Anti-Jazz: The New Thing Revisited

Lightbox Film Center at International House Philadelphia

2009

$45,000

International House Philadelphia presented Anti-Jazz: The New Thing Revisited, a four-concert series that featured some of the leading and founding figures of the Free Jazz movement. The series paid homage to a generation of iconoclasts while revisiting a historic moment defined by intense artistic experimentation and political upheaval. Anti-Jazz was presented in collaboration with Ars Nova Workshop, and featured performances by 2012 Pew Fellow Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra; Bill Dixon and the Exploding Star Orchestra; Bobby Bradford, Frode Gjerstad, and Circulasione Totale Orchestra; and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

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In-Progress Showing of Sophia’s Forest

Composer Lembit Beecher presents an in-progress showing of his forthcoming multidisciplinary chamber opera Sophia’s Forest.

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Pew Fellows News: Artists in Whitney and Venice Biennials, an Academy of American Poets Award, and New Works Around the World

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including the latest recognition, new works, and press coverage.

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Julius Eastman: That Which Is Fundamental

In conjunction with In Search of Eastman, exploring the possibilities associated with presenting the work of Julius Eastman (1940–90), Bowerbird presents a weekend of free events introducing the life and work of the composer.

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Gospel Roots of Rock & Soul: Kick-Off Event with Film Screening

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Grants & Grantees

Sound Machines: Kagel's Zwei Mann Orchester

The US premiere of a large-scale sound sculpture, conceived by late composer and artist Mauricio Kagel, explores the interplay between sound and object, performance and sculpture.

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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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A Billion Nights On Earth

Pew Fellow and theater artist Thaddeus Phillips presents the world premiere of A Billion Nights On Earth, a visual theater work that blends performance art, pop-up storybook design techniques, and a cinematic score.

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NY Phil Biennial Presents Julia Wolfe's Anthracite Fields with the Bang on a Can All-Stars

Originally commissioned by Mendelssohn Club, for world premiere performances in Philadelphia in April 2014, the Bang on a Can All-Stars will perform Wolfe's new work as part of the upcoming NY Phil Biennial.

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Roger LaMay

Roger LaMay is general manager at WXPN (88.5 FM), a public radio station operated by the University of Pennsylvania.

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Music, Word, and Art in the Age of Cervantes Symposium

Piffaro holds a symposium exploring music, poetry, and art in the Spanish Golden Age, and its relation to Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote.

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Fatu Gayflor

Fatu Gayflor (Pew Fellow, 2014) learned music, dance, and traditional arts at an early age in rural Liberia. She states that her goal is "to use singing and songwriting to build cooperation and community among Liberians."

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Zeena Parkins

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ARC

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Africa, the Call and Response

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Facing Front: The Duets of Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion

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Judd Greenstein

Judd Greenstein is a composer and music presenter based in Brooklyn, NY. He curates the Ecstatic Music Festival, an annual showcase of new collaborative concerts between artists from different musical worlds.

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Sound Machines: Kagel’s Zwei Mann Orchester Performances

In conjunction with its Center-supported project, Sound Machines, Bowerbird presents six performances of Mauricio Kagel’s Zwei Mann Orchester.

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Soundfield@Slought

Local and international artists came together for a series of concerts and educational programs.

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Ken Vandermark

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