Events

Aaron Pond (Horn), Mekhi Gladden (Oboe), Anjali Shinde (Flute), Sonali Singh (Bassoon) Wind quartet Resonant Edge is a melding of four innovative artists committed to exploring the history of classical and creative music through improvisation. Together, they represent the future of instrumental music, with members regularly appearing in world-renowned concert halls, performing with Grammy winning […]

Rooted in butoh, hip-hop, new music, and immersive media, these interwoven pieces explore cultural memory, resistance, and ecological urgency through richly layered sound, movement, and image. With inspiration drawn from the legacy of the late composer and activist Ryuichi Sakamoto, the program moves across geographies and histories to offer a striking reflection on our collective […]

20th-century computer music masterpieces blend with an eclectic mix of new visual works by Boyer students and faculty. The program features diverse repertoire from a variety of composers.  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 […]

Trepanation series- 6 Thursdays of experimental jazz and chill vibes at the Century Bar.

Ak’chamel, The Giver of Illness is an enigmatic trio from a border state. Fourth World Post-Colonial Cultural Cannibalists Circumcising The Foreskin of Enlightenment.Performing in homemade costumes and masks, they have played festivals in various cities around the U.S gaining international attention from Vice, The Wire, Tiny Mix Tapes, Consequence of Sound, and many more. They […]

Forgetting is Violent, Patrick Shiroishi’s latest solo LP, is his most immediate release yet, expanding the scope not just of his music but of his extramusical considerations. Where his past releases on American Dreams reckoned with racism against Japanese Americans or presented Shiroishi’s saxophone as heard in a parking garage, Forgetting is Violent considers racism as a […]

Bowerbird is pleased to present American traditional music trio Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey performing music from their recent album Beehive Cathedral. Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey, three of the most compelling musicians in the American traditional music scene, explore traditional repertoires from Appalachia and the broader South, gleaned from visits […]

The Schedule for Sunday November 9th, 2025 Starting on Noon EST Noon Chaka Benson 12:30 – Scott Armstrong aka Bent Noise 1 pm Greg Kaminski aka Step Recorder 1:30 pm Ótal 2 pm – Ritchie DeCarlo 2:30 pm – Christopher McNulty aka Beige Noise 3 pm – Setup for new set of artists. 3:30 pm […]

The Bad Plus are the ultimate originals – a democratic unit with a clear vision and a refusal to conform to convention. For over two decades they have played with spirit and adventure, made their own rules and done so with a bold sense of creativity and intent. Avoiding easy categorization, The Bad Plus has […]

The Bad Plus are the ultimate originals – a democratic unit with a clear vision and a refusal to conform to convention. For over two decades they have played with spirit and adventure, made their own rules and done so with a bold sense of creativity and intent. Avoiding easy categorization, The Bad Plus has […]

Arco Belo Tuesday, November 11, 2025 | 8:00pmAdd to cal Get Tickets The Perch (2321 Emerald St,, Philadelphia, PA. 19125) $15-25 sliding scale Arco Belo:Arco Belo is a group of high-energy improvisers dedicated to redefining the concert form. Drawing its name from the words bow and bellow, the ensemble captures an irreverent sound melding reeds, […]

Azar Lawrence was a young music prodigy, lovingly tutored by his mother, who taught music and led their church choir. At age five, he played violin in the Los Angeles Junior Symphony, then viola, but his ears were turned to the saxophone at age 13. Azar spent his teen years immersed in jazz at the […]

Presented in collaboration with Warriors of Wonderful Sound. Wonderful Sound 3: Cooper-Moore, Bobby Zankel & Chad Taylor: As a composer, performer, instrument builder/designer, storyteller, teacher, mentor, and organizer, Cooper-Moore has been a major catalyst in the world of creative music for over 40 years. As a child prodigy Cooper-Moore played piano in churches near his birthplace in the Piedmont […]

Trepanation series- 6 Thursdays of experimental jazz and chill vibes at the Century Bar.

Bowerbird is pleased to present composer-clarinetist Stuart Bogie and composer-keyboardist Buck McDaniel performing two concerts in one day, continuing their acclaimed collaboration that began with the 2024 project November Variations. At Stoneleigh: a natural garden, the duo performs for clarinet and organ, melding contemporary American minimalism, drones, and rapturous melodies. McDaniel’s expansive organ voicings and deft […]

Bowerbird is pleased to present composer-clarinetist Stuart Bogie and composer-keyboardist Buck McDaniel performing two concerts in one day, continuing their acclaimed collaboration that began with the 2024 project November Variations. At University Lutheran, they turn to clarinet and piano. This pairing invites rhythmic nuance and spontaneous turns showcasing both composed works and improvisations highlighting each […]

SOUND TYPE 2025 will close with Burnt Pink, born in 2018 when longtime friends Chris Acree (Strange Parts, Upholstery), Corey Carris Duncan (Pattern Is Movement, Oh! Pears, Strange Parts) and Martin Khoa Sweeney (MegaMega) began performing improvised live scores at the Art Dept in Philadelphia. A few short months later, the mind meld was complete when […]

