Glass Persephone and Reich Variations

The Philadelphia Singers

2009

$45,000

The Philadelphia Singers collaborated with new music ensembles Relâche and Orchestra 2001, in a program featuring the world premiere performance of Persephone by Philip Glass and the Philadelphia premiere of You Are (Variations) by Steve Reich. The program was performed at Annenberg Center Live and also included the Philadelphia premiere of two laude for female chorus from British composer Gavin Bryars' Laude Cortonese.

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In Plain Air

The world premiere of a new composition from Phyllis Chen and Nathan Davis inaugurates the newly installed pipe organ at the historic Christ Church.

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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

David Lang

David Lang is one of America's most performed composers, with an extensive catalog that includes opera, orchestra, chamber, and solo works.

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Bernard Rands

Through more than 100 published works and many recordings, Bernard Rands is well-established as a major figure in contemporary music.

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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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Caroline, or Change

This production was the Philadelphia premiere of Caroline, or Change, a musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori.

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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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Greg Osby

Greg Osby (Pew Fellow, 2012) has made an indelible mark on contemporary jazz over the past 20 years, leading his own ensembles and performing with musical icons such as Dizzy Gillespie.

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Zappa's Radical Classical Roots

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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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OutBeat: A Queer Jazz Festival

The first-ever queer jazz festival in the United States, William Way LGBT Community Center's three-day event will address intersections amongst sexual orientation, gender identity, and jazz music.

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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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News

In Memoriam: Tokay Tomah, Traditional African Vocalist and Pew Fellow

Tokay Tomah, 2016 Pew Fellow and celebrated singer, composer, and recording artist, passed away on November 14, 2017.

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Room 21

A new album-length composition by composer Jace Clayton informed by the artworks of The Barnes Foundation and Albert Barnes' extensive record collection.

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In Search of Eastman

The possibilities of presenting a contemporary artist's work posthumously will be explored in this discovery project dedicated to Julius Eastman, an African American composer who was active internationally in the 1970s and 80s, but who died at 49, leaving an incomplete but compelling collection of scores and recordings.

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Firebird: Reimagined

Russian folktales and South African music and puppetry united in a multidisciplinary interpretation of Igor Stravinsky's composition for the 1910 ballet The Firebird, featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra, Grammy Award-winning South African vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and larger-than-life puppets by Janni Younge of South Africa's renowned Handspring Puppet Company.

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Skins & Songs

Painted Bride Arts Center presented four public performances that featured repertoire developed during a 10-month collaboration between the Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra and Philip Hamilton's Voices.

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Partners for Sacred Places: Playing and Preserving October Concert

Partners for Sacred Places presents a free community concert inspired by the importance of the pipe organ as a center of community and musical life.

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Sounds of the Circle: Conversation with Reggie Workman

Audiences are invited to attend a conversation with renowned bassist Reggie Workman as part of saxophonist and Pew Fellow Odean Pope's Sounds of the Circle project.

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Jessie Montgomery

Jessie Montgomery is a violinist, composer, and music educator, who currently serves as composer-educator for the Albany Symphony Orchestra.

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