Operating Support
Operating Support
The Lakes Area Music Festival connects the nation's best musicians and audiences through excellent classical music and inspiring education.
Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
ACHF Arts Access
Central Minnesota audiences will have access to and interest in live, professional performances of classical music. We will track attendance at every performance. Surveys after certain concert and education activities will gather responses regarding how attending LAMF activities has affected audience members' interest in, and perceived access for, classical music. 2: LAMF will make progress towards rebuilding audience and programs to pre-Covid impact. Planning for the 2022 season will be focused on rebuilding what was downsized during the pandemic, and reintroducing cancelled programs, measurable in the board's approved 2022 budget and end-of-season audience statistics.
More Minnesotans and global audiences had access to diverse, professional, concerts of chamber music and symphonies' in person and streaming online. Bringing professional experiences to rural Minnesota, we provided arts access to 5,800 individuals (cumulatively) at live performances; chamber music attendance increased by an average of 5% per concert during our winter series. 2: All festival programming has resumed to pre-COVID levels, including reintroduction of community outreach and fellowship programs. Comparing the slate of programming between the 2019 season and 2022, all programs have returned (albeit, some in reduced capacity). The organization's budget supports the production of these education, outreach, and concert programs.
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