Air – the legendary trio of saxophonist, flutist, and hubkaphone inventor/player Henry Threadgill, bassist Fred Hopkins, and drummer Steve McCall – emerged from the fertile collective of Chicago’s AACM in the 1970s to become one of the most thrilling ensembles of the decade. Based around the compositions and arrangements of Pulitzer Prize winner and NEA […]

Bowerbird is pleased to present a morning birdwalk at the Schuylkill Center led by Jayla Clark, an experienced bird watcher with interspersed performances by Samantha Kochis, flute, and Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba. Meet in front of the Visitor Center Please take note of the weather and dress accordingly with appropriate footwear. Estimated event time: […]

experimental electronic music at fidget! RM Francis joins us from Seattle, alongside locals Eric Laska, Dave Smolen and Patrick Gallagher for a night of music.

3 groups -15/20 min each .Mekhi, AJ, Lian (guitar, beat machine, clarinet .Mekhi, Sonali, Oliver (double reed/singing) .Aaron, thomas, Sonali (horn, mysteries, bassoon)

A composer, scholar and educator as well as a capaciously inventive percussionist now living in Philadelphia, Chad Taylor is best known as co–founder of the Chicago Underground Duo (and the numerous Underground iterations that have spun off of that original partnership) with trumpeter Rob Mazurek, and as drummer for the late jaimie branch’s Fly Or […]

The Temple University New Music Ensemble performs in Rock Hall Auditorium. The New Music Ensemble is a student ensemble devoted to the premiere of compositions by students and faculty, along with important works of new music by established composers and occasional guest composers. The specific instrumentation of the ensemble is announced in the preceding semester so works […]

New Music and Improvisations Melinda Rice- Violin/Viola Amy K Bormet- Piano https://www.cmsmusic.org/bachs-lunch-series/ CMS proudly presents a FREE lunchtime concert series called “Bach’s Lunch”.  Join us on the third Thursday of each month and enjoy a mini concert featuring a different CMS faculty artist each month. Pick up your box lunch at a local eatery or […]

The Experimental Music Ensemble will perform site specific improvisations that musically capture the imagination of imagery displayed in the gallery. This event is free, registration required.

Masma Dream World: With roots in Gabon and Singapore, Masma Dream World is the experimental project led by artist and healer Devi Mambouka. Masma Dream World invites listeners into a deeply personal and transformative sonic ritual. Her music is an elemental longing, an invocation to ancestors, and a communion with nature, designed to transport you […]

Trepanation series- 6 Thursdays of experimental jazz and chill vibes at the Century Bar.

Bowerbird is pleased to present the Arcana New Music Ensemble performing Cornelius Cardew’s groundbreaking work Treatise at The Rotunda. Composed between 1962-1967, Treatise employs an entirely graphic score with symbols that at times looks like traditional music notation then morphs into beautiful esoteric shapes, curved lines, and large black dots. Without any instruction for performance […]

PRISM Quartet, a world-renowned all-saxophone ensemble, is joining forces with violinist and Pew Fellow Diane Monroe, poet/vocalist and Pew Fellow Ursula Rucker, and percussionist and Pulitzer Prize winner Tyshawn Sorey to present three concerts from their  residency at the Free Library of Philadelphia. The program will feature world premieres of music by participants in PRISM’s […]

PRISM Quartet, a world-renowned all-saxophone ensemble, is joining forces with violinist and Pew Fellow Diane Monroe, poet/vocalist and Pew Fellow Ursula Rucker, and percussionist and Pulitzer Prize winner Tyshawn Sorey to present three concerts from their  residency at the Free Library of Philadelphia. The program will feature world premieres of music by participants in PRISM’s […]

PRISM Quartet, a world-renowned all-saxophone ensemble, is joining forces with violinist and Pew Fellow Diane Monroe, poet/vocalist and Pew Fellow Ursula Rucker, and percussionist and Pulitzer Prize winner Tyshawn Sorey to present three concerts from their  residency at the Free Library of Philadelphia. The program will feature world premieres of music by participants in PRISM’s […]

Vinay Desai: Vinay Desai is a direct disciple of the world renowned Santoor Maestro Padma Vibhusan Pandit Shivkumar Sharmaji. After completing college, Vinay sought out to learn Santoor in India. Having had some background training in Indian Classical music, in 2011, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma guided him to begin his training under Takahiro Arai and Kunal Gunjal […]

  SCRAAATCH is a duo project making multimedia art and performances, experimental music, and hybrid DJ sets from their studio in Brooklyn, NY. Their releases have included Teardrops EP (2019), ‘DON’T TALK TO ME REMIXES’ (2022), Distortion Études (Bunny Jr. Tapes, 2024) and contributions to compilation albums by Parisian label ParkingStone’s “Virgō” (2021), artist Kevin […]