GRANTS & GRANTEES

Toby Twining

2003 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2003
Music

References

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News

Pew Fellows News: Artists in Whitney and Venice Biennials, an Academy of American Poets Award, and New Works Around the World

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including the latest recognition, new works, and press coverage.

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Grants & Grantees

Symphony for a Broken Orchestra

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang created a new composition for 1,000 broken instruments gathered from Philadelphia public schools, performed by a 400-member orchestra comprised of students, teachers, and professional and amateur 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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Sounds of the Circle: Conversation with Reggie Workman

Audiences are invited to attend a conversation with renowned bassist Reggie Workman as part of saxophonist and Pew Fellow Odean Pope's Sounds of the Circle project.

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Heritage/Evolution: The PRISM Quartet with Tim Ries and Miguel Zenón

The PRISM Quartet presents new works composed and performed by Tim Ries and Miguel Zenón.

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Dance Party with Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble

WXPN's yearlong project explores the origins and evolution of zydeco, a form of African-American roots music that blends Cajun traditions, blues, and R&B. On Saturday, December 6, Zydeco Crossroads welcomes Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble to District N9NE for a free dance party, complete with pre-show dance lessons from Louisiana's Harold Guillory.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Artist Michael Rakowitz on the Live Experience of Radio

Michael Rakowitz describes the “beautiful blindness” that radio can create for listeners.

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Urban Echo

Leah Stein, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, and composer Pauline Oliveros collaborated on a new music and dance work.

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Cage: Beyond Silence

Bowerbird presented this festival in 10-day arcs that each focused on one of John Cage's major musical compositions, providing a concentrated look at Cage's compositional styles.

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Chopin's Voice: Chopin's Music in Performance

This interactive panel discussion, part of Swarthmore's Chopin Without Music, reveals new possibilities for contemporary theater and classical music to intersect in performance.

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WXPN Concert Featuring Leon Chavis & The Zydeco Flames + Koray Broussard & The Zydeco Unit

Join WXPN for two free performances, featuring Leon Chavis & The Zydeco Flames and Koray Broussard & The Zydeco Unit.

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Rodin Commission Project

The Philadelphia Museum of Art commissioned new works by French composers Tristan Murail and Philippe Hurel, inspired by the masterworks of sculptor Auguste Rodin.

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Africa, the Call and Response

Montgomery County Community College presented four concerts with African popular artists who derive their music from native traditions while incorporating western instruments and techniques.

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Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: Part I

Part I of Taylor Mac's performance work A 24-Decade History of Popular Music covers 12 decades from 1776–1896 as part of the 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

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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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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

David Devan

David Devan is general director and president of Opera Philadelphia, where he works on strategic planning initiatives and builds partnerships within the Philadelphia community and the opera world.

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In Plain Air

A new composition by Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen, performed by the highly acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), activates Christ Church’s historic campus and celebrates the installation of a new custom-built pipe organ.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jamaaladeen Tacuma

Jamaaladeen Tacuma (Pew Fellow, 2011) is considered a living legend among jazz circles. He is credited with redefining the potential of the electric bass.

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Questions of Practice

What if an Art Collection Were Treated Like a Choreographic or Musical Score?

For the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s 2016 “Museum as Score” symposium, curator Carlos Basualdo contemplates the idea of a museum as a choreographic score.

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