Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Sounds of Hope, Ltd.
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Songs of Hope
Project Details
Funding for Songs of Hope 2012, an international concert project featuring youth between 9- and 16-years-old from countries around the world along with youth from the Twin Cities. Twenty concerts will be held throughout the metro area in July 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
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
$61,075
Direct expenses
$66,075
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Widely diverse audiences will experience high-energy, culturally rich, inspiring, and moving show.Audience surveys; feedback from participants and their families.
Measurable Outcome(s)
4800 audience members experienced a culturally rich music presentation through the presentation of 18 concerts; audience members included over 600 senior citizens of which 85% were estimated to be disabled; audiences at concerts in urban areas were 70% pe
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Judith Morrison, Virginia Kone, John Choi, Randall Ross, Fred Perez, Jim Keane, Nicholas Perez, David Pizzuto, Heidi Buss, Audrene Lojovich
Project Manager
First Name
Thomas
Last Name
Surprenant
Organization Name
Sounds of Hope, Ltd.
Street Address
253 4th St E Ste 205
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55101-1643
Phone
(651) 225-4179
Email
tsurprenant@soundsofhope.org
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