Arts Learning

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$45,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

The Copper Street Brass Quintet AKA Copper Street Brass

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

End Date

August 2017

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Cottonwood

Hennepin

Jackson

Lac qui Parle

Lyon

McLeod

Meeker

Pipestone

Renville

Swift

Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

The Copper Street Brass program “Big Ears and the Blue Ox” will teach active listening skills in an interactive musical context with those who are most intensely learning and practicing their communication skills: young people ages two - ten.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Ellen Copperud: Community volunteer and arts advocate; former board member, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council; Phyllis Doyle: Retired arts administrator; award-winning poet and fiction writer; Ann DuHamel: Assistant professor of music and head of keyboard studies, University of Minnesota Morris; Kathleen Dupre: Artist and illustrator; art and writing teacher; Katie Marshall: Executive director, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids; Theresa Remick: Managing director, performance center at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; Christi Schmitt: Program coordinator, Saint Paul Public Schools office of multilingual learning

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2017 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$45,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$7,420

Direct expenses

$47,203

Administration costs

$3,498

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Children will learn, experience and practice the difference between passive and active listening. Active listening is evaluated by participation in the program’s interactive activities. For example a child will move their body in response to the music when prompted. 2: Children will learn basic music terminology and apply those terms to different expressions of music. Learning is evaluated by a child’s response to an activity for a specific musical term, e.g. following the volume of music by raising one’s arms when the music is loud and putting them down when soft.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Children learned, experienced and practiced the different between passive and active listening. Parent/Educator surveys and video evaluation to observe and measure student interaction and understanding. 2: Children learned basic musical terminology and applied those terms to different expressions of music. Parent/Educator surveys and video evaluation to observe and measure student interaction and understanding.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

William Mathis, Martin Hodel, Justin Windschitl, Timothy Bradley

Project Manager

Timothy

Bradley

The Copper Street Brass Quintet AKA Copper Street Brass

511 Groveland Ave

Minneapolis

55403