Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Oratorio Society of Minnesota
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
May 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

Winter and spring concerts

Project Details

Funding for winter and spring concerts in their 2011 û 2012 season. Esther by Handel will be presented at Sundin Music Hall at Hamline University in March 2012 and the spring concert will take place at Saint Olaf Catholic Church in downtown Minneapolis in May 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Scott Chamberlain: Musician and arts administrator, One Voice Mixed Chorus; Ellen Draeger: Musician and arts administrator, Lutheran Music Program; Jennifer Ilse: Co-artistic director, OffLeash Area dance and theater company; Alecia Leonard: Community education administrator and youth programming specialist; Mike Mason: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts staff; Dawn Ridgway: Dance performer and educator and arts administrator; Becky Ten Brink: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra staff.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$29,431
Direct expenses
$39,431
Administration costs
$10,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To provide high-quality classical chorale music; to increase audiences' knowledge and appreciation for these works through Oratorio's interpretation of them and supplemental materials; to build a wider and more diverse audience through collaboration, programming, and venue selection.Ticket sales; audience feedback and audience surveys; artist feedback.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Audience numbers and feedback mirrored the show's success; Collaborations provided a diversified audience while those attendees were reportedly invigorated by the concerts.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Bill Marshall, Melinda Maurey, Matthew Mehaffey, Dan Schmidt, Sam Young
Project Manager
First Name
Bob
Last Name
Magil
Organization Name
Oratorio Society of Minnesota
Street Address
PO Box 131814
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55113
Phone
(612) 624-1511
Email
oratorio_soc_mn@yahoo.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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency