Sun & Rain: Nathaniel Morgan – alto saxophone, Travis Laplante – tenor saxophone , Andrew Smiley – electric guitar & Jason Nazary – drums. Sun & Rain is a fully collaborative quartet that thus far has practiced a painstaking process of co-composing music together. Because of this extreme sense of collaboration and only working on the music when all four members were […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present a morning birdwalk at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum led by Tony Croasdale interspersed with two performances by Matt Engle and Juan Castrillón. M Please take note of the weather and dress accordingly with appropriate footwear. Meet at the Environmental Education Pavilion, to the right of […]
RECESS is a new immersive performance created by composer-performers Odean Pope and Immanuel Wilkins. Join us as we transform a North Philadelphia warehouse into a sculptural playground for sound. RECESS invites audiences inside a living model of improvisation, in an installation that is part bandstand, part score, part jungle gym—designed by Immanuel Wilkins and Rachael Elliott. […]
REONA is an artist who uses tap dance techniques to express her music. She is also a tap dancer, improviser, designer, choreographer, teacher, and composer. Based in Tokyo, Japan. To materialize the sounds in her head, she uses tap shoes and a wooden board, as well as metal sheets, chains, steel bowls, plastic bags, and […]
Join us for an evening of exploratory guitar music with: Guitar tunes from Dann Pell Improvisations from New York musicians Caroline Davis & Dustin Carlson Lower Mountains Doors at 6 / music at 7 – $10-15 cash, byob
YR KNIVES is the Chicago/Milwaukee based quartet of Douglas McCombs, Brian Sulpizio, Andrew Trim, and Quin Kirchner whose credits include Tortoise, Health & Beauty, Ryley Walker, Rob Mazurek, and many other ubiquitous players on the Chicago scene. Playing first will be the duo of Chris Forsyth and Victor Vieira-Branco, a first meeting.
Bill Nace & Sakina Abdou Ex-Locals Ken Brenninger
Ars Nova Workshop presents punk-jazz power trio The Messthetics, joined by fire-breathing saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, at Solar Myth on Friday, May 8, 2026. Drummer Brendan Canty and bassist Joe Lally were the rhythm section for the iconic D.C. punk band Fugazi from its inception in 1987 until its hiatus in 2002, reuniting for the […]
Toshi Makihara, Henry Allen, Jonah Gelbart
RECESS is a new immersive performance created by Odean Pope and Immanuel Wilkins. Join us as we transform a North Philadelphia warehouse into a sculptural playground for sound! RECESS invites audiences inside a living model of improvisation, in an installation that is part bandstand, part score, part jungle gym—designed by Immanuel Wilkins and Rachael Elliott. […]
Neil Podgurski Chad Taylor Madison Rast
Best known as the drummer for the two-time Grammy winning, iconic rock band Living Colour, Will Calhoun has played with artists across a diverse range of styles, genres and traditions. He has recorded and/or toured with a staggering list of artists including B.B. King, Mick Jagger, Jaco Pastorious, Harry Belafonte, Pharoah Sanders, Jack Dejohnette, Paul […]
Celebrating the Orchestra’s 125th anniversary and its unique place in the City of Philadelphia, this bravura program opens with a world premiere by Philly-based composer Tyshawn Sorey, commissioned by the Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin and performed by the great pianist Aaron Diehl. The concert closes with Bruckner’s soaring, majestic, thrill ride of a symphony, his […]
Serving as the centerpiece for this program is Philadelphia composer Benjamin C.S. Boyle’s first Cantata: To One in Paradise. The poem “To One is Paradise” is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe dating from his mature poetic period that features many of the poet’s favorite themes: young love, divinity, and death. The Cantata – composed […]
Sun of Goldfinger builds upon an enticing web of relationships: David Torn and Tim Berne have worked together since the ‘90s, with the guitarist producing many of the saxophonist’s prolific releases; Ches Smith has worked with Berne in the latter’s quintet Snakeoil and other contexts. In this electrifying trio, Torn, Berne and Smith spontaneously weave […]
