Showcasing the Modern Masters of Carnatic Music

Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society

2008

$18,000

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Ranjani and Gayatri.

Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society presented Showcasing the Modern Masters of Carnatic Music, a series of three concerts featuring vocalist Sanjay Subramaniam, violinists Dr. Mysore Manjunath and Mysore Nagaraj, and vocal duo Ranjani and Gayatri in programs highlighting classical music of Southern India.

Grants & Grantees

The Anchoress

The world premiere of composer Ludwig's song cycle for soprano, presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, will channel the voice and inner life of an imagined medieval "anchoress," bridging Renaissance and contemporary musical languages.

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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Cynthia Oliver

Cynthia Oliver is a New York Dance and Performance Award ("Bessie")-winning choreographer whose work has been presented nationally and internationally.

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Event

Philadelphia Assembled Performances

As part of its multi-part project Philadelphia Assembled, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a number of performances related to the project’s underlying themes.

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Person of the Crowd: Anya Evans’ Operation Catsuit

Performance artist Anya Evans will present her ongoing performance piece Operation Catsuit.

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Soundfield@Slought

Local and international artists came together for a series of concerts and educational programs.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Hazami Sayed

Hazami Sayed is the founder and executive director of Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture

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Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer

A concert of new klezmer compositions, written and performed by three generations of women, brings contemporary meaning to a traditional, Eastern European, Jewish folk music form.

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Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection Panel Discussion II

In conjunction with Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents a panel discussion.

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News

In Print: The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory

How does the body serve as a repository for knowledge? On June 26, 2018 we see the release of our latest publication, The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Bruce A. Lemon, Jr.

Bruce A. Lemon, Jr. is an actor, writer, director, and artistic director of Watts Village, a Los Angeles-based theater company and arts education organization.

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Boris Charmatz: Levée des conflits Discussion Series

A series of discussions will be held with acclaimed French choreographer Boris Charmatz and various artists and cultural practitioners.

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Ogun & the People

Through movement and music, a new interpretation of a traditional Afro-Cuban Yoruba parable takes shape, under the direction of Dorothy Wilkie, and during a company residency with the Cuban performance troupe Ballet Folklórico Cutumba.

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Nouvelle, Nouvelle: A 16th-Century French Christmas Midnight Mass

A midnight mass service featured Claudin de Sermisy's Missa voulant Honneur, French Noel songs, and a nativity play.

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Sounds of the Circle: Conversation with Reggie Workman

Audiences are invited to attend a conversation with renowned bassist Reggie Workman as part of saxophonist and Pew Fellow Odean Pope's Sounds of the Circle project.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Jayce Ogren

Jayce Ogren is artistic director and conductor of Orchestra 2001

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Questions of Practice

*In Terms of Performance*, A Keywords Anthology

In Terms of Performance provokes dialogue, debate, and discovery in an anthology of keywords designed to generate shared literacies.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Guitarist Nels Cline on Virtuosity

Composer and guitarist Nels Cline explains the distinction between when virtuosity is an “aesthetic obstacle” to music and when it “changes the way you think about sound.”

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Pig Iron Theatre Company

Pig Iron is a company specializing in exuberant ensemble-devised works. The organization has begun to train the next generation of daring physical theater artists through the Pig Iron School of Advanced Performing Training.

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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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