The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Ars Nova Workshop
Free/Form: Composer Portraits
2009 Grantee
$45,000
Ars Nova Workshop was awarded $45,000 to present “Free/Form: Composer Portraits,” a six-concert series that will feature the music of trumpeter Don Cherry and saxophonist Tim Berne. The series will showcase new arrangements, many Philadelphia premieres, and rare appearances from past and present collaborators in performances by the Ken Vandermark Large Ensemble; Karl Berger’s “In the Spirit of Don Cherry”; Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra; Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy; Collide Quartet; Philadelphia-based pianist Matt Mitchell; and Adobe Probe and Big Satan, a large ensemble and trio led by Mr. Berne.
Founded in 2000, Ars Nova Workshop is a Philadelphia non-profit jazz and experimental music presenting organization. ANW seeks to inform, inspire, and challenge listeners while elevating the role of jazz and experimental music in contemporary culture. Fervently upholding the jazz/Free Jazz continuums by supporting its musicians, composers, and improvisers, ANW events are a forum for discourse and new trends in contemporary music theories and practices. www.arsnovaworkshop.com
Steven Bernstein, photo by Ziga Koritnik