BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Avant Philly - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Avant Philly X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.avantphilly.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Avant Philly REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260504T114631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T114631Z UID:1168-1780603200-1780610400@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Wonderful Sound 3 DESCRIPTION:Please join Ars Nova Workshop on Thursday\, June 4 at Solar Myth for Wonderful Sound 3 featuring Bobby Zankel\, Cooper-Moore\, and Chad Taylor. \nThis trio brings together three highly respected figures in creative music\, each with decades of experience shaping the field. Cooper-Moore is a foundational presence in the avant-garde\, with long-standing collaborations alongside William Parker and David S. Ware\, while Chad Taylor remains one of the most in-demand drummers today through his work with James Brandon Lewis and groups Chicago Underground Duo. Together with Zankel\, a key voice in Philadelphia’s improvised music community\, they create music that is direct\, exploratory\, and grounded in deep listening. URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/wonderful-sound-3/ LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260406T121633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T121633Z UID:1040-1780689600-1780696800@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Morton Feldman: Three Voices Charlotte Mundy\, voice DESCRIPTION:Feldman’s “Three Voices” was written for the experimental vocalist and composer Joan LaBarbara in 1982. The original concept involved the live performer singing along with two pre-recorded parts projected through on-stage amplifiers\, creating an effect of three individual “voices”\, all with the same origin (Ms. LaBarbara). Three Voices is indeed a challenging and ground-breaking work\, and has very rarely been performed live with three singers due to its nearly impossible demands on the human voice and psyche – impeccable rhythmic concentration\, shrewd attention to tuning\, and the ability to sound as one voice in three parts. The text is based on Frank O’Hara’s poem\, Wind\, and shapes\, twists\, and morphs short phrases from the poem into an hour-long musical experience. \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST \nCanadian soprano Charlotte Mundy has been dubbed a “daredevil with an unbreakable spine” (SF Classical Voice)\, and “mesmerizing” (New York Times). As a founding member of TAK ensemble\, “one of the most prominent ensembles in the United States practicing truly experimental music” (I Care If You Listen)\, Mundy has performed at Lincoln Center and the Library of Congress\, premiering works by Tyshawn Sorey\, Erin Gee\, Eric Wubbels\, Brandon Lopez\, and Natacha Diels. Mundy is also a core member of Ekmeles\, described as “beyond expert – almost frightening in their precision” by Fanfare magazine and recent recipients of the Ernst von Siemens Ensemble Prize. \nMundy’s recent projects as a soloist include site-specific opera Newtown Odyssey by Kurt Rohde and Marie Lorenz; premieres of concert works by Alyssa Regent and Aida Shirazi\, and the debut of a new collaborative multimedia project with Christian Quiñones. Past performances include critically acclaimed renditions of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire\, Boulez’s Le Marteau sans Maître\, Feldman’s Three Voices\, George Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill\, Iannis Xenakis’ Akanthos\, and a set of music for voice and electronics presented by New York Festival of Song\, described as “an oasis of radiant beauty” by the New York Times. URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/morton-feldman-three-voices-charlotte-mundy-voice/ LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T210000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260416T134453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T134453Z UID:1116-1780772400-1780779600@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Prism Quartet DESCRIPTION:PRISM Quartet presents a program of new music from an exceptional collection of composers\, featuring the world premiere of a new work by clarinetist/saxophonist\, composer\, conceptualist\, and Blue Note recording artist Don Byron\, winner of the Rome Prize and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The program includes additional premieres by DownBeat Critics Poll winner (rising star on the tenor) Grant Stewart\, a saxophonist/composer whose collaborators have included Jimmy Cobb\, Renee Fleming\, Clark Terry\, Etta Jones\, Brad Mehldau\, and Harry Connick\, Jr.; composer/conductor and winner of PRISM Quartet’s Robert Capanna Commissioning Award Teddy Poll\, who served as resident conductor with the Houston Grand Opera and assistant conductor