Operating Support Grant
Operating Support Grant
Funding will support administration for Twin Ports Wind Orchestra including scheduling, and concert production.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The goal of the Twin Ports Wind Orchestra (TPWO) is to continue its long-held reputation of being the "Premier Concert Band" in the Northland. The goal is realized through its mission, artistic vision, programing and services that include 1) providing a quality musical forum and exciting artistic experiences for highly motivated musicians from the Northern Minnesota region, 2) Educating and informing our audience with creative programming, 3) giving young musicians the opportunity to participate with TPWO in a mentoring experience, 4) provide for the community an outstanding series of performances each season that will entertain and inspire an every growing audience. Outcomes are measured by the continued growth of audience, the retention and increase in membership and the overall reception of guest artists desiring to work with this excellent ensemble. Twin Ports Wind Ensemble (TPWO) monitors our outcomes through audience surveys, detailed tabulation of concert attendance, personal conversations from ensemble members and audience participation and providing the opportunity to send in comments over our website. We review these results at every board meeting. Items on the survey include questions such as; Do you regularly attend TPWO concerts', by what means are you made aware of our concert schedule for the season? If you are a new audience member how dd you find out about TPWO and this concert, in your opinion what do you like most about the TPWO concerts', how might we improve? Is the concert venue one that makes attending this TPWO concert easy or difficult? The membership is given an opportunity to comment and evaluate on TPWO as well. They can make suggestions on choice of literature performed, rehearsal and concert schedule as well as guest artists. Current outcomes are compared to previous concert seasons and reveals issues we address. The result is a steady growth in attendance and musician participation.
We have six measures of success for TWPO in 2019. First, did the Board of Directors successfully implement the five new board positions to improve internal operations? Yes, but the board has not filled all of the positions Second, did attendance increase at TWPO performances? Yes. Third, did TWPO successfully perform six concerts. Yes. Fourth, did TWPO expand its venue of performance sites? Yes. TWPO expanded its venues by performing with the Minnesota Ballet in their production of ?Carnival of the Animals and Other Dances" and introduced the orchestra to the Moose Lake, Minnesota community via a collaboration with Agate Encores Community Concerts. Fifth, did TWPO successfully continue its Honors Musicians Program? Yes Sixth, did TWPO have guest artists of the highest quality perform with them? Yes. TWPO brought Oysten Baadsvick (international renown tuba soloist and recording artist) of Norway to Duluth as our featured guest artist in our fall concert, and had the Twin Ports Tenors perform selections from West Side Story in our spring concert.
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