Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

The Ancia Saxophone Quartet

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

March 2014

End Date

June 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding to perform two concerts featuring new and traditional works for saxophone quartet. Performances will take place at Studio Z and the Weisman Art Museum in May 2014.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Loren Niemi: General Management, Artistic, Organizational Development; Maryam Yusefzadeh: Artistic, General Management; Jessica Briggs: Artistic, General Management; Pete Driessen: Visual Arts, Media Arts, Community Arts; Laura Leffler-McCabe: General Management; Lindsy Halleckson: Artistic, Fundraising, General Management; Paul Rudoi: Artistic, General Management; Rachel Wandrei: Artistic, General Management; Joan Vorderbruggen: General Management.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,250

Direct expenses

$6,250

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We will evaluate the concerts by measuring the total number of people attending each concert: 40 people expected to attend the Studio Z concert and 100 people to attend the Weisman concert. We will evaluate success of the project by audience satisfaction, and by how many new listeners attend each concert.We will evaluate the success of our program with an audience survey which will provide information about concert attendance, audience satisfaction, and new audience members, as well as personal/verbal feedback with audience members at the concert.

Measurable Outcome(s)

150 attended our concerts. Several hundred additional listeners at pop up concerts two weeks earlier; 40% of the audience were first time attendees. Most people found our contemporary repertoire very engaging and interesting; this project raised our level of playing; we became more cohesive as an ensemble.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Matthew Sintchak, Joan Hutton, David Milne, Angela Wyatt, Lorelei Giddings, Elliot Wilcox, David Evan Thomas

Project Manager

Angela

Wyatt

The Ancia Saxophone Quartet

4811 35th Ave S

Minneapolis

55417