Free Range Free Range is a monthly concert series providing artists with important resources in today’s content-driven music scene, and providing audiences with exceptional and affordable (even better than a city-wide!) Jazz and improvised music. With only a $5 cover, you receive food, refreshments, and a night of innovative music. Free Range prioritizes local musicians, […]
Please join Philly’s super collective of composers, improvisors and sonic healers as we celebrate the music of the late great Bern Nix. Matt Lavelle, Philly’s adopted son, Brooklyn transplant, player of trumpet, woodwinds, composer extraordinaire, will curate our 2 sets of musical and sonic excursions. First Set Bern Nix, Second Set, AIRFLT original.We are AIRLFT- […]
In conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry, Ars Nova Workshop presents the Chad Taylor Quartet performing The Avant-Garde, the 1966 album that brought together Don Cherry and John Coltrane, at Solar Myth on Friday, February 27. A composer, scholar and […]
Bobby Zankel, saxophone Sumi Tonooka, piano Shakour Hakeem, percussion Fabien Enger, trumpet
Drum Major Instinct with Katherine Young: Drum Major Instinct is an experimental music duo from Asheville, North Carolina. Jeff Arnal plays (mostly) percussion and Curt Cloninger plays (mostly) modular synthesizer. The Wire describes Jeff’s drumming as a “highly original concept” having “a balletic sense of time and imaginative deployment of colour;” and Byron Coley says […]
Ars Nova Workshop hosts the record release party for I Want To Be Ready, the latest from Philly-based post-rock experimentalists The Early, at Solar Myth on Sunday, March 1, 2026. The Early began in northern New Jersey in 2004 as a band of high school buddies coming of age at the apex of indie rock […]
Sets 7:30 and 9:00 Victor Viera-Branco -vibes plus ???
Trepanation Series kicks off Spring with a special one off @thefidget_space. Saxophonist Keefe Jackson will be on the road supporting his new album “A Gentle Reminder” These Things Happen Keefe Jackson – sax Luke Stewart – bass Oscar Jan Hoogland – piano Mikel Patrick Avery – drums Dave McDonnell’s 5th […]
Live music in the bar at Solar Myth Tuesdays in March 3rd, 17th and 31st 2 sets 7:30 and 9:00 pm No Cover
Join us for the Experimental Music Ensemble Winter Concert at the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery. This event is free and open to all, register for tickets here. Trough a grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Culture, The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery present exhibit Tudor (1926 – 1996) – A View from Inside: David Tudor will […]
Trepanation Series at Century Bar Elliot Levin Group w/ Matt Engle, Jan Jeffries, Dawn Webster Dave Fishkin Group
After nearly a decade away from recording as a leader, saxophonist Jason Rigby made his triumphant return in August 2025 with Mayhem, a groundbreaking duo album featuring renowned drummer Mark Guiliana. The project expands to a trio as it arrives at Solar Myth, adding the eclectic bassist Chris Morrissey to the mix. Mayhem represents both […]
Amy Williams is a composer of music that is “simultaneously demanding, rewarding and fascinating” (Buffalo News), “fresh, daring and incisive” (Fanfare). Her compositions have been presented at renowned contemporary music venues on four continents by many of the leading contemporary music soloists and ensembles, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JACK Quartet, Ensemble […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present pianist Amy Williams and a performance of David Tudor’s Forest Speech led by Phil Edelstein with additional performers to be announced. This concert celebrates David Tudor’s dual legacy as both a revolutionary pianist and electronic music pioneer. The first half features Amy Williams performing works by Morton Feldman, John Cage, […]
Step into the electrifying universe of Dead Jazz, where metal, jazz, and eclectic improvisation collide in an audacious sonic journey. The Hollenberg, Spiker, Weston Trio delivers an instrumental tour de force that captures the raw energy, masterful interplay, and fearless exploration of three boundary-pushing musicians. At the helm of rhythm and texture is G Calvin […]
In conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Ars Nova Workshop presents Cherry’s granddaughter, artist/musician, Naima Nefertari, for a special performance with spiritual jazz soothsayer Angel Bat Dawid at Solar Myth
Victor Viera-Branco – vibes plus ??? sets 7:30 and 9:00
Still traveling the spaceways after 101 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 has kept […]
