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.

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Andrea Clearfield

Clearfield creates deep, emotive musical languages that she says, "synthesize disparate elements into a musical whole," in works that explore themes ranging from freedom and oppression, to ancient cultures, religion, health, and technology.

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News

Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Anne d’Harnoncourt Symposium, “Museum as Score”

In September 2016, with Center support, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presented the eighth annual Anne d’Harnoncourt Symposium, “Museum as Score."

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That Which Is Fundamental

The first multi-concert retrospective of Julius Eastman, an African American composer who was active internationally in the 1970s and 80s, but who died at age 49, included rarely-performed works that showcased the composer's broad compositional practice.

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Engage 2.0 Premiere Project

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presented 12 performances; each featured a world or regional premiere performed by leading ensembles.

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Revolution Remix: A South Asian American Sound Tour of Historic Philadelphia

New musical compositions by Zain Alam, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Rupa Marya enrich a walking tour that explores historic Philadelphia through the lens of South Asian American history.

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Symphony for a Broken Orchestra Concerts

Temple Contemporary’s Center-funded project Symphony for a Broken Orchestra culminates in two performances on December 3

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Philadelphia Freedom Festival: Let Freedom Ring Panel Discussion

Philadelphia's academic and activist communities will reflect on the life and impact of Octavius V. Catto.

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Telemann 360º: The Case for Telemann

Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra presents “The Case for Telemann,” a live talk show and performance about baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann.

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Aniara

The Crossing choir and Finnish theater company Klockriketeatern collaborate to produce the world premiere of a hybrid choral-theater work, composed by Guggenheim and Pew Fellow Robert Maggio.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

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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Symphony for a Broken Orchestra

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang created a new composition for 1,000 broken instruments gathered from Philadelphia public schools, performed by a 400-member orchestra comprised of students, teachers, and professional and amateur musicians.

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Michael Kiley

Michael Kiley is a composer, sound designer, performer, and educator working in dance, theater, and public installation.

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MCCC: Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Band

As part of its Then and Now: Jazz Cubano series, Montgomery County Community College's Lively Arts Series hosts a tribute to Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie's transformative Cubano-Be, Cubano-Bop.

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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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Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection

A concert series curated in collaboration with tenor vocalist Nicholas Phan illuminates the evolution of art song and how the form, with its intersection of poetry and music, remains a powerful vehicle for social exchange.

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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

The Kimmel Center, Inc., best known as a presenting organization and home of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Ballet, is one of the most well-attended cultural venues in Philadelphia.

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Then and Now: Jazz Cubano

Montgomery County Community College presented a series of concerts and programs focusing on the Afro-Cuban influence in jazz.

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Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer

A concert of new klezmer compositions, written and performed by three generations of women, brings contemporary meaning to a traditional, Eastern European, Jewish folk music form.

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John Jarboe

John Jarboe is a director, performer, curator, and writer. He has created over 10 original cabaret-plays with his company The Bearded Ladies, producing original work for Opera Philadelphia, Eastern State Penitentiary, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Eric Sessler Organ Concerto

Composer Eric Sessler's organ concerto received its world premiere on the Kimmel Center's Dobson pipe organ.

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