Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,849
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Hill House Chamber Players
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2017
End Date
March 2018
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

The Hill House Chamber Players.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Sarah Abare: Volunteerism, education, youth programming; Adrenne Doyle: Youth programming, artistic, community service, development; Angie Beissel: Fundraising, artistic, organizational development; Binesikwe Means: Artistic, community education, fundraising; Liz Parker: Education, youth programming, general administration; Sharon Day: Artistic, community education, youth programming.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,849
Other Funds Leveraged
$5,066
Direct expenses
$13,915
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Through the Hill House Chamber Players 2017-18 project "In Flanders Fields," we hope to expand the audience of music and history lovers served at four concerts in the unique venue of the James J Hill House gallery, as well as increasing the accessibility of chamber music that expresses the human experience of war by playing for the clients and residents of the Veteran's Administration in 4 performances at the VA hospital. Secondly we hope to engage younger audiences through social media. We will measure the success of our efforts in audience numbers (increasing the average from 80 to 95 per concert) and positive survey feedback at the James J Hill House and by using audience surveys as well as Facebook analytics to measure engagement with a younger audience. At the VA we will evaluate our outcome of making chamber music more accessible through audience surveys and verbal feedback from Creative Arts Therapist Kathryn Larson that measure the number of respondents who are moved by their first exposure to the music of World War I which conveys the universal human wartime experience.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Audience surveys at Hill House show 28% were new to the concerts. 78% said the music conveyed the emotional impact of the Great War. 89% felt the speakers enhanced understanding of this music. 100% of VA therapists surveyed agreed the music enriched patients' quality of life.100% of patients agreed the music expressed relevant emotions,25% of veterans surveyed were new to live classical music.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Barry Kempton, Christine Herbaly, Kathryn Larson, Julie Ayer, Catherine Schubilske, Tanya Remenikova
Project Manager
First Name
Catherine
Last Name
Schubilske
Organization Name
Hill House Chamber Players
Street Address
5730 Royal Oaks Dr
City
Shoreview
State
MN
Zip Code
55126
Phone
(651) 494-0283
Email
Hillhousechamberplayers@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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

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