GRANTS & GRANTEES

Tina Davidson

1992 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

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Tina Davidson, Barefoot, 2013, string orchestra. Photo by Cassandra Blum.

Pew Fellow, 1992
Music

References

Tina Davidson's website

Event

Ars Nova's New Paths Festival Presents Peter Brötzmann at the German Society of Pennsylvania

Jazz artist Peter Brötzmann offers a solo performance inspired by the German Society's Horner Library.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Harris Eisenstadt

Harris Eisenstadt is a drummer, composer, and bandleader who has studied with respected names in jazz and improvised music, as well as in West African and Cuban drumming.

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Coming to a Stage Near You: Performances from The Wilma Theater, Kyle “JustSole” Clark, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and More

A number of Center-funded performances take the stage this spring.

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In Memoriam: Tokay Tomah, Traditional African Vocalist and Pew Fellow

Tokay Tomah, 2016 Pew Fellow and celebrated singer, composer, and recording artist, passed away on November 14, 2017.

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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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Grants & Grantees

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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Mending Wall

Composers Martin Bresnick, George Lewis, Arturo O’Farrill, and Juri Seo create new works exploring the metaphorical meaning of walls in contemporary society, performed by PRISM Quartet.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jennifer Higdon

Jennifer Higdon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning musician and a 1999 Pew Fellow and one of America’s most frequently performed living composers.

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Telemann 360º Concerts

Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra presents a two-part concert program that offers audiences a renewed perspective on baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann.

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Grants & Grantees

Beethoven: Missa solemnis 2.0

Ludwig van Beethoven’s renowned but rarely performed masterpiece gains new depth with a visual installation designed by media artist Refik Anadol that immerses audiences in a virtual, multi-denominational cathedral.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Nikki Appino

Nikki Appino is a multidisciplinary theater artist and filmmaker.

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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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Grants & Grantees

Now Again, Premiere Recording

Network for New Music produced the album Now Again for Albany Records, featuring compositions by Bernard Rands.

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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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Aniara: fragments of time and space

Presented by The Crossing, Aniara: fragments of time and space explores our relationship to one another, to Earth, and to the passage of time.

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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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Endless Shout Closing Party with Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society

The Institute of Contemporary Art presents a closing party for its multidisciplinary project Endless Shout featuring a performance by the musical group Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society.

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Grants & Grantees

Pushers

In order to examine the difficult topic of addiction and its consequences, Pushers uses celebrity culture as its lens, as a way to connect with West Philadelphia youth and encourage them to share their own experiences.

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Documenting & Interpreting the Philly Jazz Legacy

A discovery process brings together the region’s three major jazz organizations—Jazz Bridge, Philadelphia Jazz Project, and Philadelphia Clef Club—to explore how to meaningfully preserve, interpret, and share Philadelphia’s expansive jazz history.

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Philadelphia Freedom Festival: Freedom Rap Session Youth Panel Discussion

Hip-hop artists and scholars will explore and unpack the experience of racism through music and lyrics.

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