GRANTS & GRANTEES

Carol Antrom

1999 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1999
Music

References

Carol Antrom at the AllMusic website

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Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms and the Music of New Orleans

Haiti’s cultural traditions and their influence on the music of New Orleans are examined through concerts, a yearlong public radio series, an NPR-distributed radio documentary, and a multimedia website.

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Gospel Roots of Rock & Soul: Dixie Hummingbirds

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

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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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Apollo at Play by Tempesta di Mare

Philadelphia's baroque orchestra plays French orchestral music written for the theater.

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Beyond Borders

An exploration of the Shiraz Arts Festival, a significant yet under-recognized event held annually in Iran from 1967 to 1977, informs future exhibitions and programs examining the festival’s history and artistic legacy.

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Music for Saxophones: Heritage/Evolution

This 30th-anniversary project was PRISM Quartet's most ambitious to date, consisting of six new commissions and world premiere performances by prominent jazz saxophonists/composers.

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William Parker

William Parker is a leading figure in the New York creative jazz scene. Renowned as a composer, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist, he is also an educator and author.

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Color Theory

PRISM commissioned new works by Guggenheim Fellow Steven Mackey and Berlin prize recipient Ken Ueno, which paired the saxophone with a wide range of percussion instruments, in order to investigate "musical color."

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Revolution Remix Concert

South Asian American Digital Archive’s Revolution Remix concert brings together South Asian musicians from across the country.

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Room 21

A new album-length composition by composer Jace Clayton informed by the artworks of The Barnes Foundation and Albert Barnes' extensive record collection.

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Muhal Meets the Wonderful Sound

Warriors of the Wonderful Sound commissioned and premiered a composition from Muhal Richard Abrams, co-founder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

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Hanna Khoury

Hanna Khoury (Pew Fellow, 2010) was trained in Western classical music and has performed with several orchestras. His passion, however, lies in Arab classical music.

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Caroline, or Change

This production was the Philadelphia premiere of Caroline, or Change, a musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori.

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Sonic Arts Union

International House Philadelphia presented a series of concerts featuring the creative work of the Sonic Arts Union, a music collective founded in 1966.

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OutBeat Jazz Festival: From Strayhorn to Cecil: Jazz Innovation in America

The William Way LGBT Community Center presents *OutBeat: America's First Queer Jazz Festival*. The Festival continues with "From Strayhorn to Cecil: Jazz Innovation in America," featuring David Hajdu, John Szwed, and 2010 Pew Fellow Orrin Evans.

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Daniel Fishkin

Daniel Fishkin is a composer, sound artist, and instrument builder whose work is informed by his personal experiences with tinnitus.

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Mendelssohn Club Presents Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe

Retrace mining lore back to the anthracite fields of central Pennsylvania through this new, folk-classical hybrid choral work by composer Julia Wolfe.

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The Harbison Project

Network for New Music brought renowned composer John Harbison to Philadelphia for a week-long mini-festival that celebrated his career of classical- and jazz-inspired chamber music.

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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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Michael Gordon

Composer Michael Gordon is a co-founder of Bang on a Can, an international organization dedicated to the support of experimental music since 1987.

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