Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
rooks will compose a work for choir and harmonicas with texts by Minnesota teens on the topic of despair. The texts are interspersed with ancient poems of lamentation. The piece will be titled De Profundis.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; 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.
Joan Griffith: Bass and mandolin player; teaches at Macalester and directs MacJazz; Douglas Harbin: Assistant professor of music theory and composition, Concordia College; Janis Lane-Ewart: Long-time arts administrator and consultant; development officer at KBEM Jazz88; Jeffrey Meyer: Music professor and fine arts department chair at Concordia College, Moorhead; leader of study abroad trips; Stephen Pelkey: Music faculty at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota and Winona State University; cellist with Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Rochester Chamber Music Society; Karen Quiroz: Professional vocalist, Brazilian music; Gabriel Rodreick: Musician and teacher; Arts Board grantee; David Stoddard: Award-winning lyricist, composer, folk musician, and teacher
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To give a platform to texts by Minnesota teens on the topic of despair by juxtaposing them with ancient texts and setting them to music. Teen writers and their communities will participate in post-concert discussions to determine if they feel that their writings and thoughts have been given a platform and taken seriously by the performers and community at large. 2: I will expand my compositional field of expertise to include writing for choir and I will do so with a strong and emotional composition. Anecdotal evidence of the performers' enthusiasm for the new work will be recorded and surveys will be taken of performers, writers and audience members. Also, if the piece is successful it will be given repeat performances by other choral groups.
I rewrote De Profundis as an instrumental composition for a single musician. Covid interrupted the ability to gather at community events. 2: I expanded my compositional field of expertise to include writing for choir and I will do so with a strong and emotional composition. The new version of De Profundis was recorded in June. Work was shared at composers forum.
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