1/6/21
North Philly jazz tap dancer and business owner creates a livestream tap dance and jazz concert series
Pamela Hetherington, a jazz tap dancer who owns a percussive dance space in North Philadelphia, had to keep her space locked down for 23 weeks out of 2020. She used the time to produce multiple live-stream tap dance and jazz music concerts. In September, Hetherington created a live-stream tap dance and jazz concert series called "A Month of Sundays" (4 Sundays, 4 pm) for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. "It brought together my group choreography, improvised sets and audience requests," Hetherington writes. "We were able to reach a lot of people who wouldn't have seen our work otherwise, and what I was most proud of was that I offered gigs when there weren't any."
1/6/21
Local musician runs concert series aimed at bringing diverse people and creative genres together
Erica Corbo hosts a monthly concert series called Warp Factor 9 (WF9) that has been running every third Thursday since March 2019 and pivoted to live-streaming on Facebook during the pandemic.
12/16/20
Music duo create virtual lesson series and raise money for new album through pre-sales
Brazilian music favorites Orlando and Patricia Haddad are keeping the music going through virtual concerts and lessons. They raised 70% for a new album among friends and fans and are looking to raise the rest through crowd funding and pre-sales.