Art Project Grant
Art Project Grant
Cello - Lynn Harrell with Zlata Chochieva.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Increase access for all audiences in the Duluth-Superior region to the highest quality classical music performance. Offer an exceptional learning opportunity to music performance students from University of Wisconsin, Superior, University Minnesota, Duluth and College of Saint Scholastica. Express the value and impact of music practice and appreciation across various genres Attendance of at least 300 people at the Harrell / Chochieva concert. Master class attendance of ten students/2 instructors and fifteen - twenty other observers for each of Mr. Harrell's cello masterclass at University of Wisconsin, Superior and Ms. Chochieva's piano masterclass at University Minnesota, Duluth Successful presentation of a free public screening of the film "Cello" with a Q and A session to follow. Outcomes will be measured through overall ticket sales, attendance at outreach events and levels of social media traffic. Additional qualitative evaluation will be conducted through analysis of audience feedback collected through surveys and direct observation at the events, participation levels at the masterclasses and engagement at the film screening, positive word of mouth from the public and publicity arising from the events. These results will be incorporated into historical data and records used by the Matinee Musicale Board of Directors to assess the impact and appropriateness of programming and effectiveness of marketing and audience development efforts.
222 tickets were sold to the Lynn Harrell Victor Asuncion performance at Mitchell Auditorium on the campus of the College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth. The audience provided both written and in person feedback and expressed appreciation at being able to hear this renowned cellist along with a dynamic young pianist in an intimate chamber music setting. 56 people attended Conversation with Lynn Harrell following the screening of his film ?Cello". There was very strong positive feedback from those in attendance commenting on the film's theme and Mr. Harrell's role as well as his warmth and generosity as an artist and also expressing that this outreach played a positive role in encouraging attendance at future Matinee Musicale concerts. twenty people attended in the Master class at Weber Music Hall, UMD during which Mr. Harrell coached aspiring cellists currently studying at UMD. In addition to the cello students, additional students and adults were in the audience as observers. All those attending who took the survey rated this event ?great" and comments included wanting to see more.
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