Community Arts

The "Seasons" will bring several artists of the highest level together to create something that is unique. A varied demographic will be exposed to and become acquainted with repertoire that is appealing and easily accessible, engaging them in discovering music that is not widely performed. This concert will help Ladyslipper Ensemble grow as a group and develop our audience in the metro area, allowing us to reach out to new listeners. In turn, this will give us more acclaim as a chamber music group, thus creating more opportunities for us to expand outside of Saint Paul. Through our "guest book" we have seen that our following is growing steadily from one season to the next. Our concerts have filled to capacity in chamber rooms that seat a maximum of 45. The audience supports us by continuing to return to our events and offering us feedback about our programming in post-concert discussions. We measure our success by our returning audience members, who follow our seasons regularly, as well as the growing number of new listeners, reflected in our guest book. Another way we measure our success is through feedback after our concerts and through conversations with the audience. Additionally, we connect to our audience through talking about the pieces on our programs during the concerts. What is particularly unique and exciting about the "Seasons" project is that Twin Cities composer, David Evan Thomas will be present and will talk about his commissioned piece and what it entailed to compose a new arrangement of an existing work, especially for Ladyslipper Ensemble's instrumentation. To further build our listenership and connect with the community, we upload sound samples from concert recordings on to the ensemble's webpage, which allows patrons to hear the work that our group does. We often get feedback that is very positive and our listeners are very inquisitive.