Art Project Grant
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Matinee Musicale's goal for this project is to provide high-quality public events. This includes the evening concert on February 23, the two free educational master classes on February 22, and a free concert at a children’s hospital on February 22. Our short-term, measureable outcomes for this project are: 1) To receive favorable comments about the Karl and Liesl Doty’s concert; 2) To attract a concert audience of at least 200 individuals; and 3) To achieve good participation/attendance in the master classes and the free concert. A long-term measureable outcome for Matinee Musicale is to increase the size of our audience over time. METHODS TO MEASURE SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES: Measure attendance numbers and ticket sales for the concert. Measure attendance at the master class. Measure attendance at hospital concert. Distribute a survey to audience members. Distribute a survey to master class students. Evaluate our audience demographics (Senior, Adult, Student) from our color-coded tickets. Gather comments and reactions from concert audience members to ascertain if the concert met their expectations. METHODS TO MEASURE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES: Track concert and outreach attendance and compare year-over-year.
We received many favorable comments on the audience survey sheets: "What virtuosity, what fun! Splendid, diverse." "Super quality and warmth." "Brilliant, loved the variety and energy." We also heard many exclaim what a great concert it was during the artists reception. We had our largest audience (242) since March 2003! Thirty-three middle school and twenty-one college students participated in outreach activities. Middle school student comments from their surveys were very positive: "They are amazing! Makes you want to play the bass." "Cool that they got to play with us." "This opportunity was really fun and I loved it." "I thought they were great and worth every second they were here." College student responses were also positive: "They were so good and so much fun." "They did a good job in getting us to feel the music." "Very warm and friendly." The outreach at the Cancer Center was also successful. Several patients and staff came up to The Dotys and thanked them for playing. It was really nice.
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