NYC-based nylon string picker and saxophone ripper Dylan Delgiudice meets local rhythm section Pete Dennis & Max Glazier. Scientific American generates acoustics drones from resonant bodies. Live debut of flute/harp duo Will Fredendall & Medgina Maitre. Curated by Max Glazier
Celebrating the Orchestra’s 125th anniversary and its unique place in the City of Philadelphia, this bravura program opens with a world premiere by Philly-based composer Tyshawn Sorey, commissioned by the Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin and performed by the great pianist Aaron Diehl. The concert closes with Bruckner’s soaring, majestic, thrill ride of a symphony, his […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present the NakedEye Ensemble performing a concert of music by Ben Nobuto. PROGRAM Lucid (2020) for piano and electronics Tell Me Again (2022) for piano, electronics, and film trio (for ivy house) (2024) for flute, cello, piano & electronics Live at Leighton House (2023) for six players & electronics Joy Replica […]
Hailing from the musical hotbed of Houston, Texas, saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III developed under the wings of many of the music’s greats. Smith has been a member of several legendary groups, including the Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band, the Terence Blanchard Quintet, Eric Harland’s Voyager, the Bill Stewart Trio, Jason Moran’s In […]
With its roots in the San Francisco Bay Area, the collective ensemble Get Up With It has been exploring the electric music of Miles Davis since the late 90s. Best known as the drummer for the Grammy-winning, Philly-born rock band The War on Drugs, Charlie Hall is also a professed Miles Davis fanatic who formed […]
Marcia Bassett and Taralie Peterson Doors at 7pm, Music at 8pm – $10-20, cash only. BYOB
With its roots in the San Francisco Bay Area, the collective ensemble Get Up With It has been exploring the electric music of Miles Davis since the late 90s. Best known as the drummer for the Grammy-winning, Philly-born rock band The War on Drugs, Charlie Hall is also a professed Miles Davis fanatic who formed […]
Madison Greenstone is a clarinetist, writer, and composer based in Brooklyn. Their solo practice, exstatic resonances, explores phenomenological, material, and spatial expressivities of sound through richly noisy timbral actions. As the clarinetist of TAK Ensemble, “one of the most prominent ensembles in the United States practicing truly experimental music” (I Care If You Listen) they have […]
@armandorosalesrivero is the 2nd artist in this years cohort. He is a sculptor and experimental percussionist whose work explores the intersections of the intimate, institutional and political. Through sculpture and installation , he examines materiality, sound, and questions how forces shaping behavior connect to the body as a site of learning and transformation. While at […]
With its roots in the San Francisco Bay Area, the collective ensemble Get Up With It has been exploring the electric music of Miles Davis since the late 90s. Best known as the drummer for the Grammy-winning, Philly-born rock band The War on Drugs, Charlie Hall is also a professed Miles Davis fanatic who formed […]
Paul Giess (trumpet/electronics) | Live improvised music inside Philadelphia’s oldest surviving pre-revolutionary tavern
Still traveling the spaceways after more than 100 years on the planet, the indefatigable Maestro Marshall Allen remains a brilliant imaginative force whose life has spanned nearly the entire history of jazz. A key member of the Sun Ra Arkestra for more than six decades and its dauntless leader for the last quarter century, Allen […]
Please join us on May 26th at 6:30pm for the inaugural Philly Electronic Music Club meetup at @thefidget_space ‼️ Bring a laptop and jam with us using Strudel! (https://strudel.cc/)
2 sets 7:30 and 9:00 no cover
Daniel Carter, Matt Lavelle, Julius Masri & Pete Dennis: Daniel Carter is an American experimental saxophone, flute, clarinet, and trumpet player active mainly in New York City since the early 1970s. One of the legendary masters of creative music. Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania in 1945. Carter is a prolific performer and has recorded or performed with William Parker, Federico Ughi, […]
THE GIANT IS AWKWARD is the new album by Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture. Victor Vieira-Branco on vibraphone John Moran on double bass Joey Sullivan on drums Sam Yulsman on piano Doors at 7:00 pm, music at 8pm. Show will be seated.
