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David Hamilton
1998
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$3,050
DAVID HAMILTON, an operatic tenor from Moorhead, received funding to spend two weeks in New York City. Hamilton will work with William Riley investigating operatic roles that will enable him to move into the lirico spinto repertoire.
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Philip Rukavina
1998
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$3,470
PHILIP RUKAVINA was awarded a grant to spend one and a half months in Basel, Switzerland, to study solo lute performance with Hopkinson Smith, one of the worlds most accomplished lutenists. Rukavina will also pursue performance opportunities in Europe.
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Karen Torkelson Solgard
1998
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$5,000
KAREN TORKELSON SOLGARD will travel to Telemark, Norway, for five weeks to study Hardanger fiddle in the tradition of Vinje, the community from which her grandparents emigrated. Solgard will learn from two aging Hardanger masters.
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Eric Fawcett
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$3,400
Composer ERIC FAWCETT received funding to study with two excolas de samba in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He will also attend Terrerio services of the Candomble religion to experience and investigate its various rhythms which he hopes to incorporate into his compositions for dance.
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Cléa Galhano
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$1,000
CLEA GALHANO, recorder player, received subsidy to travel to Boston attend the 1997 Boston Early Music Festival.
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Frank Garcia
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$1,000
Clarinetist FRANK GARCIA, of Duluth, received a grant to attend the 1997 Clarinetfest, the Annual Convention of the International Clarinet Association. The festival will be held in Lubbock, Texas.
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Chris J. Granias
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$830
Composer CHRIS GRANIAS will spend four days in Washington, DC at the Library of Congress conducting research relevant to his compositional work and related fields of interest. Granias writes in the choral and jazz idioms.
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David Harris
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$3,500
Sephardic ballad singer DAVID HARRIS will spend time in Virginia studying Bosnian ballad repertoire with Sephardic expert Flory Jagoda, who is also Bosnian. The study will focus on tunes, dialect, history and ornamentation which Harris will use in performance.
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Charlie Heymann and Ann Heymann
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$2,000
Irish traditional musicians CHARLIE & ANN HEYMANN, from Winthrop, will travel to Belfast and Dublin, Ireland. They will visit Queens University Library in Belfast and the University College and Archive of Traditional Music in Dublin to research the foundation for the performance of Gaelic narrative with Gaelic harp accompaniment.
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Wallace Hill
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$4,000
Drummer WALLACE HILL was awarded a grant to study the West African Bata drumming form of the Aruba people. He will study with West African drummers located in Seattle, Washington and New York City.
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Gao Hong
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$5,000
GAO HONG, pipa player, will travel to Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, for six weeks to study newly constructed pieces and neglected works in the Hudan pipa style. She will study with Chinese pipa master Lin Shicheng
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Kendra Johnson
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
KENDRA JOHNSON, a singer from St. Cloud, received a grant to spend one week in New York City observing and performing at the competition Showtime at the Apollo. She will also attend a variety of cabaret performances.
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Anne Kilstofte
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$1,000
Composer ANNE KILSTOFTE will spend six days in Salt Lake City, Utah, to attend rehearsals and the subsequent performance of her composition titled We are the Children of the Forest. The performance is part of the National Convention of the US Forestry Service, the focus of which is to promote the creation of childrens gardens.
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David Schmalenberger
1997
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$3,000
DAVID SCHMALENBERGER, a professor of music and drummer from Duluth, will spend two and a half weeks in Kenya and Tanzania, East Africa. He will study the traditional music, rhythms and culture of East Africa which he will incorporate into his solo playing and ensemble work.
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Julieta Alvarado
1996
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$4,000
Harpsichordist and organist JULIETA ALVARADO will travel to Bolivia and Mexico to research analyze and study for performance two extant Colonial keyboard music collections in Latin American from the 17th and 18th Centuries. The work will be done at the Musical Archives in Chiquitos, Bolivia, and the Mexico City Cathedral Archives in Mexico.
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Mary Ellen Childs
1996
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$1,800
Composer MARY ELLEN CHILDS will travel to the San Francisco Bay Area to meet rock drummer Bill Bruford and his group King Crimson, attend their concert and explore the possibilities of writing a new composition for them. She will also meet with composers, musicians, musical groups and curators of performance venues in the Bay Area regarding future projects.
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Dan Dressen
1996
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$5,000
Singer and professor DAN DRESSEN will make a five-week study tour of Copenhagen, Oslo Stockholm, Helsinki and Reykjavik for personal and professional development and to continue work in laying a foundation for a Center of Nordic Solo Vocal Music at St. Olaf College. He will research Nordic solo vocal music and study lyric diction in Nordic languages.
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Leo Lara
1996
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$4,000
Musician LEO LARA will spend an extended period in Ecuador and Bolivia to expand his knowledge of the musical and cultural heritage of communities of African origin in those two countries, and to renew his own cultural roots. Hes especially interested in learning how to play the traditional instruments of the Chota Valley, with a secondary area of interest in music and dance in the northwest corner of Ecuador, the Province of Esmeraldas.
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Kate MacKenzie
1996
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$870
Singer and guitarist KATE MACKENZIE will participate in the Swanoa Folk Arts Workshops in Asheville, North Carolina. This guitar workshop will provide her with an opportunity to study several useful and expressive styles of playing including the flatpick guitar technique of Steve Kaufman, a blues style with Steve James and the fingerstyle guitar technique of Robin Bullock.
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Philip Blackburn
1995
Music
Minnesota
Travel and Study
$4,400
PHILIP BLACKBURN will spend six weeks in Australia researching sound sculpture prior to beginning a major sound installation, a Sonic Playground, in the Twin Cities. Blackburn is a composer, performer, improviser and builder of musical instruments.