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2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,657
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minnesota Boychoir
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2011
End Date
June 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Hennepin
Anoka
Washington
Ramsey
Hennepin
Anoka
Washington
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., 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
Becky Agnew: Board member, Region 2 Arts Council.; Lawrence Burnett: Choral director and professor of music, Carleton College.; Susan Chandler: Assistant director, Arts Midwest.; Gregory Grinley: Director of development, American Craft Council.; Amy Hunter: Program coordinator, Freshwater Education District Schools. Board member, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Staples Motley Area Arts Council. Personal and professional coach and consultant, artist.; Paula Justich: Program director of arts and cultural management, St Mary's University of Minnesota.; Linda Nelson-Mayson: Director, Goldstein Museum of Design.; Jennifer Penzkover: Coordinator, Saint Cloud Arts Commission.; James Williams: Artistic associate, Pillsbury House Theatre. Co-director and acting coach, Seeds of Change program at Central High School, Central Touring Theatre, and Hennepin County Home School Theatre Project.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,657
Other Funds Leveraged
$344,285
Direct expenses
$361,942
Administration costs
$17,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Advance the Minnesota Boychoir mission and increase its visibility in this community, throughout the region, and across the state. 2. Increase access to the arts for young people in Minnesota. Evaluate audience numbers (adults and youth), diversified contributed income streams, print/Web-based reviews, and increases in minority participation among members.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1. The Minnesota Boychoir trained and provided quality hands-on arts experiences and performing opportunities for over 130 members age seven to seventeen and for an alumni choir of forty. It reached 5,189 young people and 38,544 adults through over fifty concerts and presentations locally and regionally. 2. The Minnesota Boychoir reached over 5,000 young people through its member training, school tours, the "Sing Minnesota" week-long summer music camp, and concerts and collaborations with other leading arts

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Chris Westermeyer, Chair; Nancy Nelson, Treasurer, Secretary; Mark Johnson, Jason Mallin, Leslie Bonshire, Li Ding, Keith Hug, John Messier, Vice Chair; Don Eldred, Dean Conklin, Keith Donovan, Eric Strobel, Scott Washburn, Naveen Sharma, James Mulrooney, Eric Strobel, Steven Holand
Project Manager
First Name
Mark
Last Name
Johnson
Organization Name
Minnesota Boychoir
Street Address
75 W 5th St Ste 411
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55102
Phone
(651) 292-3219
Email
msj@boychoir.org
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Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota State Arts Board

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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Email the Agency
msab@arts.state.mn.us
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