2005 GLOBAL CONNECTIONS RECIPIENTS
Composer: Gene Coleman (Collingswood, NJ)
 Gene Coleman |
Hosting Organization: ADMILL (Association for the Development of Music in Lebanon)
Coleman will perform at the Irtijal Festival where he will give lectures and workshops on improvised music and work with collaborators to develop a large-scale work to premiere in 2007.
Composer: Phil Kline (New York, NY)
 Phil Kline |
Hosting Organization: Associazione Galleria One Off (ITALY)
Kline will create and present a new work for multiple boom-boxes and processional to be performed as part of the cultural programming associated with the 2006 winter olympic games in Torino.
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Phil Kline
 Julius Fujak |
Composer: Julius Fujak (SLOVAKIA)
Hosting Organization: California EAR Unit (Los Angeles, CA)
California EAR Unit will perform Fujak's "TransPOPsitions" at LA County Museum of the Arts. While in LA, Fujak will participate in open rehearals, a salon for the members of the ACF-LA chapter and composition seminars at CalArts. The ensemble will travel to Slovakia in November to perform Fujak's work for audiences there.
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California EAR unit
 Jin Hi Kim |
Composer: Jin Hi Kim (Black Rock, CT)
Hosting Organization: Great Mountains Music Festival (KOREA)
Kim will perform the premiere of her new work "One Sky" in the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. She will also teach composition and electronic music workshops.
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Jin Hi Kim
Composer: Aaron Alexander (New York, NY)
Hosting Organization: Jewish Culture Festival (POLAND)
 Aaron Alexander |
Alexander will present his work at the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow. He will perform in two concerts and participate in panel discussions on a variety of issues relating to contemporary Jewish culture.
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Aaron Alexander
Composer: Nikos Brisco (Astoria, NY)
Hosting Organization: Karantena International Performing Arts Festival (CROATIA)
 Nikos Brisco photo: JR Delia |
Brisco will travel to Eastern Europe for two different activities. First, he will perform in the production of his opera "Café Antarsia" at the Karantena International Festival; afterwards, he will travel to Serbia for collaboration meetings with musicians and actors on the creation of a new work "Book of Tea," made with playwright Ruth Magraff.
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Nikos Brisco
 Kalna Katsoum photo: Masahiro Amano |
Composer: Kalna Katsoum (JAPAN)
Hosting Organization: MATA (New York, NY)
Kalna will be in residence creating and rehearsing structured improvisations for performance in MATA's 2005 festival. She will also participate in a post-concert discussion.
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MATA
Composer: Gabriela Ortiz Torres (MEXICO)
 Gabriela Ortiz Torres |
Hosting Organization: San Francisco Chamber Orchestra (San Francisco, CA)
Ortiz will attend the US premiere of her work "Altar de Neon" after a ten-day residency with the San Francisco Chamber Orcxhestra. The residency activity will focus on outreach to the Mexican and Mexican-American community in the Bay Area.
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San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Composer: Sean Griffin (Los Angeles, CA)
Hosting Organization: Secession Museum (AUSTRIA)
Griffin and his collaborator Catherine Sullivan will present their art installation "Chittendens" at the Secession Museum and later at the Tate Modern in London.
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Sean Griffin
