GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jan Krzywicki

1996 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1996
Music

References

Jan Krzywicki at Temple University's website

Collaborators & Colleagues

Rinde Eckert

Rinde Eckert is a writer, composer, librettist, musician, singer, actor, and director whose theater, musical theater, and dance theater pieces have been performed throughout the US and abroad.

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The Quiet Circus

A 15-month-long series of performances and conversations held at sites along the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers explored the city’s maritime and industrial heritage while considering human interaction with an urban landscape, community, and the contemplative.

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Julia Wolfe's "Anthracite Fields"

Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia concluded a two-year project around the commission of a new, hybrid choral work by composer Julia Wolfe.

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The White Lama (working title)

A multimedia performance work featuring a new composition by American composer Philip Glass and Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal, and performed by actor Kevin Joyce, examines the adventurous life and death of early 20th-century explorer, mystic, and author Theos Bernard.

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FringeArts

FringeArts presents, develops, and commissions a range of high-quality contemporary performing and visual arts in Philadelphia.

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The Space Between the Notes Jazz Workshop with John Harbison

Composer John Harbison leads a jazz workshop with area students and professional musicians.

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Daniel Bernard Roumain

Daniel Bernard Roumain is a composer, violinist, and bandleader who combines his classical training with hip-hop and Haitian influences.

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Zaye Tete

Tete’s practice is dedicated to sharing and reinterpreting traditional Liberian music and dance, connecting Liberian Americans with their heritage across generations.

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PRISM Quartet Presents Color Theory: Composers Forum

PRISM Quartet's Color Theory features a series of performances, lectures, and workshops that investigate the concept of "musical color," including a Composers Forum.

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Great Black Music

Ars Nova Workshop presented a concert series featuring music by composers and multi-instrumentalists Henry Threadgill and Roscoe Mitchell, champions of avant-garde jazz.

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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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Revolution Remix: A South Asian American Sound Tour of Historic Philadelphia

New musical compositions by Zain Alam, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Rupa Marya enrich a walking tour that explores historic Philadelphia through the lens of South Asian American history.

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Fred Hersch

Fred Hersch is an improviser, composer, educator, recording artist, and a twelve-time Grammy Award nominee.

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Music in New Spain

Piffaro's Music in New Spain project explored music resulting from Spain's encounter with indigenous civilizations in Central and South America during its 16th-century imperial expansion.

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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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Words Adorned: Demonstration of Arabic Vocal Tradition

In conjunction with the Center-funded project Words Adorned, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture will present a free music demonstration with renowned Palestinian vocalist Dalal Abu Amneh and Al-Bustan's Takht Ensemble.

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A Billion Nights On Earth

Pew Fellow and theater artist Thaddeus Phillips presents the world premiere of A Billion Nights On Earth, a visual theater work that blends performance art, pop-up storybook design techniques, and a cinematic score.

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David Lang

David Lang is one of America's most performed composers, with an extensive catalog that includes opera, orchestra, chamber, and solo works.

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Orchestra 2001

Orchestra 2001 is dedicated to performing and promoting the music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Telemann 360º

A two-part concert program, with a live talk show hosted by Live from Lincoln Center's Fred Child and an accompanying studio recording, will offer a renewed perspective on the artistic legacy of baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann.

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