Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,695
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Duluth Superior Symphony Association AKA Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
June 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Koochiching
Lake
Project Overview
Operating Support
Project Details
General operating support
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Judson Bemis Jr., Actor, arts administrator, founder and principal of Clere Consulting. Secretary, Minnesota State Arts Board.; 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.; Michael Charron, Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; John Gunyou, City manager, Minnetonka.; Benjamin Klipfel, Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis, Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Pamela Perri, Executive vice president, Builders Association of Minnesota.; Margaret Rapp, Former educator, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Lawrence Adams: Principal, LarsonAllen, LLP.; Jonathan Carter: Solutions development manager, General Mills.; Ellen Copperud: Board member, Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council.; Kenna Cottman Sarge: Artistic director, Voice of Culture Drum and Dance. Educator, TU Dance Center. Dancer with Pramila Vasudevan.; Hong Dice: Professor of music, Carleton College, and Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing; Antony Goddard: Executive director, Paramount Arts Resource Trust, and St Cloud Opportunities.; Anna Johnson: Independent arts consultant; Therese Kunz: Creative director, Longville Arts Center; Founder, Screen Porch Productions, Inc.; Janis Lane-Ewart: Executive director and volunteer programmer, KFAI. Treasurer, Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations, and National Federation of Community Broadcasters.|Peter Spooner, Curator, Tweed Museum of Art. Board member, Duluth Public Arts Commission, Duluth Public Library, Artists Relief Fund, and Chester Bowl Improvement Club.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,695
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,661,145
Direct expenses
$1,695,840
Administration costs
$7,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The arts are interwoven into every facet of community life. The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra performs seven classical, three pops, and two family concerts each year. In addition to these more formal concert settings, we perform at events throughout the community. Extensive educational and community engagement programs are presented in schools, libraries, assisted living programs, and elsewhere in the Duluth community. Our goal is to make Duluth and Minnesota stronger because of and for the arts by embarking on more collaborative programming. We were successful in collaboration through a number of opportunities - collaborating with Minnesota Ballet, Loon Opera Company, the Duluth Playhouse, the Children's Museum and the Duluth Art Institute. We have also been very active in a new consortium of arts organizations called Twin Ports Arts Align. 2: As Duluth becomes more ethnically diverse, the Symphony's programming needs to become more diverse and more accessible to culturally diverse audiences. We seek to serve and appeal to a wide range of ages through classical programs, pops programs, chamber music programs, and world music programs on the horizon. Our outreach programs specifically engage all abilities. The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra worked to diversify our programming to reach other cultures and celebrate the music of other cultures.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The arts are interwoven into every facet of community life through our season concert series, and through education and community engagement throughout the community of Duluth. Not only did we achieve this in the community of Duluth, we were also able to go into the libraries in eighteen different communities in the Arrowhead Regional Library District. In addition, the full orchestra performed in the communities of Hibbing, Virginia, Two Harbors, and Cloquet, allowing us to reach more people in the state of Minnesota than in the previous year. Collaborations included work with Minnesota Ballet, Loon Opera Company, the Duluth Playhouse, the Children's Museum and the Duluth Art Institute. We have also been very active in a new consortium of arts organizations called Twin Ports Arts Align. 2: People of all ages, ethnicities and abilities participate in the arts. Our Music To You program expanded to include a program on the music of Latin America. We are working to build a stronger relationship with the Fond du Lac Community College. We are taking more of our musicians to diverse groups of people, both in age, demographics and ethnicity.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other

Recipient Board Members
Kathi Beasley, Mary Katherine Cohen, Ruth Ann Eaton, Christabel Grant, Peter Hedstrom, Chris Hill, Sheryl Homan, Mamie Hughes, Nancy Hutchinson, Jeff Iisakka, james Korthals, Elise Kuuti, Dennis Lamkin, Lucia Magney, Pat Mast, C Roger Pellett, David Steininger, Rick Sundstrom, Jeffrey Tucker, Christopher Virta, Claudia Scott Welty, Larry Zimmerman
Source of Additional Funds

local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Rebecca
Last Name
Petersen
Organization Name
Duluth Superior Symphony Association AKA Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
Street Address
331 W Superior St Ste 100
City
Duluth
State
MN
Zip Code
55802
Phone
(218) 623-3776
Email
rpetersen@dsso.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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