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The Crossing performs Ted Hearne's Sound from the Bench at National Sawdust. Photo by Jill Steinberg.
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The Crossing

Curtis Symphony Orchestra on stage in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 2014. Photo by David DeBalko.
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Curtis Institute of Music

A still from Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, directed by Paul Mazursky, 1969, 35mm, 105 min.
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Lightbox Film Center at International House Philadelphia

Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, “Decade 12 (1886-1896).” Photo by Teddy Wolff.
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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Ninety Miles. Photo by Jimmy Katz.
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Montgomery County Community College

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Nick Phan, tenor. Photo by Henry Dombey.
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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

The Philadelphia Singers. Photo courtesy of The Philadelphia Singers.
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The Philadelphia Singers

Piffaro, the Renaissance Band. Photo by Katrin Talbot.
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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band

Tempesta di Mare.
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Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra

Muhal Richard Abrams.
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Warriors of the Wonderful Sound

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American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter

Pictured, from left to right: Theaster Gates, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Traci Tolmaire, Tommy Shepherd. Photo by Bethanie Hines.
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Penn Live Arts

Network for New Music. Photo by Jacques-Jean Tiziou.
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Network for New Music

Yannick Nézet-Séguin with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Photo by Chris Kendig.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra

John Cage: How to Get Started interactive sound room. Photo courtesy of the Slought Foundation.
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Slought Foundation

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in the Perelman Theater, Kimmel Cultural Campus. Photo by Conrad Erb.
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Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia

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Choral Arts Philadelphia

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Ravel: Landscape or Portrait?. Photo by Paul B. Goode.
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Mann Center for the Performing Arts

Susan Lankin-Watts in concert. Photo by James Wasserman.
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Philadelphia Folklore Project

Priyadarsini Govind and T. M. Krishna during a rehearsal. Photo by Alaap. Courtesy of Sruti.
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Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society

Team Players for Plausible Artworlds by Basekamp and friends, a series of nine weekly exploratory events for the Plausible Artworlds project, in Locally Localized Gravity at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia in 2007. Photo courtesy of the Institute of Contemporary Art.
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Basekamp

Barbara Kasten: Stages, 2015, installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania. Photo by Constance Mensh. Courtesy of ICA.
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Institute of Contemporary Art

From the Doing Time/Depth of Surface exhibition catalog, published by Philagrafika, 2011.
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Philagrafika

From left: Sherin Guirguis, Mashrabeya, plywood, 2009. Kianja Strobert, Color Line, sculpture, 2010. Photo courtesy of Vox Populi.
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Vox Populi