Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,201
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Mill City Summer Opera
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2015
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Operating Support
Project Details
General operating support
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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
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.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,201
Other Funds Leveraged
$468,161
Direct expenses
$485,362
Administration costs
$12,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.33
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

New, young, and diverse audiences experience striking, top-tier opera productions and musical theatre concerts performed in innovative venues. We will track number of audiences attending each performance of operas and concerts. We will gather demographic information, whenever possible, on audience members. We will monitor reviews of productions. 2: Artists, singers, musicians, and crew members will stretch creatively in an alternative venue, learn from master-class artists, and be employed during summer. We will track number of artists, singers, musicians, and crew we employ. We will conduct surveys to receive feedback on artists’ experience. We will keep records of compensation paid to artists.

Measurable Outcome(s)

New, young, and diverse audiences experienced Donizetti's Daughter of the Regiment in six sold-out shows in the Mill Ruins courtyard. Ticket sales indicated 2,200 audience members experienced the 2015 production. We used surveys to track the demographic information of our youth program. Reviews have been favorable. 2: MCSO's Artistic Director David Lefkowich assembled a stellar cast drawn from outstanding singers of local and national reputation to produce Daughter of the Regiment. Lefkowich, known for his fresh take on well-known operas worked alongside Music Director Brian DeMaris, a 2013 winner of The American Prize in Opera Conducting, and 82 cast and crew members were compensated to create this production.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Karen Brooks, Genna Carlson, Ellen Doll, Noah Eisenberg, Kingston Fletcher, Bill Gamble, Joanne Henry, Heather Johnson, Patrick Kennedy, Alex Legeros, Mary Jane Melendez, Merle Minda, Lee Schafer, Lee Vaughan, Merete Wells, Michael Weinbeck, Morgan Zuehlke
Project Manager
First Name
Lea
Last Name
Johnson
Organization Name
Mill City Summer Opera
Street Address
3208 W Lake St
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55416
Phone
(612) 916-7333
Email
lmj_consulting@comcast.net
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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