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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Bowerbird

Bowerbird is a presenting organization that expands public understanding of experimental music.

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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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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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Lembit Beecher

Praised by The New York Times for his "alluring, emotive" work, composer Lembit Beecher creates intimate and dramatically potent musical experiences.

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PRISM Quartet Master Class and Panel Discussion with Dave Liebman, Greg Osby, and John Schaefer

This event features saxophonists/composers Liebman and Osby, and WNYC's John Schaefer, as they address the unique challenges of collaborating across genres.

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Silent Night

Opera Philadelphia presented the East Coast premiere of a new opera by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, which went on to win the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for music.

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Frank Zappa – The Yellow Shark

The Philadelphia premiere of The Yellow Shark celebrates the genre-defying compositional work of maverick American composer and rock guitarist Frank Zappa.

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Tragédie et Comédie

Over the course of its 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, Tempesta di Mare will present a concert series of French baroque orchestral music played on period-specific instruments.

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OutBeat Jazz Festival: Finale at Union Transfer

The William Way LGBT Community Center presents *OutBeat: America's First Queer Jazz Festival*. The Festival culminates in an all-day celebration in and around Union Transfer.

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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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A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach: Trinity Season

Choral Arts Philadelphia presents the first of three concert series as part of A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach.

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Composer to Composer: A talk with John Harbison

Network for New Music hosts a talk with composer John Harbison.

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Nels Cline

Nels Cline is a composer and guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist in the band Wilco.

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MCCC: Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Experience

As part of its Then and Now: Jazz Cubano series, Montgomery County Community College's Lively Arts Series hosts the Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Experience.

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Sounds of the Circle

A new evening-length suite by master jazz musician Odean Pope evokes the “distinctive sonic environment” of North Philadelphia and the mid-20th-century innovators who helped build Philadelphia’s jazz legacy.

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Angelica Negron

Angélica Negrón is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who writes music for accordions, robotic instruments, toys, and electronics, as well as chamber ensembles and orchestras.

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Telemann 360º Concerts

Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra presents a two-part concert program that offers audiences a renewed perspective on baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann.

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Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music

In its Philadelphia premiere, Taylor Mac’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated performance work journeys through 240 years of US history and popular songs, staged in two 12-hour installments.

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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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First Soundings

A series of ten concerts featured eight Philadelphia premieres and two world premieres.

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