“The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has received a two-year, $150,000 Futures Fund grant from the League of American Orchestras ‘to support innovation and organizational learning,’ ” writes Pamela Espeland in Friday’s (7/19) MinnPost.com (Minneapolis). “The SPCO is one of 19 U.S. orchestras to receive the grant, which ranges in size from $80,000 to $150,000. It will use the money to test different approaches to delivering digital concerts to the broadest audience in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota. Through its online Concert Library, certain SPCO concerts are available as livestreams during performances and later as on-demand HD concert videos. All are free. The SPCO means to expand the number of people who can experience its performances. In a statement, Managing Director and President Jon Limbacher said the funding will help the SPCO ‘achieve our goal of serving as many people in Minnesota through our online Concert Library as we do through in-person attendance.’ The Concert Library was launched in June 2017. Prior to then, the SPCO had a popular online listening library of audio only. The Concert Library combines the two…. The Futures Fund grants are funded by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.”
Posted July 23, 2019
