GLOBAL CONNECTIONS 2003 awards
Composer: Yacub Addy · Troy, NY
 Yacub Addy |
Hosting Organization: World of Hope International · Accra, Ghana
Composer and performer Yacub Addy will travel to Samsan Odumase, a small village outside the capital city of Ghana, for a month long residency at World of Hope International's education facility.
During his month there Mr. Addy will conduct a series of workshops and performances involving the members of the community.
Composer: Louis Andriessen · Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Hosting Organization: Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music · Bloomington, IL
Renown composer Louis Andriessen will travel to Bloomington, Illinois, for the Illinois Wesleyan University's annual Symposium of Contemporary Music.
Composer: Theo Bleckmann · New York, NY
Hosting Organization: Biblioteca Alexandrina · Alexandria, Egypt
Composer and performer Theo Bleckmann will travel to Alexandria, Egypt for the performance of his new work The Alexandria Carry-On. The performance will take place at the Biblioteca Alexandrina, a newly constructed international cultural center near the site of the ancient library of Alexandria.
Composer: Alla Borzova · Pelham, NY
Hosting Organization: Belarussian State Philharmonic · Minsk, Belarus
Composer and pianist Alla Borzova will travel to Belarus to take part in several performances of her works at the Belarussian Musical Autumn Festival by the Belarussian Philharmonic and the New York based Da Capo Chamber Players.
Composer: Gavin Bryars · Billesdon, UK
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Hosting Organization: CalArts School of Music · Valencia, CA
British composer Gavin Bryars will travel to Los Angeles for a one-week residency at the CalArts School of Music. The residency will culminate in an entire program of his works at the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater performed by the New Century Players.
Composer: Thomeki Dube · Hillcrest, Zimbabwe
Hosting Organization: Dance Theater Workshop · New York, NY
Zimbabwean composer and performer Thomeki Dube will travel to New York for a residency at the 171 Cedar Arts Center preparatory to the premiere of Black Burlesque Revisited, a collaboration with choreographers Reggie Wilson (Fist & Hell Performance) and Noble Douglas (Noble Douglas Dance Company).
After the New York premiere, there will be a five-week, seven-city tour of the new work.
Composer: Ge Gan-ru · Saddle River, NJ
Hosting Organization: Contrasts International Contemporary Music Festival · Lviv, Ukraine
Composer Ge Gan-ru will travel to the Ukraine's Contrasts Festival to participate in activities surrounding the performances of his String Quartets No. 1-"Fu" and No. 4-"Angel Suite."
Composer: Richard Marriott · El Cerrito, CA
Hosting Organization: Hong Kong Dance Company · Hong Kong
Composer Richard Marriott will join choreographer Chen-Chieh Yu and librettist Xu-Ying in a series of collaboration meetings and workshops in Hong Kong to develop their new collaborative work Prince Lan Ling.
Composer: Augusta Read Thomas · Chicago, IL
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Hosting Organization: Lutoslawski Philharmonic · Wroclaw, Poland
Chicago Symphony composer-in-residence Augusta Read Thomas will travel to Wroclaw, Poland, for the Eastern European premiere of two of her works, Words of the Sea and In My Sky at Twilight.
While there, Ms. Thomas will give pre-concert talks, assist in the rehearsals, and give a master class at the Wroclaw Academy of Music.
