The New Spaces / New Formats Research Group Live Performances
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, in partnership with Andrea Clearfield and artists and presenters from multiple disciplines, created the New Spaces / New Formats research group in 2012. The group's members have since investigated how the Philadelphia music community can use alternative performance spaces and new formats to reach out to potential audiences in new ways and in new parts of the city, and to develop cross-genre programming. The 14 experimental projects that were presented at Christ Church, Neighborhood House, and Burial Ground in Philadelphia during the week of September 24–29, 2013, were a culmination of this research.
Read our comprehensive schedule below of the week's events, all made possible through capacity-building grants from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
Tuesday, September 24
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
"Slow FM," curated by Lee Tusman with recorded performances by Tim Hecker, Lawrence English, Thin Gaze, Greg Fox, Aaron Roche, Cars Will Burn, Yung Pharoah, selfies/, Lil America, ulalume, and chattr
Neighborhood House + broadcast online at www.SLOW-FM.com
7 p.m.
"Sacred Harp Singing School" with Rachel Hall & Parker Kitterman
Neighborhood House
8 p.m.
"Sacred Harp Singing" with All Voices Welcome
Neighborhood House
Thursday, September 26
7:30 p.m.
"Conversations" with Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra
Neighborhood House
9 p.m.
"In a 'Living' Room" with King Britt and friends
Neighborhood House
Friday, September 27
Noon*
"HEXIDECIBEL" with Data Garden
Christ Church Garden
*through noon on Saturday, September 28
7 p.m.
"Ghosts of Sermons Past" with Partners for Sacred Places, Karen DiLossi, and Sam Cusumano
Christ Church
7:45 p.m.
"Impromptu Jazz Composition" with American Composers Forum, Philadelphia
Neighborhood House
9 p.m.
"Untitled (Christ Church)" with Chris Forsyth (Pew Fellow, 2011) and Jesse Kudler
Christ Church
Saturday, September 28
2–4 p.m.
"Live at the Burial Ground" with Relache and Peter Price
Burial Ground at 5th & Arch Streets
4–5 p.m.
"Sonic Flow" with
Burial Ground at 5th & Arch Streets
8 p.m.
"Califia and the Trespassers" with Andrea Clearfield and Group Motion with Quintan Ana Wikswo
Neighborhood House
Sunday, September 29
12:30 p.m.
"Playing with Song: Amazing Grace" with Network for New Music
Neighborhood House
1 p.m.
"Organ Crawl" with Parker Kitterman
Christ Church & Bell Tower
7 p.m.
"Bees & Bells" presented by thirdbird with Jeb Lewis, Bruce Gill, and Steve Parker
Christ Church