Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,440
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Balkanicus Ensemble
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2012
End Date
April 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Balkanicus
Project Details
Funding for Balkanicus, a free public concert featuring contemporary Balkan chamber music. The concert will take place at the University of Minnesota Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall in April 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Tim J. Peterson: Director of Marketing and Operations, Cantus; Jeanne Junge: Artistic Director, Sounds of Hope; Anne Bertram: Managing Director, Theatre Unbound; Caitlin Hargarten: Managing Director, Stevens Square Center for the Arts; Walken Schweigert: Ensemble Member, Unseen Ghost Brigade; Peter Thompson: Artistic Director, Art Shanty Projects; Tanaegh Haddad: Arts Coordinator, Womens' Initiative for Self Empowerment; Christina Marie Ham: Playwright, The Playwrights' Center; Pete Driessen: Curator and Director, TuckUnder Projects.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
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
$4,440
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,110
Direct expenses
$5,550
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Approximately 140 people will have rare opportunity to hear classical Balkan music.Measurement of ticket sales and attendance; media coverage; performer feedback.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Audiences were mesmerized by the unique Balkan music as over 140 attendees turned out for the show.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
David Alderson, Hristina Markova, Fr Paul Paris, Mike Pavlovich, Nickolai Kolarov, Fernando Meza, Jerry Luckhardt
Project Manager
First Name
Nickolai
Last Name
Kolarov
Organization Name
Balkanicus Ensemble
Street Address
2133 Pascal St Ste 11
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55113
Phone
(651) 592-1315
Email
artsalon_zora@hotmail.com
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