Project Grant
Project Grant
Beautiful River: American Hymns, Folksongs and Spirituals is Great River Chorale's 2018 spring concert featuring fresh, contemporary arrangements of iconic American songs from different traditions and regions of the United States.
Linda Brobeck: Vice Chair Wright County Minnesota visual artist, owner of Crow River North LLC, has served on a number of non-profit boards; Doug Lien: Stearns County, Watercolorist, Member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Community Education Art Class instructor; Mark Nelson: Wright County Public School Music Teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member; Leslie Hanlon: Secretary Stearns County, Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Janice Courtney: Chair Stearns County Arts Adviser, Assistant Director of the St. Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate, arts administrator; Ken Barry: Blues Musician, Victorian photographer proficient in Digital imaging, Platinum/Palladium printing,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, photography club volunteer.
George Minerich: Benton County, Professional film, digital and nature photographer; local arts center and photography club volunteer; Joyce Lyons: actress, singer, educator, member of Buffalo Comm Orchestra Advisory Board; Elizabeth Valencia-Borgert: Has a BS in Business and an MBA from Winona State University, Elizabeth taught Ballet, been a Choreographer for the Folkloric Venezuela Dance, served as Vice-President for the Board of Directors at the former Casa Guadalupe Multicultural Communities, served as a committee member for the Event ôA Place at the Table, sponsored by the Paramount Center for the Arts; Emily Steinmetz: regional coordinator for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits' Central Minnesota Chapter based in St. Cloud, Before becoming a regional coordinator, an active volunteer and board member for the March of Dimes, adjunct faculty member for the Master of Public Administration program at St. Cloud State University,volunteer coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central MN; Michael Calavicci: graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree painting and photography, assists local Minnesota based not-for-profit organizations; Peter Happel-Christian: Associate Professor in the Art Department at Saint Cloud State University, Phtorgrapher, received many grants and awards and fellowships from a numerous organizations, published a variety of photobooks.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage
Attendance at this concert will increase five - 10% over attendance at the prior year's spring concert. Audience response will be uniformly positive and audience satisfaction will be very high. This concert will be evaluated by the number of tickets sold, by quantitative and qualitative responses on audience surveys, and by verbal feedback from the audience and participants.
As compared to the 2017 spring concert there was a 74% increase in attendance and 100% increase in online ticket sales. There were 50% more seniors, 49% more adults, and 6 fewer students. Feedback from audience and participants was uniformly positive and satisfaction was very high. Outcomes were evaluated by the number and types of tickets sold, audience survey responses, and verbal feedback.
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