At once a bass-forward string quartet and at times a downtown band, Owls challenge the way that meaningful concert experiences are conceived. Weaving new works together with original arrangements of music from the 1600s to the present, their PCMS debut program covers a vast timeline that spans from Trollstilt to François Couperin. With their distinctive […]
Lia Kohl: Lia Kohl is a cellist, composer, and sound artist based in Chicago. Her wide-ranging practice includes composition and performance, installation, improvisation, and collaboration. She tours nationally and internationally, working in theater, jazz, rock, and experimental contexts. Her work centers curiosity and patience, an exploration of the mundane and profound possibilities of sound. Zachary […]
Trepanation Series at Century Bar Skullcap – Anthony Pirog / Janel Lepen / Mike Kuhl Dave McDonnell Group – Chris Covotta / Matt Engle / Ian McColm
The Lepidopterans are a “supergroup” with Baltimore/Philadelphia long-time experimental scene players Toshi Makihara, Tom Borax, Jason Willett and John Dierker. Each member has decades of experience improvising and collaborating, having appeared in a dizzying list of projects, bands and records. They bring out virtuoso chops and strange and humorous theatricality to live sets that are like celebrations linking free jazz, […]
Thom Nguyen (Asheville) + Anne Ishii (Philadelphia) and Alex Lewis + Matthew S Lee (Phila both) at Jerry’s On Front (2341 N Front St) March 12 2026 Thursday 8pm (Doors 7:30p) $15. 🤜💧Come shred your tears
All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM – Doors 9 PM – Show JOE LALLY, YANNI & JASON K. Joe Lally, Yanni and Jason K. is a trio made up of Joe Lally on bass (Fugazi, The Messthetics, Coirky), Yanni Papadopoulos on guitar (Stinking Lizaveta, Planet-Y), and Jason Kourkounis on drums […]
“One of the most vital and original ensembles on the American music scene,” (The New York Times) Alarm Will Sound performs American Stories, a collection of bold, contemporary works that reflect the vast, evolving landscape of our country’s identity. Celebrating 25 years of dynamic virtuosity, the ensemble, joined by composer and interdisciplinary artist Bora Yoon, […]
08:30 Victor Viera-Branco – vibes John Moran – bass Sam Yulsman – piano 09:15 Bone Bag 10:00 Chemical
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, […]
Kresten Osgood x Gabriel Meyer Trio Kreston Osgood- Drums Gabriel Meyer- Trombone, Alto Saxophone Eli Pace- Bass Caleb Wheeler Curtis- Stritch, Sopranino, Trumpet FFMMAP! Flandrew Fleisenberg- ObjectsMason McAvoy- Voice, Trombone, Aaron Pond- Horn, Voice, Slide Whistle, Wood Flutes
Victor Viera-Branco – vibes plus ??? sets 7:30 and 9:00
Live music in the bar at Solar Myth Tuesdays in March 3rd, 17th and 31st 2 sets 7:30 and 9:00 pm No Cover
Bowerbird is pleased to present Composers Inside Electronics—Phil Edelstein, Ron Kuivila, and Michael Johnsen—performing works by David Tudor. Composers Inside Electronics (CIE), formed in 1973 with David Tudor, pioneered a collaborative approach to live electronic music that treated circuits and components as instruments in themselves rather than as tools. This closing concert of A View […]
Kresten Osgood is an extraordinary drummer and improviser who, with the fullest respect to tradition, challenges it at any given moment of his creative endeavors. He has performed and/or recorded with such legends as Roscoe Mitchell, Paul Bley, Lee Scratch Perry, William Parker, Masabumi Kikuchi, Derek Bailey, Wadada Leo Smith, Jason Moran, Oliver Lake, Kurt […]
Presented in collaboration with Philly Iranians Niloufar Shiri & Bahar Badieitabar: Kamancheh player and composer Niloufar Shiri began her musical journey at the Tehran Music Conservatory in Iran. She later immigrated to the USA and pursued her studies in composition at the University of California, San Diego, and Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) at the University of […]
Drummer/composer John Hollenbeck is a composer of music uncategorizable beyond the fact of being always identifiably his: a conceptualist able to translate the traditions of jazz and new music into a fresh, eclectic, forward-looking language of his own invention, a drummer and percussionist possessed of a playful versatility and a virtuosic wit, and a musical […]
Liam Grant, New England guitarist with a punk ethos, cut from the American Primitive cloth, will be playing with Parsa Ferdowsi , an Iranian composer/performer/multi-instrumentalist and multi-media artist based in Philly Sam Boston offers up guitar barbs, pulsing organ drones, and crackling electronics Philly’s own Jordan Burgis will be kicking things off with a solo set
