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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:Dynasty Battles
DESCRIPTION:Dynasty Battles\, the recipient of the 2021 Career Advancement Award by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia\, has been featured with soprano Marietta Simpson in The Philadelphia Inquirer\, and on music critic David Patrick Stearns’ radio program “Creatively Speaking” on Philadelphia’s WRTI (90.1FM). \nOne upcoming highlight: Battles will debut a piano concerto by composer Nina Shekhar\, whose music has been performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra\, Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, and many more. Battles recently debuted a composition by multiple Grammy nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist Ted Hearne\, composed for Dynasty himself\, which was featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Other recent engagements include hall debuts at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in a concert curated by John Adams\, the Chicago Cultural Center’s Preston Bradley Hall as a featured artist in the International Music Foundation’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts\, and the Benjamin Franklin Hall with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Additionally\, he made his international debut at the Barbican Centre in London while in residency with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. \nCareer highlights include an invitation to perform George Walker’s Piano Sonata No. 1 in a private engagement at the distinguished composer’s home. In a project profiled by The New York Times\, he also performed in Bowerbird Philly’s ongoing series highlighting the works of Julius Eastman. \nBattles studies with concert pianist Leon Bates and Eve Wolf\, pianist\, and Executive Artistic Director of Ensemble for the Romantic Century. He also studied counterpoint and harmony and analysis with Jonathan Coopersmith\, Chair of Musical Studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. A native of Philadelphia\, Dynasty received a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance\, cum laude from Temple University\, under the instruction of Harvey Wedeen as a recipient of the Esther Boyer College Scholarship. \ndynastybattles.com
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/dynasty-battles/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, 35 West Chelten Ave\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T193000
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Evocation- Majid Araim x Carlos Santiago\, Singh x Noss x Winch\, Ricki Weidenhof
DESCRIPTION:DM @Peoplesmusicsupply on Instagram or email Peoplesmusicsupply@gmail.com for address  \nDM @Catlap_philly on Instagram or email phillycatlap@gmail.com for address \n\n\nMajid Araim- Mandolin/Voice Carlos Santiago- Violin \nSonali Singh- Bassoon \nRy Noss- Bass Trombone/Flute \nSylvia Winch- Trombone & Melodica \nRicki Weidenhof- Cello & Electronics
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/an-evening-of-evocation-majid-araim-x-carlos-santiago-singh-x-noss-x-winch-ricki-weidenhof/
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SUMMARY:Bryan Day/Toshi Makihara duo & Del Rossi Trio
DESCRIPTION:Bryan Day & Toshi Makihara duo: \nBryan Day is a sound artist\, instrument inventor\, and conceptual artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using scavenged electronics\, repurposed mechanical components\, and amplified materials\, he reimagines them as constructivist sound sculptures. Since the late 1990s\, he has built over a hundred sound devices ranging from amplified measuring tapes and hacked radio transceivers to electromechanical installations using magnets\, hard drives\, and pendulums.His recorded work spans noisy electroacoustic improvisation\, droning minimalism\, and audio collage\, featured in projects such as Euphotic\, Collision Stories\, and Seeded Plain. He has performed\, taught workshops\, and built sound installations across Europe\, Asia\, and the Americas. By day\, he works as a museum exhibit and software developer at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.Since 1997\, Day has run the new music label Public Eyesore and its sister label Eh?\, producing over 300 albums of improvised and experimental music by artists from around the world. He has organized tours for American artists in Japan and curated events at venues including Canessa Gallery\, Meridian Gallery\, Clawfoot House\, Tiptop Haus\, and The Magic Theatre.Day also leads invented instrument–building workshops\, both to create instruments of his own design and to guide participants in building freeform sound objects from repurposed materials. His designs include the Whiskerphone\, Rotowhisker\, Sonic Marionette\, Sound Mouse\, Junk Kalimba\, and various circuit-bent instruments. \nToshi Makihara pursues non-idiomatic free improvised music using percussion and found objects / sound sites. Makihara studied drums and improvisation with Sabu Toyozumi and Butoh with the master Kazuo Ohno in Tokyo. His approach to free improvisation is founded on the process of “Becoming the Sound” without seeking any particular accomplishment. \nDel Rossi Trio: \n“Listening to Del Rossi Trio\, I thought of landscapes: particularly\, the way they seem to subtly shift and change when viewed from tens of thousands of feet in flight\, presenting the persistent illusion of stillness despite the fact of infinite intricate activity taking place (not to mention the fact that you’re moving at hundreds of miles an hour all the while). The trio\, composed of droning harmonium\, cello and bass clarinet\, played two long\, meditative pieces: this was eyes-closed music\, drifting slowly in and out of consonance\, wide-open modal harmonies inching toward tension and rich\, crazy clusters of notes and harmonic traffic jams. Bass clarinetist Matthew Smith Lee’s cheeks would softly flutter on long-held notes\, and the cello and harmonium essentially blended into one big\, pulsing sound.”- Tyler Maxwell(Midbrow Philly) \naccessibility: one step from street to venue. Wheelchair ramp available please contact us ahead of time if possible.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/bryan-day-toshi-makihara-duo-del-rossi-trio/
LOCATION:Brickbat Books\, 709 South 4th St\, Philadelphia
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Irreversible Entanglements presents Ascension // Odean Pope-Reggie Workman-Andrew Cyrille Trio
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth\, with Irreversible Entanglements performing Ascension and the legendary trio of Odean Pope\, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille\, at the Mandell Theater on Friday\, September 25\, 2026. \nJohn Coltrane changed the course of music\, but his story is also deeply rooted in Philadelphia. In 2026\, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth\, Ars Nova Workshop will present COLTRANE 100 — a citywide constellation of performances\, conversations\, exhibitions\, listening events\, community gatherings\, educational programs\, and neighborhood activations honoring Coltrane’s enduring legacy and Philadelphia’s central role in shaping it. Developed in collaboration with the John and Alice Coltrane estate\, artists\, scholars\, community leaders\, and cultural partners across the city\, the initiative will unfold across venues\, libraries\, public spaces\, and neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia. \nThis generation-spanning double bill features Irreversible Entanglements\, a free-jazz quintet with an experimental punk mentality\, consisting of poet/vocalist Camae Ayewa (often known as Moor Mother)\, bassist Luke Stewart\, trumpeter Aquiles Navarro\, saxophonist Keir Neuringer\, and drummer Tcheser Holmes. They’ll interpret the music of Coltrane’s landmark 1966 album Ascension\, with special guests David Murray\, Bobby Zankel\, Tomoki Sanders\, Ursula Rucker\, Dave Burell\, and Melvin Gibbs. \nThe bill also includes a trio of giants\, all of whom have carried the legendary saxophonist’s innovations forward into the 21st century: saxophonist Odean Pope\, a friend of Trane’s who honed his own skills at informal sessions at the Strawberry Mansion home; bassist Reggie Workman\, a member of the John Coltrane Quartet in the early 1960s\, appearing on albums like Africa Brass and Live at the Village Vanguard; and drummer Andrew Cyrille\, whose storied career includes work with Cecil Taylor and Trio 3 with Workman and Oliver Lake.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-irreversible-entanglements-presents-ascension-odean-pope-reggie-workman-andrew-cyrille-trio-2/
LOCATION:Mandell Theater\, 3220 Chestnut Street\, Philadelpia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T170000
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Michelle Coltrane & Salim Washington with Anyabwile Love
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a conversation with musicians Michelle Coltrane and Salim Washington\, and Coltrane scholar and filmmaker Anyabwile Love\, at the URBN Annex Screening Room at Drexel University on September 25. \n\n\n\n\nThis is an 18+ event
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-michelle-coltrane-salim-washington-with-anyabwile-love/
LOCATION:URBN Annex Screening Room\, 3401 Filbert Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T180000
DTSTAMP:20260925T010258Z
CREATED:20260925T010258Z
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Coltrane in Japan 1966 w/ Yasuhiro “Fuji” Fujioka
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ars Nova Workshop and eminent Japanese Coltrane scholar Yasuhiro Fujioka\, for a discussion surrounding he pivotal 1966 Japanese tour and recordings that many consider among Coltrane’s most triumphant achivements; at the URBN Annex Screening Room at Drexel University on September 25. \n\n\n\n\nThis is an 18+ event
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-coltrane-in-japan-1966-w-yasuhiro-fuji-fujioka/
LOCATION:Urban Annex Screening Room\, 3401 Filbert Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T200000
DTSTAMP:20260925T010757Z
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Irreversible Entanglements presents Ascension // Odean Pope-Reggie Workman-Andrew Cyrille Trio
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth\, with Irreversible Entanglements performing Ascension and the legendary trio of Odean Pope\, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille\, at the Mandell Theater on Friday\, September 25\, 2026. \nJohn Coltrane changed the course of music\, but his story is also deeply rooted in Philadelphia. In 2026\, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth\, Ars Nova Workshop will present COLTRANE 100 — a citywide constellation of performances\, conversations\, exhibitions\, listening events\, community gatherings\, educational programs\, and neighborhood activations honoring Coltrane’s enduring legacy and Philadelphia’s central role in shaping it. Developed in collaboration with the John and Alice Coltrane estate\, artists\, scholars\, community leaders\, and cultural partners across the city\, the initiative will unfold across venues\, libraries\, public spaces\, and neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia. \nThis generation-spanning double bill features Irreversible Entanglements\, a free-jazz quintet with an experimental punk mentality\, consisting of poet/vocalist Camae Ayewa (often known as Moor Mother)\, bassist Luke Stewart\, trumpeter Aquiles Navarro\, saxophonist Keir Neuringer\, and drummer Tcheser Holmes. They’ll interpret the music of Coltrane’s landmark 1966 album Ascension\, with special guests David Murray\, Bobby Zankel\, Tomoki Sanders\, Ursula Rucker\, Dave Burell\, and Melvin Gibbs. \nThe bill also includes a trio of giants\, all of whom have carried the legendary saxophonist’s innovations forward into the 21st century: saxophonist Odean Pope\, a friend of Trane’s who honed his own skills at informal sessions at the Strawberry Mansion home; bassist Reggie Workman\, a member of the John Coltrane Quartet in the early 1960s\, appearing on albums like Africa Brass and Live at the Village Vanguard; and drummer Andrew Cyrille\, whose storied career includes work with Cecil Taylor and Trio 3 with Workman and Oliver Lake.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-irreversible-entanglements-presents-ascension-odean-pope-reggie-workman-andrew-cyrille-trio/
LOCATION:Mandell Theater\, 3220 Chestnut Street\, Philadelpia\, PA
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SUMMARY:Kelly Bray /  Thomas D'Angelo
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URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/kelly-bray-thomas-dangelo/
LOCATION:Brickbat Books\, 709 South 4th St\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T130000
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100  - A Love Supreme: The Man\, The Music and His Timeless Message with Ashley Kahn
DESCRIPTION:Too often\, John Coltrane’s towering legend and enduring influence overshadows his message\, which he meticulously wove into his best known album – which some have called his musical self-portrait – A Love Supreme. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of this seminal recording\, this presentation employs music and video excerpts to better understand the connection between Coltrane’s music and universal message. How did he work spiritual focus into his music? What role did Coltrane envision for himself and his recordings? What was his core message\, and how does it continue to influence musicians and attract an audience well beyond the jazz circle\, to this day?
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-a-love-supreme-the-man-the-music-and-his-timeless-message-with-ashley-kahn/
LOCATION:The Study at University City\, 20 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T140000
DTSTAMP:20260925T011828Z
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - The Work of Legacy: Kathleen Hennessy and Matthew Garrison w/ Steven Fullwood
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a candid conversation the responsibilities and complexities of musical legacy and stewardship\, featuring Kathleen Hennessy\, Matthew Garrison\, and Steven Fullwood of Nomadic Archivists Project\, at The Study at University City on September 26. \n\n\n\n\nThis is an 18+ event
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-the-work-of-legacy-kathleen-hennessy-and-matthew-garrison-w-steven-fullwood/
LOCATION:The Study at University City\, 20 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T160000
DTSTAMP:20260925T011346Z
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Invocations: Calling Upon the Spirit of John Coltrane with William Parker
DESCRIPTION:As part of the celebration of the centennial of John Coltrane’s birth\, Ars Nova Workshop welcomes bassist\, composer\, poet\, and bandleader William Parker for a special invocation ceremony at Monument in Waiting\, calling upon the spirit of John Coltrane through music\, poetry\, ritual\, and collective remembrance. \nCreated by artist Theaster Gates\, Monument in Waiting is a space for gathering\, contemplation\, and the honoring of histories still being written. For COLTRANE 100\, Parker activates the monument as a site of remembrance and possibility—an invitation to consider Coltrane not simply as a towering figure of the past\, but as a living presence whose pursuit of spiritual transformation\, freedom\, and human connection continues to resonate across generations. \nOne of the great creative musicians and thinkers of our time\, Parker has long approached music as a vehicle for healing\, community\, and spiritual inquiry. Here\, he gathers us not for a conventional concert\, but for an invocation: a communal act of listening and reflection dedicated to Coltrane’s life\, his searching spirit\, and the possibilities his music continues to open one hundred years after his birth.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-invocations-calling-upon-the-spirit-of-john-coltrane-with-william-parker/
LOCATION:Monument in Waiting – Drexel University Korman Quad\, 33rd Street between Chestnut and Market\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T170000
DTSTAMP:20260925T012026Z
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - The Tiberi Tapes: The Story of its Discovery with Yasuhiro “Fuji” Fujioka
DESCRIPTION:The Tiberi Tapes\, were captured by musician Frank Tiberi during Coltrane club performances in a variety of Philadelphia and New York City venues\, in the early 1960s. These historic recordings offer an intimate glimpse into Coltrane’s evolving artistry and have become an important addition to the documented legacy of one of jazz’s most influential musicians. \nThe program features commentary by Coltrane Home Board member and internationally recognized Coltrane scholar Yasuhiro “Fuji” Fujioka\, whose extensive research and writing on Coltrane provide unique insight into the recordings\, their historical context\, and their significance within the saxophonist’s body of work.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-the-tiberi-tapes-the-story-of-its-discovery-with-yasuhiro-fuji-fujioka/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T170000
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Immanuel Wilkins Quartet // Divine Offering
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth\, with acclaimed saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and a celebration of the music of Alice Coltrane\, at the Mandell Theater on Saturday\, September 26\, 2026. \nJohn Coltrane changed the course of music\, but his story is also deeply rooted in Philadelphia. In 2026\, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth\, Ars Nova Workshop will present COLTRANE 100 — a citywide constellation of performances\, conversations\, exhibitions\, listening events\, community gatherings\, educational programs\, and neighborhood activations honoring Coltrane’s enduring legacy and Philadelphia’s central role in shaping it. Developed in collaboration with the John and Alice Coltrane estate\, artists\, scholars\, community leaders\, and cultural partners across the city\, the initiative will unfold across venues\, libraries\, public spaces\, and neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia. \nThis special double bill explores the wider universe of Coltrane’s legacy. Born in Philadelphia\, Immanuel Wilkins is a saxophonist\, composer\, and multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of sound\, performance\, and visual composition. In addition to his musical practice\, Wilkins works with bronze sculptures\, large-scale megaphones\, public sculptural playgrounds\, and works on paper that examine the graphic score\, inspirations that echo Coltrane’s own voracious curiosities. Wilkins will be joined by a number of special guests to honor Trane’s centennial. In addition\, vocalist and composer Michelle Coltrane\, the daughter of John and Alice Coltrane\, will honor her mother’s devotional music with a program entitled Divine Offering: Celebrating the Legacy of Alice Turiyasangitananda with Sita Michelle Coltrane. \nFeaturing\n\nImmanuel Wilkins Quartet plus very special guest \n\nImmanuel Wilkins — alto saxophone\nMicah Thomas — piano\nRyoma Takenaga — bass\nKweku Sumbry — drums\nfeaturing special guests\nWilliam Parker — bass\nJeff « Tain » Watts — drums\n\nDivine Offering: Celebrating the Legacy of Alice Turiyasangitananda with Sita Michelle Coltrane  \n\nMichelle Coltrane — vocals\nLisa E. Harris — vocals\nArianna Gouveia — vocals\nSurya Botofasina — piano\, keyboard\nLonnie Plaxico — bass\nRoss Chait — percussion\nfeaturing special guest\nJeff « Tain » Watts — drums
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-immanuel-wilkins-quartet-divine-offering/
LOCATION:Mandell Theater\, 3220 Chestnut Street\, Philadelpia\, PA
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T180000
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Trane: The Music of Black Science with Melvin Gibbs
DESCRIPTION:Melvin Gibbs is a Grammy nominated composer\, musician\, artist\, and writer\, born and raised in Brooklyn\, N.Y. This talk will examine some of the ideas that inform John Coltrane‘s cosmic music. It will dig into connections between cosmology and jazz that Gibbs has explored in collaboration with theoretical cosmologist Stephon Alexander\, the author of “The Jazz Of Physics” a book which examines the connection between Albert Einstein and John Coltrane\, and in his own book “How Black Music Took Over The World”\, where Gibbs digs into this connection while examining tenets of African philosophy and cosmologies and philosophy- the “Black Science” – that underpins Black music as a whole.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-trane-the-music-of-black-science-with-melvin-gibbs/
LOCATION:The Study at University City\, 20 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260915T033318Z
CREATED:20260915T033318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T033318Z
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SUMMARY:Extended Techniques\, Abbreviated - Eric McGarry / Aaron Pond / Jake Kaplan / Jonah Pfluger
DESCRIPTION:Eric McGarry / Aaron Pond / Jake Kaplan / Jonah Pfluger \nWhat is music? If an instrument is a tool with which we make music\, is anything made with that tool then music? On the other hand\, is any implement used in the making of music therefore an instrument—the enormous hammer in Mahler’s Symphony no. 6\, cannons in Tchaikovsky’s 1812 overture\, and even the slow snapping of plywood in Saltwater Lung by contemporary composer J.L Marlor? Are the performers in “Here be Sirens” by Pulitzer Prize finalist Kate Soper “playing” the piano when instead of striking the strings to make them produce sound\, they use their own voices\, screaming into the instrument to create sympathetic resonance? \nExtended Techniques\, Abbreviated is an exploration of what instrumental performance can be\, featuring a variety of pieces. Each performance will toy with our conceptions of what a musical “instrument” is and how that instrument is “played.” Through improvisation and composition\, various objects and novel frameworks\, Extended Techniques\, Abbreviated interrogates the way we make music\, approaching the process in novel ways.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/extended-techniques-abbreviated-eric-mcgarry-aaron-pond-jake-kaplan-jonah-pfluger/
LOCATION:Urban Movement Arts\, 2100 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia
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SUMMARY:Dialogues 8: Kaethe Hostetter
DESCRIPTION:Dialogues: A Conversation and Performance is a series of events in which we invite someone to discuss their creative process and present an aspect or aspects of their work. For the eighth edition we present violinist and composer Kaethe Hostetter. \nHaving spent more than two decades immersed in Ethiopian music — including eleven years living in Addis Ababa as well as leading the highly acclaimed band Qwanqwa\, Kaethe is now performing a solo show called Woradj Alle (Impressions of Ethiopia) which is also the title of her debut solo album. \nBuilt from live-looped violin and electronics\, the album unfolds as a ritual performance: hypnotic\, textural\, and immersive—Ethiopian melodic systems refract through dub minimalism\, psych abstraction\, and avant improvisation. Not fusion\, but more transmission— music that blurs memory\, place\, and time. Each composition functions as a vignette: portraits of people\, fleeting encounters\, and atmospheres from the years she called Ethiopia home. \nA conversation with the artist will follow the performance. \nThis event is part of the 2026 Philly Fringe Festival.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/dialogues-8-kaethe-hostetter/
LOCATION:Studio 34\, 4522 Baltimore Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T220000
DTSTAMP:20260925T013211Z
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Immanuel Wilkins Quartet // Divine Offering
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth\, with acclaimed saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and a celebration of the music of Alice Coltrane\, at the Mandell Theater on Saturday\, September 26\, 2026. \nJohn Coltrane changed the course of music\, but his story is also deeply rooted in Philadelphia. In 2026\, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth\, Ars Nova Workshop will present COLTRANE 100 — a citywide constellation of performances\, conversations\, exhibitions\, listening events\, community gatherings\, educational programs\, and neighborhood activations honoring Coltrane’s enduring legacy and Philadelphia’s central role in shaping it. Developed in collaboration with the John and Alice Coltrane estate\, artists\, scholars\, community leaders\, and cultural partners across the city\, the initiative will unfold across venues\, libraries\, public spaces\, and neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia. \nThis special double bill explores the wider universe of Coltrane’s legacy. Born in Philadelphia\, Immanuel Wilkins is a saxophonist\, composer\, and multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of sound\, performance\, and visual composition. In addition to his musical practice\, Wilkins works with bronze sculptures\, large-scale megaphones\, public sculptural playgrounds\, and works on paper that examine the graphic score\, inspirations that echo Coltrane’s own voracious curiosities. Wilkins will be joined by a number of special guests to honor Trane’s centennial. In addition\, vocalist and composer Michelle Coltrane\, the daughter of John and Alice Coltrane\, will honor her mother’s devotional music with a program entitled Divine Offering: Celebrating the Legacy of Alice Turiyasangitananda with Sita Michelle Coltrane. \n\n\n\n\nFeaturing\n\nImmanuel Wilkins Quartet plus very special guest \n\nImmanuel Wilkins — alto saxophone\nMicah Thomas — piano\nRyoma Takenaga — bass\nKweku Sumbry — drums\nfeaturing special guests\nWilliam Parker — bass\nJeff « Tain » Watts — drums\n\nDivine Offering: Celebrating the Legacy of Alice Turiyasangitananda with Sita Michelle Coltrane  \n\nMichelle Coltrane — vocals\nLisa E. Harris — vocals\nArianna Gouveia — vocals\nSurya Botofasina — piano\, keyboard\nLonnie Plaxico — bass\nRoss Chait — percussion\nfeaturing special guest\nJeff « Tain » Watts — drums
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-immanuel-wilkins-quartet-divine-offering-2/
LOCATION:Mandell Theater\, 3220 Chestnut Street\, Philadelpia\, PA
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T150000
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SUMMARY:Coltrane 100 - Invocations: Calling Upon the Spirit of John Coltrane with Bobby Zankel
DESCRIPTION:Ars Nova Workshop welcomes Bobby Zankel for a special invocation ceremony at the Monument in Waiting\, calling upon the spirit of John Coltrane.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/coltrane-100-invocations-calling-upon-the-spirit-of-john-coltrane-with-bobby-zankel/
LOCATION:Monument in Waiting – Drexel University Korman Quad\, 33rd Street between Chestnut and Market\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T190000
DTSTAMP:20260926T023441Z
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SUMMARY:Norman David & Jake Miller
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URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/norman-david-jake-miller/
LOCATION:A Man Full Of Trouble Tavern\, 127 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T200000
DTSTAMP:20260925T012643Z
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SUMMARY:Marilyn Crispell / Tyshawn Sorey Duo
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ars Nova Workshop in celebrating the life and legacy of John Coltrane on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth. A week of performances culminates with the duo of Marilyn Crispell and Tyshawn Sorey at the Mandell Theater on Sunday\, September 27\, 2026. \nMarilyn Crispell has become one of the most original and sought-after avant-garde jazz pianists and composers since emerging on the scene in the late 1970s. The adventurous and distinctive Crispell has performed and recorded extensively with well-known players on the jazz scene\, as well as performing and recording music by contemporary composers such as Robert Cogan\, Pozzi Escot\, John Cage\, Pauline Oliveros\, and Manfred Niehaus\, and played in the NYC Opera’s production of Anthony Davis’ opera X in 1986. Crispell has received awards and accolades including several fellowship grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts\, a composition commission from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust\, and a Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition. \nFor this thrilling performance\, she’ll be joined by the Pulitzer Prize-winning drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey. Sorey is celebrated for his extraordinary ability to blend composition and improvisation in his work\, while also offering incomparable virtuosity and effortless mastery of highly complex scores. He has performed globally with his own ensembles\, as well as alongside industry titans including John Zorn\, Bill Frisell\, Joe Lovano\, Vijay Iyer\, Jason Moran\, King Britt\, Claire Chase\, and Steve Lehman\, among many others.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/marilyn-crispell-tyshawn-sorey-duo/
LOCATION:Mandell Theater\, 3220 Chestnut Street\, Philadelpia\, PA
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T220000
DTSTAMP:20260826T011833Z
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SUMMARY:Trio Nebbia
