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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 , […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
@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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]