Arts Learning
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Vecchione/Erdahl Duo
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
July 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Project Overview
Senior center music and music literature programs
Project Details
Funding for a series of five one-hour programs exploring music and music literature for audiences at nine senior centers from February through June 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
$2,500
Direct expenses
$12,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To give senior audiences an introduction or refresher to musical concepts and encourage social interaction and intergenerational sharing.Questionnaires for care-facility activity directors and audiences.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Audiences reported greater comprehension and enjoyment of what goes into making music happen. Number of people reached was 415, which is 55 more than anticipated.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Tom Barnard, Rev Rolf Jacobson, Erin Jude, Donna Roe, Carrie Vecchione, Linda Walter
Project Manager
First Name
Rolf
Last Name
Erdahl
Organization Name
Vecchione/Erdahl Duo
Street Address
6857 133rd St W
City
Apple Valley
State
MN
Zip Code
55124
Phone
(651) 319-1413
Email
info@oboebass.com
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