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

Part II of Taylor Mac's performance work A 24-Decade History of Popular Music covers 12 decades from 1896–Present as part of the 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Bowerbird

Bowerbird is a presenting organization that expands public understanding of experimental music.

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A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach: Eastertide

Choral Arts Philadelphia presents the final installment of its concert series, 1734–1735: A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach.

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Vijay Iyer

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

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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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Advancement Grant: Curtis Institute of Music

Curtis will design and implement a new curriculum that provides graduates with the entrepreneurial and business skills necessary to forge effective careers within the rapidly changing classical music field, including coaching in how to produce, promote, and present their own music in innovative ways.

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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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Jennifer Monson

Choreographer and performer Jennifer Monson is the founder of New York City-based iLAND: Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature, and Dance.

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Alex Ross

Alex Ross is music critic for The New Yorker and the author of The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century, a cultural history of 20th-century music.

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Close Music for Bodies

Michael Kiley presents an immersive, participatory vocal performance, developed from the sounds and movements of eight individual bodies.

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David Gutkin

David Gutkin is a PhD student in historical musicology who writes on philosophy of graphic notation in the mid-20th century, music and politics, and ludic theory.

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Questions of Practice

Inside Opera Philadelphia: Q&A with David Devan, General Director & President

Opera Philadelphia's David Devan talks with us about the market research that informed the organization’s decision to present a city-wide festival.

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Facing Front Part Two: Lectures and Performances by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion (second set)

Anna Drozdowski hosts European duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion for a two-week retrospective of their collaborative career. In addition to their performances, the two-week period includes discussions on June 26–27.

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Philadelphia Freedom Festival

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts will present this civil rights-inspired festival, which will include the world premiere of a new 20-minute work by noted composer and Pew Fellow Uri Caine.

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Rodin Commission Project

The Philadelphia Museum of Art commissioned new works by French composers Tristan Murail and Philippe Hurel, inspired by the masterworks of sculptor Auguste Rodin.

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Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra

The Curtis Institute of Music mounted this fully staged production, presented in collaboration with Opera Philadelphia and Kimmel Center Presents.

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Toshi Makihara

Toshi Makihara is a 2013 Pew Fellow whose performance work effortlessly blends percussion with dance-like body movement.

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Departure and Discovery: Waywardness

The work of Schumann, Gesualdo, Brahms, and Mozart will be performed to evoke themes of fragility, unconventionality, and playfulness explored by the composers late in their careers.

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Fred Hersch

Fred Hersch is an improviser, composer, educator, recording artist, and a twelve-time Grammy Award nominee.

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Departure and Discovery Panel Discussion

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society will hold a panel discussion exploring the effect that accumulated knowledge and experience has on artistic creation.

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