To compose and produce a Harbor Symphony for ships’ horns in Duluth-Superior and a Car-Horn Fanfare at several community events. To install wind-powered sound-sculptures in metro area parks.
An installation that will draw information from the movement of waves on Lake Superior creating a simulation of the physical effects caused by this movement in a gallery space.
To revise and refine a collection of stories-Nightlight-and make an intense effort to have these stories published as individual pieces and as a collection.
A collection of linked stories titled The Last Days of Moon Lake set over the history of a small Midwest town from the initial removal of the Ojibwe tribe to present day.
To continue shooting and complete a feature-length documentary about Al Milgrom--a photographer filmmaker and founder/director of the University Film Society and the Twin Cities International Film Festival.
To work on a nonfiction memoir and literary reportage about the intersection of man and nature, with particular attention paid to spirituality metaphysics and children.
To edit and revise a completed draft of Seven Acts of Mercy--a historical novel about the baroque painter Caravaggio--before sending it to a literary agent who has requested first look at the manuscript.
To revise her poetry manuscript, work with a mentor or editor, identify twenty small presses and/or first book contests, and to submit the manuscript for publication.
To complete a poetry manuscript--Odessa--for travel to the Minnesota prairie and to attend the 2010 Meningioma Awareneness Day conference sponsored by the Brain Science Foundation.
To increase her production value and create jobs by hiring crew for pre-production production and post production and distribution of a collection of short videos profiling the lives of five people who are living with the land in various ways.
To finish writing and rewriting Wary Dog Circling--a memoir that uses vivid imagery a solid writing voice and an intricate structure that mirrors memory--and then send it to agents and publishers.
To create perform and record an original composition integrating acoustic and electronic music for choreographer Uri Sand's first full evening work premiering in May 2010.
For the rehearsal and performance of a new experimental music/drama-- Desert Dreams: Naomi and Ruth--at the Sabes Jewish Community Center in Minneapolis.
For a collection of stories from a group of Liberian women that will commemorate their courage as elderly women--some non-English speaking--thriving in Minnesota.
To study and prepare two new song cycles by Timothy C. Takach and Matthew Culloton and perform them around the state enhancing her study of music outside the liturgical realm and to promote the new works to other performers and educators.
To study screenwriting to analyze and understand the art of story tension and emotional climax in order to complete an original script which will be set in Minnesota.
To commission four original compositions for solo percussion leading to public performances across Minnesota and for the initial recording of several tracks for his first solo CD.
For the project-Immigration Dialogue-a photographic series that combats stereotypes and xenophobia through analyzing the individual sentiments of Latino immigrants in Minnesota by combining written text and portraiture.
To create a new work for concert bands and have it performed by 29 bands. To serve as visiting composer for several of the ensembles as they prepare and perform his music and network with band directors.
