Rural and Community Art Project Grant
Rural and Community Art Project Grant
"Wonder of Christmas", a choral concert featuring the Itasca Community Chorus, a handbell choir, and children's choir.
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.
Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate; Johnnie Hyde: choreographer and dance teacher, publisher; Rena Hartman: Executive Director, Mesabi Community Orchestra.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Goal number 1: Provide an opportunity for the community to listen to quality live choral music Outcomes: Community members will attend an inexpensive live concert with quality vocal music. Goal number 2: Provide an opportunity for choral singing and learning more about singing and vocal techniques. Outcome: Adults and children who love to sing will have an opportunity to sing quality music with an experienced conductor and improve their singing ability. Counting the Number of audience members, including adults and children. Counting the Number of participants in the Chorus, youth chorus, and bell choir. Counting the Number of participants not in fall semester. Survey: Chorus members will be asked to provide feedback using Survey Monkey. They will be asked about satisfaction, learning/growth as a singer and for any suggestions for improvement of rehearsals, or concerts.
232 people attend the concert to hear quality music at an affordable price. ($10adults, free to students and veterans) There were 69 participants in the Chorus, including some new members and members who had not sung in awhile. According to results of a Survey Monkey survey, over 95% of the chorus members reported learning a new vocal technique or overall improvement in choral singing.
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