Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Vox Nova Chorale

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2014

End Date

August 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Ramsey

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding for On the Horizon, two free concerts of classical choral music and original new compositions, in collaboration with three nationally known clinicians who will work with the young emerging singers and composers. Concerts will take place in August 2014 in Roseville and St Paul.

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

Laura Tahja Johnson: General Management, Organizational Planning, Audience Development; Pat Teiken: General Management, Organizational Development, Fundraising; Dawn Ridgway: General Management, Audience Development, Artistic; Linda Dorn: Artistic; Jeanne Schwartz: Organizational Development, General Management, Community Education; Hayley Johnson: Audience Development, Fundraising, General Management; Peter Stein: Artistic, Organizational Development, General Management; Nicholas Ellison: Education, Artistic; Justin Merritt: Education.

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

$2,600

Direct expenses

$7,600

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The performances are attended by an audience of at least 200 people who enjoyed the concerts and who supported the project through their free will offering. 90% of the participants have a positive experience in the project.We will count the audience and will measure audience enjoyment through their post-performance feedback, both immediately following the concerts and through social media, and through their financial support of the project with a free will offering. Our evaluation plan for the participants includes a post project survey as well as post project verbal feedback.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The responses from the audiences of about 224 people included statements like "stunning performance", "Bravo!", "lovely repertoire", "great concept to have student from different colleges work together"; The student directors feel more confident and prepared to lead a choir than before and singers have learned more about the choral art; After the project, Minnesota Public Radio requested three songs to be used on a recent Regional Spotlight highlighting the excellent choir and the opportunities it offers fo

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

William Haugen, Benjamin Mathew Cramer, Scott Peters, Jessica Lowry, Vicki Peters, Christopher Paulson

Project Manager

Scott

Peters

Vox Nova Chorale

1480 Myrtle Ct N á

Maplewood

(651) 770-6716