FUJI||||||||||TA is a Sound Artist living in Japan. His unique practice utilizes various natural phenomena that respond to his interest in wanting to hear unheard sounds and unknown sounds. Instead of playing a composed piece of music, he aims to go as far as possible towards his own unknown state of being, with an emphasis […]
Please note this is an outdoor performance. In case of rain, the performance will take place Sunday June 21st. Bowerbird is pleased to co-present Follow the Sound at Stoneleigh: a natural garden. This unique program blends a naturalist-led walk through the garden, with particular attention focused on birds, bugs and ‘the here and now’ of […]
Spirits Up! is a Philadelphia based wellness initiative founded by Sudan Green, providing safe, culturally competent yoga, meditation, and mindfulness sessions specifically designed to promote healing and collective liberation within the Black and Brown communities. Presented at The Yard on John Coltrane Street located in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion, these series of Mindfullness sessions will […]
Ars Nova Workshop presents saxophonist and composer Alden Hellmuth, performing music from her new project Tether at Solar Myth on Saturday, June 20, 2026. Alden Hellmuth is a saxophonist, composer, and improviser based in New York City. A graduate of the Herbie Hancock Institute, Hellmuth received the 2025 German Jazz Prize for Debut Album of […]
Great Blue Heron Watson – Bass Clarinet Julius Masri – Percussion Tomatà Juice – Strings Connor Przybyszewski – Trombone (One more TBD) This special Solstice edition of the Great Blue Heron is intended as a force for drawing out the poison in us all; to turn it into nutrients for our mental health […]
Infra Dig is a new trio consisting of Bert Harris (bass), Rob Paul (percussion), and Thomas Patteson (alto saxophone). Opening set by Melinda Rice (violin and electronics).
Ars Nova Workshop is honored to present a meeting of two avant-garde legends, as percussionist Kahil El’Zabar and saxophonist David Murray join forces at Solar Myth on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Legendary percussionist and bandleader Kahil El’Zabar and saxophone icon David Murray have enjoyed a storied collaboration that has spanned more than four decades and […]
DoYeon Kim is an internationally acclaimed artist known for her expansive and pioneering performances and compositions and for introducing the gayageum, an ancient Korean zither, into contemporary music. Trained extensively in jazz and improvisation as well as in the canon of classical Korean music – including sanjo, jeongak, and modern gugak – Kim channels history, […]
Fred Frith: Fred Frith is a pioneer of the extended electric guitar. He learned to compose in Henry Cow, developed his song-writing skills in Art Bears, explored his multi- instrumentalism in Skeleton Crew, rocked the house with Massacre and is still doing all of those things, having been in one band or another continuously since […]
Chamber Music in multiple idioms. Tom Kraines features in this eclectic ensemble. $20 with drinks provided 🙂 Established in 2002, Matt Davis’ Aerial Photograph is a “wildly imaginative” (Jazziz Magazine”) ensemble that explores the intersection of jazz, contemporary classical and folk music, as well as social, cultural and historical observation through aural histories. Described as […]
For Location – Dm @spiritfurnace on Instagram. Yaffee Dresden Amen Our Mother of the Holy Mountain Spirit Furnace (solo) Drone music in a drain pipe. Directions: Getting to the pipe will involve navigating some rough terrain. The pipe is located off of a wooded path branching off from the Cynwyd Heritage / Manayunk Bridge […]
Fundraiser for harm reduction group Sol Collective. Expect noise. Virtuosity. Harps. Joy.
The preeminent Philadelphia DJ, Composer, Producer, Sound Designer and Music Experimentalist June Lopez will perform de/compostion: Native Trees, Sonic Roots, a set of genre-defying music and experimental soundscapes based on the inspiration of found sounds in Tookany/Tacony-Frankford (TTF) Watershed and Tacony Creek Park. de/compostion: Native Trees, Sonic Roots will be inspired by the field recordings and audio research […]
Ars Nova Workshop presents the Chicago and Detroit based creative music ensemble Teiku at Solar Myth on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Chicago pianist Josh Harlow and Detroit percussionist Jonathan Barahal founded Teiku on the foundation of the music they grew up singing: their Jewish-Ukranian ancestors’ Passover songs, unique to each respective family and passed down […]
2 sets 7:30 and 9:00 no cover
Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to present the return of maverick trumpeter Steven Bernstein with his striking new acoustic trio at Solar Myth on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Few artists exult in the joyous exhilaration and intrepid spirit of communal music-making with the fervor and vitality of visionary bandleader, trumpeter, composer and arranger Steven Bernstein. […]
Invisible Scissors: Invisible Scissors is an experimental duo formed out of NYC’s underground film community with previous projects in film, music, zines and expanded cinema performance. Rachael Guma’s practice stems from work in foley sound. She plays with amplified objects made of metal and wood, as well as a rotary phone, theremin and other electronics. […]
Presented in Collaboration with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Spite of Darkness: Spite of Darkness is a Detroit-based experimental ensemble led by Palestinian-American composer and violinist Mike Khoury. Built on a unique structural foundation of two violins and two drummers, the quartet explores the intersection of contemporary classical, avant-jazz, and Arab-American musical traditions. The group—which features Khoury and […]
Originally from San Francisco, California, Sasha Berliner is a rock drummer turned vibraphonist who studied under Stefon Harris. At 21, she became the youngest individual in the poll’s history to top the “Rising Star – Vibraphone” category in the DownBeat Critics’ Poll. She has continued to be voted one of the top ten vibraphonists in […]
Resonant Edge Aaron Pond- Horn, Voice, Slide Whistles Anjali Shinde- Flute, Piccolo, Slide Whistle Mekhi Gladden- Oboe Sonali Singh- Bassoon w/ Special Guest Tom Kraines- Cello/Accordion Wind quartet Resonant Edge is a melding of four innovative artists committed to exploring the history of classical and creative music through improvisation. Together, they represent the future […]
The acclaimed South African pianist, composer, healer, and philosopher Nduduzo Makhathini merges spirit-seeking American jazz — in particular, the music of his heroes John Coltrane and McCoy Tyner — with the most irresistible traits of South African jazz and the galvanizing rhythms of Afro-Cuban music. Like Trane and Tyner on A Love Supreme, he’s forever […]
Co-presented with The Low Pass: Lesley Mok: Lesley Mok is a New York City-based percussionist and sound artist. Their work is guided by a continual search for the connection between the mundane and the divine, the experience and manipulation of time, and a desire to capture emotional dissonance and complexity. Lesley’s ongoing explorations with composition and […]
The acclaimed South African pianist, composer, healer, and philosopher Nduduzo Makhathini merges spirit-seeking American jazz — in particular, the music of his heroes John Coltrane and McCoy Tyner — with the most irresistible traits of South African jazz and the galvanizing rhythms of Afro-Cuban music. Like Trane and Tyner on A Love Supreme, he’s forever […]
Grex: Karl Evangelista – guitar, voice, drums, samples, misc. Rei Scampavia – synth, voice, drums, misc. Grex is an art rock/experimental music duo based out of Oakland, California. In biological terms, a “grex” is an entity composed of several smaller organisms. Grex (the band) explores the meeting point between surreal songcraft and the dark outer […]
Horse Lords were founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 2010; they evolved from the experimental collective Teeth Mountain and began as a trio with drummer Sam Haberman, guitarist Owen Gardner, and bassist Max Eilbacher, soon adding alto saxophonist Andrew Bernstein to the core ensemble. Though Horse Lords grew out of the fertile Baltimore noise and leftfield […]
Please join Ars Nova Workshop at Solar Myth on October 18 for a special closing-night performance by saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and his extraordinary quartet, presented in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Philly Music Fest. Few artists embody the creative spirit of Philadelphia as profoundly as Wilkins and this ensemble. Together, the quartet has emerged as one of the […]