Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Carnahan will collaborate with Minnesota poet Julia Klatt Singer to compose a multimovement choral work for the Borealis Chorale (Grand Marais) that celebrates the beauty and drama of life on the North Shore.
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
ACHF Arts Access
The project will provide new skills in collaborating with a poet from the start of the creative process, the first time I've worked in this manner. Evaluating the success of the project will come through feedback from the performers, conductor, and audience members who attend the performances and pre-concert Meet the Composer presentations.
This project provided new skills in collaborating with a poet during the creative process, the first time I've worked in this manner. Evaluation of the success of my project was demonstrated by performer's and audience reactions to the piece, which were uniformly positive.