Live sets ~ Earthen Sea | Sohme DJ set ~ Kiernan Laveaux Visual Projections ~ Klip Collective Beverages ~ Forin
Flandrew Fleisenberg’s unretirement show! +id m theft able +Bhob Rainey +DJ Robo Rob Doors open at 7:30 pm, music at 8 pm
For over 25 years, the Miró Quartet has performed on the world’s most prestigious stages, showcasing their “collective intelligence uncanny precision” (Musical America). Their program includes excerpts from master works by Samuel Barber and Florence Price, as well as a PCMS co-commission for soprano and quartet by the genre-defying, Brooklyn-based composer Tamar-kali. The new work […]
The Forest & The Zoo is a Philly music collective enjoying the exploration of improvisation, abstract composition, as well as straightforward notation and rhythm-based tunes. This year, The Forest & The Zoo also heralds the launch of Chunky Homestyle Audio, a new digital label on Bandcamp. See more from the Forest & The Zoo on […]
Six musicians in six different formations playing a continuous set. Melodies and minds, colliding and converging. If you have ears to hear, you will find us there… where pathways meet. Line up! Sequoyah Leaf – clarinet Jesse Kudler – guitar Ihba Baskette – saxophone Ryoko Ohara – saxophone Alihu Ben Bhakr – flute Melinda […]
Mariam Rezaei is a multi-award-winning composer, turntablist and performer working across experimental new music, free improvisation, mutant club music and hip-hop. Described by The Wire as “one of the most technically adept and creatively daring artists to use the turntable as a musical instrument,” Rezaei uses a digital vinyl system, allowing her to manipulate an […]
Orcutt Shelley Miller is an avant-rock trio comprised of three highly celebrated figures of experimental music: Bill Orcutt (Harry Pussy), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain, Comets On Fire). Following in the footsteps of the high-firing free jazz and European outer-rock bands of the ‘60s and ‘70s and the Pacific Rim’s subterranean […]
Victor Vieira-Branco – vibes plus ??? sets 7:30 and 9:00
Victoria Shen (A.K.A. Evicshen) is a sound artist, experimental music performer, and instrument-maker based in San Francisco. Shen’s sound practice is concerned with the spatiality/physicality of sound and its relationship to the human body. Her music features analog modular synthesizers, vinyl/resin records, and self-built electronics. Eschewing conventions in harmony and rhythm in favor of extreme […]
London-born Shabaka earned widespread renown as a saxophonist with his cosmically-oriented ensembles Shabaka and the Ancestors, Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming before taking an indefinite hiatus from the instrument and dedicating himself to the flute. For his flute-forward album Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace, Shabaka tapped into a remarkable cadre […]
London-born Shabaka earned widespread renown as a saxophonist with his cosmically-oriented ensembles Shabaka and the Ancestors, Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming before taking an indefinite hiatus from the instrument and dedicating himself to the flute. For his flute-forward album Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace, Shabaka tapped into a remarkable cadre […]
Trepanation Series at Century Bar June Bender Jason Carr w/ Koof Ibi
Ted Gordon presents his new book The Composer’s Black Box: Making Music in Cybernetic America (University of California Press, 2025), which examines how human musicians and their electronic musical instruments negotiate agency, creativity, and selfhood through cybernetic pathways of control. Through five historical case studies—chapters on early cybernetic electronic systems developed by Morton Subotnick, Donald […]
Mariana Carvalho and Zach Hart, touring from Germany, are joined by Ben Bennett and Tether for a night of experimental sound making. Readings by poets Emily k. and Myene Yanu. Mariana Carvalho @mariana.t.carvalho Zach Hart Ben Bennett @bnbnntt Tether @normalposition Emily k. @cauldronbroth Myene Yanu @myene.tsty Doors 7:00PM, music 7:30PM $10-20 suggested donation
Caroline Davis: Alive with nurturing visions of simple sonic offerings to morph our present situation, Caroline Davis’ main reason for playing music is to connect with others, beckoning new vistas among curious listeners. Her musical journey began in Singapore, in a humid climate, hearing sounds underwater that she would recreate by singing to her German […]
Irreversible Entanglements are a liberation-oriented free jazz collective formed in early 2015 by saxophonist Keir Neuringer, poet Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) and bassist Luke Stewart, who came together to perform at a Musicians Against Police Brutality event organized after the slaying of Akai Gurley by the NYPD. Months later the group added trumpeter Aquiles […]
In conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry, Ars Nova Workshop presents a special conversation and listening session with the Philadelphia-born free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, at the Fabric Workshop & Museum on Saturday, March 28, 2026. For this very special […]
METER is a night of verbal, sonic, and kinetic experimentation. Local poets reading live. Musicians and dancers improvising performances in response. Crafted verse collides with spontaneous composition. METTER’s March 2026 Line Up: Poets Andy Izenson Mason McAvoy Ardon Shorr Musicians Elliot Beck Julius Masri Ricki Weidenhof Dancers Sydney Donovan Tamar Gutherz Ella-Gabriel Mason Caroline O’Brien mik […]
PROGRAM: Two Thoughts About the Piano Figment V for marimba Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux II Epigrams Enchanted Preludes Gra for clarinet Canon for 4 ARCANA NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE: Anna Lim – violin Tom Kraines – cello Nic Handahl – flute Jonathan Leeds – clarinet David Hughes – piano Andy Thierauf – marimba
In conjunction with The Living Temple, the ongoing exhibition celebrating the life and work of Swedish visual artist and designer Moki Cherry, Ars Nova Workshop presents the Philadelphia-born free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, exploring the ecstatic music of Don Cherry’s groundbreaking Organic Music Society at Solar Myth on Saturday, March 28, 2026. Irreversible Entanglements are […]
Welcome to town- Darja Goldberg (Accordion) and Cristopher Götzen (Guitar) all the way from Deutschland, joined in trio by Aaron Pond on Wagner Tuba. DM Hotep (of Sun Ra) dazzles with elaborate structures built from electric musings. Max Glazier and Dan Blacksberg cut it up. Max G curates. Pond & Mystery Duo ?????? Aaron […]
Pureply Sonali Singh Trio Shadowcatcher (Amherst, MA) SunRyze Join us for an experimental daytime show at Walmart Pier! Pureply will play an hour long ambient set, followed by a free improv set by Sonali Singh and friends. Shadowcatcher’s performance features live improvised breakbeats on an electronic percussion setup, and SunRyze will close out […]
2:00PM Ashé Mystics: The Ashé Mystics are Kevin Diehl, Julius Masri & Joshua Marquez. They create a world of sound with electronic circuitry, improv and percussive underpinnings. 2:50 PM The Humanosity Project: The Humanosity Project are Dave Ross, Matt Lavelle, Pete Dennis & Julius Masri – a quartet of four monster improvisors operating in the […]
Philadelphia-born and New Jersey-raised, Laraaji has pursued spiritual transcendence through music since the mid-1970s. After years of developing an aesthetic shaped by Eastern philosophies and transcendental research in his longtime Harlem home, Laraaji’s breakthrough came when Brian Eno discovered him busking in Washington Square Park in 1979, improvising celestial meditations on his electric zither. This […]
Victor Vieira-Branco – vibes Luke Stewart – bass John Moran- drums sets 7:30 and 9:00
Live music in the bar at Solar Myth Tuesdays in March 3rd, 17th and 31st 2 sets 7:30 and 9:00 pm No Cover
Carlos Niño refers to himself musically, and in many aspects of his life, as a “communicator,” a role that encompasses his own work as well as his integral work on projects like André 3000’s New Blue Sun. Producing, playing and making music are just some of the facets of that title, as was his long-running, […]
Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a pop-up performance with the visionary producer, percussionist, composer and cosmic facilitator Carlos Niño in collaboration with rising Los Angeles saxophonist Aaron Shaw. The duo will perform a short improvisational set in dialogue with visual artworks by Moki Cherry. Organized in conjunction with The Living Temple: The World of […]
Trepanation Series at Century Bar Juan Castrillon & Grimaldi Baez Melinda Rice & Michael Quick
Carlos Niño refers to himself musically, and in many aspects of his life, as a “communicator,” a role that encompasses his own work as well as his integral work on projects like André 3000’s New Blue Sun. Producing, playing and making music are just some of the facets of that title, as was his long-running, […]
Penn State University’s 12-piece experimental music ensemble joins forces with composer-performer-producer Kory Reeder (Wandelweiser, Sawyer Editions, Saroyer Spaces) for a 3-hour interstellar meditation for mixed ensemble inspired by the 18th-century French astronomer Charles Messier.
