Funding for Transfiguration, an evening-length choral program featuring Requiem, Opus 9 by Maurice Durufle’ and the premier of two newly commissioned works. The performance will take place at Benson Great Hall at Bethel University in November 2011.
Funding for Art at Rice Creek, a free arts festival on the banks of Rice Creek and the Mississippi River in Anoka County. The daylong festival will feature visual, literary, and performance art experiences and will take place in September 2011.
Funding to produce and stage the organization’s second summer musical. Performances will take place in summer 2011 at the Fridley High School auditorium.
Funding for a choral concert of music from prominent Czech composers featuring a festival choir and full orchestra. The concert will take place at Saint Wenceslaus Church in New Prague in May 2011.
Funding for the Eighth Annual Jordan Art Festival, a two-day juried art show featuring displays and demonstrations of visual arts. The festival will take place in downtown Jordan in June 2011.
Funding for Movement, Source of Light II, and Perspective, a series of free visual art classes and studio time for adults living with mental illness. The series will culminate in a traveling exhibit displayed at locations throughout Anoka County.
Funding for winter and spring sessions of early childhood music classes in the northwestern suburbs for children birth to 8-years-old and their families.
Funding for the 11th annual North Artists’ Studio Crawl, an annual spring tour of artist studios in the north suburban communities of East Bethel, Ham Lake, Blaine, Coon Rapids, Ramsey, Andover, and Anoka.
Funding for the Music in the Park Series, a weekly series of free music concerts at McColl Pond Environmental Learning Center on Wednesday nights in July and August 2011.
