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The Philadelphia Music Project announces the second article in its American Impresario series

Photo: David Harrington, founder and Artistic Director of the Kronos Quartet. Credit: Jay Blakesberg.

The Philadelphia Music Project is pleased to the second in its series of articles under the banner American Impresario. The series will explore the careers and contributions of leading U.S. music curators whose creative work has profoundly influenced the field by giving listeners new ways to experience and understand music.  Click here to read the second article in the series, on David Harrington, founder and Artistic Director of the Kronos Quartet.  Click here to read the first article in the series, on radio producer and new music expert John Schaefer.

 

Ivoirian musician Dobet Gnahoré, guest artist in Montgomery County College's 2011 PMP-funded project. See photo info and more details below, and here.

Philadelphia Music Project 2012 Project Grant Applications

This year’s Letter of Intent to Apply deadline has now passed.  

Applicants who submitted Letters of Intent to Apply were notified by November 1, 2011, whether they were invited to submit a full application. 

Complete PMP Project Grant online applications are due by 5 pm on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Click here to view and download the 2012 Project Grant application guidelines.  Click here to enter the online application system.

New applicants (those who have never submitted a full application in the past) are encouraged to contact PMP to verify eligibility.

The Philadelphia Music Project Presents:
Crossing Cultures: New Frontiers in Violin Performance and Composition

with Lewis Kahn, Diane Monroe, Anuradha Sridhar, Nick Didkovsky, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Huang Ruo

Friday, August 12, 2011
Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall
1726 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

This event is offered free of charge. Find details here.

Registration is required.

The Philadelphia Music Project announces a new series of articles: American Impresario

The Philadelphia Music Project is pleased to launch a new series of articles under the banner American Impresario. The series will explore the careers and contributions of leading U.S. music curators whose creative work has profoundly influenced the field by giving listeners new ways to experience and understand music.  Click here to read the first article in the new series, on radio producer and new music expert John Schaefer.

Photo: John Schaefer, courtesy of www.therestisnoise.com/2007/04/djs_without_bor.html

The Philadelphia Music Project inaugurates podcasts of professional development events

PMP has mounted podcasts of four book lectures from noted authors Ben Ratliff, Alex Ross, Tom Moon, and Eric Booth, presented between 2007 and 2009. Click here to see descriptions of these PMP events, and to listen to or download the podcasts.  Check this page for announcements of other podcasted events.

The Philadelphia Music Project and Bowerbird Present: Making It New--America's Avant-Garde Utopia

A Book Lecture & Panel Discussion
Making It New—America’s Avant-Garde Utopia:
Evenings for New Music, Buffalo, 1964–1980

Friday, June 10, 2011, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Caplan Hall, Terra Building
211 S. Broad Street, 17th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107

This event is offered free of charge--registration is required.  Find details here.

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2011 PMP Grant Recipients

May 25, 2011

Philadelphia Music Project Awards $664,500 to 10 Local Music Organizations

Philadelphia, PA—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced $664,500 in grants from the Philadelphia Music Project to 10 local music organizations.

See a list of grantees and project descriptions here.
Read the press release here.

PMP announces the launch of PhillySpaceFinder

November 17, 2010

PhillySpaceFinder is a free online database of creative spaces in the Greater Philadelphia region featuring more than 100 spaces available for rent for performances, rehearsals, meetings, auditions, special events, weddings and more.

PhillySpaceFinder was created through a partnership of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Dance USA/Philadelphia, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Music Project.

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2010 PMP Grant Recipients

May 25, 2010

Philadelphia Music Project Awards Over $1.1 Million to Eighteen Local Music Organizations

Philadelphia, PA—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced $1,141,900 in grants from the Philadelphia Music Project to 18 local music organizations.

See a list of grantees and project descriptions here.
Read the press release here.

PMP Magazine’s new home:

http://www.pcah.us/music/blog

PMP Magazine is a forum for journalists, musicians, and scholars to illuminate and contextualize the creative work undertaken by grantees of the Philadelphia Music Project.
New articles, interviews, and essays will be posted throughout the season.

Read archival issues of PMP here.

Photo at top: Ivoirian musician Dobet Gnahoré. Ms. Gnahoré will perform as part of Montgomery County Community College's Lively Art Series in the 2011-2012 season. Read more here.

Photo courtesy of Montgomery County Community College.

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