On The Horizon

I understand that our blogs are supposed to be about a collaborative work, but I found this and I thought that it was important enough to share. For 2008, 2009 and 2010 the Gerbode and Hewlett Foundations have been awarding six $75,000 commissions for collaborative artworks. In 2008, grants were awarded for choreographer collaborations, in 2009 they were awarded for playwright collaborations. The winners for the 2010 collaborative commissions were just announced on January 19, 2010 and were for Composer collaborative works.

The work I am specifically excited about is called "Off the Walls" and will premier at San Francisco's de Young museum in 2013. It features Sarah Wilson, who is a trumpeter and composer who has received several awards and grants, and wide acclaim for her recent album "Trapeze Project" which features her on trumpet and vocals with clarinet, bass, piano and percussion.

The dance company selected to work with Sarah Wilson is called "Catch Me Bird" and appropriately enough, are an aerial dance company. Demo Video The de Young museum was chosen because of it's unique architecture and landscape, and "Off the Walls" is to be specifically composed and choreographed for that space, much as Poème Electronique was written for the Philips pavilion in 1958.

There were six recipients of this prestigious award, and all works will be premiered between December 2011 and June 2013.