A Composer's Portrait

Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia

2010

$75,000

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia presented A Composer's Portrait, featuring a commissioned work by American composer and electric guitarist Steven Mackey, conducted by Music Director Dirk Brosse. Mackey's awards include a Guggenheim fellowship, a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and two awards from the Kennedy Center for the performing arts. He participated in post-concert discussions, a workshop, and a composer forum presented in collaboration with the Curtis Institute, University of the Arts, and the American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter.

Collaborators & Colleagues

King Britt

King Britt is on a journey, exploring the patchwork of rhythmic textures from many urban dance music cultures: deep house, hip-hop, broken beat, nu-jazz, funk, and afro-tech.

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Uri Caine

Uri Caine is an award-winning composer and pianist, and a 2003 Pew Fellow.

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Bobby Zankel

Bobby Zankel is a musician and a 1996 Pew Fellow.

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Sophia's Forest

This multidisciplinary chamber opera for mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and string quartet will focus on the experience of childhood and feature a mechanical, electronic sound-generating sculpture that will grow from a small music box into a seven-foot tall object as the performance unfolds, creating a riveting visual and musical experience.

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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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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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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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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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Advancement Grant: Opera Philadelphia (2014)

Opera Philadelphia conducted in-depth, strategic audience research that informs the development of a set of programs that, together with enhanced marketing efforts, respond to new audience behaviors and preferences.

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The White Lama: World Premiere

Conceived by Nikki Appino, The White Lama: The Improbable Legacy of Theos Bernard is a multimedia work about the quest for the sacred, framed by the life and death of early 20th-century explorer, mystic, and author Theos Bernard.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Ari Benjamin Meyers

Ari Benjamin Meyers is a composer, conductor, founder, and artistic director for Kunsthalle for Music at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in the Netherlands, Public Art Munich, and the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art.

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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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News

Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music Gets “Philadelphianized” at the Kimmel Center, June 2 & 9

On June 2 and 9, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts presents the Philadelphia premiere of MacArthur fellow Taylor Mac’s epic performance work A 24-Decade History of Popular Music.

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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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Music for Saxophones: Heritage/Evolution

This 30th-anniversary project was PRISM Quartet's most ambitious to date, consisting of six new commissions and world premiere performances by prominent jazz saxophonists/composers.

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John Blake, Jr.

John Blake, Jr. (1947–2014, Pew Fellow, 2010) took his inspiration as a contemporary jazz violinist and composer from some of the genre's greats.

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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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Elaine Hoffman Watts

Elaine Hoffman Watts was a klezmer musician and a 2000 Pew Fellow in folk and traditional arts.

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Event

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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Joan La Barbara

Composer, performer, and sound artist Joan La Barbara has created works for multiple voices, chamber ensembles, music theater, orchestras, and interactive technology.

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