Arts Activities Support
Funding for the Twin Cities Jazz Workshop, a summer experience offering professional jazz and improvisation instruction to local students. Each instruction series will culminate in a performance opportunity at the Dakota Jazz Club. The project will begin in summer 2013.
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.
Rick Shiomi: general management, theatre; Denise Prosek: artist, general management, theatre, music; Mark Kausch: audience development, marketing, artist, education, music; Amy Miller: artist, community education, audience development, marketing, community arts, music, dance; Libby Tschida: youth programming, community education, education, community arts, visual arts, literature; Orin Rutchick: general management, administration, youth programming, artistic, visual arts; Doug Tiede: fundraising, education, artistic, theatre, dance, music; Stanford Felix: general management, music; Ethan Turcotte: general management, organizational development, youth programming, fundraising, media arts, photography.
ACHF Arts Access
The future of jazz will be ensured by mentoring; diverse workshop community will be created; Twin Cities jazz network will be created; artistic faculty will be fairly compensated for their work; diverse student concerts will be presented.Combination of observation, input, and review; anonymous student survey; audience comments; faculty and advisory committee reviews.
Forty-seven youth participated in extended workshops with professional musicians, learning the art of jazz improvisation; students displayed improved improvisational skills at public performances at the Dakota Jazz Club and Icehouse Restaurant.
Other, local or private