Art Project Grant
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
1) Northeastern Minnesota audiences experience and appreciate new forms of chamber music performance. 2) Grow the number of Minnesotans who have access to high quality arts opportunities regardless of geographic location. Outcome 1: Matinee Musicale will facilitate three whole-schools assemblies in Cloquet, Two Harbors, and Duluth Minnesota serving at least 2,000 students and their teachers and school staff. Outcome 2: Matinee Musicale will facilitate one concert that serves at least 150 residents of Northeastern Minnesota. METHODS TO MEASURE SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES: Measure attendance numbers and zip code for the concert. Measure attendance at school assemblies. Distribute a survey to audience members. Students evaluate assemblies via Survey Monkey. Gather satisfaction surveys from concert goers, school administration, and performers. METHODS TO MEASURE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES: Track concert and outreach attendance and compare year-over-year.
We had a record 366 attend the concert - the largest audience since our centennial concert April 16, 2000! Free tickets are offered to students all this season thanks to a generous donation at the end of last season. We had our largest student attendance as well at 141. We surveyed the audience and students from the outreach activities. We received overwhelming positive responses from both the concert audience (143 audience surveys returned) and students at Ordean East (1000 students attended outreach) and Cloquet Middle Schools (620 students attended outreach). The concert and outreach activities were very successful from the comments below. Middle School comments: 6th grade - "I think that that music was really cool I never knew violins could make all those different noises." "I liked how it made me feel for the rest of the day." "Makes me want to practice." 7th grade - "Energetic, I felt happy after they played." "They made us feel included in their performance." "Made me think of classical music in a different way." "I enjoyed it very much. I thought it was a great way to boost someone's confidence and have fun." "I thought that this music was beautiful and I would go back through time to hear it again." 8th grade - "We never get to hear that kind of stuff in Cloquet so it was pretty fun to listen to them!" " I loved their music and it really inspired me to continue through 8th gr more optimistically." "I thought it was amazing. Hearing the music made my day much greater." Audience: "Absolutely spectacular!" "Excellent to see the diversity of music along with attendees." "Outstanding - one of the best concerts ever!" "Fantastic! Getting musicians of this caliber to Duluth adds so much to the quality of living in a smaller city. Thank you!" "Time for 3 is Phenomenal!"
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