DESCRIPTION:Trio Nebbia consists of Ji Hye Jung (percussion)\, Winston Choi (piano)\, and Geoffrey Deibel (saxophone). These three internationally acclaimed soloists combine three instruments less commonly heard together in the concert hall than in the jazz club\, offering a stunning array of sound worlds from the subtly nuanced to the unbridled and radical\, and providing a comprehensive sonic palate that can adapt to the vision of any composer. The trio met and began performing together regularly at the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Italy (one of the premiere summer programs for contemporary music in the world) and decided to begin concertizing regularly in 2019. The trio members are all also active educators in the United States\, teaching at Vanderbilt University\, Roosevelt University\, and Florida State University respectively. Jung is regarded as the world’s finest marimba player\, winning the world’s top two competitions for the instrument. Praised as “spectacular” by the Los Angeles Times and “extraordinary” by the Ventura County Star\, the Times describes her as “a centered player who can give the impression of being very still yet at all places at once.” Choi is chair of the piano department at Roosevelt University. For over twenty-five years\, he has been one of the most in-demand pianists in contemporary music and has won the prestigious Orleans Piano Competition; a recent recording by Choi was given five stars by BBC Music Magazine. Deibel was a first prize winner in both the Fischoff and the NASA Quartet competitions with the h2 quartet\, and has premiered hundreds of works for his instrument by both established and emerging composers. Trio Nebbia has premiered music by Georges Aperghis and Jean-Patrick Besingrand\, and will give the premiere of a new work written for the ensemble by Pulitzer Prize winner and McArthur Genius Grant winner Tyshawn Sorey in 2025.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/trio-nebbia/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Industry Night- Music for Lovers Only
DESCRIPTION:Squash Blossoms \nJessica Brown- Horn \nMekhi Gladden- Oboe/English Horn \nAndrew Gioanetti- Clarinet/Flute \nSonali Singh- Bassoon \nAaron Pond- Horn\, etc. Squash Blossoms is an improvising woodwind ensemble composed of multi-instrumentalists and active members of Philadelphia’s Peoples Music Supply. This quintet pairs the classical sounds anticipated of chamber music with more experimental influences found in contemporary improvised genres\, presenting its audience with a lively journey through sounds\, expected and surprising\, consonant and dissonant. Ann Adachi trio– Ann Adachi\, Melinda Rice\, and Jessica Brown  \n \nImprovised trio exploring the creation of space through the interplay of movement and sound. Finding one another through the merging and diverging of lines\, meeting and fleeting. Digging into the more delicate and subtle places that improvisation can take us. Pure Being- Thomas Patteson and Audrey Trout
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/industry-night-music-for-lovers-only/
LOCATION:Head Long Dance Theater\, 1170 South Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T220000
DTSTAMP:20260806T012512Z
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SUMMARY:Situation Aesthetics #2        Hunter Brown (Berlin)\, Liam Kramer White and Morgan Evans-Weiler\, Rust Promoter
DESCRIPTION:Hunter will be on tour in the U.S. from Berlin. He runs the Party Perfect! label and makes sound art and computer music. Liam lives in Philadelphia and runs the excellent ‘Phons’ label. Morgan and Liam will play a duo set – Morgan on violin\, Liam on prepared guitar. Local Rust Promoter will present music for digital synthesis and analog radio transmitter.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/situation-aesthetics-2-hunter-brown-berlin-liam-kramer-white-and-morgan-evans-weiler-rust-promoter/
LOCATION:Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement\, 1542 East Montgomery Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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SUMMARY:Patterns in a Chromatic Field T.J. Borden\, cello + Mari Kawamura\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present cellist T.J. Borden and pianist Mari Kawamura performing Morton Feldman’s evening length work Patterns in a Chromatic Field. Written in the last decade of his life\, this work is a unique example of his late style\, known for long durations and unpredictable repetition. In his maturity\, we find Feldman exploring different ways that ambiguity catalyzes performer interpretation and invites contemplation on the nature of the listener’s perception. Microtonal shadings ring against the equal tempered piano\, creating complex rhythmic constellations that drift slowly through the air. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nTyler J. Borden is a cellist working with\, in\, and around the constraints of the cello. Formerly from Western NY\, he is now based in Brooklyn NY\, where he spends much of his time finding ways to exploit the strengths and failures of himself and his instrument. Hailed for his “technically polished playing” (Jan Jezioro\, Artvoice) as well as his “astounding performances of superlatively difficult modernist solo works” (Edge of the Center)\, he is a dedicated purveyor of modern and experimental music. \nMari Kawamura is a concert pianist whose curiosity and wide-ranging interests have taken her in a variety of directions. Kawamura is drawn to music which utilizes the entirety of the piano as an expressive device\, enjoying equally music which showcases its tremendous agility\, and its ability to produce spacious resonances.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/patterns-in-a-chromatic-field-t-j-borden-cello-mari-kawamura-piano/
LOCATION:The Perch\, 2321 Emerald St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mir Naqibul Islam - Tabla Waves: A New Sound
