Community Arts
Community Arts
Oratory Bach Ensemble: Bach and Brews Funding for Bach and Brews, a new concert series that will present the secular music of J.S. Bach in brewpubs. The first program, titled A Coffee Cantata, will feature works that Bach wrote to originally be performed at a cafe. Performances will take place at Able Brewing in Minneapolis in July 2017.
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Sarah Gerdes: Youth programming, artistic, general administration; Frangena Johnson: Artistic, community education, audience development, marketing; Laney Ohman: Audience development, marketing, computer systems, web design, fundraising; Dan Pinkerton: Education, artistic, computer systems, web design; Suzanne Roberts: Artistic, community education, education; Gregory Rose: Artistic, education, community education; Lula Saleh: Artistic; Jovan Speller: Artistic, general administration, community education; Carla Steen: Artistic, audience development, marketing.
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Oratory hopes to attract a combined audience of 200 paying concert goers who, through the post-performance survey, express that 30% had never before attended an Oratory program and 65% believe they experienced the music of Bach and the Baroque in an enjoyable, new way. Oratory will count the size of our audience and send a survey to attendees, musicians, and board members three to five business days after the Bach and Brew events. Furthermore, we will receive Google Search Engine Optimization data analysis pro bono from Rob Martin of Rank Crankers on everything from web traffic to Facebook event site usage to ticket buyer information.
First, 241 people attended the two concerts. Our conservative estimate for attendance numbers were 170 and our liberal estimates were 200. Second, we were able to offer competitive wages to 9 freelance professional artists. Third, we connected with a significantly younger audience base that was more geographically centered in the heart of Minneapolis and not exclusive to religion.
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