Quick Start Opportunity Grants

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$193

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Echoes of Peace Choir

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

January 2015

End Date

February 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Project Overview

Quick Start Opportunity Grants

Project Details

Ubuntu Choirs Network Leadership Retreat. Echoes of Peace hopes to send Sara Thomsen, Artistic Director, to the Ubuntu Choirs Network Leadership Retreat, offered only to Community Choir Leadership Training graduates. The eight day retreat will include concerts, workshops, and opportunities for Thomsen to connect with Community Choir Leadership Training graduates to share ideas, experiences, resources, and repertoire. This professional development retreat will expand and deepen Thomsen’s understanding of how to work toward the Echoes of Peace mission.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth, Shannon Sweeney: stage manager for Duluth Playhouse and former production manager for the Minnesota Ballet; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair.

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$193

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,203

Direct expenses

$1,396

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Goal 1: Thomsen will acquire new choir repertoire. Outcome1: Thomsen will add 10 new songs to current choir repertoire. Goal 2: Thomsen will learn new choir warm-up exercises. Outcome 2: Thomsen will use four new warm-up techniques at choir rehearsals. Goal 3: Thomsen will develop score preparation skills. Outcome 3: Thomsen will complete a choral arrangement for one of Thomsen’s original songs. Goal 4: Thomsen will connect with choir directors and gain new perspectives on choir leadership. Outcome 4: Thomsen will discover three new ideas to explore with the choir. Outcome 1 will be measured through the compilation of 10 songs into a resource folder. Outcome 2 will be measured through the compilation of 4 warm-up exercises into a resource folder. Outcome 3 will be measured through the completed choral arrangement of one of Thomsen’s original songs. Outcome 4 will be measured through the compilation of 3 ideas into a resource folder.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Goal 1: Thomsen will acquire new choir repertoire. Outcome 1: Thomsen added 10 new songs to current choir repertoire. Goal 2: Thomsen will learn new choir warm-up exercises. Outcome 2: Thomsen learned four new warm-up techniques to use at choir rehearsals. Goal 3: Thomsen will develop score preparation skills. Outcome 3: Thomsen completed a choral arrangement for one of Thomsen's original songs. Goal 4: Thomsen will connect with choir directors and gain new perspectives on choir leadership. Outcome 4: Thomsen discovered three new ideas from other directors to explore with the choir.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Peg Mold, Peg Apka, Rita Bergstadt, Joie Acheson, Trish OKeefe, Angie Frank

Project Manager

Peg

Mold

Echoes of Peace Choir

1018 Bong Blvd

Duluth

55811