Arts Activities Support

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2016

End Date

May 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Ramsey

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding for the 2016-2017 season, featuring a series of five orchestral music concerts. Performances will be free of charge and take place in a variety of accessible neighborhood venues across the Twin Cities between November 2016 and May 2017.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher and performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair of El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Artistic Director of World Music and Dance and the International Children’s Festival; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Bob Peskin: Administration, audit, fundraising; Jennifer Case Phelps: Artistic, volunteerism, fundraising; Mathew Janczewski: Artistic, administration, fundraising; Judi Lamble: Administration, artistic, organizational development; Mark Collier: Artistic, organizational development, administration; Courtney Gerber: Education, volunteerism, audience development; Patrick Rhone: Artistic; Liz Xiong: Audience development, artistic, Community Education; Jennifer Nicklay: Education, artistic, administration.

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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$65,800

Direct expenses

$75,800

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We will consider our season a success if participants and audience members exceed 3,000 people. Another success would be for these participants and audience members to experience musical/artistic challenges and growth, a greater sense of community within and between partner organizations, and a lasting impression of the connective power of the arts to cross age, gender, cultural, and financial barriers. We will count and survey audience members and participants. We will also obtain and analyze feedback from our partner organizations.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Our audience was more diverse in age and race than in previous years, which we could see. Our audience numbers also grew by about 10%, so it was larger as well as more diverse. Our players also grew as musicians, both as individuals and as ensemble players, as shown by our surveys and personal feedback given by the members.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Stuart Ronkainen, Brian Anderson, Kristine Oberg, Amy Williams, John Engelen, Jan Loney, Janelle Lanz, Emily Pantel, Kate Saumur, William Schrickel, Jon Lewis

Project Manager

Jon

Lewis

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestral Association

PO Box 581213

Minneapolis

55458-1213

(651) 645-4283

executive.director@msomn.org

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