Bowerbird is pleased to present THUMBS at The Rotunda with an opening set by Aaron Pond’s Himflation. Performing as the duo Thumbs, multi-reedists David Leon and Yuma Uesaka have developed a peculiar improvised practice. Built around a shared interest in extended timbres and hairpin counterpoint, their music explores extremes: quiet and loud, dense and desolate, […]
This Time’s Quartet: Co-founded by Elsa Saade (musician/puppeteer) and Tracy Chahwan (cartoonist/illustrator), This Time’s Quartet is a visionary carousel quartet that brings together four dynamic artists in an immersive, multi-sensory experience where poetry, music, live illustration and puppetry converge. This time, for our Mini East Coast tour, the quartet will feature Erik Ruin (shadow puppeteer and paper-cut artist), Huda Asfour (oud and voice), […]
(SPACE) Mijkalena Smith & Aaron Pond (EFFORT) Rachel DeForrest Repinz & Alexi Peters (TIME) Kathryn Schweingruber & Julius Masri Tap dancing. Drums. Daxophone. Trance. Wild style. Big electro guitar. Mijka Smith curates an evening of three duos. Advance ticketing recommended.
New Thread Quartet was formed with the mission to develop and perform impactful new music for the saxophone, and to provide high level ensemble playing to feature today’s compositional voices. In 11 seasons, the quartet has commissioned and premiered over 45 new works by composers such as Amy Beth Kirsten, Richard Carrick, Ben Hjertmann, Ebun […]
Please join Mural Arts Philadelphia and Soul Fly Club for a cultural afternoon featuring Sun Ra Arkestra. This partnership will combine film, public art, local history and community engagement to create an accessible cultural experience that celebrates Germantown’s artistic legacy through a unique lens creating a full-circle connection between Germantown’s artistic landscape and Sun Ra’s lasting influence on Philadelphia’s creative communities. The day will begin […]
Five world premieres, including three commissions! Featuring Song for the Road for solo electric violin by Andrew Davis and a major new work from acclaimed pianist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist Todd Cochran. His new composition, The Longer Now, for string trio and English horn, will feature Philadelphia Orchestra English hornist Elizabeth Masoudnia. The program includes […]
Tim Motzer – guitar Sandy Eldred – bass
Leila Abdul-Rauf: Through her work across five Vastum albums, Leila Abdul-Rauf has been a sonorous contributor to 20 Buck Spin’s discography for more than 15 years now. Concurrent to that she’s also amassed an impressive body of solo work whereby she could showcase the full range of her multi-instrumental artistic and vocal talents. On ‘Andros […]
People’s Music Supply in collaboration with the Living Signal is presenting a weekly series of curated performances followed by an Open Improvisation Lab (OIL). Opening performances will feature some of the region’s best talent across a wide variety of styles generated in situ. The OIL portion will see participating audience members formed into groups via chance procedures, divine […]
Co-presented with Clavius Productions Hana Stretton: Hana Stretton is a British/Australian composer, singer and producer known for her remarkably warm production style and uniquely spacious songform. In 2023, her debut album, Soon, earned a beloved status among discerning listeners around the globe. This stunning work caught the ear of one Phil Elverum, who lovingly reissued Soon through his own label […]
We are presenting a series of free, en-plain air public performances which tap into the unique musical forms of Creative Music (a genre rooted in Philadelphia history through John Coltrane and Sun Ra) and Free Improvisation. These performances will be at Christ Church Gardens. Follow @PeoplesMusicSupply on instagram for up to date performance info, sign […]
Thursday, October 8th at @upstairsabyss! We’ve got synths, horns, and freaky pop tunes. It’ll be a fun one! Promises.