Co-presented with Clavius Productions: Mankwe Ndosi & Jamal R. Moore duo: Mankwe Ndosi is Vocalist, Composer, and Interdisciplinary Culture Maker who conjures sound, story, and movement into transformative experiences. A sonic shape-shifter, she bends melody and rhythm into a living practice that amplifies the resonance between people, land, and ancestral memory. Rooted in Black ritual legacies of music […]
Gates 6:30 Music 7:00
ZOSHA WARPEHA and CARLO COSTA hardanger fiddle and percussion PHILADELPHIA RESEARCH ENSEMBLE performing ‘Grid and Gradient’ by Morgan Evans-Weiler (Ann Adachi – Piano, Carlo Costa, Percussion, Jesse Kudler, Electronics, Geoff Mullen, Guitar, Morgan Evans-Weiler, Violin) EPISODIC MEMORIES Composition by Ann Adachi – Performed by: Ann Adachi, Flute/piano, Morgan Evans-Weiler, Violin, Aaron Igler, Electronics, Deven Carmichael, […]
Formed in 1996 by Nate Young, the corrosive and blistering Wolf Eyes has mutated through a number of different forms, built around the core duo of Young and John Olson. Known for their bizarre and otherworldly approach to music, Wolf Eyes conjures a sound that is both disturbing and hypnotic. With their intense and bizarre […]
In Re | PUBLIC, we’ll join the national celebration by revisiting some of our favorite repertoire from American composers. These are wonderfully innovative works, but we think that you’ll find them especially compelling in the context of America’s Big Party: Tuneful, evocative, ebullient… and downright fun!We commissioned Waiting in the Tall Grass from the wonderful […]
THE EARLY is Alex Lewis (guitars and synthesizers) and Jake Nussbaum (drums and electronics). Somewhere in the textural grandeur of post-rock, the communicational intimacy of jazz improvisation, the patient grooves of minimalism, Chicago and Philadelphia. BENT LIGHT is the duo of Michael Slyne and Russell Linder. Two guitars. Millions of pedals. Busted tape machines sing too. Philly’s own […]
Please join Ars Nova Workshop on Thursday, June 4 at Solar Myth for Wonderful Sound 3 featuring Bobby Zankel, Cooper-Moore, and Chad Taylor. This trio brings together three highly respected figures in creative music, each with decades of experience shaping the field. Cooper-Moore is a foundational presence in the avant-garde, with long-standing collaborations alongside William […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present MSHR with opening set by Grace Villamil at The Rotunda. Curated by Eugene Lew, this performance brings together electronic sound artists who work with varied programs, hardware, and DIY lighting sensors to create electronic soundscapes dispersed over a quad speaker set up. Grace is an interdisciplinary artist working with sound, […]
Feldman’s “Three Voices” was written for the experimental vocalist and composer Joan LaBarbara in 1982. The original concept involved the live performer singing along with two pre-recorded parts projected through on-stage amplifiers, creating an effect of three individual “voices”, all with the same origin (Ms. LaBarbara). Three Voices is indeed a challenging and ground-breaking work, […]
2:00 pm Taji Ra’oof Nahl Calculating Banneker: The Work of Water An Installation Activation in Four Movements The Experience: A four-movement journey where the players seek the source. From the hive, discover how every drop sustains the collective. (See above for more detail.) 3:00 pm Eugene Lew Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate CENTAUR CLAUSE Aaron […]
Well, we tried to cook this up for May but it got so busy that we had to push it back to the beginning of June! But this one is a collaboration with @southfellini, and is outside at the fountain on Passyunk! Thanks to @eastpassyunk and @passyarc for helping to coordinate and allowing us to […]
PRISM Quartet presents a program of new music from an exceptional collection of composers, featuring the world premiere of a new work by clarinetist/saxophonist, composer, conceptualist, and Blue Note recording artist Don Byron, winner of the Rome Prize and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The program includes additional premieres by DownBeat Critics Poll winner (rising star […]
Devin Carmichael Steph Davies Andrew Gioannetti Tom Kaines Andy Thierauf Sylvia Winch
Max Johnson Sextet: Composer, bassist, and improviser Max Johnson presents his brand new sextet in the premiere of “Without Fear,” a new concert-length work performed alongside Anna Webber (tenor saxophone, flute), Yuma Uesaka (soprano saxophone, clarinet), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Lester St. Louis (cello), Max Johnson (double bass), and Jeff Davis (drumset, vibraphone). The piece is a sprawling, style-blurring composition that explores the many musical worlds Johnson has inhabited […]
Paolo Angeli: Sardinian musician Paolo Angeli’s professional career was spent deep in the avant garde, exploring post-rock, experimental opera, and more. His style was influenced heavily by that of guitarist Giovanni Scanu, who was a major proponent of the classic Sardinian canto a chitarra style. The combination of inputs inspired Angeli to create his own instrument: an 18-stringed […]
A new take on the string quartet-featuring santour, kamenche, cello, and violin. Composted Improvisations and Improvised Compositions. $10-20 at the door.
