Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Saint Croix Jazz Orchestra
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2012
End Date
February 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Washington
Washington
Project Overview
St. Croix Jazz Orchestra season
Project Details
Funding for the 2012 Saint Croix Jazz Orchestra season featuring free and ticketed concerts and collaboration with Music Saint Croix. The events will take place in the St Croix Valley in Washington County.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Emily Clary: Director, Dakota County Sheriff's Department; Bob Graff: Theatre designer and arts administrator, Dakota Fine Arts Consortium; Yumi Inomata: Arts Midwest staff; Mary Beth King: Board member, Dakota Fine Arts Consortium; Mary Jo Lewis: Executive Director, Harmonic Relief; Lorrie Link: Executive Director, Maple Grove Arts Center; Connie Martin: Minneapolis Pops Orchestra; Kathy Mattson: Arts administrator, Jordan Arts Festival; Naomi Russell: Arts administrator, Barn Quilts of Carver County.
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
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
$4,500
Direct expenses
$9,500
Administration costs
$5,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences will experience high quality new jazz music through performances and interaction with performers.Verbal and written feedback from audience surveys; number of tickets sold.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1220 audience members experienced high quality new jazz music at three public performances.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Greg Keel, Larry Neumann, Dennis Lindsay, Terry Peffer, Jerry Swanberg, Mark Syman, Michael Walk
Project Manager
First Name
Mark
Last Name
Syman
Organization Name
The Saint Croix Jazz Orchestra
Street Address
502 Elm St W
City
Stillwater
State
MN
Zip Code
55082
Phone
(651) 439-6057
Email
marksyman@gmail.com
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
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency