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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A Period of Animate Existence

The world premiere of a symphonic theater hybrid that brings together actors, classical musicians, intergenerational choirs, and electronic music.

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Jamey Robinson

"I have never had a shortage of ideas for creating music," says 2007 Pew Fellow Jamey Robinson.

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Color Theory

PRISM commissioned new works by Guggenheim Fellow Steven Mackey and Berlin prize recipient Ken Ueno, which paired the saxophone with a wide range of percussion instruments, in order to investigate "musical color."

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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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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society serves the Greater Philadelphia region and the field of music by presenting a rich and compelling variety of chamber music and recital programs performed by exceptional international and Philadelphia-based artists at affordable prices.

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Saayujya (The Merging)

Two of India's preeminent artists, Carnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna and bharata natyam dancer Priyadarsini Govind, will fuse classical South Indian music and dance in a world premiere that is the culmination of a two-year artistic collaboration, and is inspired by themes of liberty and freedom drawn from Philadelphia's history.

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Massenet's Don Quichotte

The Academy of Vocal Arts produced French composer Jules Massenet's opera in recognition of the centennial of his death.

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Sounds of the Circle: Primiere

Pew Fellow and pioneering jazz saxophonist Odean Pope presents Sounds of the Circle, a composing, performance, mentoring, and archival project honoring some of North Philadelphia’s jazz innovators of the mid-twentieth century.

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Heritage/Evolution: The PRISM Quartet with Dave Liebman and Greg Osby

The PRISM Quartet presents new works composed and performed by Dave Liebman and Greg Osby.

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Breath Beneath

PRISM Quartet presents a pilot performance for its discovery project Breath Beneath—an investigation of the artistic possibilities that arise at the intersection of saxophone music, technology, and durational visual art.

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MCCC: Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Experience

As part of its Then and Now: Jazz Cubano series, Montgomery County Community College's Lively Arts Series hosts the Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Experience.

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Ars Nova's New Paths Festival Presents Ken Vandermark's Made to Break Ensemble at the Barnes

MacArthur Fellow Ken Vandermark and the Made to Break Ensemble premiere a piece inspired by the Barnes Foundation's collection.

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Partners for Sacred Places: Playing and Preserving October Concert

Partners for Sacred Places presents a free community concert inspired by the importance of the pipe organ as a center of community and musical life.

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Paul Rucker

Paul Rucker is a visual artist, composer, and musician. His work often integrates live performance, sound, original compositions, and visual art, and focuses on issues surrounding incarceration.

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Vijay Iyer

MacArthur Fellow Vijay Iyer is a critically-acclaimed jazz pianist and composer.

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Radio Silence

Internationally noted artist Michael Rakowitz wove the stories of local Iraq War veterans and Iraqi refugees, cultural traditions, music, and found sound into a participatory performance at Independence Mall, combined with a 10-episode radio program for a national audience, providing an intimate, multifaceted, and sustained portrait of Iraq.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Poet Ursula Rucker

Interdisciplinary poet, performer, and recording artist Ursula Rucker spoke to us about the influences that shaped the trajectory of her career, from crucial early advice to collaborating across disciplines.

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Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Composer David Ludwig

Composer David Ludwig's work has been commissioned and performed by numerous internationally known artists and ensembles, and recognized by the American Composers Forum, National Endowment for the Arts, and NPR’s “Top 100 Composers Under 40.”

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Harris Eisenstadt

Harris Eisenstadt is a drummer, composer, and bandleader who has studied with respected names in jazz and improvised music, as well as in West African and Cuban drumming.

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Kinan Abou-afach

Classical Arab musician Kinan Abou-afach (Pew Fellow, 2013) was born in Damascus, Syria, where he learned traditional Arabic repertoire on the oud, an Arabic lute.

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