Art Project
Art Project
2018/2019 Crow River Youth Choir Concert Season.
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor, theater director, theater teacher; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Pam Blake: retired art educator, visual artist, Tyler Arts Council, Lincoln County Art Fair, Southwest Minnesota Weaver’s Guild; Michele Knife Sterner: theatre actor, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Lisa Hill: musician, Crow River Singers, attorney; Joyce Aakre: visual arts, writing, Discover Dassel committee, Board member for Litchfield Community Education, Exhibit committee for Dassel Area Historical Society; Emily Petersen: visual artist, art teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician; Anne O’Keefe-Jackson: human resources director, bead and quill work; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Director of Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB; Claire Swanson: visual arts, arts teacher, Meander Art Crawl Committee.
Mark Bosveld: theater, dance; Cheri Buzzeo: theater; Mary Gillespie: art administration; Maureen Keimig: theater; Kaia Nowatzki: visual art, theater, music; Eric Parrish: music, theater; Lisa Hill: music; Erica Volkir: performing arts.
ACHF Arts Education
The goals of the Crow River Youth Choir are to involve at least 35 children in the preparation and performance of a high quality children’s choir concert to the general public, educate participants on choral singing techniques and help them improve their music literacy skills, encourage appreciation for the way in which enjoyment of music and participation in music increases our quality of life, encourage audience attendance of all ages at our concert, and encourage community donations to the youth choir. The changes we expect to see from this project are first, that youth in the community will perceive singing in a choir as fun, challenging yet rewarding, and a meaningful way to belong to a group. Secondly, others in the community will recognize that youth choir performances can be of high quality, entertaining and enjoyable to attend. The community will see the youth choir as being a valuable youth activity and support its continuation in the future. We will measure the achievement of our goals by the successful delivery of our concert. An exit survey will be available to audience members after the concert and an exit survey will be given to choir participants at the end of the choir season. Responses to surveys will be discussed and documented at our semi-annual Crow River Youth Choir Advisory Committee meeting. Our goals will also be measured by the number of registrations and participation of youth in the choir, number of ticket sales at the concert, and the amount of community support through donations to the choir.
Most choir members gave the experience a rating of seven or higher on a scale of 1-10 and indicated either Yes or Maybe about joining a choir in the future. Comments about what was learned mentioned singing in different languages, teamwork and harmonizing, learning how to sing better and learning not to be afraid to sing in front of others. Audience members gave a rating of eight or higher on a scale of 1-10 and all indicated that they would support future choir concerts. Most of the positive comments mentioned the enthusiasm and joy of the kids and the variety of songs.
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