Join us for an evening of guitar delights, put together by Jesse Sheppard. Andy McLeod Matt Geary Being
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 […]
About the Event Today’s program features Tiguex (2026), directed by Raven Chacon, which documents the performance of his 20-movement musical composition over the course of one day in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A discussion with Chacon and Juana Berrío, Marsha Perelman Senior Director of Programs at Calder Gardens, will follow the screening, along with an audience […]
Join Big Community Paper & Iglesias Gardens on Oct. 11th for a Community Show & Tell —with Collaborative Poetry & Zine Making with live music presented by Fire Museum Presents. Share your creative endeavors with the neighborhood—do you crochet? draw? bake? Or any other creative activity you partake in? Come to the garden to Show & Tell your creativity with your fellow neighbors! BYO […]
Ghost Nights: an Evening of Noise/Drone/Experimental Music Ghost nights is an event series often taking place around central and eastern Pennsylvania by artist and community organizer, Avengeline Colon of the experimental multi media project Body Garden. “Ghost Nights” showcases some of Pennsylvanias most unusual and imaginative, with a focus on bringing underrepresented creatives in the […]
People’s Music Supply in collaboration with the Living Signal is presenting a weekly series of curated performances followed by an Open Improvisation Lab (OIL). Opening performances will feature some of the region’s best talent across a wide variety of styles generated in situ. The OIL portion will see participating audience members formed into groups via chance procedures, divine […]
We are presenting a series of free, en-plain air public performances which tap into the unique musical forms of Creative Music (a genre rooted in Philadelphia history through John Coltrane and Sun Ra) and Free Improvisation. These performances will be at Christ Church Gardens. Follow @PeoplesMusicSupply on instagram for up to date performance info, sign […]
Claire Chase Flutist; Professor of the Practice, Department of Music, Harvard University Claire Chase – acclaimed flutist, curator, cultural producer, and Professor of the Practice of Music at Harvard University – offers a lecture-performance on her ongoing Density 2036 project, an initiative that has been described as “a quarter-century journey with little precedent” by The […]
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14 MilkCrate Cafe presents a special intimate live show with legendary poet Ursula Rucker creating powerful stories with longtime collaborator & renown guitarist Tim Motzer on Wednesday evening October 14, 8pm show. Not to be missed. Doors at 7pm “From the moment that Ursula Rucker and Tim Motzer first unified their singular magical […]
Untethered (Paul Giess/Grant Calvin Weston/Timothy Ragsdale) Untethered is a collective led by Paul Giess (Ropeadope) playing what their drummer, Grant Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman, John Medeski, Vernon Reid) calls “Spontaneous Creative Composition”. Their most recent album “Grasping for the Moon” was featured as album of the Day on Bandcamp in August 2025. Peter Margasak writes […]
Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh opens PCMS’s 41st season alongside Vijay Iyer, a composer and pianist hailed by The Guardian for his “melodically alluring, rhythmically invigorating, deviously dazzling music.” For his PCMS debut, Iyer joins Koh to give the world premiere of Part II of his Scenes of Living and Dying, a collection of works […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present John Walthausen in a solo harpsichord performance at University Lutheran Church. In the 1730s, Bach summed up his artistry writing for keyboards with a new collection: his Clavierübung or keyboard practice. In this multi volume series for harpsichord and organ, Bach turns every genre of keyboard writing on its head: […]
Dax-Cello-Electric Guitar. Music for freaked out and highly inflated weirdos. Electro-Acoustic Cello hits as well. Himflation Aaron Pond- Daxophone/Voice Ricki Weidenhof- Cello & Electronics Connor Eccles- Electric Guitar Alyssa & Friend Alyssa Almeida- Cello & Electronics Friend- ????
Alash: Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present a morning birdwalk at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum led by In Color Birding interspersed with two performances by percussionists Salina Kuo and Andy Thierauf. Please take note of the weather and dress accordingly with appropriate footwear. Meet at the Environmental Education Pavilion, to the right of […]
Improvised music at A Man Full of Trouble
Bowerbird is pleased to present pianist Heather O’Donnell performing Frederick Rzewski’s iconic work The People United Will Never Be Defeated! 36 Variations on the Chilean Song ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! at Trinity at 22nd. PROGRAM Frederic Rzewski (1938–2021) The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (1975) 36 Variations on the Chilean Song ¡El […]
Truly excellent composer, J.P.A. Falzone will come to town and present some of his music. Morgan and Carlo will perform a new piece called ‘Secular Geometry’ for piano, electronics, percussion, and harmonium.
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 […]
his introductory session is for those interested in transforming electricity into sound and back again. Attendees will learn to set up a sound system for electronic music making in performance and studio situations. We will explore the basics of modular electronic music systems and the creative possibilities they offer. This session is hands-on, and will […]
A internationally renowned tattoo artists meets the best freaked out art pop sensibilities. Live drawing, Cello, and Electronics. Open Improvisation Lab to Follow. Curated by Alex Lough People’s Music Supply in collaboration with the Living Signal is presenting a weekly series of curated performances followed by an Open Improvisation Lab (OIL). Opening performances will […]
The Community Synth Studio is a free, open studio where people can book time to use a collection of synthesizers and other electronic music equipment. It is open to all levels of experience, and the instruments are set up and ready to use during studio hours. You can use your session to patch a modular […]
We are presenting a series of free, en-plain air public performances which tap into the unique musical forms of Creative Music (a genre rooted in Philadelphia history through John Coltrane and Sun Ra) and Free Improvisation. These performances will be at Christ Church Gardens- October Wednesdays at 5:30PM- 20 N American St. Koof Ibi […]
Join vocalist Tara Middleton and Jupiter Blue for a special Coltrane 100 Philly concert honoring the spirit and legacy of John Coltrane. Featuring Tara Middleton, voice; DM Hotep, guitar; and Daniel Villarreal, drums. Free and open to all, with donations welcome in support of St. Laurentius School. RSVP: https://forms.gle/xkx3JG4kjrpscTy57 he Philadelphia duo of vocalist and […]
Prepared Snare Extraordinaire. The sound of many men singing. Voices of the ether. The Tom. Toshi Makihara- Percussion David Forlano- Electronics ———- % D Aaron Pond- Daxophone, Shofar, Voice Will Tober- Contrabass/Voice Mekhi Gladden- Double Reeds, Voice Liv Johnson- Voice, Autoharp ———- BIO Toshi Makihara pursues non-idiomatic free improvised music using […]
Julius Masri, Joshua Marquez and Kevin Diehl
Part art market, block party, and mutual aid hub, we’re bringing together artists, performers, and organizers for a night market to remember The Collective Market is a night market that serves the community. Produced by Da Vinci Art Alliance (DVAA) in partnership with the South Street Headhouse District and neighborhood partners, The Collective Market […]
Comprising 18 top Black and Latinx classical soloists, the Sphinx Virtuosi invites audiences to reflect on who we are and who we aspire to become. To mark our nation’s 250th anniversary, they present newly commissioned works and reimagined classics that reflect America’s many voices and shared ideals. Their program features Declaration, a bold original song […]
Elliot Levin /New Olduvai Music Ensemble with… Tom Rollison – guitar/electronics Richard Hill – bas Greg Mervine – percussion plus special guests
About the trio Sam Wells (trumpet), Adam Vidiksis (percussion), and Christopher Biggs (electronics) perform as an electroacoustic free improvisation trio. They build rich textural landscapes and intense gestural material, producing sound worlds both familiar and alien. Sam is a performer, multimedia artist, and composer based in Philadelphia, where he is Associate Professor of Instruction […]
Presented in Collaboration with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Amir ElSaffar & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch: Inner Spaces Trumpeter, santur player, vocalist, and composer Amir ElSaffar joins electronics performer and composer Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch in a new project exploring electro-acoustic spaces, maqam, microtonal harmonies, and improvised and composed structures in a modular musical composition that accommodates a variety of musical styles […]
25 years after his arrival in New York, the Grammy-winning and Latin Grammy-nominated drummer, composer, and MacArthur Fellow Dafnis Prieto has utterly shifted the sonic landscape of the jazz and creative music scene. With Prieto’s appearance on the NYC jazz scene likened to “an asteroid hitting the city” (The New York Times), and a reputation […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present Duo Tesserae with an opening set by saxophonist, Noa Even at University Lutheran Church. Noa Even, Philly-based saxophonist, opens the program with a short set of music for solo tenor saxophone. She performs her own piece, Herzl, which captures her ever-evolving relationship, a grappling of sorts, with her identity as […]
Passages Season 5 begins Saturday October 24th. Early bird tickets for the season opener are available now via the link in our bio. And discounted season passes are back! Your passes are transferable to friends any time you can’t attend. Please DM for details. Passages Season 5 begins with a showcase of the wonderful, groundbreaking […]
Co-presented with The Low Pass. Sound House returns at an all new location! Each performance takes place in a different room. Anna Johnson: Anna Johnson unites electroacoustic improvisation with backgrounds in medieval folk traditions and sacred music. Based in drone and hypnotic repetition, she is invested in vocal expression as a portal to somatic and […]
Eric will be on tour in the U.S. from Berlin presenting music with bluetooth speakers, and Mark will join from New England and will perform his excellent reduced electronic music. Ben will perform an opening set.
Ars Nova Workshop presents the visionary multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Nate Mercereau with his new project Fantastic Thoughts at Solar Myth on Saturday, October 24, 2026. In a remarkably short time, the Los Angeles-based artist Nate Mercereau has amassed a dizzying catalogue of solo releases, collaborations, and production, writing and instrumentation credits. He was an […]
BlackBox Ensemble presents a program honoring milestones in American history, culture, and music: the centennial of pioneering American composer Morton Feldman and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The program pairs works by Feldman with Elliott Carter’s “A Mirror on Which to Dwell,” settings of Elizabeth Bishop poems written in 1976 […]
We’re Back! Elliott Levin, Tom Rollison, & guests will join us this Sunday 10/25 for Elliott’s birthday celebration at @chill.adelphia at @artontheridge in the @roxboroughpa neighborhood of Philly! Come hang from 11am-1pm! Free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $10 for our artists!
Modular synthesizers are wonderfully personal instruments: open-ended, endlessly flexible, and built on a few simple ideas. This four-part class starts with those foundations, including signal flow, voltage, gates, triggers, and clocks, then puts them to work across different kinds of music making. With extended hands-on time in the Neighborhood Sound Lab, you’ll build patches for […]
Seating: General admission, first-come first-served. Age Requirement: Ages 8+. Under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Refund Policy: Tickets are non-refundable but transferable — you’re welcome to gift or sell them. Bookings: Tickets must be purchased online. No sales at the door. Accessibility: All venues are wheelchair accessible. Doors Open: 45 […]
We are presenting a series of free, en-plain air public performances which tap into the unique musical forms of Creative Music (a genre rooted in Philadelphia history through John Coltrane and Sun Ra) and Free Improvisation. These performances will be at Christ Church Gardens- October Wednesdays at 5:30PM- 20 N American St.
doors 7PM sets 7:30 and 8:30 $5, refreshments included
Tom Spiker – guitar Dave Palmer – keys Sandy Eldred – bass Charlie Hall – drums Daniel Villareal – percussion
*** PLEASE NOTE, THIS SHOW IS CANCELLED BY THE ORGANIZER *** Ars Nova Workshop welcomes rising South African saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane and his band to Solar Myth on October 29. Hailing from Umlazi Township near Durban, South Africa, and tracing ancestry to KwaNongoma (“place of the diviner or mother of song”), Linda Sikhakhane‘s journey into […]
A special double bill of Penn Live Arts debuts! Violinist Arun Ramamurthy and his trio offer “a beautiful, exotic, ear-opening listening experience” with its fusion of jazz and South Indian Carnatic traditions. Performing music from his latest album, New Moon, as well as other originals and reimagined Carnatic repertoire, Ramamurthy’s set will be followed by […]
Ars Nova Workshop celebrates Halloween with the return of centenarian powerhouse Marshall Allen and his ever-changing Ghost Horizons ensemble at Solar Myth on Sunday, November 1, 2026. Allen has led a number of diverse incarnations of his Ghost Horizons band with guitarist DM Hotep at Solar Myth over the last few years, highlights of which […]
Ak’chamel: Honed and expanded through their travels, Ak’chamel’s singular sound comprising desert-scorched psychedelia, post-apocalyptic shamanism, and bizarre ritual folk is as unique as the physical theater of their otherworldly live performances. Dug up from the ground, beamed down from the heavens, or entirely conjured out of the human imagination, there’s no sure fire way to […]
Modular synthesizers are wonderfully personal instruments: open-ended, endlessly flexible, and built on a few simple ideas. This four-part class starts with those foundations, including signal flow, voltage, gates, triggers, and clocks, then puts them to work across different kinds of music making. With extended hands-on time in the Neighborhood Sound Lab, you’ll build patches for […]
People’s Music Supply in collaboration with the Living Signal is presenting a weekly series of curated performances followed by an Open Improvisation Lab (OIL). Opening performances will feature some of the region’s best talent across a wide variety of styles generated in situ. The OIL portion will see participating audience members formed into groups via chance procedures, divine […]
Two multifaceted pianists join forces for a must-see duo recital exploring themes of American art and musical language. Praised for his “superb blend of crisp keyboard clarity and soft-edged lyricism” (San Francisco Chronicle), Timo Andres makes his inaugural PCMS appearance while Aaron Diehl—known for his “traditional jazz sound with a sophisticated contemporary spin” (The Guardian)—returns […]
Jazz Night at The Ukrainian League is part of Each and Only’s Jazz Night series. The evening features Channel Collective and BeUs. Music starts at 7:30pm, and the bar opens at 6:30pm. Channel Collective set includes @trumpetbart (trumpet), @sandyeldredbass (bass), and @justin_leigh_drums (drums). BeUs lineup features @danblacksberg, @andrewurbinamusic, and @jeevesiam. Admission is $10 for ULP […]
Interested in using the Community Synth Studio? This orientation introduces the studio as a resource: the equipment we have, how it works, and how you can put it to use. We’ll walk through the instruments in our collection, from fully modular systems to semi-modular synths, so you know what’s here and how to make the […]
Bow and Arrow (Lea Bertucci & Michael Behari): Bow and Arrow is the newly formed duo project of experimental composer Lea Bertucci (voice, electronics, flutes) and virtuoso guitarist Michael Beharie. This project takes cues from the obscure corners of western early music, flamenco, folk traditions and contemporary experimental music. Bow and Arrow is devotional music for the […]
“Vocally impressive, verbally elegant, and duly seductive” (Opera News), the “velvet-voiced” (The New Yorker) baritone Justin Austin makes his PCMS debut with pianist Howard Watkins, a leading vocal collaborator and assistant conductor of the Metropolitan Opera. At the heart of their program are selections from The Threepenny Opera, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s 1928 satirical, […]
Daniel Villarreal has long been a widely known and beloved character on the Chicago music scene, veering between psychedelic funk, spiritual jazz, soul, and the folkloric traditions of Latin America through an unmistakable sense of groove. Originally from Panama, he fuses his pan-Latin style with influences of psychedelic rock, Cumbia, afro-beat, boogaloo, rock, free experimental […]
Birdbath Sessions Ep. 1: Morphology Doors: 7 | Downbeat: 7:30 BIRDBATH SESSIONS brings four artists from different corners of Philly’s musical ecosystem together to form a temporary ensemble. The format is simple: each artist brings music from their own world, and then the group uses those different musical languages as a starting point for collective […]
Daniel Villarreal has long been a widely known and beloved character on the Chicago music scene, veering between psychedelic funk, spiritual jazz, soul, and the folkloric traditions of Latin America through an unmistakable sense of groove. Originally from Panama, he fuses his pan-Latin style with influences of psychedelic rock, Cumbia, afro-beat, boogaloo, rock, free experimental […]
Honoring 25 of years of the composer’s ambient masterwork ‘The Disintegration Loops’. William Basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 40 years in NYC and Los Angeles. Employing obsolete technology and analogue tape loops, his haunting and melancholy soundscapes explore the temporal nature of life […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present an evening of music by Laura Cetilia from her two releases on the elsewhere label, performed by Jack Yarbrough (piano), Hannah Soren (cello), and Laura Cetilia (cello). Works included: laminae for solo piano, becoming of shadows for cello and piano, and soil + stone for two cellos. ABOUT THE ARTIST […]
Musicians: @violintriguing (Nathan Bishop), fiddle @flandrew.fleisenberg, percussion @ajkhaw, piano Matt Murphy, strings and objects (special guest from MA) Dancers: @desireamaiya @meganbridge_00 @vervetdance (Loren Groenendaal) Tickets Available at the door, $10–$25 sliding scale; barter options available. Venue is on the 4th floor and requires walking up 4 flight of stairs. Event is mask optional.
Bowerbird is pleased to present the Arcana New Music Ensemble performing its third iteration of “Postal Pieces,” a concert featuring living composers in Philadelphia and beyond composing postcard-sized works inspired by James Tenney’s unorthodox set of compositions. Tenney’s “Postal Pieces,” composed between 1954 and 1971, are a series of ten concise works each printed on […]
Modular synthesizers are wonderfully personal instruments: open-ended, endlessly flexible, and built on a few simple ideas. This four-part class starts with those foundations, including signal flow, voltage, gates, triggers, and clocks, then puts them to work across different kinds of music making. With extended hands-on time in the Neighborhood Sound Lab, you’ll build patches for […]
Sixty years ago, on November 11, 1966, John Coltrane played a concert at Temple University that became Offering: Live at Temple University. This November 11, we return to Mitten Hall to ask the question that night still raises: what does it mean to give, to receive, and to pass something on? The Summit is the […]
with Kris Davis, Robert Hurst, Terri Lyne Carrington and moreOn November 11, 1966, John Coltrane returned to his former hometown of Philadelphia for a performance at Temple University’s Mitten Hall that would become the stuff of legend. The concert, which finally saw a belated release in 2014 as the Grammy-winning Offering: Live at Temple University, […]
Teodora Stepančić resides in Brooklyn and has been producing the Piano + series for years as well as working as an incredibly active composer and performer of experimental chamber music and the like. She will be joined on this concert by a special guest composer and performer. They will perform some lovely music including some […]
Legendary sound collage group Negativland and “real-time cinema” visual artist SUE-C collaborate to bring you their latest audio-visual performance: SIGNIFICANTLY LESS DECEPTIVE! “Negativland are proud subverters of culture, causing trouble while having fun.” – NPR Tiny Desk Concert “Negativland have made a rewarding career out of being prodigious consumers of media who then digest it […]
Modular synthesizers are wonderfully personal instruments: open-ended, endlessly flexible, and built on a few simple ideas. This four-part class starts with those foundations, including signal flow, voltage, gates, triggers, and clocks, then puts them to work across different kinds of music making. With extended hands-on time in the Neighborhood Sound Lab, you’ll build patches for […]
This celebratory program honors the distinguished career of Don Liuzzi during his final season as Principal Timpanist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The evening explores a series of ethereal and rarely heard pieces, including Liuzzi’s original arrangement of Debussy’s Clair de lune, offering a profound farewell to a Philadelphia legend. Don Liuzzi, Christopher Deviney, Angela Zator […]
Still in his early 30s, trumpeter Adam O’Farrill has earned the respect of his peers and elders alike, not to mention music-school hopefuls who transcribe him alongside bop-era greats. The New York Times ranks him, “among the leading trumpeters in jazz” and hails him as, “ perhaps the music’s next major improviser.” He’s a musician […]
If there’s one constant with Resavoir, the sprawling and adventurous project from Chicago-based producer, trumpeter, and composer Will Miller, it’s perpetual evolution. In the years since Miller started releasing music under the moniker, he’s released two acclaimed self-titled LPs that masterfully merged knotty electronics with pastoral natural textures and a serene and verdant 2025 LP […]
Bowerbird presents Arcana New Music Ensemble in a second performance of Cornelius Cardew’s landmark graphic score Treatise at The Rotunda. Last November the ensemble performed about 20 of the score’s 193 pages. This year they take on a different set of pages, with the score projected so the audience can follow along. About Treatise Treatise […]
