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SUMMARY:Instruments That Talk Back: Celebrating the Legacy of Don Buchla
DESCRIPTION:Instruments That Talk Back will be a seven-month celebration of the work of Don Buchla\, a pioneering electronic instrument designer who revolutionized music technology with unconventional touch- and motion-sensitive interfaces and instruments that blurred the line between human and machine. The exhibition is scheduled to open on September 19\, 2026 and will close on April 17\, 2027 with a special event commemorating what would have been Buchla’s 90th birthday. \nEMEAPP and the Museum of Music Technology will be setting up a special physical exhibit highlighting our collection of rare Buchla instruments as well as several additional pieces on loan to us. Many of the instruments in the exhibit will be operational so visitors can see\, hear\, and interact with them. \nWe are excited to present a robust schedule of in-person programming to accompany this exhibition. To learn more and register for in-person tickets\, please click the links at the bottom of each event. Some events are still pending final confirmation from the artist and do not currently have registration links. Links to register for those in-person tickets will be added as programs are finalized over the next few weeks. \nPlease note that admission to most in-person events is free of charge but donations are both welcome and encouraged! (Lectures/workshops are always free. A small booking fee will be added to free concerts/performances to help cover ticketing costs and minimize no-shows.) Seating is limited\, so please only register for events that you will definitely attend. If you have registered but find you are unable to attend\, please let us know so we can make your seats available to others. \nAll events will be livestreamed for those who are unable to attend in person. Links to register for the livestreams are also provided below. Registration puts you on the list to receive the livestream link\, which will be emailed out approximately 10-15 minutes prior to the event. All times are US Eastern time zone.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/instruments-that-talk-back-celebrating-the-legacy-of-don-buchla/
LOCATION:Museum of Music Technology\, 45 Mainland Rd\, Harleysville\, PA
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SUMMARY:Community Synth Studio @ AMLA / Esperanza
DESCRIPTION: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 system from scratch\, follow up on something you learned in a class\, practice with an instrument\, or work on your own music and sound projects. Carolyn Zaldivar Snow\, our studio manager\, is on site during studio hours to answer questions and help with the equipment. \n\nSTUDIO INVENTORY \nCurrent as of October 8\, 2026 \n\nDoepfer A-100 systems (x2)\nErica Synths Bullfrog XL\nKOMA Field Kit\nKorg SQ-1 (x2)\nlittleBits Synth Kit\nMake Noise 0-Coast\nMake Noise Shared System\nMoog DFAM\nMoog Etherwave theremin\nMoog Mother-32\nPittsburgh Modular Lifeforms Foundation Evo\nRoland System 500\nSTEM Modular Wave Station\nVerbos Composition System\nVerbos Touchplate keyboard\n\nOur inventory is growing. Stay tuned for updates. \n\n\nSTUDIO HOURS \nTuesdays\, 3 to 6pm\nWednesdays\, 3 to 9pm\nThursdays\, 3 to 6pm \nThe studio opens Wednesday\, October 21 and runs through Thursday\, December 17\, 2026. It is closed the week of Thanksgiving\, Tuesday\, November 24 through Thursday\, November 26. \n\nBEFORE YOUR FIRST SESSION \nTo use the studio\, you first need to attend a studio orientation or an intro-level class. You can also spend the first 30 minutes of your first session as your orientation. After you sign up\, you’ll receive an FAQ with the studio protocols\, and you’ll sign a user agreement\, waiver\, and code of conduct. \n\nHOW TO BOOK \nTo book\, fill out the booking form. \nBooking Form – Coming Soon \n  \nWe’re building an online booking tool. Until it’s ready\, email SoundLab@bowerbird.org to request studio time. In your email\, please include: \n\nYour name\nThe date and time you’d like\, plus a backup option\nHow long you’d like to book (half-hour