DESCRIPTION:Mir Naqibul Islam: \nMir Naqibul Islam (b. 1989 in Dhaka\, Bangladesh) is a New York based tabla player from the farukhabad gharana. He has trained in the traditional guru-shishya parampara pedagogical convention of North Indian classical music from Pandit Ashoke Paul\, a disciple of the great Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh. Mir began learning tabla at the age of seven from Pt. Madan Gopal Das at Chhayanaut\, a renowned music school in Dhaka\, and completed a six-year-long course from 1996 to 2001. Thereafter\, he continued onto advanced tabla studies with Pandit Ashoke Paul from the farukhabad gharana. During 2010–2012\, he also received training in the benaras gharana of tabla from Pandit Gopal Mishra at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center in Dhaka. Mir was also connected to the Bengal Parampara Sangeetlaya (BPS)\, Dhaka as a music scholar from 2014–2016 under Guru Padma Shri Pandit Suresh Talwalkar and received training in the delhi gharana of tabla during this time. Currently\, Mir is continuing his advanced tabla studies with the legendary maestro Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. \nMir regularly performs tabla solo recitals in addition to accompanying vocalists\, instrumentalists\, and dancers from South Asian traditions including Hindustani and Bengali classical and semi-classical forms. He has received international acclaim for his performances for diverse audiences across Bangladesh\, India\, and the US. He has performed with world renowned musicians such as Pandit Krishna Mohan Bhatt\, Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya\, Pandit Anirban Dasgupta\, Pandit Steve Gorn\, Vidushi Bharati Pratap\, Gyan Riley\, Ben Monder\, and Premik Russel among others. He has been an active member of the New York based musicians collective Brooklyn Raga Massive since 2016\, playing a key role in experimental and genre crossing projects with the collective throughout. \nTabla Waves: A New Sound is a contemporary reimagining of the traditional tabla solo. Rooted in the centuries-old rhythmic traditions of North Indian classical music\, Mir Naqibul Islam explores the tabla through new sonic perspectives\, drawing from electronic music\, improvisation\, jazz\, folk traditions\, and other contemporary influences. At its core\, the tabla recital remains the foundation\, while sound\, rhythm\, and technology open new possibilities for how this timeless instrument can be heard. \nThe collaborators are: \nMir Naqibul Islam: Tabla \nSrikar Ayyalasomayajula: Harmonium \nMehrnam Rastegari: Kamancheh \nRandall Dunn: Synthesizer \n  \nvenue is wheelchair accessible
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/mir-naqibul-islam-tabla-waves-a-new-sound/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T210000
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SUMMARY:Mike Polizze/Bill Nace  \,  Jacy Webster  \,  Christian Mirande
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URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/mike-polizze-bill-nace-jacy-webster-christian-mirande/
LOCATION:Molly’s Books and Records\, 101 South 9th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T220000
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SUMMARY:THUMBS  / Aaron Pond's Himflation
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present THUMBS at The Rotunda with an opening set by Aaron Pond’s Himflation. \nPerforming 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\, serious and silly. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nYuma Uesaka is a Japanese-American saxophonist\, clarinetist\, improviser\, performer\, and composer based in New York City since 2014. Over the last decade\, Yuma has contributed to scenes that embrace various experimental and historic practices primarily rooted in jazz\, creative improvised music\, and new music. His music often explores the fringes of instrumental and compositional techniques to question traditional musical roles and deconstruct assumed binaries of improvised/composed\, acoustic/electronic\, and music/noise. An active sideperson\, Yuma has performed in groups led by Anna Webber\, Lesley Mok\, and DoYeon Kim\, at venues such as Roulette\, National Sawdust\, and The Jazz Gallery. He can be heard on Pi\, American Dreams\, and NotTwo Records. As a composer\, he has received recognition from the ASCAP Foundation\, Metropolis\, and Either/Or Ensemble. \nDavid Leon is a Cuban-American saxophonist\, woodwinds player\, composer\, and improviser living in Brooklyn\, New York. His work is guided by a persistent search for vitality through autonomy\, contradiction\, hyperbole\, and humor. His work with the saxophone investigates alternate methods for producing a tone\, refinement of these techniques\, and development of a distinct vocabulary using these sounds; he melds this timbral approach with melodic and rhythmic phrasing from Cuban folkloric traditions\, narrative playing\, Free Jazz & avant-garde esthetics\, and microtonality to reveal a personal conceit. In 2024\, David was named a Music Composition Fellow by the CINTAS Foundation and was awarded a Jerome Commission by Roulette Intermedium to support the creation of A Divine Echo\, a hybrid work of chamber music and wordless puppet theatre. In April 2025\, he will present a new solo work for amplified saxophone and electronics as part of his Roulette 2024/2025 Jerome Artist Residency. His work has been recognized by The Jazz Gallery’s Mentoring Series\, and New Music USA. \nAaron Pond’s Himflation is a new trio consisting of Aaron Pond on Daxophone & Electronics and Voice; Ricki Weidenhof on Cello & Electronics; and Connor Eccles on Electric Guitar.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/thumbs-aaron-ponds-himflation/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:T.E.N.T. Information. - Will McGoran & Sam Xiao Cody
