Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Flying Forms
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2012
End Date
August 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

Minnesota Youth Symphonies residency

Project Details

Funding to support a residency with Minnesota Youth Symphonies in the summer of 2012 and during the 2012-13 season, including a summer camp, performance with students, and family education.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Thomas Suprenant: Program Director, Sounds of Hope; Patty Richardson: Development Associate, Partnership Resources; Victoria Lauing: Managing Director, Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center; Sheila Terryll: Principal, Strategic Development for Nonprofits; Kathleen Spehar: Managing Director, History Theatre at Os'haughnessy Auditorium; Catherine Callahan; Dudley Voigt: Coordinator, Minneapolis FLOW Festival; Merilee Klemp: Augsburg Quintet; Jodi Eisland: Public Health Consultant.

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 Education

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,500
Direct expenses
$12,500
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To deepen the artistic, historic, and technical appreciation of classical music students through teaching baroque style classes and concerts.Students and families will be asked to complete anonymous surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

One hundred forty members of the Minnesota Youth Symphonies String Orchestra and Summer Camp learned baroque style, techniques, history, and dance. Some participants requested additional private baroque instruction after the program ended.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Marc Levine, Tami Morse, Judy Gilats, Andy Wilson, Maria Jette, Beth Wenstrom, Johanna Novom, Nissim Schaul
Project Manager
First Name
Marc
Last Name
Levine
Organization Name
Flying Forms
Street Address
275 E 4th St Ste 280
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55101
Phone
(651) 705-6772
Email
info@flyingforms.org
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