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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: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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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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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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SUMMARY:Industry Night- SPACE/EFFORT/TIME
DESCRIPTION:(SPACE) Mijkalena Smith & Aaron Pond \n(EFFORT) Rachel DeForrest Repinz & Alexi Peters \n(TIME) Kathryn Schweingruber & Julius Masri \n\nTap dancing. Drums. Daxophone. Trance. Wild style. Big electro guitar. Mijka Smith curates an evening of three duos. Advance ticketing recommended.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/industry-night-space-effort-time/
LOCATION:Equilibrium Dance Academy\, 1802 south Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:New Thread Quartet
DESCRIPTION:New Thread Quartet was formed with the mission to develop and perform impactful new music for the saxophone\, and to provide high level ensemble playing to feature today’s compositional voices. In 11 seasons\, the quartet has commissioned and premiered over 45 new works by composers such as Amy Beth Kirsten\, Richard Carrick\, Ben Hjertmann\, Ebun Oguntola\, Scott Wollschleger\, Kathryn Salfelder\, Taylor Brook and Emily Koh. \nBased in New York City\, New Thread has performed at Carnegie Hall\, Roulette\, Dance Theatre of Harlem\, Morgan Library\, Bang on a Can Summer Festival Benefit\, and Monadnock Music. The quartet has performed\, toured and recorded more than 30 important works for saxophone quartet including Kati Agócs’ Hymn in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall; Marilyn Shrude’s Evolution V and energy flows nervously… in search of stillness\, as part of a 75th Birthday Celebration Concert at the Dimenna Center featuring Lost Dog Ensemble and the Momenta Quartet; Erin Rogers’ Urban Composites at the World Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews\, Scotland; and the premiere recording of Elliott Sharp’s seminal work Approaching the Arches of Corti for 4 soprano saxophones\, recorded with Grammy-winning engineer\, Judith Sherman\, now available on New World Records. New Thread released its debut album Plastic Facts in 2018 on New Focus Recordings and in 2020 recorded three works on [word]plays\, an album by Emily Koh now available from Innova Recordings. \nNew Thread has a track record of working closely with composers in a workshop environment during the formation of new works. The quartet strives for multiple performances of newly commissioned works in an attempt to bring new music to different audiences as often as possible. New Thread’s annual self-presented Explorations Series showcases works by emerging composers\, adding exciting new voices to the saxophone canon. \nNew Thread has conducted masterclasses\, residencies\, and performances for student saxophonists and composers at Peabody Conservatory\, University of Virginia\, Berklee Conservatory\, Bronx Community College\, Aaron Copland School (Queens College)\, Montclair State University\, and New York University. A strong community supporter\, New Thread attends NASA Regional and Biennial conferences across the US. The quartet encourages young composers to create new works for saxophones through an open submission policy\, conducting reading and feedback sessions throughout the year. New Thread is a presenting partner of Composers Now. \nEnsemble members are Jonathan Hulting-Cohen (soprano saxophone)\, Noa Even (alto saxophone)\, Erin Rogers (tenor saxophone)\, and Zach Herchen (baritone saxophone). \nwww.newthreadquartet.com/
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/new-thread-quartet-2/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Germantown Walking Tour and Film Screening featuring Sun Ra Arkestra
DESCRIPTION:Please join Mural Arts Philadelphia and Soul Fly Club for a cultural afternoon featuring Sun Ra Arkestra.  This partnership will combine film\, public art\, local history and community engagement to create an accessible cultural experience that celebrates Germantown’s artistic legacy through a unique lens creating a full-circle connection between Germantown’s artistic landscape and Sun Ra’s lasting influence on Philadelphia’s creative communities. \nThe day will begin with a one-hour mural tour through Germantown\, highlighting murals and public artworks connected to the neighborhood’s cultural history including In the Orbit of Ra\, the newest mural addition to the area honoring this jazz legend. The tour will end with a screening of Sun Ra: Do the Impossible\, an 84-minute documentary (1 hour and 24 minutes) exploring the life\, work\, and legacy of the legendary Philadelphia musician and Afrofuturist artist. Light snacks and drinks provided during the screening.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/germantown-walking-tour-and-film-screening-featuring-sun-ra-arkestra/
LOCATION:October Gallery\, 6353 Greene Street\, Germantown\, Philadelphia\, PA
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SUMMARY:Crossfade: Philadelphia/Network Re-Sounding
DESCRIPTION:Five world premieres\, including three commissions! \nFeaturing Song for the Road for solo electric violin by Andrew Davis and a major new work from acclaimed pianist\, composer\, and interdisciplinary artist Todd Cochran. His new composition\, The Longer Now\, for string trio and English horn\, will feature Philadelphia Orchestra English hornist Elizabeth Masoudnia. The program includes the premiere of Arien for piano\, vibraphone\, and double bass by Artistic Director Thomas Schuttenhelm\, a Director’s Choice commission for flute and guitar by Temple University composer Eli Wynn\, and a new work by Philadelphia composer Steven Crino.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/crossfade-philadelphia-network-re-sounding/
LOCATION:Settlement Music School\, Germantown branch\, 612B Germantown Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Network For New Music":MAILTO:Networkfornewmusic.org
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SUMMARY:Tim Motzer & Sandy Eldred
DESCRIPTION:Tim Motzer – guitar \nSandy Eldred – bass
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/tim-motzer-sandy-eldred/
LOCATION:A Man Full Of Trouble Tavern\, 127 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia
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SUMMARY:ANDRΘS INSIDIVM tour MMXXVI - Leila Abdul-Rauf \, Meophisto Halabi \, Angel Meat \, Vaelastrasz
DESCRIPTION:Leila Abdul-Rauf: Through her work across five Vastum albums\, Leila Abdul-Rauf has been a sonorous contributor to 20 Buck Spin’s discography for more than 15 years now. Concurrent to that she’s also amassed an impressive body of solo work whereby she could showcase the full range of her multi-instrumental artistic and vocal talents. \nOn ‘Andros Insidium’ Leila draws us into a ceremonial descent\, through the architecture of shadow itself. Unfolding like a ritual text etched in obsidian\, each movement traces the violent and sacred geometry of transformation. The presence and wisdom of the feminine divine looms throughout\, as an ancient and uncompromising force\, in conflict with everything buried\, exiled and made monstrous by the machinery of societal pressures and unrealistic expectations. The album delves deep into the dark vastness of the psyche of woman: wild\, ugly\, vulnerable and powerful. \nSonically ‘Andros Insidium’ is a mutation of the cinematic dark-ambient\, industrial and ritual folk expressed in prior releases\, now sharpened into something far darker\, more narrative and intimate. Leila’s vocal work becomes a new focus with a wider variety of styles and characters\, exorcising the demons of patriarchal fragmentation and revenge fantasy as lived myth. In its most potent moments\, ‘Andros Insidium’ suggests that wholeness is not purity or light\, but the terrifying act of reclaiming everything that was discarded\, and learning to speak with its voice. \nVaelastrasz: A dark ambient project from Virginia. Formed in 2016 by musician Min Naing\, Vaelastrasz conjures melancholic atmospheres with loop-based melodies using her keyboard. \nMephisto Halabi Julius Masri is a Philadelphia based multi instrumentalist\, and performer/composer for the city’s  dance  community at large. His  music focuses on improvisatory methods and syncretic / linguistic  exchanges  within  various  musical languages including Jazz\, Metal\, AfroCuban\, Experimental Noise\, and Arabic music. Born in Tripoli\, Lebanon\, he moved to the States in 1990 and picked  up drumming a year later. \nThe Arabic Room – الغرفة العربية | Mephisto Halabi – مفيستو حلبي | Musica Telharmonia Internacionale (Viva!) \nAngel Meat: Harsh Thanatology? Post Opera? Or maybe just a Maria Callas tape eating itself alive while drinking cough syrup. Regardless\, Angel Meat is a duo from Philadelphia consisting of vocalist Anna Young (Layer Meat/Hermit High Priestess) and harpist Myles Donovan (Disemballerina/Narco Medusa/A stick and a stone) accompanied by a chaotic pet poltergeist of electro acoustic feedback. Part improv\, part song. Part structure\, part disintegration. Movements of decay\, movements of recovery. Spiritual exorcism\, shaking the bars of its fleshy prison. Authentic Queers and Phony virgins\, rising from the ashes of Antigone. Ultimately\, we’re all just Angel Meat as far as mortality goes\, and we thank you for being here.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/andr%ce%b8s-insidivm-tour-mmxxvi-leila-abdul-rauf-meophisto-halabi-angel-meat-vaelastrasz/
LOCATION:Studio 34\, 4522 Baltimore Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open Improvisation Lab: Jeff Snyder x Mekhi Gladden
DESCRIPTION:People’s Music Supply in collaboration with the Living Signal is presenting a weekly series of curated performances followed by an Open Improvisation Lab (OIL). Opening performances will feature some of the region’s best talent across a wide variety of styles generated in situ. The OIL portion will see participating audience members formed into groups via chance procedures\, divine inspiration\, and bespoke sorting systems for the purposes of extracting music from the unique temporal aspects of the ether.  \nAll Levels | All Backgrounds | All Disciplines generated in the moment.  \nAdmission- All donations go towards the opening performances\, respecting our host space\, and making sure the series is sustainable.  \n\nCurated Openers  \nAd-Hoc Duo between improvisors never met before  \nJeff Snyder- Electrosteel  \nMekhi Gladden- Oboe\, English Horn\, Clarinet
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/open-improvisation-lab-jeff-snyder-x-mekhi-gladden/
LOCATION:The Living Signal\, 4311 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T220000
DTSTAMP:20260830T191045Z
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SUMMARY:Hana Stretton & Danielle Nia
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Clavius Productions \nHana Stretton: \nHana Stretton is a British/Australian composer\, singer and producer known for her remarkably warm production style and uniquely spacious songform. In 2023\, her debut album\, Soon\, earned a beloved status among discerning listeners around the globe. This stunning work caught the ear of one Phil Elverum\, who lovingly reissued Soon through his own label in 2024\, furthering the album’s reach and deepening its reputation. In the press\, Elverum said: “I hear an artist who has entered completely into the stream where creation originates […] Hana Stretton has truly recorded the deep flourishing sound of a quiet listening mind in full blossom.” A fitting testament to a young artist rooted in the stillness of nature. \nFrom the dusty Australian bushland on Soon\, Stretton transports the listener to the Pacific Ocean on her new album\, tiarn (set to be released summer 2026). Shifting gradually like a shoreline\, her new compositions reveal welcomed hints of classical and electronic flourishes. tiarn will be released independently with vinyl editions through PW Elverum & Sun (North America)\, brierfield flood press (Australia) and Lima Limo (Europe/UK). \nDanielle Nia: \nDanielle Nia is a Philadelphia-based composer and performer captivated by the endless possibilities of electronic music and experimental sounds. With influences spanning electronic music\, jazz\, classical\, world music\, and chip tunes\, Danielle’s music embodies a dynamic fusion of styles. Her ventures into modular synthesizers seamlessly integrate her experience with keyboard synthesizers\, composition\, mallet percussion\, improvisation\, computer programming\, and circuit bending. Dedicated to exploring sonic possibilities\, Danielle crafts a unique harmony of technology and artistry\, seeking out beauty through sound. \naccessibility: street level entrance to venue but two steps to restroom.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/hana-stretton-danielle-nia-2/
