Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,330
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Copper Street Brass Quintet AKA Copper Street Brass
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2019
End Date
August 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cass
Crow Wing
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Todd
Wadena
Cass
Crow Wing
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Todd
Wadena
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

The Copper Street Brass program, Big Ears and the Blue Ox, will teach active listening skills in an interactive musical context with those who are most intensely learning and practicing their communication skills: young people ages two to ten

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Nolita Christensen: Community and nonprofit management consultant; woodworker; Christina Frederickson: Educator, gardener, and actor; Molly Gamble: Artist; former arts event planner at Maryland Institute College of Art; Heather Haynes: ; Sara Raappana: Published poet; editor of Cellpoems, a poetry journal; Norah Rendell: Executive director, Center for Irish Music; musician

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,330
Other Funds Leveraged
$5,370
Direct expenses
$53,700
Administration costs
$4,065
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Children apply the difference between passive and active listening, learn music terminology and apply those terms to different expressions of music. Evaluators measure progress by observing each of the project's interactive activities and analyzing teacher, student and community surveys. 2: Families with little access to professional arts learning activities engage with professional teaching artists in a comfortable, accessible setting. Evaluators measure community engagement with attendance data, community surveys and observational data.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Children applied the difference between passive and active listening, learned music terms and applied those terms to different expressions of music. Teacher/staff/parent online surveys, artist evaluations. 2: Families with little access to professional arts learning activities engaged with professional teaching artists in a comfortable, accessible setting. Parent/community member online surveys and in-person comments after the shows.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
William Mathis, Jeff Gleason, Nichlas Emmons, Brad Althoff, Joe Heitz, Tim Bradley, Dianne McCarthy, Justin Windschitl
Project Manager
First Name
Allison
Last Name
Hall
Organization Name
The Copper Street Brass Quintet AKA Copper Street Brass
Street Address
511 Groveland Ave
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55403
Phone
(612) 722-3667
Email
allison@copperstreetbrass.org
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
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