Rural and Community Art Project Grant
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Itasca Community Chorus aims to unify persons of diverse backgrounds through one voice as they come together to rehearse and perform the best representational music of the 50's-70's. One measurable outcome is the number of folks who attend the concert--our goal is to draw at least 300 people. Another goal is to continue our outreach to area school choral groups by collaborating with them in our performances, in order to develop lifelong participation in the choral arts. By selecting music from this golden era, older members will render an exciting and nostalgic performance reminiscent of their youth while acquainting younger singers with really great, quality music minus the auto-tuning and synthesized accompaniment that has permeated their experience. Collaboration with the Deer River Middle School Choir brings yet another generation into the art of transcending generations and cultures. Aimed always at rendering the most accurate and artistic interpretation of quality choral music, Itasca Community Chorus solicits written reviews by well-respected college graduate musicians. Performances are taped by Itasca Community Television and reviewed by the director, the chorus, and the Board. The chorus itself is also surveyed and the Board is always listening for suggestions on how Itasca Community Chorus can better serve the entire community. We also intend to survey the director and members of the school group.
The increases Spring 2015 vs Spring 2016: Audience 146 408, Spring membership 30-40 (since 1998) 55. Ticket sales 100-200 321. Survey results from the chorus indicate that 21 of the 23 respondents are extremely satisfied with the direction the chorus is moving. A late response includes a detailed offer of helping us do even better administratively. Running public commentary and interest shown in joining in the fall continues. Attached reviews from professional musicians give us equally strong feedback. Because of the delayed opening of the Reif Performing Arts Center, we relocated to the United Methodist Church where limited parking and seating reduced our audience. We are aware of a number of friends and relatives who could find neither and therefore found other activities the afternoon of April 17. Comments indicate that ICTV viewers are very pleased with both vocal and visual effects of this concert, but we have no way of knowing how many view the program. We do know that sales of DVDs from ICTV are up.
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