Arts Learning

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2013

End Date

May 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Funding for the fourth season of Kids Play, a free year-round music mentoring program for high school orchestra students beginning in July 2013.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Beverly Cottman: education, artistic, volunteerism; Jo Ann Hendricks: administration, education, finance; Mike Newman: education, organizational planning; Stacey Dahlstrom: community education, youth programming, administration; Andrea Tonsfeldt: artistic, audience development; Courtney Kupsch: fundraising, administration; Anne Jin Soo Preston: organizational planning, fundraising, artistic; Paul Coate: artistic, education, youth programming.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2013 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$8,288

Direct expenses

$18,288

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Participants will Increase technical skill and facility on their individual instruments, increase understanding of the selected repertoire including historic, cultural and compositional component, improve listening skills in order to play (bowing, breathing, intonation, etc.), learn how to evaluate their own performances both individually and as an ensemble.Attendance tracking, students surveys addressing sectional leader evaluation, logistics, and repertoire level and appeal, parent surveys, and Minneapolis Pops Orchestra professional musicians’ sectional evaluations.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Students and teachers at two Minneapolis high schools reported that 142 participants improved their musical and performance skills, and gained a more realistic attitude about what it takes to play professionally.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Cynthia Stokes, Laura Hahn, Michael Coddington, Samuel Cutter-Wilson, Lynn Erickson, Rick Gaynor, Shelley Hanson, Peggy Johnson, Mark Kausch, Kathleen Kresge, Jere Lantz, Barbara Thomas, Arnold Walker, Richard Wildberger

Project Manager

Lucia

Magney

Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association

2712 41st Ave S

Minneapolis

55406-1810

(612) 219-1707

lmagney@bitstream.net

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