Community Arts

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minnesota Brass, Inc.

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

March 2012

End Date

August 2012

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Sounds of Minnesota

Project Details

Funding for Sounds of Minnesota, a drum and bugle competition featuring five drum corps from throughout the Midwest. The event will take place at South St Paul High School in August 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Jennifer Halcrow: Vice President of Advancement, Second Harvest Heartland; Andrew Sjogren: Community Education, Eastern Carver County Schools; Bjorn Arneson: Assistant Program Director, University of Minnesota Extension; Josh Wise: Minnesota Citizens for the Arts; Melinda Childs: Director of Artist Services, FORECAST Public Art; Nadine Sehnert: Executive Director, Young Audiences of Minnesota; James Lekvin: Board Member, Swandive Theatre; Christina Akers: Company Manager, Teatro del Pueblo.

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

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

$7,500

Direct expenses

$12,500

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To continue to challenge the skills and creativity of Minnesota Brass; to provide a distinctive form of musical entertainment for families in the metro-area.Attendance; community enjoyment as perceived through audience feedback; continued participation by previous business sponsors.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Metro audiences revealed their enthusiasm for the captivating brass performance.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Gavin Burnham, Dave Whitaker, Eric Molho, Gwynne Byrne, Kurt Schiebel, Bob Bach, Susan Fisher, Nancy Terry, Scotty Wild, Todd Tanji

Project Manager

Susan

Fisher

Minnesota Brass, Inc.

c/o Sr Drum Bugle Corp PO Box 7341