emotional impact of GNU?s performances in live, local settings. We will build on previous Arts Board-funded participant surveys that measured audience response both on objective characteristics and emotional impact of the arts experience.
Workshop participants and students experienced the artistic and interpersonal skills and thrills of performing close harmony at a high level. Paper-and-pencil, and online surveys administered to workshop participants and students queried about knowledge, skills, behavior, attitude, and the role of barbershop singing as a lever for future engagement in singing. 2: 1,190 Minnesotans gained an appreciation for barbershop excellence and feel the emotional impact of GNU's performances in live, local settings. Audience experience was measured by paper-and-pencil and online surveys that measured audience response both on objective characteristics and emotional impact of the arts experience.
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