Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Lyra, Inc. AKA Lyra Baroque Orchestra
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2012
End Date
December 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Learning
Project Details
Funding for an outreach program at Capitol Hill and Edgewood Middle Schools, Irondale High School, and two Young PeopleÆs concerts. Program activities will occur in the spring and fall of 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Sarah Lovan: Program Administrator, McKnight Foundation; Elizabeth Tanner: Theater Artist; Levi Weinhagen: Comedy Suitcase; Suzi Hudson: Executive Director, White Bear Center for the Arts; Margaret Houlton: Board Member, Mississippi Valley Orchestra; Paul Herwig: Artistic Director, Off-Leash Area; Byron Richard: Education Research Coordinator, Perpich Center for Arts Education; Diana Johnson: Education Programs Consultant, Minnesota Museum of American Art.
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 Education
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,045
Direct expenses
$14,045
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To differentiate between modern and baroque instruments, learn when and where baroque music thrived, and experience the sound of a baroque orchestra.Artists will administer a test that asks both educational and artistic questions.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Approximately 140 students who had little or no exposure to music and instruments of the baroque period learned about baroque instruments and performance practice.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Richard Schieffer, Judge Bruce Willis, Joanna Shelton, Ginna Watson, Kevin Geraghty, Lester Horntvedt, Bethany Berry, Judge Bert Poritsky, Debra Sittko, Dr. Andrew Wilson
Project Manager
First Name
Tami
Last Name
Morse
Organization Name
Lyra, Inc. AKA Lyra Baroque Orchestra
Street Address
275 E 4th St Ste 280
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55101
Phone
(651) 321-2214
Email
tami@lyrabaroque.org
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