Project Grant
Project Grant
The Saint Cloud Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert entitled "Taking Flight" on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 7:30 pm in Ritsche Auditorium.
Janice Courtney: Chair, Stearns County, arts adviser/assistant director of Saint Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate, arts administrator; Linda Brobeck: Vice chair, Wright County, visual artist and owner of Crow River North, LLC, served on many non-profit boards; Leslie Hanlon: Secretary, Stearns County, Director of Fundraising and Marketing for College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: Stearns County, watercolorist; member of Central Minnesota Watercolorists, community education art class instructor; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer proficient in digital imaging, platinum/palladium printing, a wet plate collodion process, bromoil printing, cyanotype printing, University of Wisconsin, certified nuclear engineer; George Minerich: Benton County, professional film, digital and nature photographer, local arts center and photography club volunteer; Mark Nelson: Wright County, public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota board member. Buddy King: Saint Cloud playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, Unit Director for Roosevelt Boys and Girls Club in Saint Cloud, engaged in numerous youth arts initiatives in the community.
Janice Courtney: Chair, Stearns County, arts adviser/assistant director of Saint Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate, arts administrator; Linda Brobeck: Vice chair, Wright County, visual artist and owner of Crow River North, LLC, served on many non-profit boards; Leslie Hanlon: Secretary, Stearns County, Director of Fundraising and Marketing for College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: Stearns County, watercolorist; member of Central Minnesota Watercolorists, community education art class instructor; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer proficient in digital imaging, platinum/palladium printing, a wet plate collodion process, bromoil printing, cyanotype printing, University of Wisconsin, certified nuclear engineer; George Minerich: Benton County, professional film, digital and nature photographer, local arts center and photography club volunteer; Mark Nelson: Wright County, public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota board member. Buddy King: Saint Cloud playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, Unit Director for Roosevelt Boys and Girls Club in Saint Cloud, engaged in numerous youth arts initiatives in the community.
ACHF Arts Access
More than 450 patrons will attend. Patrons will understand the storytelling capacity of music. 10 additional season tickets will be sold. Audience will be counted. Surveys will be completed by stakeholders and analyzed by board and staff. Audience response will be observed and recorded.
1. 256 patrons attended. Ticket stubs were collected to measure the audience size. 2. Awareness and appreciation for the music based on poetry was observed in written feedback and verbally at the post-concert reception. 3. Six additional season tickets were sold.
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