LOCATION:The Perch Large Room\, 2008 Arizona St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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SUMMARY:World to Come 1: Aaron Julius RJ
DESCRIPTION:We are presenting a series of free\, en-plain air public performances which tap into the unique musical forms of Creative Music (a genre rooted in Philadelphia history through John Coltrane and Sun Ra) and Free Improvisation. These performances will be at Christ Church Gardens.  \nFollow @PeoplesMusicSupply on instagram for up to date performance info\, sign up for our email list\, and check out the event schedule at PeoplesMusicSupply.org Julius Masri- Drums RJ Mcghee- Electronics Aaron Pond- Flutes/Horn\, Mysteries
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/world-to-come-1-aaron-julius-rj/
LOCATION:Christ Church\, 20 North American Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T220000
DTSTAMP:20260925T015401Z
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SUMMARY:Pocket Dimensions - Shoulda / Idiot Mambo / Circuit Cult
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 8th at @upstairsabyss! We’ve got synths\, horns\, and freaky pop tunes. It’ll be a fun one! Promises.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/pocket-dimensions-shoulda-idiot-mambo-circuit-cult/
LOCATION:Upstairs at Abbyssinia\, 229 S 45th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T220000
DTSTAMP:20261007T022629Z
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UID:1724-1791572400-1791583200@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Andy McLeod / Matt Geary / Being
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of guitar delights\, put together by Jesse Sheppard. \nAndy McLeod \nMatt Geary \nBeing
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/andy-mcleod-matt-geary-being/
LOCATION:Brickbat Books\, 709 South 4th St\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T220000
DTSTAMP:20260615T020234Z
CREATED:20260615T020234Z
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SUMMARY:Horselords
DESCRIPTION:Horse Lords were founded in Baltimore\, Maryland in 2010; they evolved from the experimental collective Teeth Mountain and began as a trio with drummer Sam Haberman\, guitarist Owen Gardner\, and bassist Max Eilbacher\, soon adding alto saxophonist Andrew Bernstein to the core ensemble. Though Horse Lords grew out of the fertile Baltimore noise and leftfield rock scene\, a storied environment for artists and weirdos that has nurtured many an influential outsider band (Lungfish\, Matmos)\, their approach is more omnivorous than the stippled rhythms of instrumental electric rock would indicate. \nAcross sixteen years of frequent touring\, Horse Lords have released ten studio\, live\, and collaboration albums in addition to a split EP with fellow Baltimoreans Lower Dens\, a handful of singles and compilation tracks. For RVNG’s FRKWYS series\, the band collaborated with Berlin-based composer Arnold Dreyblatt\, a onetime student of La Monte Young and Pauline Oliveros whose just intonation chamber music was a crucial part of the post-Fluxus Downtown New York City environment. \nWith the relocation of three of the four members to Germany beginning in 2021\, the potential for more further creative exploration\, and performance opportunities including the Moers Festival (with an 11-piece lineup\, interpreting Julius Eastman’s music as well as their own)\, the interdisciplinary phases of the band’s music was poised for fascinating new directions. The band observes “We are always trying to balance working within the limitations of the quartet and pushing beyond them. \nFor their second studio album on RVNG Intl.\, Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!\, Horse Lords have followed this notion and augmented the instrumentation\, expanding the format slightly to include bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone (TAK Ensemble)\, trombonist Weston Olencki (Nate Wooley\, RAGE Thormbones) and vocalists Nina Guo (Departure Duo) and Evelyn Saylor (Holly Herndon\, Caterina Barbieri) across a program of twelve original compositions. \nDemand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive! is a reference to a line in a poem by Russian Futurist writer Vladimir Myakovsky\, and the band have also name-checked the Bauhaus weaver Anni Albers (wife of painter Josef Albers)\, Islamic geometrical patterning\, Dutch avant-garde group the Maciunas