The Hollenbeck Commission

Painted Bride Art Center

2008

$50,000

Painted Bride Art Center commissioned composer, bandleader, and jazz drummer John Hollenbeck to create and perform a new work with his Large Ensemble. Hollenbeck also participated in a two-week residency program, during which he produced and performed a new work in collaboration with 10 Philadelphia musicians.

A virtuosic percussionist with a daring approach to composition, Hollenbeck is a Grammy-nominated artist best known for his work with the big band group the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble and the avant-garde jazz ensemble The Claudia Quintet.

GRANTS & GRANTEES

Orrin Evans

Orrin Evans (Pew Fellow, 2010) never stops thinking about the traditions and evolution of jazz music, as well as renewing jazz's legacy in the African-American community.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Faustin Linyekula

Congolese dancer Faustin Linyekula is a leading contemporary African choreographer and the founder of Studios Kabako.

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O17 Festival

Opera Philadelphia presents its inaugural season-opening, multi-venue opera festival, supported by a Center Advancement grant.

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Odean Pope: Sounds of the Circle at The Barnes

Pew Fellow and pioneering jazz saxophonist Odean Pope previews selections from Sounds of the Circle at the Barnes.

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The Body Lautrec at FringeArts Scratch Night

Mary Tuomanen and Aaron Cromie present excerpts from The Body Lautrec at FringeArts' Scratch Night.

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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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Midway Avenue in New York

Philadelphia choreographer Nichole Canuso presents a solo performance, originally Center-funded, that uses personal reminiscences and universal yearnings to explore the relationship between memory and self.

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Grants & Grantees

Close Music for Bodies

An immersive, participatory vocal performance, developed from the sounds, stories, and movements of individual bodies, will place audiences amidst performers, creating an intimate experience of group voice.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Joseph Klein

Joseph Klein is distinguished professor of composition studies in the College of Music at the University of North Texas, where he has served as chair of composition studies since 1999

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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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Philadelphia Flamenco Festival Vengo Performance Featuring Rosario Toledo

Rosario Toledo performs Vengo, a piece that switches in and out of the flamenco idiom, originally created to be performed in the streets of her hometown of Cádiz, Spain.

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PRISM Quartet Master Class and Panel Discussion with Rudresh Mahanthappa, Steve Lehman, and John Schaefer

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

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In Memoriam: Elaine Hoffman Watts, Klezmer Musician and Pew Fellow

A celebrated percussionist and treasured mentor, Watts was known for bringing an authentic and refined approach to klezmer, a centuries-old form of Eastern European Jewish folk music.

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Pew Fellows News: Sonia Sanchez Wins Wallace Stevens Award, Glenn Holsten’s Wyeth Documentary Makes PBS Debut, David Hartt’s Solo Exhibition at Art Institute of Chicago, and More

In September, Pew Fellows from across all art disciplines were nationally recognized for their work, launched new and innovative projects, and received prestigious honors and awards. See the latest updates in our news roundup below.

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Urban Echo

Leah Stein, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, and composer Pauline Oliveros collaborated on a new music and dance work.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Artist Michael Rakowitz on the Live Experience of Radio

Michael Rakowitz describes the “beautiful blindness” that radio can create for listeners.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Vijayalakshmi

Vijayalakshmi is a classical Indian dancer and a renowned expert in the mohiniyattam dance form.

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Words Adorned: Andalusian Poetry and Music

Al-Bustan premiered two new compositions inspired by Andalusian poetry in a concert featuring a classical Arab chamber ensemble, the Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble; a Western choir, The Crossing; and Palestinian vocal soloist Dalal Abu Amneh.

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The School for Temporary Liveness

An eight-day pop-up performance experience, presented in the format of a school that occupies the Philadelphia Art Alliance building, features artists Nora Chipaumire and Isabel Lewis and generates new forms of spectatorship and participation.

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Breaking the Waves

The world premiere of a new chamber opera by composer-in-residence Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek, inspired by the 1996 film by Danish auteur Lars von Trier, tells the harrowing tale of a naive newlywed who has chosen to marry outside of her strict Calvinist community in coastal Scotland.

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