at the Glimmerglass Festival and San Francisco Opera; and 18-year-old Henry Vidaver\, winner of the PRISM Quartet/Walden School Student Commissioning Award. Rounding out the program is Emily Cooley’s Dissolve from the Quartet’s recent single on XAS Records. Cooley\, whose music has been described as “a beautiful delicacy” by Vermont Today\, was the inaugural winner of PRISM’s Robert Capanna Commissioning Award (2018). URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/prism-quartet/ LOCATION:Settlement Music School\, Germantown branch\, 612B Germantown Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T213000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260408T020753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T020753Z UID:1069-1780860600-1780867800@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Max Johnson Sextet DESCRIPTION:Max Johnson Sextet: \nComposer\, bassist\, and improviser Max Johnson presents his brand new sextet in the premiere of “Without Fear\,” a new concert-length work performed alongside Anna Webber (tenor saxophone\, flute)\, Yuma Uesaka (soprano saxophone\, clarinet)\, Nate Wooley (trumpet)\, Lester St. Louis (cello)\, Max Johnson (double bass)\, and Jeff Davis (drumset\, vibraphone). The piece is a sprawling\, style-blurring composition that explores the many musical worlds Johnson has inhabited over the past fifteen years\, weaving together elements of jazz\, chamber music\, folk music\, free improvisation\, and progressive rock. \nThe work draws from Johnson’s experience as an in-demand performer and prolific composer\, having performed internationally and recorded with artists such as Anthony Braxton\, Geri Allen\, the Daedalus Quartet\, David Grisman\, Tyshawn Sorey\, Mary Halvorson\, Mivos Quartet\, and several alumni of Frank Zappa’s bands. Conceived as a musical ecosystem where diverse influences coexist and interact\, “Without Fear” highlights the individual voices and abilities of the ensemble while bringing Johnson’s expansive musical vision into a single personal work. \nAs a lover of comic books\, the piece is inspired by the Green Lantern\, whose power ring can create anything imaginable through sheer force of will\, so long as its bearer remains without fear. Like the ring itself\, the work imagines a creative space where the many musical languages Johnson inhabits can live together within a single composition. \naccessibility: space is on the second floor up a flight of stairs. URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/max-johnson-sextet/ LOCATION:Maas Building\, 1325 N Randolph St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T210000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260504T125734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T125734Z UID:1180-1780947000-1780952400@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Ipek Eginli / James McKain / Evan Palmer / Weasel Walter - Typo! - James Reichard/Matt Shuff DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/ipek-eginli-james-mckain-evan-palmer-weasel-walter-typo-james-reichard-matt-shuff/ LOCATION:The Perch\, 2321 Emerald St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260408T021052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T021052Z UID:1071-1781035200-1781042400@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Paolo Angeli DESCRIPTION:Paolo Angeli: \nSardinian musician Paolo Angeli’s professional career was spent deep in the avant garde\, exploring post-rock\, experimental opera\, and more. His style was influenced heavily by that of guitarist Giovanni Scanu\, who was a major proponent of the classic Sardinian canto a chitarra style. The combination of inputs inspired Angeli to create his own instrument: an 18-stringed hybrid of guitar\, baritone\, violoncello\, and drums\, adorned with hammers\, pedals\, and even propellers operating at various speeds. Working closely with craftsman Francesco Concas\, Angeli created an instrument that enables an altogether new type of performance combining\, referencing\, and transcending free jazz\, folk noise\, and minimal pop. \n“Paulo Angeli is a musical conjurer\, an artist whose imaginative leaps defy gravity. A composer\, ethnomusicologist and instrument builder who draws on his deep knowledge of traditional Sardinian music\, he inhabits a timeless zone as a soil-rooted master and brash experimentalist. While suffused with Mediterranean cadences\, Angeli’s original pieces encompass flamenco\, jazz\, Baroque\, post-rock and new music. He plays a prepared Sardinian guitar of his own invention\, a fantastical 18-string hybrid combining elements of guitar\, cello and drums. \nA feast for the eyes as well as the ears\, Angeli in full flight is an astounding sight\, as he bows\, strikes\, hammers\, plucks and strums an instrument with strings going in all directions and foot-pedal-controlled motorized propellers. With sympathetic strings