Ensemble (themselves named after Fluxus artist and typographer George Maciunas)\, composer/writers Tom Johnson\, Henry Flynt and Catherine Christer Hennix\, and musically draw from sources as diverse as Roscoe Holcolmb\, James Brown\, Kuwaiti/Bahraini sawt\, and electronic composers Maryanne Amacher and Jaap Vink. \nAs the members are keen to point out\, Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive! is “a bid for the flattening of time and perception in favor of greater goods [and] the iterative nature of reaching/building a paradise in this life\, not the next\,” and the new album at hand is an illuminating starting point for eternal nowness. \n\n\n\nCategory\n\nPerformance\n\n\n\nVenue\nSolar Myth\n1131 S. Broad Street\nPhiladelphia\, PA\nGet Directions \n\nThis is a standing show. \n  \n\n\nProgram Info\n$30 ADV / $35 DOS\n21 & Over \n\n\nFeaturing\n\nHorse Lords \n\nSam Haberman – drums\nOwen Gardner – guitar\nMax Eilbacher – bass\nAndrew Bernstein – alto saxophone\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/horselords/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T160000
DTSTAMP:20260926T022144Z
CREATED:20260926T022144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260926T022144Z
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SUMMARY:Barnes Cinema: Tiguex by Raven Chacon
DESCRIPTION:About the Event \n\n\nToday’s program features Tiguex (2026)\, directed by Raven Chacon\, which documents the performance of his 20-movement musical composition over the course of one day in Albuquerque\, New Mexico. A discussion with Chacon and Juana Berrío\, Marsha Perelman Senior Director of Programs at Calder Gardens\, will follow the screening\, along with an audience Q&A. \nThis program is presented alongside Sky Hopinka’s site-specific installation\, Red Metal Dust\, on view in the Annenberg Court. Hopinka’s video\, photo\, and text work centers on personal perspectives of Indigenous homelands and landscapes.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/barnes-cinema-tiguex-by-raven-chacon/
LOCATION:Barnes\, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T180000
DTSTAMP:20260830T194200Z
CREATED:20260830T192125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T194200Z
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SUMMARY:Big Community Paper Show & Tell with music by Interminable & Raices Boricuas
DESCRIPTION:Join Big Community Paper & Iglesias Gardens on Oct. 11th  for a Community Show & Tell —with Collaborative Poetry & Zine Making with live music presented by Fire Museum Presents. \nShare your creative endeavors with the neighborhood—do you crochet? draw? bake? Or any other creative activity you partake in? \nCome to the garden to Show & Tell your creativity with your fellow neighbors! BYO table/picnic blanket & potluck.  Email Michelle.anne.harris@gmail.com for more information. \nMusic starts at 3PM. \nRaices Boricuas: \nKensington’s own Raices Boricuas get the afternoon started with salsa\, merengue\, ballenatos and related Spanish language classics \n  \nInterminable \nInterminable is a Philly-based band creating original music in Spanish\, weaving together Mexican son jarocho\, jazz\, and rock to celebrate queer and trans\, Black and brown voices. By bringing together powerhouse musicians deeply versed in a multitude of genres\, they create a new musical world where all our worlds can fit. Their energetic\, inspirational live shows remind us of the joy we can forge when we come together in song and celebration. Their recorded works incorporate musical textures that transcend genre\, taking listeners on a journey across ancestral memory and self-empowerment. \nBorn out of a chance encounter on the train in 2015\, Interminable debuted a week later\, opening for cumbia supergroup Viento Callejero. Over these last 11 years\, the band has amassed an impressive portfolio\, playing across the East Coast and Mexico with renowned artists like Reyna Tropical\, Las Cafeteras\, and La Santa Cecilia. They headlined Philly’s Latin Punk Fest\, the Porchfest Afterparty\, and performed sold-out shows at the Mann Center\, World Café Live\, and as a featured artist with Journey Arts. \nThe musicians of Interminable create a singular blend – bandleader Ximena Violante on vocals\, electric guitar\, and jarana\, a guitar-like Mexican instrument. \n  \nEntrance to the garden is fully accessible.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/big-community-paper-show-tell-with-music-by-interminable-raices-boricuas/
