Soundfield@Slought

Slought Foundation

2008

$20,000

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Theo Bleckmann.

The Slought Foundation presented Soundfield@Slought, a collaboration with Soundfield, featuring a series of concerts and educational programs with local and international artists. Performers included Austrian sound artist and composer Werner Moebius in a program of multimedia works; German composer Michael Maierhof with Ensemble Noamnesia; American composer and vocal artist Theo Bleckmann; Ensemble On-Line Vienna; and Taiwan's Chai Found Music Workshop playing music by Hwang Long Pan and Chao-Ming Tung.

Recipients

Slought Foundation

Performance

Music

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That Which Is Fundamental Concerts

Bowerbird presents a multi-concert retrospective of the late African American composer Julius Eastman.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Tiona McClodden Receives Keith Haring Fellowship, Justin Cronin’s The Passage Adapted Into TV Series, Heidi Saman Selected for International Emerging Film Talent Association Initiative, and More

This month’s Pew Fellows news includes fellowships, grants, and honors, a new television series, and critically-acclaimed performances and exhibitions.

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Grants & Grantees

Candide

John Caird's adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire Candide received its American regional theater premiere.

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Radio Silence

Mural Arts Philadelphia presents a large-scale performance inspired by the late Iraqi broadcaster Bahjat Abdulwahed—dubbed the “Walter Cronkite of Baghdad.”

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That Which is Fundamental: Predicated. + A Recollection. Exhibitions

Bowerbird presents two exhibitions curated by Pew Fellow Tiona McClodden that explore the work and legacy of the late African American composer Julius Eastman.

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Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia's Big Sing

The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia opens its 141st season on Sunday, October 26 with its biggest BIG SING ever, laying the foundation for the North American premiere of the Bach-Mendelssohn St. Matthew Passion.

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Bowerbird

Bowerbird is a presenting organization that expands public understanding of experimental music.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Choreographer and Movement Artist Lela Aisha Jones

Choreographer and Pew Fellow Lela Aisha Jones on the importance of “creative spirits” in her family, what motivates her to create, the Philadelphia arts scene, and more.

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In Motion, In Place: Trisha Brown Dance Company: Performances in Fairmount Park

Fairmount Park Conservancy presents a series of site-responsive, outdoor performances in various locations in Fairmount Park and along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

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On Stage This Fall: Immersive Works from Artist Tania El Khoury, Choreographer Boris Charmatz at the Barnes Foundation, International Contemporary Ensemble at Christ Church and More

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Perfect Blue

Tiny Dynamite presents a digital theatrical experience co-produced with British theater company Pursued By A Bear.

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Grants & Grantees

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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Steppes

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble presented a home season program featuring Ukrainian costumes and live music by violinist Vasyl Popadiuk.

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Zydeco Crossroads Presents Rockin' Dopsie Jr. and Marcus Ardoin

WXPN continues their Zydeco Crossroads project with this free concert featuring two prominent Zydeco musicians.

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Facing Front Part Two: Lectures and Performances by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion (second set)

Anna Drozdowski hosts European duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion for a two-week retrospective of their collaborative career. In addition to their performances, the two-week period includes discussions on June 26–27.

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In Plain Air

The world premiere of a new composition from Phyllis Chen and Nathan Davis inaugurates the newly installed pipe organ at the historic Christ Church.

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Reggie Wilson: Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking)

Partners for Sacred Places collaborates with Philadelphia Contemporary, Danspace Project, and award-winning choreographer Reggie Wilson to present Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking).

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Crimean Tatar Cultural Recovery

Research into Crimean Tatar choreography through an engagement with indigenous choreographers in Lviv, Ukraine expands the repertoire of this American-Ukrainian dance ensemble.

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News

Trey Lyford’s World Premiere of The Accountant Explores Memory and Loss through Physical Theater, Magic, and Crowdsourcing, Sept. 6–9

Philadelphia-based artist Trey Lyford creates an experience about memory and loss in the world premiere of The Accountant, running Sept. 6–9 at Christ Church Neighborhood House.

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Unity at the Initiative

An exhibition, pop-up performances, and workshops underscore the intersections of art, sport, and queer identity in the work of print artist and professional skateboarder Jeffrey Cheung.

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