Operating Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,750
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Wirth Center for the Performing Arts
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2011
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Wright
Benton
Pennington
Todd
Olmsted
Steele
Washington
Anoka
Dakota
Sherburne
Crow Wing
Project Overview
Operating Support
Project Details
General operating support
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Judson Bemis Jr., Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board., 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., Michael Charron, Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies., John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka., Ellen McInnis, Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Pamela Perri, Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota., Margaret Rapp, Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board., Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Judson Bemis Jr., Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board., 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., Michael Charron, Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies., John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka., Ellen McInnis, Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board., Pamela Perri, Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota., Margaret Rapp, Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board., Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,750
Other Funds Leveraged
$459,989
Direct expenses
$500,739
Administration costs
$13,681
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.5
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
1. Provide young pianists with the tools they need to express themselves musically without the encumbrance of technical limitations. 2. Empowering students to reach their fullest performance level. Enrollment, audience attendance at the concerts/recitals, and the reach of our programs (to students from broad areas).
Measurable Outcome(s)
1. "Take It From the Top" provided training to five college piano majors (undergraduate, masters or doctoral), and five newly trained teachers are training thirty-eight pre-college aged pianists in Dr. Wirth's unique gravity-based piano technique. 2. Supplemental offerings at the Young Artist World Piano Festival included: Pavlina Dokovska, piano chair at the Mannes New School of Music in New York, providing two master classes and private piano lessons for eight students; Alessio Bax, internationally acclai
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Jack Steffes, Laura Heim, Kristi Miller, Paul Wirth, Gina Ehni, Matthais Steup, Don Droegemueller
Project Manager
First Name
Lori
Last Name
McNamara
Organization Name
Wirth Center for the Performing Arts
Street Address
823 1st St S PO Box 162
City
St Cloud
State
MN
Zip Code
56302
Phone
(320) 255-0318
Email
lmcnamara@wirthcenter.org
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