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ANW 2010-2011
Greetings ANW friends! As you know, we successfully concluded our 10th season and kicked off the summer in July with spectacular performances by Nels Cline Singers and On Fillmore. While we're sad that another summer is almost gone, we're incredibly excited to announce the many creative music performances planned for our upcoming season! If you've kept ...
The Shape of ANW to Come
As we begin the next ten years of adventurous and exciting programming, Ars Nova Workshop wants to know a little more about you—what you like, what you want to see, and how you want to see it. We have put together a short survey to help us with this goal, and it would mean a lot ...
Herbie Hancock Imagine Project: Philadelphia, August 13, 2010
by Lewis J Whittington
Herbie Hancock / The Imagine ProjectThe Man CenterPhiladelphia, USAAugust 13, 2010 On a cool August night at the open air Mann Center, pianist Herbie Hancock reminisced about his '60s gigs in Philly with Miles Davis back in the day, but he was not looking to rest on any laurel. For ...
Ars Nova Workshop Announces 2010-11 Season
Featuring Rare Performances by Marc Ribot, Merzbow, Fennesz, Matthew Shipp and ECM Recording Artists Michael Formanek Quartet and Dans Les Arbes (Philadelphia, PA)—Ars Nova Workshop (ANW) just concluded its 10th Anniversary season—bringing over 40 jazz and experimental music performances to Philadelphia, including a sold-out show by the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago, the late-Bill Dixon's first ...
Annenberg Center Among 2010 Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Grant Recipients
Philadelphia, PA—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced more than $960,000 in grants from the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative (PTI) to 13 theater companies, presenters, and theater independent artists. This year's PTI-funded performances represent a broad spectrum of imaginative programming for the stage that will engage the public in lively, sometimes unconventional ways. Over the course ...
Vocalist Jackie Ryan at Chris' Jazz Cafe on August 20 & 21, 2010
Vocalist Jackie Ryan will be performing at Chris' Jazz Cafe on August 20 & 21, 2010, with the Larry McKenna Quartet. “Listen to Jackie Ryan's voice and consider this: how important is it to you that vocal jazz come from the heart? Ryan's latest release proves that nothing works better on your soul than the real ...
Dave Brubeck at Verizon Hall on Tuesday, October 26
Kimmel Center presents: Dave Brubeck Officially named a “living legend" by the Library of Congress, Brubeck's influence on jazz and classical music is immeasurable. His trailblazing sound--experiments in odd time signatures, improvised counterpoint, polyrhythm and polytonality--remain hallmarks of innovation. The jazz master returns to the Kimmel Center for a concert sure to appeal to aficionados of ...
Cindy Scott at Chris' Jazz Cafe on August 10, 2010
Chris' Jazz Cafe presents vocalist, Cindy Scott on Tuesday August 10, 2010, touring in support of her new CD Let The Devil Take Tomorrow. “Vocalist Cindy Scott strikes gold her first time out. Scott is a musical artist who delivers fables and stories and vignettes of life and love. But the young lady can also swing ...
Pianist/Vocalist Marcia Ball to Perform in New Hope
Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist/vocalist/songwriter Marcia Ball, touring in support of her Grammy-nominated CD, Peace, Love & BBQ, will perform in New Hope on Thursday, August 12, 2010. Ball's groove-laden New Orleans R&B, heart-wrenching ballads and driving Gulf Coast blues have made her a one-of-a-kind favorite of music fans all over the world. Her music mixes equal parts ...
Jazzed: DJ, promoter and music lover Matthew Feldman's next dream is a nightclub in S. Philly
THE BUILDING on the corner of McKean and Colorado has stood vacant for more than 25 years--and looks it. The doors are secured by a heavy, padlocked chain. The windows are boarded shut. Even the liquor-license application notice, the one sign of progress visible from the outside, has faded from the familiar, safety-cone orange to a ...
