Operating Support
Operating Support
The mission of Choral Arts Ensemble is to inspire, educate, and enrich the community at large through outstanding choral performance.
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
ACHF Arts Access
Choral Arts Ensemble will collaborate with the Bach Society of Minnesota and the Great River Shakespeare players to provide high quality programs in SE Minnesota. Choral Arts Ensemble and its partner organizations will survey audience members and participants. Questions will cover emotional responses and technical skills and solicit input about the programming and what could make the experience better in the future 2: CAE's Board, Singers, and primary stakeholders will review and redefine (if and as needed) CAE's long-term artistic vision, role and viability in SE Minnesota. CAE will complete phases three and four of the Chorus America outline for an Artistic Director's (AD) planned retirement. This work includes the search, recruitment and hiring of a new AD by FYE 2024.
Choral Arts Ensemble, in collaboration with the Bach Society of MN & the Great River Shakespeare players, engaged audiences with exceptional programs. Audience comments overheard & solicited at the after-concert receptions were added to those obtained through online audience surveys completed in the days following the concerts. 2: Choral Arts Ensemble successfully completed the search, recruitment, & hiring of our new Artistic Director, Ryan Deignan who started on July 1, 2024. Our search committee successfully recruited 26 qualified applicants for the Artistic Director (AD) position, Zoom interviewed 16, invited 3 to Rochester, and completed the hiring process in Spring 2024. CAE will revise its long-term plan in FY2025.
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