Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

The Gregorian Singers

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

December 2013

End Date

March 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding to present the first extant opera in collaboration with the Twin Cities Lute Co-op, the Early Music Department of Saint Olaf College, and Dance Revels Moving History. The fully-staged performance will feature vocalists, dancers, and period instruments at the newly constructed Macalester College Concert Hall in March 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

Cassandra Shore: Artistic, Education, Administration; Mary Jo Lewis: Artistic; Zhen Zou: Administration, Artistic; Mary Beth King: Artistic, Organizational Development, Administration; Ruth Virkus: Artistic, Administration; Don Mabley-Allen: Artistic, Administration, Disabilities Specialist; Laura Weber: Audience Development; Susan Kane: Administration, Disabilities Specialist.

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

$18,580

Direct expenses

$23,580

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Our goal for this concert is to perform for 300 audience members, 20% of whom will be students or seniors receiving free or reduced tickets. We also expect 60 individuals to attend our workshops at the Episcopal Group Homes and Macalester College.The Gregorian Singers will evaluate the success of this performances on the basis of total attendance, ticket sales, subsequent interest on the part of media outlets, Minnesota Public Radio recording opportunities, careful review of performance recordings, and comments from our own singers, other musicians, attendees, and our many regular supporters.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We introduced about 175 audience members and 50 performers to an unfamiliar form of music. We participated in a different kind of performance than previously and were afforded greater exposure within the musical community.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Monte Mason, Susan Laine, Judith Hunder, Mary Mason, Tiffany Skidmore, Pam Stoddard, Paul Rexford Thatcher Sr, Cathy Bailey, Kitty Casey, Carol OÆConnor

Project Manager

Tiffany

Skidmore

The Gregorian Singers

4542 Blaisdell Ave S

Minneapolis

55419-5031

(612) 823-1688

tgs@thegregoriansingers.org

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