Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,758
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
City of Rochester Music Department AKA Riverside Concerts
Recipient Type
Local/Regional Government
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2019
End Date
June 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Wabasha
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Wabasha
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Rochester Music Department provides the community with opportunities for high quality, diverse, and accessible musical and educational programs. RMD offers a broad range of concerts, performance opportunities for area musicians, and artistic support services that help make Rochester a more livable community and contribute to the quality of life of its citizens. RMD also seeks to expose audiences to the creative process in its many forms---what and how others create---and to engage the citizens in creative acts.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen, Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,758
Other Funds Leveraged
$950,602
Direct expenses
$950,602
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Through diverse, highly esteemed programs that celebrate community and promote inclusiveness, public engagement with the arts will broaden and deepen. Through the surveying of program attendees, staff/advisory board assessments, and the gathering of audience evaluations (emails, letters, phone calls, personal interviews). 2: The arts will be better positioned to serve as a pillar of Rochester/Mayo Clinic's 20-year economic development initiative Destination Medical Center. The degree to which the Rochester Music Department is involved in Destination Medical Center projects, including the potential repurposing, management, and programming of the historic Chateau Theatre.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Through diverse, highly esteemed programs that celebrate community and promote inclusiveness, public engagement with the arts broadened and deepened. Through the surveying of program attendees, staff/advisory board assessments, and the gathering of audience evaluations (emails, letters, phone calls, personal interviews). 2: The arts are better positioned to serve as a pillar of Rochester/Mayo Clinic's 20-year economic development initiative Destination Medical Center. Data was gathered through analysis of attendance figures, survey results/responses, social media reviews, letters to the editor, staff and advisory board comments, and word of mouth.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Rick Swanson, Drew Medin, Shelley Mahannah, Levi Lundak, Krista Anderson, Steve Barlow, Dennis Davey, Troy Gliem, Val Kleinhans, Patricia Kelley Lahey, Martha Millman, Steve Orwoll, Douglas Porter, Jiang David,
Project Manager
First Name
Christopher
Last Name
Alcott
Organization Name
City of Rochester Music Department AKA Riverside Concerts
Street Address
201 4th St SE Ste 070
City
Rochester
State
MN
Zip Code
55904-3778
Phone
(507) 328-2201
Email
chris@riversideconcerts.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
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