Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Mary Ellen Childs, composer, will research and create a new multi-movement musical work, Boreal Quiet, inspired by cold stark winter landscape.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Zachary Baltich: Percussionist/composer, Arts board grantee; Rolf Erdahl: Bass player, OboeBass!; bass instructor, Gustavus Adolphus College; Sarah Greer: Improvisational singer, songwriter, and teacher; Arts Board grantee; Nathan Hanson: Composer and saxophonist; Arts Board grantee; El Karnwie-Tuah: Hip-hop artist; Arts Board grantee; Heidi Lord: Percussionist; director of concert production and personnel, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra; Jean Perrault: Director of orchestras, University of Minnesota Duluth
ACHF Arts Access
In order to expand my ability to create music inspired by distinctive place, I will engage in an extensive period of research. Gains in knowledge (from experience and scientific sources), will be measured by feedback from research sources, and through the successful completion of a new work and public performance. 2: I will compose a new multi-movement musical work inspired by cold, stark, wintry landscapes, which will be presented to a Minnesota audience. Through completion and performance of the new work; response from musicians and audience; audience attendance numbers, online access numbers, and post-performance discussions with the audience.
I engaged in an extensive period of research into and experience, in preparation for a major new compositional work. Research and experiences yielded new information that has shaped the new work in important ways. I am using material collected through research, especially field recordings from cold wintry environment, as part of the composition, woven into the instrumen 2: I began composition on a new multi-movement musical work and presented a work-in-progress version to a public audience. The audience response from the work-in-progress showing was beyond our expectations.
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