Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Bloomington Chorale
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2011
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Blue Suede Shoes
Project Details
Funding for Blue Suede Shoes, a big band/choral concert featuring new arrangements of 1950Æs popular music. Performances will take place in the Schneider Theater at the Bloomington Center for the Arts in April 2012 with two additional free concerts in the community occurring in June.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Alice Dodge: Library and grants manager, Midway Contemporary Art; Obi Egwim: Grants manager, Umunne Cultural Association of Minnesota; Danelle Griner: Visual artist and director of Rise Inc. Art Speaks program; Zacc Harris: Musician, Atlantis Jazz Quartet; Owen Henry: Director, Katha Dance; Delia Kuczmarski: manager, Minnesota Public Radio; Judi Lamble: Executive Director, Twin Cities Jewish Chorale; Carol Rudie: Arts administrator, Metropolitan Boys Choir; Damon Runnals: Managing director, Southern Theater.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$11,456
Direct expenses
$16,456
Administration costs
$5,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
250 people will attend two free concerts of music performed by chorus and big band.Number of people in attendance; expressions of satisfaction by audiences; new people express interest in joining the Chorale.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Choral and big band performances roused over 250 attendees, many of whom raved over the experience.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Michele Abita, Cindy Russell, Ross Jones, Don Compton, Sara Fry, Logan Jacot, Joanna Prokes
Project Manager
First Name
Connie
Last Name
Klaers
Organization Name
Bloomington Chorale
Street Address
1800 W Old Shakopee Rd
City
Bloomington
State
MN
Zip Code
55431-3027
Phone
(952) 563-8582
Email
info@bloomingtonchorale.com
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