1991 Grants

1991

International House Philadelphia – Expand International Music Series
Discovery Grant, $45,000

Orchestra 2001 – Engaging Internationally Renowned Soloists
Discovery Grant, $40,000

Prince Music Theater – Creation of a Resident Company of Performers
Discovery Grant, $120,000

Settlement Music School – Contemporary Music Players Concerts
Discovery Grant, $30,000

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In Plain Air Preview with International Contemporary Ensemble

Christ Church Preservation Trust and the International Contemporary Ensemble present a free preview performance of In Plain Air.

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Grants & Grantees

Music in New Spain

Piffaro's Music in New Spain project explored music resulting from Spain's encounter with indigenous civilizations in Central and South America during its 16th-century imperial expansion.

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Zydeco Crossroads Radio Hour and live broadcast with Creole United

On October 30 at 9 p.m. ET, WXPN broadcasts live from Blue Moon Saloon in Lafayette, Louisiana with the zydeco all-star group Creole United.

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Enduring Exile

An exploration of the Shiraz Arts Festival, a significant yet under-recognized event held annually in Iran from 1967 to 1977, informs future exhibitions and programs examining the festival’s history and artistic legacy.

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Questions of Practice

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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Jace Clayton

Composer Jace Clayton, also known as DJ /rupture, uses an interdisciplinary approach to focus on how sound, memory, and public space interact, with an emphasis on the global South.

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Gerald Levinson

Gerald Levinson (Pew Fellow, 2007) has been increasingly recognized as one of the major composers of his generation.

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Sounds of the Circle

A new evening-length suite by master jazz musician Odean Pope evokes the “distinctive sonic environment” of North Philadelphia and the mid-20th-century innovators who helped build Philadelphia’s jazz legacy.

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Room 21

A performance and newly commissioned album-length musical composition by Jace Clayton will take its inspiration from the artwork and record collection of Albert Barnes—including a recording which is credited with introducing African American spirituals to the wider world—offering audiences a way to reconnect with and to reimagine the Barnes Foundation collection through sound.

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Robert Crowder

Robert Crowder (1930–2012) was the founder of Kùlú Mèlé African Dance and Drum Ensemble and a 2004 Pew Fellow in folk and traditional arts.

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Diane Monroe: Violin Woman, African Dreams Performances

Composer, violinist, and 2018 Pew Fellow Diane Monroe presents the premiere of Violin Woman, African Dreams, an evening-length suite.

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Tradition – An Evolving Continuum

Vidyasankar, a composer, vocalist, and accomplished performer on the chitravina (a 20-stringed slide instrument), will produce a concert that explores the evolving continuum of South Indian musical lineage.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Dan Blacksberg

Spanning avant-garde jazz, modern classical music, improvised music, and klezmer, 2012 Pew Fellow Dan Blacksberg pushes at the technical and textural extremes of his instrument, the trombone.

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Now Again, Premiere Recording

Network for New Music produced the album Now Again for Albany Records, featuring compositions by Bernard Rands.

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Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole

A world premiere, music-theater work by playwright Colman Domingo and directed by Patricia McGregor will offer a fresh perspective on the artistic legacy of vocalist and jazz pianist Nat "King" Cole by bringing to light both his on- and off-stage personas, as well as telling the story behind the 1957 demise of his groundbreaking national television variety show amidst America's growing civil rights movement.

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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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Bang on a Can Marathon

FringeArts partnered with Bang on a Can to present this event at its 2010 festival: a 12-hour concert that explored contemporary American compositional currents.

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Telemann 360º Concerts

Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra presents a two-part concert program that offers audiences a renewed perspective on baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann.

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Philadelphia Freedom Festival: Let Freedom Sing Community Jubilee

Local ministers and their choirs will participate in a church meeting revival, offering a praise and worship opportunity for the entire community.

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Brett Bailey: Macbeth Performances and Residency

South African theater artist Brett Bailey will visit Philadelphia for a three-week residency and a presentation of his adaptation of Verdi's opera Macbeth, set in the Democratic Republic of Congo, presented in collaboration with Opera Philadelphia.

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