Arts Activities Support

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

The Bach Society of Minnesota

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2012

End Date

April 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for three concerts in their 2012 – 2013 season, featuring Baroque, Jazz, solo harpsichord and rarely heard choral works. Performances will take place at various metro area venues including The Baroque Room and Sundin Music Hall at Hamline University between January and April 2013.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mary Grace Flannery: organizational development, general management, community service, development, literature, visual arts, theatre; Joko Sutrisno: artistic, education, music; Jonna Kosalko: fundraising, audience development, marketing, administration, theatre, dance, multidisciplinary; Abby Marcus: administration, finance, audit, marketing, theatre, multidisciplinary, media arts; Mark Hinds: artistic, administration, theatre, multidisciplinary, media arts; Noah Keesecker: artistic, administration, music, multidisciplinary; Mary Farquhar: marketing, computer systems, volunteerism, music, theatre, craft arts; Andrea Lubov: artist, administration, music; Kristie Gaalswyk: youth programming, education, marketing, theatre, music, dance.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2013 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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$7,175

Direct expenses

$17,175

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Will perform three high-quality, challenging, diverse concerts; will provide local musicians with an opportunity to stretch themselves; will expand audience.Media reviews; musician and audience assessment; board of directors and administrative assistant artistic evaluation; ticket sales, audience numbers and earned income.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Two-hundred and fifty-one audience members attended concerts; the solo artist reported being challenged by the repertoire; the inclusion of jazz music stretched the Baroque players; audience feedback was positive; surveys indicated that audiences want more choral music.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Bruce Jacobs, Takuzo Ishida, Bill Gamble, Tomohiko Yamada, Paul Boehnke, Suzanne Asher, Jay Kurtz, Buffy Larson, Jill Nennmann, Sarah Schmalenberger

Project Manager

Buffy

Larson

The Bach Society of Minnesota

1043 Grand Ave Ste 229

St Paul

55105-3002