Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,050
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Allegro Choral Academy
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2012
End Date
May 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Ramsey
Project Overview
Allegro Choral Academy - Bel Canto and Prim Voce
Project Details
Funding for the 2012 Allegro Choral Academy Bel Canto and Prim Voce programs of vocal music instruction to students in grades 2 to 8 along with two performance opportunities. Activities will take place between September 2012 and May 2013.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Michael Fallon: Publications Manager, Origins; Corbin Dillion: President, Copper Street Brass Quintet; Damon Runnals: General Manager, Southern Theater; Eric Lorberer: Executive Director, Rain Taxi Review of Books; Julie Bates: Associate Director, Intermedia Arts; Kathryn Smith: Student, Saint Marys' Arts and Cultural Management; Erin Matteson: Education Coordinator, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Nan Jahnke: Program Administrator, McKnight Foundation; Angharad Guy: Program Manager, Arts Midwest.
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
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
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
$9,050
Other Funds Leveraged
$33,980
Direct expenses
$43,030
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To build students musical interest and skills; to offer an in-depth, sustained artistic experience over nine months; to grow the audience for chorale music and pass on skills to a new generation.Family and singer evaluations; artistic staff feedback; audience size at concerts; continued participation by students.
Measurable Outcome(s)
The project served more audience members than projected for a total of 675; because of the project, a new partnership with Oak Ridge school in Eagan was established; Allegro provided need-based scholarships.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Karin Munksgaard, Meg Krekeler, Jennifer Newburg, Jamison Young, Steven Boehlke, Kelly Olson, Patti Polum, Kathryn Selchow, Joel Zylstra
Project Manager
First Name
Greg
Last Name
Douma
Organization Name
Allegro Choral Academy
Street Address
PO Box 241325
City
Apple Valley
State
MN
Zip Code
55124
Phone
(952) 846-8585
Email
office@allegroca.org
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