January 31, 2022

It was a difficult day to complete much work on the 2/27 Project FunnyMeanHappySad. I had a medical procedure that cut into my time. Still, there was progress on the promotional and production side.

PUSH ITEMS

• Design work for the Emoticards was completed.
• The press release was completed and tweeted and is listed here for general interest.
• I made progress on plans for a group where I'm the executive director, Composers Institute. I am working with composer and master teacher, Dr. Sarah Miller, on a new creative music program for girls age 9-13 called the CRAZY IDEAS INSTITUTE that will be running in June 20-24, 2022 at Hopewell Music. Scholarships are available and registration can be completed online.

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PRESS RELEASE for immediate release
funnymeanhappysad
the power of music reflected in audience responses
with Host & Composer, Randall Davidson
Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 2pm
Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville MN 55044

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People are drawn to music that is emotional. A composition is seldom an intellectual exercise or a crossword puzzle. The Lakeville Arts Center Coffee Concert series aspires to deliver on the promise of moving people to have emotional responses.

Featured composer, Randall Davidson, will host and narrate this Coffee Concert with his compositions that explore the basic reactions one has to music (like funny, mean, happy, sad) and eventually to more unexpected combinations of emotions (like happy and mean, funny and sad). 

This one-of-a-kind interactive show will supply audiences (in-person and online) with language and a unique set of tools: 

• an emoticard to score one’s reactions using miniature golf pencils, 
• a glossary of emotion words (a.k.a. affects), and 
• an open town hall setting that encourages interactions with the musicians.

Davidson credits his inspiration to Leonard Bernstein and his Young People’s Concerts in the 1950’s and 60’s. Davidson says that “this program is a ‘Lenny’ in that the musicians will be on stage the entire show to demonstrate musical examples. The difference will be that the audience will also play a much more active part: there will be ‘shows of hands,’ laughter, and Q & A’s with the performers.”

Davidson has enrolled the talents of an All Star cast of some of Minnesota’s best musicians: singer Maria Jette, oboe/English hornist, Merilee Klemp, bassist Rolf Erdahl, and pianist Shannon Wettstein. There might be one or two surprise guest appearances along the way. 

Event Information

• Sunday, February 27, 2022 – 2 p.m. Masks and distancing required for audience.
• In-Person Tickets: $18 / $15 (ages 60+/18 & under), general admission seating
• Livestream Tickets: $5
  https://webtrac.lakevillemn.gov/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/search.html?display=Detail&module=PST&type=CoffeeConcert
• Purchase tickets online, or call 952-985-4640
• https://webtrac.lakevillemn.gov/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/search.html?display=Detail&module=PST&type=CoffeeConcert

 
A Note About Our Sponsors
Audrey Johnson Companies is celebrating its 56th anniversary in residential and commercial real estate in Lakeville. In honor of this occasion, they are a Season Sponsor for this 14th season of the Coffee Concerts at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Complimentary coffee provided by Caribou Coffee.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.