Panel Report Music Level 3 and Projects

Memorandum

The Music Level 3 and Projects grant panel meeting was held via teleconference on September 1, 2015. Twenty-six (26) eligible applications were reviewed and twenty-five (25) applications were recommended for funding.

A complete list of all reviewed applications, with the request amounts and final scores, is provided in the following sections.

Panel comment was as follows:

There were no panel comments.

Public comment was as follows:

There were no public comments.

Panel Biographies

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Beth Clark

Palm Beach County

• Executive Director, Young Singers of the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach, Florida
• Former US West Seattle Business Office Manager, Chairwoman of D.D. Eisenhower Elementary School’s School Advisory Committee, and PTA President
• President of the Board of Directors, FoundCare Inc., Palm Beach
• Recipient of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council Muse Award for Cultural Leader of the Year
• Attended Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon

Fran Delisle

Brevard County

• Executive Director, Brevard Symphony Orchestra
• Previously held positions as the Director of a summer repertoire theatre in South Dakota, and the Business Manager for the Indian River Players, now known as Melbourne Civic Theatre
• B.F.A, University of South Dakota

Anna Pietraszko

Miami-Dade County

• Arts executive, music educator, double-bassist and choral conductor
• Executive Director, Miami Music Project, Inc., Miami, Florida
• Masters in Artistic Education specializing in General Music Education and Choral Conducting, Szymanowski Academy of Music, Katowice, Poland; Graduate Certificate in Double Bass Performance, University of Southern California?
• Received additional education attending leadership and executive education programs and Columbia Business School (through Miami Foundation’s Miami Leaders award) and Harvard Business School (through a full scholarship from the HBS Club of South Florida)
• Serves on the Board of El Sistema USA – A National Alliance of El Sistema Inspired Program

Jamie Shay

Indian River County

• Serves as Director-at-Large on the boards of the Vero Beach Opera and The Silver Tones, a group of singers
• Worked for 41 years in the financial industry and was Senior Manager, Head of Standards for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
• Served on American National Standards Institute and the International Organization for Standardization boards; and was Co-chair of fund raising for the Grand Harbor Community Outreach Program and raised nearly $400,00 for Indian River county outreach activities
• Received the Standard of Excellent Award by the leading securities standards organization ISITC
• B.S., Business, Ramapo College

Panel Recommendations

This list contains the panel recommendations to the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. This is not a final funding recommendation. Panel review is step 2 in a 4 step review process.