Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,161
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Encore Wind Ensemble
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2013
End Date
April 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Washington
Washington
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for two free concerts, including one concert featuring local high school-aged musicians from Rosemount High School. The concerts will take place at metro area locations in March and 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
Kathy Mattson: community arts, multidisciplinary, organizational development, volunteerism, fundraising; Dawn Ridgway: dance, theatre, multidisciplinary, general management, audience development, artistic; Alejandra Pelinka: visual arts, community arts, general management, artistic, volunteerism; Peter Carlson: music, artist; Mary Beth King: theatre, music, multidisciplinary, artist, organizational development, general management; Pam Braunwarth: ceramics, artistic; Ruth Virkus: theatre, artist, general management; Karl Diekman: music, artist, general management.
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
$1,161
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,500
Direct expenses
$3,661
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To demonstrate wind ensemble literature performed at a professional level for audiences of all ages to enjoy; to serve as a model for local high school musicians in their school wind ensemble/ band programs; to provide an outlet for excellence in musicianship for post-collegiate instrumentalists.Board meeting following each concert.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The Ensemble performed the premiere of a work by a high school student who was the winner of the Charles B Olson Young Composers Contest; audience at the Rosemount performance included 60 students and were double the size of previous concerts; 430 total attendance at both concerts.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Sasha Mackin, Renee Klitzke Spillum, Pablo Sanchez, Scott Walters, Jill Caruso, Kyle Kane, Dan Loritz, Guillermo Narvaez, Andrew Norman, Steve Samuelson, Thomas Saylor
Project Manager
First Name
Nicholas
Last Name
Ellison
Organization Name
Encore Wind Ensemble
Street Address
PO Box 251071
City
Woodbury
State
MN
Zip Code
55125
Phone
(651) 275-0102
Email
encorewind@msn.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