Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2014
End Date
August 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for three, free orchestral concerts focused on reaching new audiences. Performances will take place at the Wayzata Community Church, Lake Nokomis Community School, and the Lake Harriet Band Shell from May through July 2014.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Loren Niemi: General Management, Artistic, Organizational Development; Maryam Yusefzadeh: Artistic, General Management; Jessica Briggs: Artistic, General Management; Pete Driessen: Visual Arts, Media Arts, Community Arts; Laura Leffler-McCabe: General Management; Lindsy Halleckson: Artistic, Fundraising, General Management; Paul Rudoi: Artistic, General Management; Rachel Wandrei: Artistic, General Management; Joan Vorderbruggen: General Management.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,946
Direct expenses
$8,946
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Eighty-five per cent of the participating students at Lake Nokomis Community School will experience performing with an orchestra for the first time. Civic Orchestra will increase its community exposure and enrich the lives of its members by having 300 audience members participate and attend our Lake Nokomis Community School concert.To determine the outreach of our programming and our goal of increasing audience and community connections, we will have a count of the number of audience members at each of the three concerts, and the number of students participating in the Lake Nokomis Community School concert. The students, staff and musicians will be asked for feedback on the collaborative children's May 22nd concert, in a survey form for the adults and verbally for the young students.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Audience numbers for our two May concerts were between 225-300. However, the outreach was much larger due to the school's TV broadcast. Lake Harriet was about 400-500 people seated and also those in hearing range. Participant surveys gave positive feedback; for all the student participants, this was the first time performing Orff instruments or singing in a concert with stringed instruments.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Dorota Baczynska, Jessica Edwards, Lorelei Giddings, Sandra Gonzales, Eric Guttormson, Robert Jennings, Mary Josefson, John Litch, Jorge Noyola-Picazzo, Doug Overland, Sylvia Wilson
Project Manager
First Name
Sylvia
Last Name
Wilson
Organization Name
Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis
Street Address
PO Box 50604
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55405-0604
Phone
(612) 332-4842
Email
info@civicorchestrampls.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency