Teen Songwriting Workshop with Brian Laidlaw

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,310

Project of

Arrowhead Library System Legacy Grant SFY 2014 - SFY 2015

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient Type

Libraries

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2015

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Education/Outreach/Engagement

Fund Administration

Counties Affected

Carlton

Cook

Itasca

Koochiching

Lake

Lake of the Woods

St. Louis

Project Overview

In this lyric-writing workshop, Brian will begin to answer the question "Where do songs come from?" and continue with the different ways to gather musical inspiration from our day-to-day lives. The workshop will include time for supervised writing of new material, feedback on students’ existing work, and a Q&A about songwriting practice and craft.

Project Details

110 participated

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,310

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,154

Direct expenses

$8,465

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The intended outcome is to inspire attendees to read, express themselves creatively, and or /explore poetry with a Minnesota poet. A survey was distributed to receive feedback from those attending the programs.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Surveys were distributed to participants at all programs. 79% strongly agreed that this was an enjoyable experience and 67% strongly agreed that they would attend a similar event. 18 of those attending had never attended a library program before. Comments: This helped me think of songwriting in a new way and it definitely will improve my music and poetry skills. We had a mini field trip to the river to embrace the impact of inspiration all around us in songwriting.

Source of Additional Funds

15 libraries provided space (two partnered for a program to held at a school), staff, and additional promotion for the programs and approximately 12 regional newspapers provided marketing through press releases, photos and interviews with artists and performers.