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.

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Re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia: Marty Pottenger's #PHILLYSAVESEARTH

Through the ongoing Center-funded project re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia, Painted Bride Art Center presents #PHILLYSAVESEARTH by performance artist and theater director Marty Pottenger.

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Grants & Grantees

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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Gospel Roots of Rock & Soul: McCrary Sisters

In conjunction with its Center-supported project Gospel Roots of Rock & Soul, WXPN presents the McCrary Sisters in concert at World Café Live.

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Person of the Crowd: Classes and Workshops

The Barnes Foundation will host two educational classes on the history of performance art and urban exploration.

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For the Sake of Our Sisters: The Liberian Women's Chorus for Change in Concert

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Seven Responses

The Crossing will commission seven of the world's foremost composers to create new works, and will be joined in performance by early music ensemble Quicksilver Baroque and the International Contemporary Ensemble.

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OutBeat Jazz Festival: The Bill Stewart Quartet

The William Way LGBT Community Center presents *OutBeat: America's First Queer Jazz Festival*. The Festival continues with the Bill Stewart Quartet at Painted Bride Art Center.

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Pennsylvania Ballet Presents "In the middle, somewhat elevated" at "50th Finale" Celebration

Pennsylvania Ballet will perform In the middle, somewhat elevated by choreographer William Forsythe as part of its 50th anniversary celebration. The Ballet originally acquired this piece for performances in 2010, with Center support.

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Levée des conflits: Professional Workshop Preview

In advance of the September workshops with Boris Charmatz, project co-directors host an informal professional preview for dance and performance artists .

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Barnes Foundation’s Thom Collins on Unpacking the Museum’s Collection Through Performance

Thom Collins on the Barnes Foundation’s efforts to “unpack” the museum’s collection and history through performance.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Odean Pope

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

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Let ‘im Move You: This is a Formation: Performance

J-Sette becomes the focus of the world premiere of jumatatu m. poe’s Let ‘im Move You: This is a Formation at Painted Bride Art Center.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Hema Rajagopalan

Hema Rajagopalan is a bharata natyam dancer, teacher, and choreographer, and the founder and artistic director of Natya Dance Theatre, a professional touring company and school that has specialized in bharata natyam for the past 40 years. Rajagopalan served as a 2015 LOI panelist in Performance.

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Daniel Felsenfeld

Daniel Felsenfeld is a Brooklyn-based composer and writer.

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Philadelphia Flamenco Festival Performances of La Curva

La Curva features Bacán's spare singing, Courvoisier's atonal and dissonant compositions, and Galván's score that employs rhythms from his own footwork.

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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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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Theater Artist Jennifer Kidwell

Theater artist and Pew Fellow Jennifer Kidwell on how she became an artist, the role of humor in her work, Philadelphia’s arts scene, and more.

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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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Heiner Goebbels: Stifters Dinge

FringeArts presents the Philadelphia premiere of Stifters Dinge from Heiner Goebbels.

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Sophia’s Forest

Composer Lembit Beecher presents a multi-disciplinary chamber opera that focuses on the experience of childhood.

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