creating shimmering drones\, he adjusts tunings on the fly to create exquisitely lapidary\, orchestral music using electronic effects in real time (he eschews loopers\, creating every sound in the moment). \nIt’s not surprising that this singular musician has improvised and collaborated with masters such as Pat Metheny\, Fred Frith\, Evan Parker\, Zeena Parkins\, and Phillip Greenlief. Angeli’s music may be unclassifiable\, but it takes no expertise to recognize its strange and extravagant beauty”-SF Jazz \nvenue is wheelchair accessible. URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/paolo-angeli/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260416T131600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T131600Z UID:1099-1781206200-1781215200@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:The Ghost DESCRIPTION:Michael Foster \nZach Rowden \nJoey Sullivan URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/the-ghost/ LOCATION:Shibari Cafe\, Philadelphia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260221T031100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260221T031221Z UID:880-1781208000-1781215200@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Marisa Anderson DESCRIPTION:Marisa Anderson’s music transcends borders. The topography of her work interrogates the intersections of artistry and expression with form and tradition. A singular guitarist and voracious musical collaborator\, Anderson crafts pieces bursting with equal parts reverence and curiosity\, contouring familiar shapes into work that is wholly her own. Anderson has spent decades mining the veins of the complicated\, interconnected American folk traditions she was steeped in from a young age\, stretching beyond those traditions and incorporating the vocabulary and techniques of vernacular and folk musics from across time and beyond boundary into her work. Eschewing replication or revival\, Anderson’s music lives in conversation with tradition. “My approach to tradition is with the hands that I have and the history that I have\,” notes Anderson. “In that way it’s a collaboration–you don’t go into collaboration trying to play like the other person\, you go in trying to find out how to play together.” URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/marisa-anderson/ LOCATION:PhilaMoca\, 531 North 12th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260309T002546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T002546Z UID:929-1781294400-1781301600@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Kalia Vandever DESCRIPTION:Kalia Vandever is a Grammy Award-winning trombonist and composer based in Brooklyn. Their approach to the trombone is distinctive and defined by their sonorous tone and lyrical improvisational voice. They lean into the challenges of the instrument and allow patience and melody to guide their process. In their compositional practice\, Vandever draws from their love of songs and improvisation\, creating a landscape of sounds that resonate in the body and hold the listener. \nWriting for WBGO Jazz\, Nate Chinen said that Vandever’s 2022 sophomore album Regrowth “confirms [their] strengths as a composer and bandleader with a distinctly contemporary point of view.” (Nate Chinen\, WBGO Jazz). 2025’s Another View featured the stellar cast of Mary Halvorson\, Kanoa Mendenhall and Kayvon Gordon and was praised by Downbeat for “its entrancing\, cyclical rhythms and longing melodicism.” At Solar Myth\, Vandever will be taking another bold stride forward in their ongoing creative evolution. URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/kalia-vandever/ LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260408T021405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T021405Z UID:1073-1781294400-1781301600@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Shiraz Ensemble with special guest Bahar Badieitabar DESCRIPTION:Shiraz Ensemble with special guest Bahar Badieitabar: \nShiraz Ensemble are: \nSepehr Pirasteh: alto kamancheh\, tombak \nSina Homaee: santoor\, tombak\, daf \nParsa Ferdowsi: setar\, tanbour \nFor this performance they will be joined by: \nBahar Badieitabar: oud \nShiraz Ensemble is a contemporary music group that unites Iranian musicians performing traditional instruments in the United States. Built on the values of curiosity\, innovation\, open dialogue\, and experimentation\, Shiraz Ensemble is dedicated to creating new music and collaborating closely with composers\, performers\, and interdisciplinary artists. Our mission is to deconstruct and reconstruct the rich traditions of Iranian classical music\, transforming them into new forms through contemporary composition techniques. We also aim to collaborate with artists from diverse cultures to create unique cross-cultural musical experiences\, explore new artistic territories\, and build bridges through music and art. We strive to blend innovation