Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,041
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minnesota Chorale
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Stearns
Washington
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Stearns
Washington
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

The Minnesota Chorale celebrates the human voice and its power to educate, unite, enrich, and inspire by performing an ever widening repertory of choral music, at the highest artistic level, for a broad community of audiences.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

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

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

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

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 1, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,041
Other Funds Leveraged
$715,990
Direct expenses
$715,990
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Minnesota Chorale provides choral instruction and performances for youth, professional singers, and seniors to benefit diverse Minnesota audiences. List of performances, classes and workshops offered; repertoire for the year shows diversity of programming; locations of and attendance at concerts 2: Minnesota Chorale reaches audiences in concert halls, churches, and community venues to overcome obstacles to participation in the choral arts. List of community venues and means of access (ticketed or non-ticketed, price point) and numbers and types of groups reached.

Measurable Outcome(s)

This outcome was fully achieved. Count of performances and workshops offered; list of repertoire; list of performance locations; attendance at concerts and workshops. 2: This outcome was fully achieved. List of community venues in which programming was offered; audience survey (visual count, electronic and paper responses).

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Elizabeth F. Barchenger, Kate Biederwolf, Eric Breece, Scott Chamberlain, Steve Hughes, Mariellen Jacobson, Elizabeth Pauly, Robert A. Peskin (ex officio), Nathan Petersen-Kindem (ex officio), Kathy Saltzman Romey (ex officio), Susan Tarnowski, Paige Winebarger
Project Manager
First Name
Robert
Last Name
Peskin
Organization Name
Minnesota Chorale
Street Address
1200 Marquette Ave Ste 100
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55403
Phone
(612) 333-4866
Email
bob@mnchorale.org
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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