Arts Tour Minnesota
Arts Tour Minnesota
The Singers-Minnesota Choral Artists will work with community partners in Moorhead, Glenwood, Winona, and Rochester to present concerts, master classes, and shared rehearsals. This expanded tour will take place over two weekends in early 2014.
Judson Bemis Jr.: Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; 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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Marys University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka.; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Pamela Perri: Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota.; Margaret Rapp: Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Lynne Beck: Development Director, COMPAS; Olive Bieringa: Co-director, Body Cartography Project, Dance performance, workshops, films; Rachel Chomet: Actor and Playwright; Jane Gudmundson: Freelance consultant in education and the arts; Carol Gustavson: Traidtional Japanese Shibori Artist; Barbe Hansen: Executive director, Twin Rivers Center for the Arts, Mankato; Exeutive Producer, Sample Night Live; Cheryl Kramer-Milder: Artistic director, County Seat Theater Company, Cloquet; Peter Pestalozzi: Furniture designer/craftsman, Ely; Board member, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council; Steven Schmidt: General manager, City of Rochester Music Department/Riverside Concerts|Christopher Taykalo, Marketing and Development Manager, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus
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Above and beyond its regular activities in the metro area performance season, The Singers will tour additional artistic work throughout the state. We will evaluate this outcome by the successful completion of concert/workshop activities in 4 greater Minnesota locations; successful completion will be documented through publicity materials, attendance records, audience surveys and financial records. 2: The Singers Minnesota Choral Artists will tour to three new communities (Winona, Moorhead, and Glenwood) and to one (Rochester) it has visited only once, seven years prior to the project. We will evaluate this outcome by the successful completion of concert/workshop activities in Glenwood, Winona, and Moorhead; successful completion will be documented through publicity materials, attendance records, audience surveys and financial records.
This year the Singers expanded their touring to four communities and created partnerships with three organizations, while also presenting joint performances and educational outreach programs. This represents our largest tour to date including audience attendance, number of cities, and scope of programming. 2: The Singers Minnesota Choral Artists performances in Moorhead and Winona were new communities for the group, and Rochester represented a community that The Singers Minnesota Choral Artists had not visited in over seven years. To insure greater success we leveraged several personal contacts in each city to help with planning and presenting the group. The partnerships with other local ensembles benefitted from joint marketing and sharing costs. For example, in Rochester the venue was provided by the local choir, but we paid for tech needs. Surveys indicated that many of the audiences in Winona were unfamiliar with the group.
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