Jen Shyu is a groundbreaking,multilingual vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and dancer. Born in Peoria, Illinois, to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrant parents, Shyu is widely regarded for her virtuosic singing and riveting stage presence, carving out her own beyond-category space in the art world. She has performed with or sung the music of such musical […]
The Jazz Gallery is America’s premier performance venue for emerging artists who challenge convention, take creative risks and lead their field as performers, composers and thinkers. The cultural center developed its Joyce Wein Mentorship Program to cultivate a group of senior-level jazz musicians as mentors and to provide aspiring musicians with the opportunity to learn […]
MANAS: Tashi Dorji: guitar Thom Nguyen: drums Che Chen: guitar, percussion, homemade instruments MANAS was formed in 2012 in Asheville, NC by guitarist Tashi Dorji and drummer Thom Nguyen. The intensity of their live shows, characterized by Dorji’s angular guitar preparations and Nguyen’s multi-limbed maelstroms exploding outwards in parallel, immediately caught the ear of the […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present Matthew Levy at The Rotunda for a record release concert of music for tenor saxophone and electronics. Matthew Levy — founding member of the world-renowned PRISM Quartet — steps out as soloist for a record release recital celebrating his ongoing exploration of music for tenor saxophone and electronics. The concert […]
Dave Burrell & Steve Swell duo: Distinguished composer-pianist Dave Burrell is an African-American performing artist of singular stature on the international contemporary music scene. Standing out as a leading figure of the New York avant-garde scene in the second half of the ’60s, Burrell quickly established himself as one of the most innovative pianists, collaborating with the emerging […]
Bowerbird presents pianist Sam Yulsman and vibraphonist Victor Vieira-Branco performing GLASS BODY. PHANTOM HORSE., Yulsman’s tone parallel to Wilson Harris’ Carnival trilogy. GLASS BODY. PHANTOM HORSE. is the first movement of an Ellingtonian tone parallel written by Yulsman for Wilson Harris’ Carnival trilogy. Featuring Victor Vieira-Branco on vibraphone and Yulsman on piano, the piece parallels […]
Magic Tuber Stringband: Hailing from North Carolina, Magic Tuber Stringband probes the undercurrents of the landscapes around them. Highly skilled players and writers, the trio are leaders within the burgeoning avant composition world utilizing folk instrumentation. Their music appears to weave in and out of the fabric of their surroundings, reflecting their time spent living […]
Born and raised in Madrid, Spain, pianist and composer Marta Sánchez is actively working in the contemporary creative music scene in New York City and around the globe. Charting a significant path through her innovative and original music, she has reached an international audience and earned broad critical recognition. Sánchez has released four acclaimed albums […]
*This program is co-curated by Rebecca Myers and James Reese Variant 6 presents Hologram, in a program that explores the unique scope of light and color created by an exquisite blend of low voices. For the first time, the ensemble’s tenors and basses alone come together to create a warm and sonorous soundworld, from the […]
An innovative percussion ensemble and renowned drummer team up to celebrate Philip Glass’ 90th birthday. Known for pushing the genre “in new directions, blurring musical boundaries and beguiling new listeners” (NPR Music), Third Coast Percussion makes its Philadelphia debut alongside Glenn Kotche, composer and drummer of Wilco, hailed as one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest […]