Artist Initiative

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Natalie Nowytski
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
December 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Hennepin
Stearns
Washington
Anoka
Hennepin
Stearns
Washington
Project Overview

Artist Initiative

Project Details

With a chamber ensemble of local artists, Nowytski will workshop, refine, record, and perform her compositions from 'East of the Sun,' an interdisciplinary theatrical piece to be fully staged in the future.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

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

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$17,395
Direct expenses
$27,395
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To present and document a live performance of Music from East of the Sun, original music inspired by world music traditions. A public performance will be scheduled and executed in 2019, featuring live original music composed by Minnesota artist Natalie Nowytski. The performance will be documented via both audio and video. 2: To refine and record original compositions for Music from East of the Sun with live Minnesota-based musicians. A chamber ensemble of instrumentalists and vocalists will rehearse and provide instrument-specific feedback on Nowytski's compositions. Revised scores will be rehearsed, then professionally recorded in a studio in advance of the public performance.

Measurable Outcome(s)

To present and document a live performance of 'Music from East of the Sun'--original music inspired by world music traditions. A public performance was held on September 28, 2019 that featured live original music composed by Minnesota artist Natalie Nowytski. The performance was documented via audio and video for archival purposes. 2: To refine and record original compositions for 'Music from East of the Sun' with live Minnesota-based musicians. A chamber ensemble of instrumentalists and vocalists rehearsed and provided instrument-specific feedback on Nowytski's compositions. Revised scores were then rehearsed and professionally studio-recorded as a CD in advance of the public performance.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Natalie
Last Name
Nowytski
Organization Name
Natalie Nowytski
State
MN
Phone
(612) 384-6760
Email
natalie.nowytski@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
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