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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Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project

The experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans will be illuminated in this multimedia work created by MacArthur Fellow and jazz pianist/composer Vijay Iyer and poet/librettist Mike Ladd, in combination with a publication of local veterans' writings produced through a partnership with the veteran-focused arts organization Warrior Writers.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Lucy Shelton

Winner of two Walter W. Naumburg Awards, soprano Lucy Shelton enjoys an international career bringing her dramatic vocalism and interpretive skills to repertoire of all periods.

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Soundfield@Slought

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

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Event

Dance Party with Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble

WXPN's yearlong project explores the origins and evolution of zydeco, a form of African-American roots music that blends Cajun traditions, blues, and R&B. On Saturday, December 6, Zydeco Crossroads welcomes Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble to District N9NE for a free dance party, complete with pre-show dance lessons from Louisiana's Harold Guillory.

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John Schaefer

WNYC radio producer John Schaefer hosts Soundcheck, a show featuring daily live music and criticism, and was the first to be profiled in the Center's American Impresario series.

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How Sweet the Sound: Network for New Music Concert with John Harbison

Taking Harbison's Songs American Loves to Sing as inspiration, Philadelphia composers layer jazz and classical traditions to create works that tell America's story with today's voices.

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Dan Blacksberg

Spanning avant-garde jazz, modern classical music, improvised music, and klezmer, 2012 Pew Fellow Dan Blacksberg pushes at the technical and textural extremes of his instrument, the trombone.

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Lee Tusman

Lee Tusman is an independent curator based in Philadelphia whose projects straddle the intersection of ideas that are socially-based and urban in nature, with a focus on contemporary new media.

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Bobby Zankel

Bobby Zankel is a musician and a 1996 Pew Fellow.

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Event

Liberian Women's Chorus for Change Performing at Liberian Community Gathering at Bartram's Garden

The Liberian Women's Chorus for Change will perform at a Liberian Community Gathering at Bartram's Garden.

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New Paths Festival

Ars Nova Workshop presented this citywide concert series in May 2014, at which celebrated jazz artists played in unconventional venues throughout Philadelphia, known for their rich histories.

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Mississippi Blues Project

WXPN produced a year-long performance series that brought authentic Mississippi blues to Philadelphia through live performances and radio broadcasts.

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William Parker

William Parker is a leading figure in the New York creative jazz scene. Renowned as a composer, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist, he is also an educator and author.

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The Andersen Project

Robert Lepage's multi-media theater work was inspired by stories written by famed Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.

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Philadelphia Real Book Concerts - New Music in Jazz and Blues

Legendary Philadelphia jazz musicians—including guitarists Pat Martino and Monnette Sudler, pianist Dave Burrell, and saxophonist Jimmy Heath—will headline a four-part concert series inspired by the first published collection of compositions by the city's jazz artists.

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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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Mending Wall

Composers Martin Bresnick, George Lewis, Arturo O’Farrill, and Juri Seo create new works exploring the metaphorical meaning of walls in contemporary society, performed by PRISM Quartet.

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Playing and Preserving

This interdisciplinary project builds artistic collaborations and civic energy around Philadelphia’s historic sacred places and their pipe organs.

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David Ludwig

Ludwig's contemporary classical compositions for a range of instrumental ensembles, voice, theater, and film play with style and genre and address topics ranging from climate change to religious traditions.

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Odean Pope

Odean Pope is a saxophonist and composer, and a 1992 Pew Fellow.

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