Jason Moran Commission Project

Philadelphia Museum of Art

2008

$40,000

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Jason Moran.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art commissioned an original composition by jazz pianist Jason Moran, developed in conjunction with the museum's 2008 exhibition Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. The new composition was performed by the musical group Jason Moran & the Bandwagon as part of the museum's "Art After 5" music programming. Moran also presented a public lecture and performance about his compositional process and its intersection with the visual arts.

Recipients

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Performance

Music

Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Composer David Lang on Classical Music, Education, Composing, and Virtuosity

Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning composer David Lang on creating a score for 400 broken instruments, music education, classical music, and more.

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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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A Period of Animate Existence

The world premiere of a symphonic theater hybrid that brings together actors, classical musicians, intergenerational choirs, and electronic music.

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Grants & Grantees

Composing the Tinnitus Suites: 2016

Informed by personal experiences with tinnitus, this collaborative performance series and electroacoustic installation will explore hearing damage, anchored by a handcrafted 20-foot long instrument of piano strings, amplifiers, and a mixer.

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Pennsylvania Ballet Performs Trisha Brown's O zlozony/O composite

As part of Bryn Mawr College's ongoing retrospective, Trisha Brown: In the New Body, the Pennsylvania Ballet performs Brown's O zlozony/O composite, becoming the first US ballet company to perform Brown's choreography.

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Melancholy, A Comedy

Sarah Felder's solo performance piece combined comedy, juggling, and multi-media projections to address societal discomfort around mental illness.

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Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer

Philadelphia Folklore Project’s Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer presents a one-night-only, world-premiere concert of new compositions.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Ari Benjamin Meyers

Ari Benjamin Meyers is a composer, conductor, founder, and artistic director for Kunsthalle for Music at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in the Netherlands, Public Art Munich, and the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art.

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Out of Sight: A Blind Comedy about God, Israel, and My Mom

Sara Felder's solo comedy, Out of Sight, brought circus tricks, shadow puppets, and a Jewish queer sensibility to questions of family loyalty and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Susan Stockton

Susan Stockton recently retired as the president of the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, a position she held since September of 2003. She is currently studying creative writing at Oxford University. Stockton served as a 2015 Performance LOI panelist.

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Person of the Crowd Symposium: Flânerie and the Politics of Public Space

The Barnes Foundation presents a day-long symposium on the history of flânerie and the contemporary race and gender politics enmeshed in the act of walking.

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Alias Ellis MacKenzie September 15–19

Thaddeus Phillips' new bilingual performance work for theater, inspired by his experience working on Colombian telenovela *Alias El Mexicano*, continues September 15–19.

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Let 'im Move You: This Is a Formation

A new performance work draws from the J-Sette dance form, examining “team” in performance and exploring the rhythms of pop and club music.

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Pig Iron: Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Pig Iron Theatre Company brings Twelfth Night, or What You Will back to FringeArts—a production that originally received Center support in 2009.

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Orchestra 2001

Orchestra 2001 is dedicated to performing and promoting the music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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El Viaje (The Journey)

Percussionist Pablo Batista will blend traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and contemporary Western instrumentation, Afro-Caribbean choreography and evocative multi-media imagery in a performance that will tell a story of the spiritual and cultural resilience of those forced to emigrate from Africa to the Americas and re-establish themselves with dignity.

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Advancement Grant: Opera Philadelphia (2016)

Opera Philadelphia will implement a new business and program model that will feature an annual season-opening, multi-venue festival, launching in fall 2017, supported by new marketing strategies and a broad range of performance offerings designed to draw audiences from both inside and outside the regional metropolitan area.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

RoseAnne Spradlin

RoseAnne Spradlin is a New York City-based choreographer whose work explores body consciousness and innovation of structural forms in contemporary dance.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Tiona McClodden Awarded Tiffany Foundation Grant, Michael Djupstrom Premieres New Work, National Coalition of 100 Black Women Honors Sonia Sanchez

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Kulu Mele: *Wemilere: Parade of the Orishas*

Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble presents Wemilere: Parade of the Orishas, a dance program with a selection of works from Ogun & the People.

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