GRANTS & GRANTEES

Tyrone Brown

2003 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2003
Music

References

Tyrone Brown at the Dreambox Media website

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Partners for Sacred Places: Playing and Preserving November Concert

Partners for Sacred Places presents a free community concert inspired by the importance of the pipe organ as a center of community and musical life.

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Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music

In its Philadelphia premiere, Taylor Mac’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated performance work journeys through 240 years of US history and popular songs, staged in two 12-hour installments.

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ARC

An evening-length performance suite brings together the drumming traditions of tabla from North India and taiko from Japan, with contemporary dance and Japanese butoh.

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Sonic Arts Union

International House Philadelphia presented a series of concerts featuring the creative work of the Sonic Arts Union, a music collective founded in 1966.

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Radio Silence

Internationally noted artist Michael Rakowitz wove the stories of local Iraq War veterans and Iraqi refugees, cultural traditions, music, and found sound into a participatory performance at Independence Mall, combined with a 10-episode radio program for a national audience, providing an intimate, multifaceted, and sustained portrait of Iraq.

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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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John Schaefer

WNYC radio producer John Schaefer hosts Soundcheck, a show featuring daily live music and criticism, and was the first to be profiled in the Center's American Impresario series.

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Endless Shout: Raúl de Nieves

As part of the ICA's ongoing interdisciplinary project Endless Shout, multimedia artist and designer Raúl de Nieves presents a series of performances.

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Elaine Hoffman Watts

Elaine Hoffman Watts was a klezmer musician and a 2000 Pew Fellow in folk and traditional arts.

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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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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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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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Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection Panel Discussion I

In conjunction with Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents a panel discussion.

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Philadelphia Folklore Project

Since its founding in 1987, Philadelphia Folklore Project has documented, supported, and presented Philadelphia-area folk arts and culture to sustain living cultural heritage in communities.

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Nana Korantema Ayeboafo

"The pulsating energy that we get from drums have a way of connecting us to everything else in the universe," says Nana Korantema Ayeboafo, a 2008 Pew Fellow.

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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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Raga Samay Festival

Crossroads Music presented a 24-hour marathon concert of Hindustani (North Indian classical) music, featuring leading musicians from India and the United States.

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Departure and Discovery: Waywardness

The work of Schumann, Gesualdo, Brahms, and Mozart will be performed to evoke themes of fragility, unconventionality, and playfulness explored by the composers late in their careers.

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Diane Monroe: Violin Woman, African Dreams Performances

Composer, violinist, and 2018 Pew Fellow Diane Monroe presents the premiere of Violin Woman, African Dreams, an evening-length suite.

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The Confluence of Hindustani and Carnatic Music

The highlight of a year-long 25th anniversary celebration, Sruti presented two concerts that explored the confluence of Hindustani and Carnatic classical music.

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