Premiere Recording Grant

Ars Nova Workshop

2008

$25,000

The experimental music presenter Ars Nova Workshop received Center support to produce five recordings on the record label High Two. The recordings featured Spanish Fly (Steven Bernstein, slide trumpet/valve trumpet; Marcus Rojas, tuba; Dave Tronzo, electric guitar) performing music by Bernstein; Min Xiao-Fen Asian Trio (Min Xiao-Fen, pipa; Okkyung Lee, cello; Satoshi Takeishi, percussion) performing "Return of the Dragon Suite" by Xiao-Fen; Pew Fellow and jazz musician Marshall Allen with drummer Louis Moholo performing their original music; alto saxophonist John Tchicai, guitarist Mary Halvorson, and drummer Ches Smith performing their own compositions; and the Scorch Trio (R. Björkenheim, electric guitar; I. Håker Flaten, double bass; P. Nilssen-Love, drums) performing their own music.

Recipients

Ars Nova Workshop

Performance

Music

Grants & Grantees

Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking)

A series of performances curated by award-winning choreographer Reggie Wilson explores the African American religious experience and Philadelphia’s historic religious sites, in a collaboration between Partners for Sacred Places and Philadelphia Contemporary.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Michael Rakowitz

Michael Rakowitz works at the intersection of social practice, installation, and performance.

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Alias Ellis MacKenzie September 11–13

Thaddeus Phillips' new bilingual performance work for theater, inspired by his experience working on Colombian telenovela *Alias El Mexicano*, premieres as part of the 2015 Fringe Festival, September 11–13.

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Ars Nova's New Paths Festival Presents Milford Graves at Bartram's Garden

For his first Philadelphia appearance in over four decades, Milford Graves will present a rare solo performance inside the oldest barn in Philadelphia County at Bartram's Garden.

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The Object Lesson

Pew Fellow Geoff Sobelle opens California's Kirk Douglas Theatre's season with his award-winning production of The Object Lesson.

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Grants & Grantees

Izu House Project

Roko Kawai and a team of collaborators traveled to Japan to develop the dance/sound piece Izu House.

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News

25+ Ways to Engage with Philadelphia Arts and Culture from Home

These organizations have a range of digital exhibitions and performances, art tutorials, music, and films available to anyone seeking to stay connected to Philadelphia’s art scene.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Merián Soto

Over her 40-year career in performance, Merián Soto (Pew Fellow, 2015) has focused on investigating the living body and its relationship to consciousness. Her conceptual and process-based pieces work towards, in the artist's words, "a dance of the future, a dance of healing, transformation, and transcendence."

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Andy Chan Donald

Andy Chan Donald is the associate artistic director at the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco, overseeing the production of the mainstage season and the development of new work.

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Grants & Grantees

Perfect Blue

A live and digital theatrical experience will question the impact of technology on human connectivity as two actors perform their roles on separate continents—one live in a theater and the other projected through a live-streaming video feed.

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News

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2019 Grants for Philadelphia Artists, Organizations

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage today announced 39 grants today in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists.

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The Life of a Just Sole

Bringing together some of hip-hop's most influential pioneers, Clark will present what he calls his "physical autobiography" in a dance-theater performance blending street dance techniques with spoken word narration and video.

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First Soundings

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

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2019 in Review: A Year of Grant Making and Cultural Vitality

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage’s 2019 Year in Review highlights the remarkable work our grantees produced throughout the year and the pressing issues of cultural practice discussed in our Questions of Practice research series. We also offer a preview of the projects scheduled for 2020.

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From Wealth of Tears to Cheerful Hearts: Odes by Bach and Blow

Tempesta di Mare presented a concert series of baroque interpretations in collaboration with the Philadelphia Singers.

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Telemann 360º: The Case for Telemann

Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra presents “The Case for Telemann,” a live talk show and performance about baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Poet and Performer Tracie Morris on “Serving Her Muse”

Poet, performer, and scholar Tracie Morris describes what inspires her to “follow her muse.”

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Master Class with Pastora Galván

The Philadelphia Flamenco Festival offers a free master class with flamenco master Pastora Galván at the Annenberg Center on March 14.

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Questions of Practice: Actor Dulé Hill on Nat “King” Cole’s “Quiet Revolution”

Actor Dulé Hill describes why the simple act of “being” can be an “act of quiet revolution.”

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Grants & Grantees

Gospel Roots of Rock & Soul

Live performances, a radio documentary series, and a media-rich website explore the roots of gospel and its influence on secular popular music.

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