Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,860
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Dakota Valley Symphony
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2013
End Date
April 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Dakota
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for their Young Artists Concert, featuring a world premiere by Victor Zupanc and Kevin Kling. The concerts will take place at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center in April 2013.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Betsy Mowry: administration, education, volunteerism; Nancy Anderson: administration; Kay Augustine: education, youth programming, disabilities specialist; Scott Swanson: artistic, administration, finance; Emily Foxen: events, marketing, administration; Justine Pearson: artistic, administration, fundraising.
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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,860
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,300
Direct expenses
$8,160
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Offer members and audience the chance to enjoy the live performance of a world premiere by a Minnesota composer and a Minnesota storyteller; provide an opportunity for an emerging young artist to perform with an orchestra and heard by our audience; offer a Twin Cities composer and author/storyteller the opportunity to present a new composition.Artistic director feedback; audience member feedback; periodic surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Over 220 audience members attended the concert; 58 musicians performed a world premiere by a local composer; storytelling was incorporated into an orchestral concert.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jan Abraham, Michael Henly, Erika Hoogeveen, Duane Jacobson, Doug Maloney, Holly OÆKeefe, Laurie Senechal, Deb Vigoren
Project Manager
First Name
Kasey
Last Name
Meyer
Organization Name
Dakota Valley Symphony
Street Address
PO Box 1241
City
Burnsville
State
MN
Zip Code
55337-2455
Phone
(952) 432-0493
Email
president@dakotavalleysymphony.org
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