segments\, up to two hours)\nWhether you’ve attended a studio orientation or intro-level class\nWhat you plan to work on (optional)\n\nPlease send your request at least one week before your preferred time\, and allow 48 hours for us to get back to you. Studio time is not confirmed until you receive a confirmation email. \n\nQUESTIONS \nQuestions? Email SoundLab@bowerbird.org. \n\nPART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOUND LAB \nThe Community Synth Studio is one part of the Neighborhood Sound Lab\, a Bowerbird project that also offers classes\, workshops\, and community events. See the project page for an overview of the program and a list of classes and events. \n\n\nABOUT THE STUDIO MANAGER \nCarolyn Zaldivar Snow (she/her) is a field recordist and journalist whose work explores the textures of tape\, water\, and place. Her sound installations have been presented in museums and universities\, as well as in more ephemeral settings—abandoned chocolate factories\, geodesic domes\, and overgrown Victorian gardens. Carolyn helps shape conversations around sound\, and contributes to Tape Op magazine\, Mystery Circles’ editorial pages\, and The Tonearm writing about recording\, listening\, and the spaces in between. Dividing her time between Washington D.C. and Philadelphia\, Carolyn co-directs Sound Scene at Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. She recently released on Germany’s I U WE records\, and considers eurorack modular systems her primary instrument. \n  \n\n\nADDITIONAL LOCATION INFO \nFrom October through December 2026\, our Neighborhood Sound Lab will be located in AMLA Studios on the first floor (lower level) of Esperanza Arts Center\, in the Hunting Park neighborhood of North Philadelphia. The street address is 4261 N. 5th Street\, but the entrance is on Bristol Street\, near the corner of 5th and Bristol. Enter through Esperanza’s main doors. \nParking. Free parking is available on the Esperanza campus. The lot is on Bristol Street between North 3rd and North 5th Streets\, at 4th and Bristol. \nPublic transit. Esperanza is on SEPTA bus routes 47\, 53\, and 4. For the 53\, get off at 5th and Hunting Park. For the 47\, get off at 5th and Bristol. For the 4\, get off at 9th and Hunting Park. \nABOUT AMLA \nArtístas y Músicos Latinoamericanos (AMLA) seeks to promote the development\, dissemination\, and understanding of Latin music and culture throughout Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. AMLA is based at Esperanza Arts Center in Hunting Park\, North Philadelphia. For more info\, visit amla.org.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/community-synth-studio-amla-esperanza/
LOCATION:AMLA Studios at Esperanza\, 4261 North 5th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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SUMMARY:MANAS & Totally Automatic
DESCRIPTION:MANAS: \nTashi Dorji: guitar \nThom Nguyen: drums \nChe Chen: guitar\, percussion\, homemade instruments \nMANAS 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 underground. Originally from Bhutan\, where he absorbed American and UK hard rock and heavy metal via bootleg cassettes while surrounded by a family full of folk musicians\, Dorji arrived stateside for college and immersed himself in Asheville’s DIY punk scene and formative listening sessions with records by Albert Ayler\, John Coltrane and Derek Bailey. It was there that he met Nguyen\, a Vietnamese-Mississippian transplant who had been playing in local free rock outfits Nest Egg and Mendocino. The two hit the ground running\, funneling their love of grindcore\, black metal\, free jazz\, noise and other extreme sonics\, and burgeoning anarchist/mutual-aid politics into their newfound freedom in improvisation. Relentless woodshedding and touring on both sides of the Atlantic has long since solidified their reputation as an undeniable live act\, and their post-hardcore take on improvised music has found them space on bills and collabs with Nepali grindcore band Chepang\, heavy music headliners SUMAC and Godspeed You! Black Emperor\, and free improv musicians like Joe McPhee\, Susie Ibarra\, Zoh Amba\, Audrey Chen and countless others. Multi-instrumentalist Che Chen (of 75 Dollar Bill) has been a longtime friend of the band and frequent collaborator over the years\, and now joins MANAS as second guitarist/aux percussionist. His guitar can be foil or twin to Dorji’s own\, while his battery of small percussion and homemade instruments is able to refract Nguyen’s multi-directional rhythms\, or create wholly other textures. \n(MANAS photo by Barry Weisblat) \nTotally Automatic: \nTotally Automatic was formed by Anne Ishii\, Eugene Lew and Matthew Smith Lee in the summer of 2021. They play unarranged music with each other\, on drums\, saxophone and electronics\, and can be found around Philadelphia. \naccessibility: The entrance on the 48th Street side of building is wheelchair accessible via a street-level lift. Please contact us in advance if possible to arrange access.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/manas-totally-automatic/
LOCATION:Calvary Community Center\, 4740 Baltimore Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:Water Can Assume Any Form
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Matthew Levy at The Rotunda for a record release concert of music for tenor saxophone and electronics. \nMatthew 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 takes its name from James Primosch’s Water Can Assume Any Form\, the beloved Philadelphia composer’s final\, unfinished work — Levy completed its second movement at Primosch’s request\, weaving his improvisation into his late friend’s soundtrack “with the hope of channeling his ideas into my own\,” in what Levy calls “our most poignant collaboration.” \nThe program features three works from Levy’s latest album alongside two previously recorded works: Emma O’Halloran’s Sum of Its Parts\, recorded for XAS Records — the piece that launched this whole electro-acoustic project\, built from samples of Levy’s own playing — and Nicholas Cline’s Water Witching\, written for saxophonist Jeff Siegfried and recorded by Levy for Navona Records. Across the evening\, composers have recorded\, synthesized\, and reimagined elements of Levy’s own playing — subtones\, growls\, multiphonics\, percussive articulation — into fantastical electronic soundscapes he then performs against\, live and often improvising\, in real time. \nAlso on the program is Erin Busch’s can’t find the words\, a work of sublime delicacy written by Levy’s colleague on the Temple University faculty. Each piece treats the saxophone-and-track format differently — from intimate memorial to abstracted meditation on water and land. Amid that electronic backdrop sits the one fully acoustic work of the night (also written for Levy): Paola Prestini’s Where the Blue Wave Rocks\, a Kandinsky-inspired meditation on color\, connection\, and communication\, offering a moment of unprocessed clarity within the program. \nTogether\, the compositions form a portrait of an instrument — and a performer — at the intersection of technology\, memory\, and imagination. \nProgram\n\ncan’t find the words (2019/2026) by Erin Busch\nWater Can Assume Any Form (2021) by James Primosch\nWhere the Blue Wave Rocks (2006/2020) by Paola Prestini\nWater Witching (2015) by Nicholas Cline\nSum of Its Parts (2018) by Emma O’Halloran\n\nAbout the Artist\nSaxophonist\, composer\, curator\, producer/engineer\, and educator Matthew Levy has made an enduring contribution to contemporary music as co-founder and executive director of the world-renowned PRISM Quartet\, and as a collaborator with other artists and ensembles for more than 40 years. Matt has been hailed by The Saxophone Journal as “a complete virtuoso of the tenor saxophone” and by The New York Times for his “energetic and enlivening” performances. He is the recipient of fellowships from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage\, the Independence Foundation\, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He has scored four motion pictures\, including PBS’s Diary of a City Priest\, featured at the Sundance Film Festival. \nMatt has recorded for Albany\, BCM+D\, BMOP/Sound\, Deutsche Grammophon\, ECM\, Grammavision\, Innova\, Koch International\, Navona\, Naxos\, New