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URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/t-e-n-t-information-will-mcgoran-sam-xiao-cody/
LOCATION:Molly’s Books and Records\, 101 South 9th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T213000
DTSTAMP:20260830T190656Z
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SUMMARY:This Time's Quartet (Elsa Saade/Tracy Chahwan/Erik Ruin/Huda Asfour)\, Golem Ensemble & Dani Dobkin/Matt Sargent duo
DESCRIPTION:This Time’s Quartet: \nCo-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)\, Elsa Saade and Tracy Chahwan. \nElsa Saade is a multidisciplinary artist\, doula and community mobilizer. Over the last decade\, she has primarily been a musician\, puppeteer and street performer with several political theaters including Bread and Puppet Theater and Redwing Blackbird Theater. \nTracy Chahwan is a cartoonist and illustrator from Lebanon. She started her career in Beirut\, producing street art and posters for local independent music venues and working with comics collectives publishing experimental comics and anthologies. In 2018\, she published her first graphic novel “Beirut Bloody Beirut”\, a story of two girls lost in the Beiruti night. After the Lebanese revolution in October 2019\, she turned to journalistic comics\, collaborating in books such as “Guantanamo Voices” and “Where to Marie? Stories of Feminisms in Lebanon”. Tracy’s work is marked by the radical and collaborative energy of the artistic scene in Beirut\, where she worked actively the past years before she moved to the U.S. in 2019. \nErik Ruin is a Michigan-raised\, Philadelphia-based printmaker\, shadow puppeteer\, paper-cut artist\, etc.\, who has been lauded by the New York Times for his “spell-binding cut-paper animations.” His work oscillates between the poles of apocalyptic anxieties and utopian yearnings\, with an emphasis on empathy\, transcendence and obsessive detail. He frequently works collaboratively with musicians\, theater performers\, other artists and activist campaigns. He is a founding member of the international Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative\, and co-author of the book Paths Toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday Anarchism (w/ Cindy Milstein\, PM Press\, 2012). Current projects include the Ominous Cloud Ensemble\, an ever-evolving\, collectively-improvising large ensemble for projections and music. \nPalestinian musician Huda Asfour was born in Lebanon to a family of musicians\, Asfour grew up in Tunis before moving to Gaza at 14\, where she joined the National Conservatory of Music\, and then lived in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank\, where she studied under Khaled Jubran at the Edward Said Music Conservatory. She now divides her time between New York and Egypt. \nGolem Ensemble: \nTroy\, NY-based artist Nathan Meltz presents The Golem Trilogy\, a 30-minute stop-motion animation with a live-scoring ensemble. \nIn this animation\, collaged robotic humanoids and animals in a sci-fi environment are blended with elements of experimental film and expressionistic\, moody graphics to tell a story in three parts exploring the concepts of colonization\, violence\, resistance\, and peace-making. The live-scoring ensemble consists of lap-steel guitarist Steve Hammond of several popular upstate New York bands and Raven Chacon’s Lazyhorse project\, bassist Adam Elabd of the Arabic improvisational project Abu Zeyn\, guitarist Mark Wolfe\, and Meltz on drums/percussion. \nAs individual components\, parts of the Golem Trilogy have screened internationally\, at festivals including the Hallucinea Film Festival in Paris\, France\, the 24Frame Future Film Fest\, in Bologna\, Italy\, the T-Short Film Festival\, in Karlsruhe\, Germany\, the West Kortright Center Film Festival\,in West Kortright\, New York\, on TV/Film\, PBS-WMHT’s Upstate New York Independent Film Series\, and the Electric Dreams Festival in Milan\, Italy\, where The Golem Smashes All Walls won the Special Jury Mention Award. \nDani Dobkin & Matt Sargent: \nDani Dobkin is a New York City based sound artist\, composer and educator currently working within the means of sound\, synthesis and ceramics. Recently their work has engaged with ideas of grief\, decay\, ephemerality and mycology. Past and recent collaborators include Yarn/Wire\, International Contemporary Ensemble\, CT::SWaM\, Qubit and Women in Sound. \nMatt Sargent is a composer\, guitarist\, recording engineer\, and music technologist based in upstate New York\, where he is an assistant professor of music at Bard College. His music grows from interests in resonance\, the making/breaking of patterns\, and computer models of musical thought. Over the last decade\, his work has focused extensively on musical algorithms and real-time notation systems\, which can be heard in his compositions and technical collaborations with other artists. He is currently engaged with expanding available repertoire for the pedal steel. \naccessibility: ramp into lobby\, then 7 stairs into theater
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/this-times-quartet-elsa-saade-tracy-chahwan-erik-ruin-huda-asfour-golem-ensemble-dani-dobkin-matt-sargent-duo/
LOCATION:2223 Fish\, 2223 E Dauphin\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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