Community Arts Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,073
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Great River Chorale
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2018
End Date
August 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Stearns
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Project Overview

Community Arts Support

Project Details

Great River Chorale is a 52-member auditioned adult choir based in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Its mission is to connect with, enrich, educate and inspire the Central Minnesota community through the choral art.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Linda Brobeck: vice chair Wright County, visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC.; served on a number of non-profit boards; Doug Lien: watercolorist; member of the Central Minnesota watercolorists; community education art class instructor; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher; choral director; community theatre director; voice lessons instructor; American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota board member; Leslie Hanlon: secretary Stearns County, director of fundraising and marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Janice Courtney: chair Stearns County, arts adviser/ assistant director of the Saint Cloud State University Program Board. arts advocate, arts administrator; Ken Barry: Blues musician; Victorian photographer proficient in Digital imaging and, Platinum/Palladium printing and Wet Plate Collodion process and Bromoil printing and Cyanotype printing; University of Wisconsin; Certified Nuclear Engineer; George Minerich: Benton County; Professional film, digital and nature photographer; local arts center and photography club volunteer.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Linda Brobeck: vice chair of Wright County, visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC.; served on a number of non-profit boards; Doug Lien: watercolorist; member of the Central Minnesota watercolorists, Community Education Art Class instructor; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher; choral director; community theatre director; voice lessons instructor; American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member; Leslie Hanlon: Secretary for Stearns County, director of fundraising and marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Janice Courtney: chair for Stearns County Arts, adviser/ assistant director of the Saint Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate, currently as an arts administrator; Ken Barry: Blues musician; Victorian photographer proficient in digital imaging and platinum/ palladium printing and wet plate collodion process and bromoil printing and cyanotype printing; University of Wisconsin Certified Nuclear Engineer; George Minerich: professional film, digital and nature photographer; local arts center and photography club volunteer.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,073
Other Funds Leveraged
$57,784
Direct expenses
$64,857
Administration costs
$5,658
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Specific outcomes achieved included an increase in compensation for Great River Chorale's artistic managing director and an increase in Great River Chorale's advertising budget over the prior fiscal year. Achieved proposed outcomes.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Specific outcomes achieved included an increase in compensation for Great River Chorale's artistic managing director and an increase in Great River Chorale's advertising budget over the prior fiscal year.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Mary
Last Name
Geston
Organization Name
Great River Chorale
Street Address
PO Box 945
City
St Cloud
State
MN
Zip Code
56302
Phone
(320) 515-4472
Email
greatriverchorale@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3