LOCATION:César Andreu Iglesias Garden\, 425 Arlington St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T180000
DTSTAMP:20261004T012150Z
CREATED:20261004T012150Z
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SUMMARY:Ambient Open Mic and Open House
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/ambient-open-mic-and-open-house/
LOCATION:Bell Tone Synth Works\, 7000Terminal Square\, Upper Darby\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T190000
DTSTAMP:20261009T031821Z
CREATED:20261009T031821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261009T031821Z
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SUMMARY:Doug Hirlinger - solo drums and electronics
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/doug-hirlinger-solo-drums-and-electronics/
LOCATION:A Man Full Of Trouble Tavern\, 127 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T220000
DTSTAMP:20261004T014102Z
CREATED:20261004T014102Z
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SUMMARY:Ghost Nights: an Evening of Noise/Drone/Experimental Music w/Mazel\, Body garden x Milkbag (HBG/PHL interactive collab set)\, Empathic Window
DESCRIPTION:Ghost Nights: an Evening of Noise/Drone/Experimental Music\nGhost nights is an event series often taking place around central and eastern Pennsylvania by artist and community organizer\, Avengeline Colon of the experimental multi media project Body Garden. “Ghost Nights” showcases some of Pennsylvanias most unusual and imaginative\, with a focus on bringing underrepresented creatives in the world of noise\, ambient drone and experimental sound to the forefront in the form of interactive collaboration thru art and sound.\nDoors at 7pm\, music at 7:30pm\n18+ (no minors)\nMazel\nBody garden x Milkbag (HBG/PHL interactive collab set)\nEmpathic Window
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/ghost-nights-an-evening-of-noise-drone-experimental-music-w-mazel-body-garden-x-milkbag-hbg-phl-interactive-collab-set-empathic-window/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T220000
DTSTAMP:20260912T012951Z
CREATED:20260912T012951Z
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SUMMARY:Open Improvisation Lab: Teeth & Metals
DESCRIPTION:People’s Music Supply in collaboration with the Living Signal is presenting a weekly series of curated performances followed by an Open Improvisation Lab (OIL). Opening performances will feature some of the region’s best talent across a wide variety of styles generated in situ. The OIL portion will see participating audience members formed into groups via chance procedures\, divine inspiration\, and bespoke sorting systems for the purposes of extracting music from the unique temporal aspects of the ether.  \nAll Levels | All Backgrounds | All Disciplines generated in the moment.  \nCurated Openers  \nTeeth & Metals Mark Micchelli- piano  \nAlex Lough – electronics. “feral and refined\, precise and unruly” \n \n7pm doors \n7:30 Performance \n8:15 Lab begin \nAdmission- All donations go towards the opening performances\, respecting our host space\, and making sure the series is sustainable.  \n$0 to $10 for lab participants \n$10 to 20 for audience  \n \nSober Space \n  \n \nParticipants are encouraged to share amps- share rides\, and coordinate with us for unique backline needs.  We encourage everyone to read through Pittsburgh Sound Preserve Guidelines guidelines for their OIL\, we will adopt our own guidelines in due time. \n BIOS Driven by a shared passion for adventurous music for piano and electronics\, Alex Lough and Mark Micchelli founded Teeth and Metals in early 2017. The duo presents fully notated music\, completely improvised music\, and everything in between. Teeth and Metals has performed across the United States and internationally\, at festivals and venues including ICMC\, SPLICE\, Art Basel Miami\, Stanford University\, UC Irvine\, and Mark’s pandemic apartment in Squirrel Hill\, Pittsburgh. \n 
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/open-improvisation-lab-teeth-metals/
LOCATION:The Living Signal\, 4311 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T183000
DTSTAMP:20260912T013240Z
CREATED:20260912T013240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T013240Z
