Quick Start Grants

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$256

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Jamie M. Ness

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

November 2015

End Date

November 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Ramsey

Hennepin

Project Overview

Quick Start Grants

Project Details

To purchase Shure PSM 300 in-ear monitors for live vocal performance.

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; David Beard: Assistant Professor of writing studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth; 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; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$256

Other Funds Leveraged

$544

Direct expenses

$800

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To reach a higher level of professionalism in vocal performance, measured by a continued growth of audience turnout at concerts. Professional vocalists who tour regularly and appear in larger venues and more widely broadcast television, radio, and internet broadcasts often use in ear monitors, which enable them to fine tune the sound of their voice, resulting in a more purposeful vocal performance. In the chaos of a live music environment, it is sometimes hard to predict what the sound will be like from the stage, and in ear monitors such as the Shure PSM 300 Wireless Personal Monitoring System would put me in a position to compete with other vocalists around the region. The success of the in-ear monitors would be measured by positive response to live performances, and continued growth of audience turnout for live concerts by my band, The Boomchucks.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I have purchased the equipment and am experimenting with in-ear monitors during live performances with my band, The Boomchucks.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Jamie

Ness

Jamie M. Ness

(218) 576-2090

jamienessmail@yahoo.com

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