and tradition\, pushing the boundaries of Iranian music while honoring its cultural heritage. \nBased in Philadelphia\, Shiraz Ensemble has performed at venues such as the Asian Arts Initiative\, University Lutheran\, The Perch\, Market Street Music in Delaware\, Philadelphia Porchfest\, Paintridge Station\, and Philly Typewriter. We have collaborated with various artists and ensembles\, including Mahya Hamedi\, Violalia Duo\, and Hodge-Podge Band\, fostering a creative exchange that highlights the versatility and vibrancy of Iranian music in a modern context.Shiraz Ensemble embodies a global perspective\, merging our roles as world citizens and passionate artists to highlight crucial socio-political issues through art. Drawing inspiration from our journeys as immigrants from Iran to the United States\, we channel our experiences into a transformative musical narrative. Founded in 2023 in Philadelphia\, Shiraz Ensemble takes its name from the ancient city of Shiraz in Iran\, the birthplace and upbringing of its founders\, Sina Homaee and Sepehr Pirasteh. \nBahar Badieitabar: \nBahar Badieitabar is an Iranian Oud player and composer\, recently graduated on a full scholarship with a double major in composition and performance from Berklee College of Music. At the age of 12\, Bahar began her musical training at the Tehran Music School\, where she earned her high school diploma in music. She studied under notable oud players\, including Siavash Roshan\, Negar Bouban\, and Yurdal Tukcan. Bahar won first place at the Iranian Youth National Music Festival for two consecutive years at ages 16 and 17. She has performed as both a performer and composer at numerous venues\, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, MCG Jazz\, and Groton Hill Music Center\, as well as at music festivals in Iran and the United States\, collaborating with musicians of diverse backgrounds. \nIn 2017\, Bahar began her undergraduate studies in Oud Performance at the University of Tehran before moving to the United States to study at Berklee. She has studied and worked with acclaimed musicians such as Marti Epstein\, Kris Davis\, and Alain Mallet\, and has been a part of Berklee’s Institute of Jazz Gender and Justice since 2022. \nBahar’s background contributes to her authentic composition approach\, rooted in Iranian classical music\, contemporary concert music\, and jazz. Currently\, she is a member of Danilo Perez’s Global Jazz Messengers. She has shared the stage with Grammy-winning\, world-renowned musicians\, including John Patitucci\, Brian Blade\, Danilo Perez and Bruno Raberg. \naccessibility: street level entrance to venue but two steps to restroom. URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/shiraz-ensemble-with-special-guest-bahar-badieitabar/ LOCATION:The Perch Large Room\, 2008 Arizona St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260205T161258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T161258Z UID:792-1781380800-1781388000@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Anthony Tidd Quartet DESCRIPTION: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\, Fergie\, Jill Scott\, Ursula Rucker\, and many more. His debut album\, Quite Sane – The Child of Troubled Times (2002)\, which fuses elements of hip-hop and funk with jazz\, quickly became a modern staple within creative music circles. In recent years he has revisited the still-cutting edge\, beyond-genre project. Since 2022 he has also served as Ars Nova Workshop’s Chief Creative catalyst. \nAt Solar Myth Tidd will lead his all-star quartet\, a group comprising four of modern creative music’s most inventive and imaginative musicians. Joining Tidd will be saxophonists Steve Lehman and Mark Shim and drummer Damion Reid – all of whom share intertwined histories\, collaborations and interests\, as well as intersections with the foundational M-Base Collective. \n  \n\nAnthony Tidd — bass\nDamion Reid — drums\nSteve Lehman — saxophone\nMark Shim — saxophone URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/anthony-tidd-quartet/ LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260416T142306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T142306Z UID:1120-1781895600-1781906400@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:FUJIllllllllllTA DESCRIPTION:FUJI||||||||||TA is a Sound Artist living in Japan. His unique practice utilizes various natural phenomena that respond to his interest in wanting to hear unheard sounds and unknown sounds. Instead of playing a composed piece of music\, he aims to go as far as possible towards his own unknown state of being\, with an emphasis on observing the sound closely. \nIn 2009 Fujita hand fabricated a Pipe Organ that has only 11 pipes and no keyboard. Fujita conceived and built it using his imagination\, without any prior or specialized knowledge. The air pump (called “FUIGO”) which is kept moving by the left hand when