Dynamic\, New Focus\, Orange Mountain\, Tzadik\, and XAS\, which he founded in 2016. People’s Emergency Center\, a critically acclaimed double album of Matt’s original music that spotlights guest artists Jason Moran\, Rudresh Mahanthappa\, Tim Ries\, Ben Monder\, Jay Anderson\, and Bill Stewart was described by PopMatters as “9 Stars\, Best Jazz of 2014…too big to fail” and by WRTI as “magic with swirling precision.” \nA member of the Network for New Music Ensemble\, Matt has premiered solo works by Emma O’Halloran\, Paola Prestini\, Nick DiBerardino\, Renee Favand\, Jacob Walls\, Erin Busch\, and David Ludwig; collaborated with a host of choreographers and dance companies\, among them Nai-Ni Chen Dance Co.\, Philadelphia Ballet\, Peter Sparling\, Scrap Performance Group\, and Group Motion Dance Theater; and appeared as a guest artist with the Philadelphia Orchestra\, Detroit Symphony\, Dolce Suono Ensemble\, and counter)induction. \nHis work with PRISM has included tours of China\, Russia\, and Latin America; concerto appearances with the Cleveland Orchestra and Dallas Symphony; and recital performances presented by Carnegie Hall and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He serves on the faculty of Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance where he maintains a robust saxophone studio\, is a member of the Producers & Engineers Wing and Songwriters & Composers Wing of the Recording Academy\, and performs exclusively on Selmer saxophones.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/water-can-assume-any-form/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dave Burrell & Steve Swell duo
DESCRIPTION:Dave Burrell & Steve Swell duo: \nDistinguished composer-pianist Dave Burrell is an African-American performing artist of singular stature on the international contemporary music scene. \nStanding 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 leaders in contemporary jazz and joining the groups of Marion Brown\, Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp. He has played and recorded\, among others\, with Giuseppi Logan\, Sunny Murray\, Albert Ayler\, Grahan Moncur III\, Byard Lancaster\, Sirone\, Alan Silva\, Clifford Thornton\, Roscoe Mitchell. His dynamic compositions with blues and gospel roots recall the tradition of Jelly Roll Morton\, James P. Johnson and Duke Ellington\, as well as avant garde composers Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane.” Dave Burrell is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including National Endowment for the Arts\, Vision Festival Lifetime Achievement Award\, Philadelphia Music Foundation\, William J. Cooper Foundation\, New York State Council on the Arts\, Pennsylvania State Council on The Arts\, MidAtlantic Foundation\, John Garcia Gensel Award\, and the Pew Fellowship in Jazz Composition. \nBorn in Newark\, NJ\, Steve Swell has been an active member of the NYC music community since 1975. His breadth of versatility has allowed him to tour and record with such mainstream artists as Lionel Hampton and Buddy Rich in the past\, as well as more contemporary artists like Anthony Braxton\, Bill Dixon\, Cecil Taylor and William Parker. He has over 50 CDs as a leader or co-leader and is a featured artists on more than 125 other releases. He runs workshops around the world and is a teaching artist in the NYC public school system focusing on special needs children. Swell has worked on music transcriptions of the Bosavi tribe of New Guinea for MacArthur fellow\, Steve Feld in 2000. Steve is presently a teaching artist through the American Composers Orchestra\, Healing Arts Initiative \, Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center (Bronx)\, the Jazz Foundation of America\, Leman Manhattan Preparatory School and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. \naccessibility: street level entrance to venue but two steps to restroom.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/dave-burrell-steve-swell-duo/
LOCATION:The Perch Large Room\, 2008 Arizona St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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SUMMARY:GLASS BODY. PHANTOM HORSE.