Curtis New Music Ensemble celebrates composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery with a concert featuring works by the Grammy-winning composer, violinist, and educator. Praised as “turbulent, wildly colorful, and exploding with life” (Washington Post), Montgomery’s music fuses classical with vernacular styles, improvisation, poetry, and social consciousness—offering a profound reflection of 21st-century American sound. A winner of the Sphinx […]
Excited to host Overflowing Poetry’s first proper music gig, featuring dear pals from San Francisco The Lodestones (members of JOMF, among others), Philly/Omaha acid twanger Chevrolet Pile, and local legends Layer Meat/Angel Meat. It’s all going down April 4 at Brickbat.
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For over 15 years, Cybersounds has brought the latest in electronic music and the digital arts to Philadelphia audiences. The Cybersounds concert series showcases electroacoustic works ranging from the historical to the most exciting recent innovations in the field of music technology. Each semester, leading artists from around the world present their work alongside Temple […]
Victor Vieira Branco – vibes Sam Xiao Cody – violin John Moran – bass sets at 7:30 and 9:00
Tatsuya Nakatani: Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde percussionist, composer, and artist of sound. Active internationally since the 1990s, Nakatani has released over 80 recordings and tours extensively, performing over 150 concerts a year. His primary focus is his solo work and his large ensemble project, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. He teaches master classes and lectures […]
Join us for an evening of chamber music with the Daedalus Quartet and pianist Matthew Bengtson, featuring works by PhD alumni in Composition Luke Carlson , Andrew Davis , and Joshua Hey . Fisher Bennett Hall, Room 419 – Rose Recital Hall
Trepanation Series at Century Bar 90eze Scott Verrastro 23 Shedu
Join us for a morning discussion exploring the preservation of sound and memory with legendary saxophonist Odean Pope alongside archivists and curators. Hosted by Ars Nova Workshop (ANW) and the Nomadic Archivists Project (NAP), these talks will share how musical legacies are archived and how you can become your own archivist. Conclude the morning with […]
Next Ghost Harmonics is April 10th!! Featuring two sets of live music from the phenomenal Untethered Trio (Paul Giess, Calvin Weston, and Matthew Little), and readings from Anselm Berrigan, Jericho Jennifer Nelson, Jonathon Todd, and Nikki Volpicelli.
n March of 2000, Ars Nova Workshop hosted the first of what would become hundreds of performances across Philadelphia, presenting saxophonist Chris Speed and his creative quartet yeah NO at Plays & Players Theater. Much has changed in the ensuing quarter century. Speed has returned to perform for ANW many times in the ensuing years, […]
Bowerbird is pleased to present Audra performing an evening of music for voice and saxophone, with repertoire including Meredith Monk’s Hocket for Two Voices, two moody folk-song arrangements by Karin Rehnqvist, and Cecilia McDowall’s dramatic White Fox Woman. Three pieces make up the center of this program: Thomas Kessler’s Is it?, Philippe Leroux Un lieu […]
Crystalline, minimal and dissonant, The Days Pass Quickly Immersed in the Shadow of Eternity is a new composition for sampled and live early flutes in 8-channel sound by Lea Bertucci. Steeped in folkloric influences, this work is a haunting contemplation of time, duration and memory that evokes the primeval and futuristic simultaneously. Written for master […]
Victor Vieira Branco – vibes Matt Engle – bass Ian McColm
TAKAAT: TAKAAT (pronounced tuh-cot), meaning “noise” in the Tuareg language Tamashek, for this tour is the duo of Ahmoudou Madassane & Mikey Coltun (joined by a blown out drum machine). Also known as the rhythm section of Mdou Moctar. TAKAAT is sonic chaos, improvisation, freedom of exploration, and the punk styles of bands such as […]
