Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Jazz at Studio Z
Status
Completed
Start Date
August 2012
End Date
May 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Jazz at Studio Z
Project Details
Funding for Jazz at Studio Z, a series of jazz workshops, student performances, and professional concerts featuring local musicians. Workshops and performances will take place monthly at Studio Z in downtown Saint Paul between September 2012 and May 2013.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Jane Ramseyer Miller: Artistic Director, One Voice Mixed Chorus; Maggie Scanlan: Artistic Director, Nightpath Theatre; Barb Rose: Consultant, Side by Side Associates; Jessica Tatro: Organizing Representative, Sierra Club Beyond Coal to Clean Energy; Carrie Vecchione: Teacher, MacPhail Center for Music; LaDonna Morrison: Board Member, Theatre Space Project; Annie Enneking: Children's Theatre Company Neighborhood Bridges; Phira Rehm: Freelance Artist; Dan Rein: Program Producer, KFAI; Katie Kaufmann: Producer and Director.
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
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,225
Direct expenses
$16,225
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To increase the audience for great local jazz music; to expose local listeners to new music; to provide local jazz musicians a chance to express themselves.Participation by local ensembles; feedback from performing artists and audience.
Measurable Outcome(s)
More than 100 students were given jazz instruction by more than 50 local musicians; students gained greater appreciation and knowledge of jazz history and performance.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Heather Barringer, Sara Remke, Jon Visser, Dave Wesley, Pete Hennig, Larry Englund, Doug Little, Andy Peterson, Cory Needleman, Bryan Nichols, Kevin Barnes, Peter Ruohoniemi
Project Manager
First Name
Zacc
Last Name
Harris
Organization Name
Jazz at Studio Z
Street Address
4055 37th Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406
Phone
(612) 723-8211
Email
info@jazzatstudioz.org
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