Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Leap, soprano, will present a concert of eighteenth century music, including rarely heard compositions by female composers. Performances will be given in four Minnesota communities and followed by artist talk backs.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; 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.
Joan Griffith: Bass and mandolin player; teaches at Macalester and directs MacJazz; Douglas Harbin: Assistant professor of music theory and composition, Concordia College; Janis Lane-Ewart: Long-time arts administrator and consultant; development officer at KBEM Jazz88; Jeffrey Meyer: Music professor and fine arts department chair at Concordia College, Moorhead; leader of study abroad trips; Stephen Pelkey: Music faculty at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota and Winona State University; cellist with Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Rochester Chamber Music Society; Karen Quiroz: Professional vocalist, Brazilian music; Gabriel Rodreick: Musician and teacher; Arts Board grantee; David Stoddard: Award-winning lyricist, composer, folk musician, and teacher
ACHF Arts Access
Artist will engage and inform audiences across Minnesota, presenting a unique concert program, including rarely-heard work by 18th-century women composers. I will evaluate the success of the outcome by the attendance at the concerts, the response at artist talkbacks, the attention from media, and the interest from potential future venues. 2: Artist will refine performance practice of 18th century repertoire through collaboration, rehearsal and performance with specialists. Working with musicians who specialize in this era of music, I will be getting feedback all through the collaborative process of rehearsals and performances.
Artist engaged audiences in a concert program, giving performances of music by rarely-heard female composers in a unique concert setting. Artist soldout three of her five concerts, received press from MPR and the Star Tribune and was invited back to all venues for future projects. 2: Artist worked with practicing musicians, music librarians and musicologists to learn specific style elements of this music. Artist created scores and transcribed parts using this knowledge and it was well-received by musicians who have knowledge of this era.
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