Mississippi Blues Project: Terry Harmonica Bean / Jimmy Duck Holmes

22 Oct 2012
19:30:00 - 21:00:00

World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Monday, October 22, 2012

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This show is free; RSVP for tickets here. Limited seating available. Doors are at 6:30pm; Show at 7:30pm.

2012 Philadelphia Music Project Grantee

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Pioneering Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Epic KLANG Makes Philadelphia Debut, April 7–8

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Eric Booth

Eric Booth, author of The Music Teaching Artist's Bible, is widely regarded as one of America's most creative and effective teachers of the arts.

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Kip Lornell

Since 1992, Kip Lornell has taught courses in American music and ethnomusicology at George Washington University, and has served on the university's Africana Studies program committee.

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Questions of Practice

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Liberian vocalist, composer, and dancer Zaye Tete spoke to us about her artistic development in Liberia, music’s transformative power, and her fondness for Paul Simon.

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Harris Eisenstadt

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James Primosch

James Primosch is a composer and a 1996 Pew Fellow.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Composer and Violinist Diane Monroe

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Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: Part I

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Marshall Allen

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Fatu Gayflor

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