Arts Tour Minnesota
Arts Tour Minnesota
VocalEssence will travel the state to Get Minnesota Singing! The tour will bring a multigenerational choir for high quality performance and community engagement with local singers in three cities that celebrates many cultures and styles of music.
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.; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Kim Christianson: Cochair of Marshall Area Fine Arts Council performance committee; Trisha Kirk: Director of marketing and communications, Guthrie Theater; Delon Lyren: Professor of high brass and jazz, Bemidji State University; also assistant festival director, JENerations Jazz Festival; Katie Marshall: Executive director, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids; Nicole Mulder: Executive director, Theatre L'Homme Dieu; Sennami Onwubuya: Political organizer; Rebecca Petersen: Director of development, West Central Initiative; former executive director of Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
ACHF Arts Access
More than 1,500 people in greater Minnesota will participate in new arts experiences through Get Minnesota Singing Tour activities. We will track audience statistics and audience responses to survey questions regarding their concert and community outreach experiences. 2: VocalEssence singers age high school up will learn new artistic skills by touring to cities where they have never performed before. We will evaluate this based on venue locations, audience statistics, and survey responses regarding familiarity of the venue and value of the experience.
42 greater Minnesotans were able to view the VocalEssence On Demand season at no cost to enjoy virtual programming at home during the pandemic. VocalEssence used ticket tracking to assess the number of viewers who took advantage of the On Demand programming and adjusted by household. 2: 195 students at Albert Lea High School viewed VocalEssence On Demand programming through free access provided by VocalEssence to their teacher. VocalEssence used reporting from tour participants to assess this outcome.
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