Marisa Anderson’s music transcends borders. The topography of her work interrogates the intersections of artistry and expression with form and tradition. A singular guitarist and voracious musical collaborator, Anderson crafts pieces bursting with equal parts reverence and curiosity, contouring familiar shapes into work that is wholly her own. Anderson has spent decades mining the veins […]
Kalia Vandever is a Grammy Award-winning trombonist and composer based in Brooklyn. Their approach to the trombone is distinctive and defined by their sonorous tone and lyrical improvisational voice. They lean into the challenges of the instrument and allow patience and melody to guide their process. In their compositional practice, Vandever draws from their love […]
Shiraz Ensemble with special guest Bahar Badieitabar: Shiraz Ensemble are: Sepehr Pirasteh: alto kamancheh, tombak Sina Homaee: santoor, tombak, daf Parsa Ferdowsi: setar, tanbour For this performance they will be joined by: Bahar Badieitabar: oud Shiraz Ensemble is a contemporary music group that unites Iranian musicians performing traditional instruments in the United States. Built on the values […]
Please note, this is an outdoor performance. The scheduled performance is Saturday June 13, 7:00pm with a rain date of Sunday June 14, 7:00pm Bowerbird is pleased to co-present the Arcana New Music Ensemble performing music of Pauline Oliveros at Stoneleigh: a natural garden. Pauline Oliveros’ (1932-2016) life as a composer, performer and humanitarian was […]
Anthony Tidd is a creative musician, composer, producer, educator and curator who over a 30 year career has notably performed with, and produced songs on multi-platinum albums for, many artists including; The Roots, Steve Coleman, Meshell Ndegeocello, David Byrne, Macy Gray, Wayne Krantz, Zap Mama, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, Orrin Evans, […]
Silver Mantis is a 50 minute instrumental electro-acoustic presentation, performed with software and sampling, theremin and audio objects. It is an immersive multi channel composition which allows for an elastic performance. The inspiration behind Silver Mantis was to create a work incorporating live re-composition and improvisation into its structure, one which could expand and contract […]
The Humanosity Project is an avant-garde and free-jazz improvisational quartet based in the Philadelphia and New York areas. Formed by guitarist Dave Ross and flugelhorn/clarinet player Matt Lavelle (alongside bassist Pete Dennis and drummer Julius Masri), the group is known for operating in the extreme, experimental regions of jazz. The quartet originally formed while playing […]
*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM – Doors 8 PM – Show BASIC VICTOR VIEIRA BRANCO’S BARK CULTURE THE ER BAND
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. […]
In collaboration with The Monthly Fund. All funds raised to benefit The Abolitionist Law Center. Musical performances by Upholstery: Upholstery creates dark music for curious minds. The art-rock troupe draws on a wide range of musical influences – Portishead to Talking Heads, cabaret to post-punk – to create music that is visceral and thought-provoking. They raise funds […]
Hosted by The Low Pass, this is a low-pressure event for ambient and electronic musicians to share their art. All instruments are welcome, with set times lasting 10-15 minutes. Open to everyone from first-timers to veterans, regardless of gear complexity. Come through to enjoy beers, a meal, and a friendly community. If interested in performing, […]
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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 […]
Please join Ars Nova Workshop to celebrate the release of journalist Andy Beta’s essential new biography, Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane, featuring a performance by keyboardist Surya Botofasina, at Solar Myth on Thursday, June 18, 2026. In Cosmic Music, music journalist Andy Beta traces the life, career and legacy of […]
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 […]
Location general are announced midweek @modularonthespotphilly
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 […]
7 doors. 7:30 show. DM for address @peoplesmusicsuppy
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 […]
NOMON is an electro-percussion duo of sisters Shayna and Nava Dunkelman, united by a shared vision to expand how percussion can speak, move, and connect. They are driven by curiosity, exploring rhythm not only as sound, but as energy, gesture, and emotion. They believe percussion can embody both structure and freedom, precision and vulnerability. After […]
Eric will be on tour in the U.S. from Berlin presenting music with bluetooth speakers, and Mark is from New England doing excellent reduced electronic music. Local percussionist Ben Bennet will open.
