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2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society AKA The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
June 2015
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview
Arts Access
Project Details
Through a three-concert chamber series at the Capri Theater, each with a third of the ticket inventory available for free, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra will further its mission of making world-class orchestral music accessible to as many people as possible.
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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Yvonne Cory: Storyteller and textile artist, marketing representative, Faribault County Fair, career and technical instructor, Blue Earth high school; Melissa Cuff: Director of grants and foundation relations for YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities.; Venessa Fuentes: Philanthropy writer at Project for Pride in Living, poet; Sandra Gillespie: Visual artist, online writing instructor, University of Alaska Anchorage, former program director, Alaska State Arts Council; Gabriel Green: Founder and executive director, Wolffe Cultural Center, Duluth, founder and senior pastor, Church of Restoration Twin Ports; Paul Robinson: Senior community leadership consultant for the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$39,132
Direct expenses
$54,132
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Through a three-concert chamber series at the Capri Theater, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra will further its mission of making world-class orchestral music accessible to as many people as possible. Through analysis of feedback from Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra musicians and project personnel, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Capri will participate in ongoing and reciprocal evaluation of the partnership’s planning, implementation, and achievements.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The SPCO performed an accessible three-concert series at the Capri Theater, and collaborated with the Capri to implement educational programming for local teens. After the February concert we distributed our typical electronic post-concert survey via email and experienced a very low return rate of 4%. We distributed paper surveys and pens at the beginning of the October and December concerts, and made a stage announcement to encourage people to complete and return them for a piece of chocolate. This method achieved a much higher return rate-- nearly 40%. We used anecdotal evidence supplied by Capri Teaching Artist Greta Oglesby to evaluate the success of the afterschool program.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Daria Adams, Betty S. Andrews, Daniel Avchen, Jo Bailey, Debra J. Berns, Theresa Bevilacqua, Thomas M. Brown, Jon C. Cieslak, Penny Chally, Richard J. Cohen, Sheldon W. Damberg, Nina Tso-Ning Fan, Judith Garcia Galiana, Bonnie Grzeskowiak, Ingrid Lenz Harrison, Andrina Hougham, A.J. Huss Jr., Arthur W. Kaemmer, D. William Kaufman, Erwin A. Kelen, Robert L. Lee, David L. Lillehaug, Laura Liu, Wendell Maddox, Stephen H. Mahle, Richard M. Martinez, Jerome A. Miranowski, Alfred P. Moore, Betty Myers, David Myers, Jenny Lind Nilsson, Lowell J. Noteboom, Deborah J. Palmer, Paula J. Patineau, Daniel R. Pennie, Nicholas S. Pifer, Shawn Quant, Andrew J. Redleaf, Paul C. Reyelts, Donald E. Ryks, Anthony C. Scarfone, Daniel J. Schmechel, Fred Sewell, Ronald Sit, Joseph Tashjian, Charles Ullery, Dobson West, Scott Wilensky, Elizabeth Willis, Priscilla Zee
Project Manager
First Name
Becky
Last Name
Cline
Organization Name
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society AKA The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Street Address
408 St Peter St 3rd Fl
City
St Paul
State
MN
Phone
(651) 292-3280
Email
rcline@spcomail.org
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

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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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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