Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Dream Songs Project
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
March 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding to commission and present a new work for voice and guitar by composer Daniel Nass. The new composition will be performed at three metro-area concerts in January 2013.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Tim J. Peterson: Director of Marketing and Operations, Cantus; Jeanne Junge: Artistic Director, Sounds of Hope; Anne Bertram: Managing Director, Theatre Unbound; Caitlin Hargarten: Managing Director, Stevens Square Center for the Arts; Walken Schweigert: Ensemble Member, Unseen Ghost Brigade; Peter Thompson: Artistic Director, Art Shanty Projects; Tanaegh Haddad: Arts Coordinator, Womens' Initiative for Self Empowerment; Christina Marie Ham: Playwright, The Playwrights' Center; Pete Driessen: Curator and Director, TuckUnder Projects.
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
$1,900
Direct expenses
$6,900
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Audiences with little exposure to classical music and contemporary composition will have excellent new opportunities, and a new piece of music will be commissioned and recorded.Audience surveys and audience size assessment.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Commissioned and performed a new piece of contemporary music for voice and guitar; 60% of audience surveyed reported this was their first time seeing this group, thus reaching new audiences.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Alyssa Anderson, Joseph Spoelstra, Matthew McCright, Julian Ward, Emily Macey
Project Manager
First Name
Alyssa
Last Name
Anderson
Organization Name
The Dream Songs Project
Street Address
2222 Nicollet Ave S Apt 14
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55404
Phone
(612) 384-8412
Email
alyssa_a_anderson@yahoo.com
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