Project Grant

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,632

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Central Minnesota Youth Orchestra

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

February 2016

End Date

April 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Benton

Sherburne

Stearns

Wright

Project Overview

Project Grant

Project Details

Central Minnesota Youth Orchestra presents German Expressions, Spring 2016. Central Minnesota Youth Orchestra (established 2013) offers two educational programs a year for grade school age students to develop musicianship and perform a concert. The Spring

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the St Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate; Linda Brobeck: visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC, has served on a number of non-profit boards; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author, served on a number of Boards of Directors; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of St Benedict/St John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: watercolorist, member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Community Education Art Class instructor; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer, Nuclear Engineer; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member; Justin Lewandowski: music advocate, promoter and booking agent, writer, actor, volunteer for a number of organizations.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Justin Lewandowski: music advocate, promoter and booking agent, writer, actor, volunteer for a number of organizations; Lee Ann Goerss: Central Minnesota Arts Board Teaching Artist in visual and literary arts; Shane Mahon: Visual Arts Minnesota board member, multi-media artist; Jeffrey Bleam: Associate Professor of Theatre and Director/Designer at St Cloud State University, costume designer, graphic designer, film/video producer; Frank Haynes: Executive Director for Helping Hands Outreach, organizer, past president of Bismarck-Mandan (North Dakota) Arts Council.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,632

Other Funds Leveraged

$3,120

Direct expenses

$8,752

Administration costs

$760

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We will continue increasing the amount of students who enroll in our program. We started with 16 students, the current program has 28 students, and we seek to have 32 for the Spring 2016 program. Rehearsal attendance has been inconsistent in previous years. But by delivering a better constructed program, we seek to have a greater level of commitment to attendance from our students. Central Minnesota Youth Orchestra's last concert was attended by 95 people. For the spring, we seek to expand that audience beyond 120. We will track and compare our enrollment numbers to previous semesters. We will track and compare our rehearsal attendance to previous semesters. We will track and compare our performance audience numbers to previous semesters.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We tracked the enrollment, rehearsal attendance and performance attendance. Enrollment for this program peaked at 30 members, rehearsal attendance increased for this program by 14%, and our audience was 161, compared to an estimate of 150 for our last program.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Hilary Vermilion, Hans Mersinger, Rachel Tisdale, Thea Stockinger, John Johnson

Project Manager

Greg

Hutto

Central Minnesota Youth Orchestra

606 Wilson Ave NE

St Cloud

56304