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird presents pianist Sam Yulsman and vibraphonist Victor Vieira-Branco performing GLASS BODY. PHANTOM HORSE.\, Yulsman’s tone parallel to Wilson Harris’ Carnival trilogy. \nGLASS 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 Harris’ weaving of Afro-diasporic\, Mesoamerican\, Amerindian and European myth through woven abstractions of the blues\, baroque harmonic folds\, Hasidic nigun\, solo improvisations by Vieira-Branco and Yulsman\, phase shifting\, and experiments in non-resonating space. \nProgram\n\nGLASS BODY. PHANTOM HORSE. by Sam Yulsman\n\nAbout the Artists\nSam Yulsman is a pianist\, composer and theorist based in New York City. As a pianist his work includes recordings and performances with Jessie Cox\, Brandon Lopez\, Anaïs Maviel\, Anna Webber\, Diego Espinosa\, Alicia Hall Moran\, Roman Filiu\, Laure M. Hiendl\, Lester St. Louis\, Marcela Lucatelli\, TJ Borden\, Kevin Ramsay\, and Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture among many others. As a composer he has collaborated with ensembles and soloists\, including the Sun Ra Arkestra\, JACK Quartet\, Talea Ensemble\, String Noise\, Distractfold\, Julia den Boer\, Ensemble Korea\, Rage Thormbones and Séverine Ballon. Yulsman completed his DMA in composition at Columbia University in 2021 where he studied with George E. Lewis. His theoretical and creative writings\, published by Issue Project Room\, Columbia University and Critical Studies in Improvisation\, focus on decolonial approaches to information theory\, mimesis and simulacras of mid-20th century Afro-diasporic social aesthetics. \nVictor Vieira-Branco is a vibraphonist\, composer\, and improviser based in Philadelphia\, PA after spending much of his life in and around São Paulo\, Brazil. \nCurrently\, he leads and writes for Bark Culture\, a trio featuring bassist John Moran and drummer Joey Sullivan. The most recent album by the group The Giant is Awkward is a quartet which features the addition of pianist and composer Sam Yulsman on piano. \nWhile Bark Culture is his main vehicle as a composer\, his performance work includes with Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra\, and the Chad Taylor Quintet\, the latter of which released the album Smokeshifter\, featuring three pieces penned by the vibraphonist. The core trio of Bark Culture was also heavily involved in Rob Mazurek’s score for Kelly Reichardt’s 2025 film The Mastermind. \nPhoto Credits\nVictor’s pic: Harry Gogh\nSam’s pic: Richard Lenz
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/glass-body-phantom-horse/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Magic Tuber Stringband & Sam Wenc
DESCRIPTION:Magic Tuber Stringband: \nHailing 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 across the Southeast and studying its regional folk traditions and natural histories. Having performed recently at Big Ears\, Hopscotch\, Sound & Gravity (and many other places along the way) the group’s music resonates well beyond their regional roots. The ensemble stretches the parameters of acoustic instrumental expression with masterful flourishes of dense\, textural arrangements\, subtle minimalist gestures and deft improvisation. \nSam Wenc: \nSam Wenc is a composer\, improviser\, and interdisciplinary artist working with sound\, text\, performance and installation. He has released music on Longform Editions\, Where to Now\, Moone Records\, Noumenal Loom\, Sweet Wreath\, and his own label Lobby Art Editions\, amongst others. His work has been supported by Elektronmusikstudion (Stockholm\, Sweden)\, Art OMI (Ghent\, NY)\, Foundation for Contemporary Arts (NYC)\, Roulette Intermedium (NYC)\, Casa Del Lago / Cultura UNAM (México)\, Sonidos Primeros (Peru)\, Creative Alliance of Philadelphia\, Kiosk Gallery (Chicago) and has performed throughout the US\, Canada\, Peru\, México\, and Japan. He is co-founder of Lobby Art Editions\, a record label that highlights and releases works by artists exploring boundaries of genre and media. \naccessibility: street level entrance to venue but two steps to restroom.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/magic-tuber-stringband-sam-wenc/
LOCATION:The Perch Large Room\, 2008 Arizona St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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SUMMARY:Marta Sánchez
DESCRIPTION: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 with her quintet in addition to the 2024 trio album Perpetual Void. She also tours and records with the David Murray Quartet\, is a regular member of groups such as the Oscar Noriega Quartet\, the Maria Grand Duo\, and the Webber/Morris Big Band\, and has worked as a sidewoman with artists including Sara Serpa\, Immanuel Wilkins\, Emma Frank\, Terri Lyne Carrington and many others. \nSánchez released her debut solo piano recording\, For the Space You Left\, earlier this year. Long daunted by the prospect of solo performance\, she found her voice through experimenting with piano preparations. For The Space You Left is the result of years of exploration and experimentation\, successfully distilling the signature compositional elements she utilizes for quintet and trio into a single instrument\, and through entrancing rhythmic loops and melodic counterpoint creating something uniquely her own. Writing for The Vinyl District\, Joseph Neff hailed Sánchez’s solo pieces as\, “gripping\, life-affirming excursions that should please any fan of top-flight piano science.”