Composer, trumpeter, santur player, vocalist, and bandleader Amir ElSaffar has been described in the New York Times as “the celebrated trumpeter and composer who explores vital connections between jazz and Arabic music.” ElSaffar leads a number of critically-acclaimed ensembles: The 17-piece Rivers of Sound Orchestra; Two Rivers, which combines the musical languages and instrumentation of […]
Alex Harding & Lucian Ban duo: The relationship between Alex Harding and Lucian Ban has been long and fruitful. Their combination of elements of improvisational music have helped the pair develop a unique musical language that transcends the expectations of the jazz genre. Pianist Lucian Ban arrived in New York City from Romania to study […]
Doors 6:30 Music 7:00
Trepanation Series at Century Bar Matt Engle solo Dave McDonnell’s 5th World
Suki Mourning Thugg @scodyxiao – violin @qohn – drums? @shitkicker9001 – guitar Snakeroot Cleans Blood- Aaron Pond- Daxophone/Voice @maxglazier – drums Albeedo @peter_sukeena – drums @bobbymcdevitt_ – guitar LN Celestine @ln_celestine – vocals/violin electronics
Folk musician Elizabeth LaPrelle (Doran, Anna & Elizabeth) and visual artist Erik Ruin (Justseeds) combine forces for an evening of ballads and crankies. From the mountains of Appalachia to the isolation wing of a German prison, the duo will explore haunting songs of love and loss, playful lullabies, passionate protests of the world as it is- and dreams of […]
an evening of lovely guitar tunes, brought to us by Jesse Sheppard Jagtime Millionaire (of Pairdown) is a fingerpicking guitarist based in Pittsburgh, PA who presents a variety of 19th and early 20th century piano ragtime on the steel-string acoustic guitar. Matt Geary Philly guitar sounds Danny Kamins Saxophone! Doors at 7, music at 8. byob, $10-15
Passages (Season 4 / Program 7) is an 18+ music event featuring live sets by Teddy Mars and Maria Ann Hedonia, plus a DJ set by Alex Tebbs Mitchell. There are also visual projections by Klip Collective. Located on the 2nd floor; there is no elevator.
Announcing the People’s Music Supply Recording Company (PMSRC) Founded to preserve, promote, and catalyze the work of The People’s Music Supply, the PMSRC will release a batch of high-quality recordings 3 times a year. Each project is specially selected to highlight a unique aspect of Philadelphia’s dynamic and unpredictable scene. Our first drop brings […]
Few artists have done more to both honor and reinvent the 2000-year history of the pipa than soloist, vocalist and composer Min Xiao-Fen. Classically trained in her native China, she served as a principal pipa soloist at Nanjing Traditional Music Orchestra and was an in-demand interpreter of traditional music before relocating to the United States […]
Biotic (Shawn Lovato/Ingrid Laubrock/Henry Mermer): Shawn Lovato is a New York-based bassist, composer, and improviser “with a distinctive compositional approach and a knack for finding the right partners to bring it to life” (All About Jazz). Growing up on the outskirts of New York City, Lovato was deeply influenced by its underground scenes, including hip hop, […]
Join us for an evening of fine music! Alexander is the solo project of guitarist and multi-instrumentalist David Shapiro (Kath Bloom, Josephine Foster, Center). Under the Alexander moniker he plays fingerstyle acoustic guitar and banjo music. He has shared bills with Mdou Moctar, Loren Connors, Susan Alcorn, and many more. His self-titled LP is distributed […]
Victo Vieira Branco – vibes John Moran – bass Joey Sullivan – drums sets at 7:30 and 9:00
Chicago experimental music mainstay Olivia Block is an acclaimed media artist and composer whose discography spans nearly three decades. At any given concert she might be playing electronic instruments, piano, organ or amplified objects. Block composes for chamber ensemble, orchestra and pipe organ, and creates surround sound concerts, sound installations and scores. Her most recent […]
Paul Giess (trumpet) Timothy Ragsdale (bass) Rodrigo Pichardo (bass) G Calvin Weston (drums) Phil Cuttino Jr. (dancer) Jay ‘Rukkus’ Jao (dancer)
