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

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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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The Bach-Mendelssohn Project

In celebration of their 140th season, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia will reconstruct Felix Mendelssohn's 1841 revision of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion, in an American premiere at Girard College Chapel.

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How Sweet the Sound: Network for New Music Concert with John Harbison

Taking Harbison's Songs American Loves to Sing as inspiration, Philadelphia composers layer jazz and classical traditions to create works that tell America's story with today's voices.

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Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans Radio Documentary

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Diane Monroe

Monroe says she aims to “abandon classifications of style and genre” by bridging classical and jazz repertoires, African and African American musical traditions, and contemporary experimental music.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

C. Spencer Yeh

C. Spencer Yeh is recognized for his interdisciplinary activities and collaborations as an artist and composer, as well as his music project Burning Star Core. Yeh served as an LOI panelist in Performance in 2015.

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A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach: Trinity Season

Choral Arts Philadelphia presents the first of three concert series as part of A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach.

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Felix "Pupi" Legarreta

The melody needs some dress. I cannot send it naked, so I dress it up with the harmony, you know?

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Raphstravaganza: An Urban Kinetic Experience

Leading hip-hop artist Raphael Xavier brought together masterful street performers, extreme BMX riders, acrobatic contortionists, and live music by saxophonist and composer Bobby Zankel for a contemporary circus-style performance in City Hall's courtyard that paid tribute to the soul of the urban street.

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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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Breath Beneath

PRISM will explore the artistic possibilities that arise at the intersection of saxophone music, technology, and time-based visual art, to lay the foundation for an evening-length production.

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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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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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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Guitarist Nels Cline on Creating Lovers (for Philadelphia)

Composer and guitarist Nels Cline describes the inspiring journey through Philadelphia artifacts, sites, and musical moments that led to the creation of Lovers (for Philadelphia).

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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Christoph Cox

Christoph Cox is a philosopher, critic, and curator of visual and sonic art. He is professor of philosophy at Hampshire College, where he teaches contemporary European philosophy and art theory.

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Music and the Visual Arts: 6 New Commissions

Network for New Music commissioned six new works for the Network Ensemble that paired composers with visual artists.

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Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole

A world premiere, music-theater work by playwright Colman Domingo and directed by Patricia McGregor will offer a fresh perspective on the artistic legacy of vocalist and jazz pianist Nat "King" Cole by bringing to light both his on- and off-stage personas, as well as telling the story behind the 1957 demise of his groundbreaking national television variety show amidst America's growing civil rights movement.

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The Crossing's Seven Responses at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

Seven Responses will travel to New York City for two performances at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival.

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Electronic Musician King Britt

Electronic musician and DJ King Britt describes how his practice has evolved since receiving the Pew Fellowships ten years ago, the best advice he has ever received, and more

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