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/marta-sanchez/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:Variant 6    "Hologram"
DESCRIPTION:*This program is co-curated by Rebecca Myers and James Reese \nVariant 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 rich beauty of Francis Poulenc and Franz Schubert to the lush contemporary voices of Joanna Marsh\, Joanne Metcalf\, and Salvatore Sciarrino. \nfeaturing\nJames Reese\, tenor — Michael Jones\, tenor — Harrison Hintzsche\, baritone — Daniel Schwartz\, bass — Paul Max Tipton\, bass
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/variant-6-hologram/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:THIRD COAST PERCUSSION & GLENN KOTCHE
DESCRIPTION: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 Drummers of All Time. A collective Penn Live Arts debut\, these Grammy® Award-winners perform an exhilarating program including Glass’ Aguas da Amazonia and Steve Reich’s Music for Pieces of Wood\, arranged for two drum sets\, plus original compositions and more that expand the depth and musical possibilities of percussion.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/third-coast-percussion-glenn-kotche/
LOCATION:Annenberg Center\, 3680 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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SUMMARY:Mosaic
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird presents Variant 6 in an evening featuring a program of music entirely by Philadelphia composers\, past and present. \nVariant 6 presents Mosaic\, a program of music for six a capella voices that celebrates the rich musical history of composition and music-making in Philadelphia. \nThe centerpiece of this program will be a world-premiere by Philadelphia composer Robert Maggio. Alongside contemporary Philly composers Benjamin C.S. Boyle\, Michael Djupstrom\, Ksenia Stetsenko\, Steve Crino\, Kile Smith\, and David Shapiro\, the ensemble will perform the music of Samuel Barber\, perhaps Philly’s most famous composer. \nFeaturing\n\nRebecca Myers\, soprano\nLauren Kelly\, mezzo-soprano\nNickolas Karageorgiou\, tenor\nHarrison Hintzsche\, baritone\nDaniel Schwartz\, bass\n\nAbout the Artists\nVariant 6 explores the expressive potential of the human voice through vocal chamber music that is at once virtuosic\, poignant\, and approachable. Composed of artists with a diverse set of skills and a wide range of expertise\, the group seeks out repertoire that embodies this potential. The ensemble collaborates with artists of many disciplines\, creating refreshing interpretations of music of the past and innovative premieres of new works. Its concerts are unique and intimate musical experiences that foster deep conversation between artists and audience. \nVariant 6 shares its unique take on vocal chamber music with people all over the city of Philadelphia. Its approachable and collaborative projects create an environment where audiences of different backgrounds will feel inspired to attend its events\, respond to its music\, and get to know the artists as individuals.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/mosaic/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Ethical Society\, 1906 Rittenhouse Square\, Philadelphia
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SUMMARY:PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE KOYAANISQATSI: LIVE WITH FILM
DESCRIPTION:In 1975\, filmmaker Godfrey Reggio joined forces with composer Philip Glass to create Koyaanisqatsi\, a non-narrative\, experimental film that explores the balance between humanity\, technology and the environment. This cult classic’s score is a landmark in minimalist music\, hailed as one of the most influential film soundtracks of the modern era. In a rare Philadelphia appearance\, the acclaimed Philip Glass Ensemble performs this thrillingly enigmatic music live\, creating a powerful fusion of concert and cinema. With a message as resonant today as it was at the film’s debut\, this immersive experience unfolds as a haunting\, unforgettable journey.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/philip-glass-ensemble-koyaanisqatsi-live-with-film/
LOCATION:Annenberg Center\, 3680 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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