Arts Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,550
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2018
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Learning

Project Details

Kids Play, offered in collaboration with public high school instrumental music programs, will provide students with sectional coaching and side-by-side performances with Minneapolis Pops Orchestra professional musicians. Kids Play will expand to three schools in 2018.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Bradley Althoff: Managing producer and senior project manager, Classical MPR; Roberta Gray: Director of Saint Francis Music Center, Little Falls; Jane Gudmundson: Former education director, Plains Art Museum in Fargo; Kao Ly Ilean Her: Chief executive officer, Hmong Elders Center; former executive director, State of Minnesota Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans; Paul LaJeunesse: Assistant professor of art, College of St Scholastica; Andrew Nordin: Painter; Arts Board grantee; Molly Sheeley Melton: Educator, school for Environmenta Studies in Apple Valley

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,550
Other Funds Leveraged
$15,400
Direct expenses
$26,950
Administration costs
$4,340
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Students will improve technically and musically on their instruments, and increase their understanding of musical concepts. Written or digital summary evaluation by coaches after each sectional for progress on specific skills, reviewed/compiled by teachers. Aural evidence at school and summer concerts (students, teachers, coaches, audience). 2: Students will develop personalized techniques for home practice, self-learning and self-evaluation. Records of practice, self-learning and self-evaluation techniques covered in sectionals (coaches); measures of student home practice and improvement (students, teachers).

Measurable Outcome(s)

Students improved technically and musically on their instruments, and increase their understanding of musical concepts. Written or digital summary evaluations were completed by coaches after each sectional for progress on specific skills, reviewed/compiled by teachers. Aural evidence was gathered at school and summer concerts (students, teachers, coaches, audience). 2: Students developed personalized techniques for home practice, self-learning and self-evaluation. Records of practice, self-learning and self-evaluation techniques gathered in sectionals (coaches); measures of student home practice and improvement taken in classroom (students, teachers).

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Cynthia Stokes, Vinothini Ambrose, Richard Gaynor, William Goldman, Thomas Austin, Mark Bjork, Megan Gaynor, Louiza Kiritopoulos-Adams, Jere Lantz, Robin Ou-Yang, James Preus, Emily Wildberger, Perry Wilson
Project Manager
First Name
Lucia
Last Name
Magney
Organization Name
Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association
Street Address
2712 41st Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55406-1810
Phone
(612) 219-1707
Email
lmagney@bitstream.net
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
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