door 7. show 8.
Erin Demastes and Dylan Burchett Duo Erin Demastes is an experimental composer, performer, and sound artist. She uses everyday objects and hacked electronics for her installations and performances and subverts their use and perception with play and experimentation. Dylan Burchett is a musician and sound artist. Philly’s own Jesse Kudler will be on improvised acoustic guitar $10-20, […]
21+ August 11th, as always at @upstairsabyss! This time around it’s gonna be @searchfortheinfinitelight doing a solo upright set, the West Philly debut of the new Del Rossi Trio (Matthew Smith Lee on bass clarinet, Nathalie Shapiro on harmonium, Lisa Powley on cello), and a very special solo voice performance by the one and only […]
Ishmael Ali, Will Greene & Lily Finnegan Trio: An ensemble defined by restlessness and sonic curiosity, this improbable improvising trio rides the edge between sonorous melodies, atonal outbursts, and tilted grooves — creating music that feels both elemental and unpredictable. Individually, each artist in the trio brings a distinct voice: Will Greene’s saxophone moves effortlessly between melodious phrasing and jagged […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present a morning birdwalk at Wissahickon Park led by Tony Croasdale with two performances by Paul Giess on trumpet and Marquise Lindsey-Bradley on clarinet. Please take note of the weather and dress accordingly with appropriate footwear. Meet at the Wissahickon Environmental Center – Tree House. Estimated run time: 120 minutes Distance: […]
*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM – Doors 8 PM – Show
Titan to Tachyons is an instrumental experimental jazz-metal group led by New Zealand/New York composer and guitarist Sally Gates (ex-Orbweaver), which features Kenny Grohowski (Secret Chiefs 3, John Zorn) on drums, and two bassists: Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Tomahawk) and Matt Hollenberg (Cleric, John Zorn). The quartet’s music depicts the realms of surrealism and […]
Croatian visitors Vedran Vinski (soprano saxophone) and Drago Vabec (bass) meet Philadelphians Irman Peck (cello) and Max Glazier (drums). Opening sets by Gioanetti/Smith/Gelbart and Search for the Infinite Light. Curated by Max Glazier
Flutists Rachel Beetz and Wilfrido Terrazas will present their latest experimental improvisational insights. Wilfrido Terrazas (Willy/he/él) is a flutist, improviser, composer, and educator based in San Diego, originally from Ensenada, Mexico. His work explores the edges of notation, improvisation, and collective creativity, and finds inspiration in various experimentalist lineages, Mexican folk traditions, and poetry. He has premiered over 400 […]
One of the most exalted names in modern experimental music across a spectrum of styles and genres, John Zorn is an avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist whose output extends to hundreds of albums. His work has touched on a wide range of musical genres, often within a single composition, but he is […]
Thor & Friends:Polymath percussionist Thor Harris inaugurated Thor & Friends in the autumn of 2015 after five years of touring as the percussionist of iconic avant-rock ensemble Swans. The project is intended as a vehicle for experimentation with the conceptual vocabulary of American Minimalism collaborating with a rotating cast of Austin-based musicians. The ensemble’s line-up […]
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 […]