playing\, and is based on associations with an ancient blacksmith. This unique instrument is too delicate in its nature to be played properly without a great deal of experimentation and trial and error. Fujita has spent a long time inventing ways to play it and experimenting with ways to utilise this instrument in sound systems. URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/fujillllllllllta/ LOCATION:Icebox Project Space\, 1400 North American Street\, Philadelphia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260309T002945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T002945Z UID:931-1782331200-1782338400@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:DoYeon Kim Quartet DESCRIPTION:DoYeon Kim is an internationally acclaimed artist known for her expansive and pioneering performances and compositions and for introducing the gayageum\, an ancient Korean zither\, into contemporary music. Trained extensively in jazz and improvisation as well as in the canon of classical Korean music – including sanjo\, jeongak\, and modern gugak – Kim channels history\, literature\, and an ever-evolving sense of the human spirit in a musical language entirely her own through her original compositions\, powerful solo performances\, and collaborations with artists around the world. \nRecognized as one of “7 Musicians Pushing Ancient Asian Instruments Into The Future” by Grammy.com\, Kim has performed and recorded alongside such notable musicians as Tyshawn Sorey\, Mark Dresser\, Kris Davis\, Peter Evans\, Matt Mitchell\, Anna Webber\, Joe Morris\, Tony Malaby\, Mat Maneri\, Cooper-Moore\, and many others. At Solar Myth\, she’ll lead a stellar quartet featuring flutist Laura Cocks\, bassist Henry Fraser and drummer Tom Rainey. \n  URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/doyeon-kim-quartet/ LOCATION:Dumpster Out Back / Above Solar Myth END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260408T021711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T021711Z UID:1076-1782331200-1782338400@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Fred Frith & Walnut Brain DESCRIPTION:Fred Frith: \nFred Frith is a pioneer of the extended electric guitar. He learned to compose in \nHenry Cow\, developed his song-writing skills in Art Bears\, explored his multi- instrumentalism in Skeleton Crew\, rocked the house with Massacre and is still doing all of those things\, having been in one band or another continuously since 1964! Meanwhile his work has been performed by both Baroque and contemporary music ensembles\, along with string quartets\, chamber orchestras\, and a whole range of groups and artists in the ever-expanding field of semi-popular music. Fred composes extensively for film and dance\, and taught improvisation for years at Mills College in Oakland\, California and the Musik Akademie in Basel\, Switzerland. His life-long passion for improvising has increasingly led him to work with artists who don’t necessarily define themselves as improvisers\, including Brazilian drummer Mariá Portugal\, cellist Paula Sanchez\, and bricoleur extraordinaire Sudhu Tewari. Fred is the subject of Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzels’ award-winning film Step Across the Border. \n“if (you) haven’t seen Fred improvise solo\, (you) must. Just to see him live\, it has to be done. It’s one of the wonders of the world.” —Marc Ribot \n“Fred Frith is a great drummer.” —Miles Davis \n“Frith should be sellotaped to Derek Bailey and pushed off a cliff.” —Skelidude\, YouTube \nWalnut Brain: \nWalnut Brain\, the duo of Alina Josan and Steve Heise\, mess around with a custom-made diddley bow and an electric guitar to make decidedly earthbound sounds that reach for the clouds or the stars or whatever’s out there. A diddley bow is an instrument whose single string\, when struck and bowed by a sensitive player\, emits sounds that both scrape and sing. As we all know\, an electric guitar is a juiced up instrument capable of producing some of the most exciting sounds imaginable. In the intuitive hands of Walnut Brain\, these instruments weave together to oscillating rhythms and fleeting melodies. \naccessibility: street level entrance to venue but two steps to restroom. URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/fred-frith-walnut-brain/ LOCATION:The Perch Large Room\, 2008 Arizona St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260629T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260629T230000 DTSTAMP:20260504T095038 CREATED:20260402T014132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T020126Z UID:1034-1782761400-1782774000@www.avantphilly.com SUMMARY:Chris Forsyth's What Is Now w/ John Moran and Joey Sullivan DESCRIPTION:2 sets 7:30 and 9:00 \nno cover URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/chris-forsyths-what-is-now-w-john-moran-and-joey-sullivan-2/ LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR