GRANTS & GRANTEES

Tyrone Brown

2003 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2003
Music

References

Tyrone Brown at the Dreambox Media website

Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the Joy Inherent in Live Music

Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin explains what makes live music distinct among art forms.

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Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection Concerts

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents six concerts as part of Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection.

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Charles Cohen

Charles Cohen (Pew Fellow, 2011) has been characterized as a "special and singular musician" with a highly developed and refined voice.

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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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Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia's Big Sing

The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia opens its 141st season on Sunday, October 26 with its biggest BIG SING ever, laying the foundation for the North American premiere of the Bach-Mendelssohn St. Matthew Passion.

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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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Departure and Discovery Panel Discussion

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society will hold a panel discussion exploring the effect that accumulated knowledge and experience has on artistic creation.

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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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Apollo at Play by Tempesta di Mare

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

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Wayne Shorter Commission Project

Philadelphia Museum of Art commissioned renowned saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter for a new work inspired by the museum's East Asian art collection.

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Michael Kiley

Michael Kiley is a composer, sound designer, performer, and educator working in dance, theater, and public installation.

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Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal

An exhibition and interpretation of Milford Graves’ artistic laboratory as a living, interactive theater shed light on a lifetime of multidisciplinary creative work from this icon of the free jazz movement.

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Chris Forsyth

Chris Forsyth seeks out and articulates intersections of various musical traditions, including free jazz, American folk, blues, and electronic music.

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MCCC: Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Experience

As part of its Then and Now: Jazz Cubano series, Montgomery County Community College's Lively Arts Series hosts the Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Experience.

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Myth, Music, Truth: Network for New Music Concert with John Harbison

John Harbison sets the poetry of Louise Glück, Jessica Fisher, and Eugenio Montale to music and conducts this premiere performance.

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Chopin Without Piano

This large-scale performance piece revealed unique insights into Fryderyk Chopin as both a historical figure and a masterful composer, as the piano parts for two concerti were replaced with powerful spoken monologues constructed from fragments of Chopin's letters and biographies, performed in Polish by actress Barbara Wysocka and accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.

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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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Skins & Songs

Painted Bride Arts Center presented four public performances that featured repertoire developed during a 10-month collaboration between the Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra and Philip Hamilton's Voices.

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Tina Davidson

Tina Davidson is a composer and a 1992 Pew Fellow.

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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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