La Fiamma

Academy of Vocal Arts

2008

$65,000

The Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) produced the Philadelphia premiere of Ottorino Respighi's rarely performed 1934 opera La Fiamma (The Flame). Two performances with a full orchestra conducted by Maestro Christofer Macatsoris were presented at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater, featuring AVA resident artists, including soprano Angela Meade, baritone Christopher Bolduc, tenors Taylor Stayton and Bryan Hymel, and bass Ben Wager.

GRANTS & GRANTEES

Bowerbird

Bowerbird is a presenting organization that, since 2006, has produced over 500 events, with a focus on what the organization describes as “experimental, outsider, avant, unknown, forgotten, futuristic, and rediscovered types of music.”

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Grants & Grantees

The Accountant

This visual theater work blends vaudeville routines, illusion, origami, and kinetic set elements to tell the story of a life remembered and the frailty of human experience.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Estelle Parsons

Actress Estelle Parsons has found success on stage, screen, and television, often playing characters who can best be described as fanatical or neurotic.

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ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

The immersive installation work of Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury is highlighted in a multi-part performance project that shares the narratives of Syrian citizens and refugees and addresses displacement, oppression, and justice.

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Event

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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News

Center Publication In Terms of Performance Reimagined as Installation at BAM

In Terms of Performance at BAM transforms the web-based publication into a physical exhibition through interactive displays, text, video, and selected materials from the BAM Hamm Archives that illuminate and extend key points from the anthology’s web of reference.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Saxophonist and Composer Matthew Levy

Saxophonist and Pew Fellow Matthew Levy on what motivates his multi-faceted practice as a musician, composer, and commissioner/producer of new music, his daily art-making routine, and more.

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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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Contemporary Flamenco, Cultural Legacy + Experimental Imperative with Michelle Heffner Hayes

Michelle Heffner Hayes will lead a discussion on the history of flamenco and its cultural significance in its contemporary form.

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Master Class with Israel Galván

The Philadelphia Flamenco Festival offers a free master class with flamenco master Israel Galván at Drexel University on March 11.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Kate Valk

Kate Valk is a founding member of New York-based theater collective Wooster Group, and has performed with the group for nearly four decades.

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Breath Beneath

PRISM will explore the artistic possibilities that arise at the intersection of saxophone music, technology, and time-based visual art, to lay the foundation for an evening-length production.

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New Edge Performing Artists Residency

Dance artists Megan Mazarick, Shavon Norris, and Meredith Rainey created new works in residency at the Community Education Center.

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

Choral Arts Philadelphia presents the second of three concert series as part of 1734–1735: A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach.

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Adjacencies, Petra, Supreme Connections

Bowerbird presents Adjacencies, Petra, Supreme Connections, featuring two of Maryanne Amacher's rare compositions including live instruments.

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ear-whispered: Reflections on Syria

Bryn Mawr College will host “Reflections on Syria,” a conversation in partnership with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and Slought.

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Le Cargo

In conjunction with its presentation of Brett Bailey's Macbeth, FringeArts presents Le Cargo, a dance work by Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula.

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