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

Collaborators & Colleagues

George E. Lewis

A 2002 MacArthur Fellow and early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, George Lewis is the Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music at Columbia University.

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The Crossing's Seven Responses at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

Seven Responses will travel to New York City for two performances at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Gerald Levinson

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

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Grants & Grantees

Great Black Music

Ars Nova Workshop presented a concert series featuring music by composers and multi-instrumentalists Henry Threadgill and Roscoe Mitchell, champions of avant-garde jazz.

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Words Adorned: The Concert

Two new compositions by Arab-American composers Kareem Roustom and Kinan Abou-afach, performed by a classical Arab chamber ensemble and a Western choir for an invigorating cross-genre collaboration.

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WXPN Concert Featuring Leon Chavis & The Zydeco Flames + Koray Broussard & The Zydeco Unit

Join WXPN for two free performances, featuring Leon Chavis & The Zydeco Flames and Koray Broussard & The Zydeco Unit.

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Myth, Music, Truth: Network for New Music Concert with John Harbison

John Harbison sets the poetry of Louise Glück, Jessica Fisher, and Eugenio Montale to music and conducts this premiere performance.

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O17 Festival

Opera Philadelphia presents its inaugural season-opening, multi-venue opera festival, supported by a Center Advancement grant.

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Nels Cline's Lovers (for Philadelphia)

Ars Nova Workshop presents a new commission created and performed by Nels Cline, lead guitarist for the band Wilco. An expansion of Cline’s 2016 recording Lovers (Blue Note Records), the new commission is inspired by research trips that led Cline on an inspiring journey through significant Philadelphia moments, artifacts, and sites.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Pablo Batista

Over the course of his 30-year career, percussionist and 2000 Pew Fellow Pablo Batista has performed, recorded, and toured with a range of leading jazz, R&B, Latin, pop, and gospel artists including Bono, George Howard, Alicia Keyes, Gerald Levert, Jeffrey Osborne, Eddie Palmieri, Teddy Pendergrass, Diane Reeves, Grover Washington, Jr., Musiq, Manny Oquendo's Conjunto Libre, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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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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Grants & Grantees

Pushers

In order to examine the difficult topic of addiction and its consequences, Pushers uses celebrity culture as its lens, as a way to connect with West Philadelphia youth and encourage them to share their own experiences.

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Ars Nova's New Paths Festival Presents Peter Brötzmann at the German Society of Pennsylvania

Jazz artist Peter Brötzmann offers a solo performance inspired by the German Society's Horner Library.

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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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Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music

In its Philadelphia premiere, Taylor Mac’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated performance work journeys through 240 years of US history and popular songs, staged in two 12-hour installments.

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The Philadelphia Embassy of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland: Inaugural Event

Composer Mike Bullock presents the inauguration of the Philadelphia Embassy of the international art project, The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV).

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Questions of Practice

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

Composer and violinist Diane Monroe has been leading her own ensembles for more than 15 years. Her cross-genre work bridging European classical, American jazz, and African musical traditions has included engagements with artists and groups such as Pew Fellows Bobby Zankel, Odean Pope, and John Blake; Harlem Symphony Orchestra; and Bang on a Can All Stars.

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Beethoven: Missa solemnis 2.0

Ludwig van Beethoven’s renowned but rarely performed masterpiece gains new depth with a visual installation designed by media artist Refik Anadol that immerses audiences in a virtual, multi-denominational cathedral.

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Matthew Levy

Levy's performance practice and compositions bridge modern classical music with rhythmic and improvisatory aspects of jazz, guided by his dedication to exploring the saxophone's genre-defying capabilities.

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Close Music for Bodies

An immersive, participatory vocal performance, developed from the sounds, stories, and movements of individual bodies, will place audiences amidst performers, creating an intimate experience of group voice.

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