Community Arts
ACHF Arts Access
We expect that this project will reach an audience of 115 youth and 600 adults. We expect that over 60% of the audience will be people who have never seen Encore perform before. We will count the audience numbers and estimate the number of adults and youth. We will assess the project's success at our end of season board meeting. We will survey the artists regarding the success of the project.
The project was a success in bringing high quality wind and percussion music to the community and demonstrating lifelong music making to young people. The musicians and the board were satisfied with the outcome. The board met on June 2, 2016 to review and evaluate the season. The project was an opportunity for Encore to collaborate with guest conductors, Jack Stamp and Lindsay Boyd, and to share the stage with young musicians at Edina High School and the University of Minnesota. The organization continues to partner with other organizations and musicians to grow our audience and grow artistically. All Encore concerts were free and open to the public to eliminate any financial barriers, and all are held in public spaces that are handicap accessible. The repertoire for this project was intended to introduce people to a range of different musical styles and genres by playing known wind ensemble music as well as newly composed pieces. Encore has a commitment to connect with young people through our concerts, and we achieved this by sharing programs with the University of Minnesota Symphonic Band and the Edina High School Concert Band. These performances introduced us to the student members and parents of the students to demonstrate the opportunities to perform through adulthood. There were approximately 70 college students at the university concert approximately 140 elementary through high school students at the Edina concert. Encore’s publicity was mostly electronic for this project with a limited amount of printed material. Emails were sent to the mailing list of 350 supporters and Facebook was used to publicize the events. Post cards were printed with the season’s events. These were sent by individual members to friends and family. The heart of our audience is comprised of family and friends of the ensemble so we have focused on using that strength of relationships to build our audience base. Combined audiences of approximately 750. 140 were under 18, and 70 were college students. Performances in Minneapolis, Wayzata, and Edina bring music to different communities. Three different conductors allow the organization to collaborate with new artistic leadership.
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