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What's New

PMP's 2009 Program Guidelines, Letter of Intent, and Application forms are now available for download here.
 
Deadlines
The deadlines for submitting an application to the Philadelphia Music Project are as follows:
 
Letter of Intent (required for all applications): November 1, 5:00 p.m.
Project Status Report (current PMP grantees only): November 1, 5:00 p.m.
Application: January 15, 5:00 p.m.
Award notification: March 20, 5:00 p.m.

More details about the application process are posted in the Project Grants section.

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PMP and Presser Foundation Launch Premiere Recording Program with Announcement of First Grantees


The Philadelphia Music Project (PMP), a program of The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, and the Presser Foundation award a total of $93,420 to four Philadelphia music organizations in support of an eclectic range of recording projects. These awards represent the first round of adjudicated grants made from the Premiere Recording Grant Program, a joint initiative of PMP and the Presser Foundation whose goals are to document the work of living composers, support the dissemination of recordings of previously unreleased contemporary music, and enhance the public profile of grantees. Click here to read the full press release, or visit the Premiere Recording Grantees section for descriptions of funded projects.

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PMP Announces 2008 Project Grantees

Nineteen local music organizations receive almost $1 million in funding

The Philadelphia Music Project awards $981,064 to 19 local music organizations in support of 141 concerts and residency programs encompassing traditional and contemporary forms of classical, jazz, and world/folk music. This year's grants will help bring the premieres of 25 new works to Philadelphia audiences, 18 of which will be commissioned with direct support from PMP. Click here to read the full press release, or visit the Project Grantees section for descriptions of funded projects.


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Upcoming Events

Ars Nova Workshop

Friday, October 10

Anthony Braxton Falling River Quartet

Ars Nova Workshop

Philadelphia Orchestra

Friday, October 10 through Saturday, October 11

The Philadelphia Orchestra: Three Cellos

Philadelphia Orchestra

Ars Nova Workshop

Saturday, October 11

Anthony Braxton's Composition 103 + 169

Ars Nova Workshop

Philadelphia Orchestra

Tuesday, October 14

The Philadelphia Orchestra: Happy Birthday Penderecki

Philadelphia Orchestra

Slought Foundation

Saturday, October 18

Michael Maierhof with Ensemble Noamnesia

Slought Foundation

Click here to view the full 2008-2009 season calendar.

Click here to view an archive of 2007-2008 events.

Feature Article

George Crumb's Autobiography
By Dan Webster

George CrumbGeorge Crumb is finishing his autobiography. Not in so many words, but in "American Songbook," the six books of folk song settings he finished, after five years' work, in summer 2007. The final two books, "Voices from a Forgotten World," and Book VI will be premiered over the next two seasons by Orchestra 2001. It's a complicated undertaking, for the 78-year-old composer finds deeply personal meaning and reference is almost every note of the songs he has so carefully set. He is equally enthralled by the vast field of percussion instruments with which he has surrounded the pristine songs.


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