Arts and Cultural Heritage Community Arts Learning Grant

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,304

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Aitkin High School

Recipient Type

K-12 Education

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2016

End Date

January 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Aitkin

Crow Wing

Cass

Mille Lacs

St. Louis

Project Overview

Arts and Cultural Heritage Community Arts Learning Grant

Project Details

Aitkin High School Jazz Clinic and Concert

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Candace LaCosse: North House Folk School instructor, leatherwork designer and crafter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artists, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director - KUMD.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director - KUMD.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 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 Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,304

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,206

Direct expenses

$4,510

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Students will grow to a higher level of understanding in regards to performing improvised solos using blues scales as well as other scales presented. Students will rehearse and present selected music at the evening concert for parents and community. Video recordings will be provided for each schools director for use as an evaluation tool by discussing and assessing what they learned during the day. A brief survey will be given to each participant and director to evaluate what was learned and the value of the experience.

Measurable Outcome(s)

There are no formal measurable outcomes. The student honor bands successfully prepared and performed for an audience two challenging Jazz/Funk selections. Their development successfully progressed throughout their 4 hours of rehearsals and sectionals during the day.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Dennis Hasskamp, David Burgstaler, Peter Welshons, Kevin Hoge, John Chute, Cindi Hills, Jeremy Janzen

Project Manager

Christine

Halvorson

Aitkin High School

306 2nd St NW

Aitkin

56431