Quick Start Opportunity Grants
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$279
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Eric G. Meyer
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
January 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
Hennepin
Project Overview
Quick Start Opportunity Grants
Project Details
"Operatunity" for Lyric Bass to hone his craft and make national connections in Opera. I am already being hired to sing the role of Escamillo in the Washington-Idaho Symphony's production of "Tragedy of Carmen," so I decided to head out to Seattle a week early and take some lessons and artistic coaching from veterans of the Seattle Opera and other opera professionals in the area.
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
$279
Other Funds Leveraged
$434
Direct expenses
$713
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To hone my craft as a performer and establish a relationship between Duluth, the Seattle Opera, and the Washington-Idaho Symphony. I will know my initial goal is complete when I have completed my scheduled coachings and give two very successful performances of "The Tragedy of Carmen" in Pullman, Washington.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Completed the Vocal Coaching. Completed the performances. My singing has markedly improved, according to my voice teacher and the judges of the Schubert Club Competition.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Project Manager
First Name
Eric
Last Name
Meyer
Organization Name
Eric G. Meyer
State
MN
Phone
(218) 384-1645
Email
MEYER990@GMAIL.COM
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