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Community Impact This show will be open to the public. Given the mature themes related to <br />the history and the stories of tango music and dance, it will be geared <br />towards adults. W e anticipate an audience of about 100 people. W e hope <br />that people interested in Latin American culture, Spanish language, dance, <br />story telling and live music will come to be entertained and moved by the <br />performance. <br />Artist Experience Alma Coefman, flutist, and Kristin Trangsrud, pianist, have been <br />collaborating since 2013. They both have decades of experience as <br />soloists and collaborators in many countries around the world. In addition, <br />Coefman is a sought-after flute teacher, maintaining a busy flute studio in <br />Chapel Hill. During the summer of 2023, Alma is living in Berlin, Germany <br />and collaborating with a local guitarist to perform programs of traditional <br />tango music in several different locations in Germany. Trangsrud, pianist <br />with Sisters' Voices and the Community Church of Chapel Hill, has <br />collaborated extensively with choruses and other musicians in the Triangle. <br />Most recently, she has been the accompanist for Sisters' Voices <br />performances of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in 2022 and Gilbert and <br />Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore in 2023. <br />Since 2011, Coefman has organized and performed in an annual concert of <br />Hispanic classical fusion music at Duke University. These programs, co- <br />sponsored by the Department of Romance Studies and the Spanish <br />Language Program, have been a popular event celebrating Hispanic <br />cultural through the arts. In 2013, Trangsrud joined Ms. Coefman in this <br />event to present Concertango II showcasing the music of Argentinean <br />composer, Astor Piazzolla. In 2014, Coefman received funding to bring <br />Argentinean guitarist, Miguel Charosky, to perform with her at the Nasher <br />Museum in celebration of the exhibit Miró, The Experience of Seeing. In <br />November 2021, Alma and Kristin performed a concert of Renaissance, <br />Sephardic, Baroque and Tango music with bassist and viola da gamba <br />player, Robbie Link, and soprano and harpsichordist, Susan Klebanow, at <br />Duke University in The Nelson Room. <br />In January of 2023, Alma and Kristin collaborated with Donovan <br />Zimmerman of Paperhand Puppet Intervention, narrator Lynn Pickles, the <br />Flute Cocktail and Sisters' Voices to adapt and perform Luna’s Magic Flute <br />by Blaz Pucihar as a musical theater experience at the Carrboro ArtCenter. <br />This fairy tale for flute and piano wove short pieces of music with puppetry <br />and narration which took the audience on a journey with Luna as she <br />encountered galloping ponies, swimming turtles, and other creatures <br />including a fierce dragon. The year prior, we performed this show in English <br />and Spanish at The Fruit in Durham. Part of the experience included <br />workshops for the performers and friends in November 2021 with Donovan, <br />to create puppets for the show. <br />How do you plan to <br />market your project? <br />Both Coefman and Trangsrud will use social media platforms including <br />Facebook, NextDoor, and Instagram to advertise our program. In addition, <br />we will post online with the Indyweekly and post flyers in public spaces. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: D0F50BE5-F0D6-4920-AA18-BCF940F66752