Grantee tags music

Cosmogram: A Hero’s Journey through the lens of the African Diaspora.
Laster, Gwen
Year Grant Awarded: 2022
Cosmogram is new music inspired by the readings from Clyde W. Ford's "The Hero with an African Face", Violinist/composer Gwen Laster joined with Violinists; Trina Basu, Arun Ramamurthy,bassist Damon Banks record new works based on these readings and journeys as Black and South Indian musicians. Read More
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- Website: https://www.gwenlaster.com/

1-interactive, pop “Zoom-style” video concert and educational Seminar-meeting for a school.
Saturday Night Bath Concert Fund
Year Grant Awarded: 2021
We went back to Five Acres school in Altadena virtually in March 2021. The kids danced, learned about our instruments, and a first for us, played musical chairs! On behalf of the youth of Los Angeles, our ensemble and organization, thank you for your support since 2018. Read More

Orchestrating Change
Me2/Orchestra, Inc.
Year Grant Awarded: 2019
Orchestrating Change is the feature documentary that tells the inspiring story of the only orchestra in the world created by and for people living with mental illness. Read More
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- Website: http://www.orchestratingchangethefilm.com

The SCRIABIN SONATAS Reimagined, Part 1
Akselrud, Elina
Year Grant Awarded: 2019
This Intertwining Arts project is a blend of live piano performance of the first five Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) and a simultaneous projection of artistic video collages, with the Planet Earth and humanity's impact on it as the main subject matter. It was premiered in June'19. Read More
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- Website: http://intertwiningarts.org

“While You Are Out”
Sova Theater
Year Grant Awarded: 2018
"While You Were Out" features Justin Perlman & Adelka Polak's original hand, rod & shadow puppets created from natural plant materials, textiles and handmade papers. These larger than life figures construct Shakespeare's fairy kingdom in this live theatrical experience of "Midsummer Night's Dream." Read More
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- Website: http://www.sovatheater.com

Honoring Refugee Composers
Crossing Borders Music
Year Grant Awarded: 2018
Crossing Borders Music honored refugees around the world in this performance of music written by or about refugees! Read More
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- Website: www.crossingbordersmusic.org

La Bestia: Sweet Mother
International Human Rights Art Festival
Year Grant Awarded: 2018
La Bestia: Sweet Mother" is a multi-media theatrical exploration based on Tom Block's play, of one immigrant's voyage from her home in Tegucigalpa, Honduras through Guatemala and Mexico and into the desert of the USA, looking for a better life. Read More
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- Website: tomblock.com

Paradigm Shifts
Encompass New Opera Theatre
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
Music and Cinema come together to celebrate true stories of courageous change-makers from around the world who are preserving our Planet, Oceans, and Wildlife. Read More
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- Website: https://www.encompasstheatre.org

Song Quilts: A Celebration of Stitch and Song
Eliza Hardy Jones
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
The Song Quilts project is a visual interpretation of folk songs from the American South and the Russian Arctic. Each quilt is an exact “color transcription” of songs recorded during interviews with women across Russia and the US. Read More
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- Website: www.elizahardyjones.com

Our Living Paast
Duffy, Timothy
Year Grant Awarded: 2016
Timothy Duffy, in partnership with the Music Maker Relief Foundation, presents Our Living Past, a photography exhibit that shines a light on little-known roots musicians and their important contributions to our culture. Read More
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- Website: https://musicmaker.org/exhibits