Takuya Kuroda is a highly respected trumpeter and arranger born in Kobe, Japan and based in New York City. Over the course of his seven albums to date, Kuroda has evolved a unique hybrid sound blending soulful jazz, funk, post-bop, fusion and hip hop. Kuroda moved to New York to study jazz and contemporary music […]
Please join Philly’s super collective of composers, improvisors and sonic healers as we celebrate our artistic heroes curated our hometown hero, TERRY LAWSON. Terry is a venerated Philly institution who has performed with the likes of Odean Pope’s Saxophone Choir, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Jymie Merritt’s Forerunners and many more. First Set: legacy heroes John Coltrane, Sunny […]
KAVI: Emergent Feedback Loops: Cybernetics and the Human Brain qGOO (Quantum Global Organoid Orchestra): q.GOO_ PhiladelphiaNeuroMusicAI/42026 Gene Coleman: EVOCARE (2026) for string quartet and neuro electronics Conjure Neuro Music Ensemble + Guests Adam Vidiksis, Neuro electronics Sam Wells, Neuro electronics Tom Kraines, Cello Gene Coleman (Composition and Direction) With special guests Melinda Rice and Molly […]
A concert of young dragons of improvised music. Kieran Daly from Chicago, in duet with Ben Bennett (guitar and perc), Chris Pitsiokos (sax) from Berlin and the duet of Jesse Kudler and Seqouyah Leaf (guitar and clarinet). Plus poetry by Thomas Delahaye. Chris Pitsiokos @chrispitsiokos Ben Bennett @bnbnntt Kieran Daly Jesse Kudler @jessekudler Seqouyah Leaf […]
Performers for the 4/25/26 show include Visiting Artists: Mia Zabelka (violin, Vienna, Austria), Al Margolis (electronics, Chester, NY), and Walter Wright (percussion and electronics, Charlottesville, VA) as well as Philadelphia-based Dancers Chloe Marie, Kayliani Sood, Kimya Imani Jackson, Loren Groenendaal, and Mauri Walton and Philadelphia-based Musicians Flandrew Fleisenberg (Percussion), Max Glazier (Percussion), and Abram Taber […]
We’re excited to showcase our very own @sbaileymusic in a fully electro acoustic program celebrating Relâche’s roots in improvisation, intermodal creative collaboration, and experimental musical design. Sean’s EP “GENERIC” will be featured, along with the world premiere of a new work for clarinet, flugelhorn, electronics and dance, with special guests @_posthumouslee and @the_saaaav
Peni Candra Rini with Shahzad Ismaily & Andy McGraw: Peni Candra Rini (b. 1983) is a renowned Javanese singer, educator, and composer fusing Javanese sufi poetry with contemporary composition for Indonesian and Western instruments. The Kronos Quartet has described her as “one of the world’s greatest singers.” She is a master of several traditional forms (primarily gamelan) and is regarded as […]
A Special Seated Show in the Side Chapel of the First Unitarian Church!
2 sets 7:30 and 9:00 Solar Myth Bar No cover
Victor Vieira Branco – vibes John Moran – bass Joey Sullivan – drums sets at 7:30 and 9:00
Berlin-based Audrey Chen and Philadelphia’s Flandrew Fleisenberg have spent over a decade refining a singular, breathing tactile space. In a rare Philadelphia performance, Chen’s internally driven sonic language—a mix of voice and electronics—meets Fleisenberg’s “material conjuring” and obsession with physical phenomena. For Fleisenberg, drums are secondary to the hidden voices of mundane objects; he coaxes […]
Aaron Rosenblum (Portland, ME) experimental drone and soundscapes. His works employ active listening, archival practices, minimalism, and public engagement to explore the margins between man-made and natural sounds and to encourage reflection on global soundscapes and media. Jim Rats (Philly) will treat us to some ambient goth experimental noise. Doors at 7, music at 8. […]
Sam Prekop’s work over the last 30 years, whether created primarily on his guitar or on his modular synth, is consistent in its powerful melodicism, delicate arrangements and subtle evolution. Prekop’s singular blend of melody, impressionistic lyricism and quietly intricate rhythms are the core of the singular sound of his band The Sea and Cake. […]