UID:1546-1791999000-1792002600@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:World to Come 2: Infra Dig
DESCRIPTION:We are presenting a series of free\, en-plain air public performances which tap into the unique musical forms of Creative Music (a genre rooted in Philadelphia history through John Coltrane and Sun Ra) and Free Improvisation. These performances will be at Christ Church Gardens.  \nFollow @PeoplesMusicSupply on instagram for up to date performance info\, sign up for our email list\, and check out the event schedule at PeoplesMusicSupply.org Infra Dig is a new trio consisting of Bert Harris (bass)\, Rob Paul (percussion)\, and Thomas Patteson (alto saxophone). Taking inspiration from jazz\, creative music\, and global traditions\, their improvisations seek to map out possible worlds of sound and spirit\, from zero gravity to cosmic grooves \n \nBert Harris is an electric bass guitarist and upright bassist who is at home in several genres of music. Current projects include The Afrojazz Collective\, Gumbo Nouveau\, Naru\, String Theory\, Reggae Thunder\, Phillyska Jazz Quartet\, RK$TDY\, Philly Gumbo and Infra Dig. Bert has recorded two CDs with Philadelphia jazz legend Byard Lancaster (Pam Africa and Ancestral Link Hotel). With Philly Gumbo he can be heard on their extended 45 RPM Holy War and their CD Come and Get It. His most recent recording is on Gumbo Nouveau’s CD Seasoned. Bert’s playing ranges from straight ahead jazz\, to reggae\, Cape jazz\, ska\, and free jazz  and his original compositions incorporate those genres. \n \n \nRob Paul writes: I discovered the joy and magic of playing music in high school. I feel fortunate to have grown up in Philadelphia\, where I was exposed to the beauty of jazz and avant garde music. When I was 22\, I became a high school English teacher\, and I am proud to be teaching in the Philadelphia School district 26 years later. This work pulled me away from playing music\, because of the deep commitment I developed for helping young people in my city. My passion for music never dissipated\, and I was hopeful to rejoin the music community in Philadelphia later on. I am forever grateful for the transformative musical mentorship and close friendship I have with legendary jazz saxophonist Bobby Zankel. Bobby has reignited my passion for playing music! I am inspired by mindful artists who love to listen and improvise. Let’s play together sometime. \n \n \nThomas Patteson leads a double life as musician and musicologist. He has explored electronic music through his solo project Notions Department and his book Instruments for New Music (University of California Press\, 2016) on the history of experimental sound technologies in the early 20th century. Since 2019\, he has been performing improvised music with Aaron Pond in the shape-shifting duo project Argyle Torah. In 2021 Thomas began playing the saxophone\, inspired primarily by Ornette Coleman and Kadri Gopalnath. He recently completed The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments (Reaktion Books\, 2026)\, and is translating a historical study of improvisation practices in European music. Thomas is a Lecturer in Music at UPenn and Vice President of People’s Music Supply.  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/world-to-come-2-infra-dig/
LOCATION:Christ Church\, 20 North American Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T190000
DTSTAMP:20261009T032414Z
CREATED:20261009T032414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261009T032414Z
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SUMMARY:Claire Chase - Density 2036: A New Ecosystem for Contemporary Music
DESCRIPTION:Claire Chase\n\n\nFlutist; Professor of the Practice\, Department of Music\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClaire Chase – acclaimed flutist\, curator\, cultural producer\, and Professor of the Practice of Music at Harvard University – offers a lecture-performance on her ongoing Density 2036 project\, an initiative that has been described as “a quarter-century journey with little precedent” by The New Yorker and “one of the great musical undertakings of our time” by The New York Times. \nChase will perform excerpts from the first 12 years of Density and discuss the curatorial\, performative\, and educational dimensions of the project at its halfway point. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/claire-chase-density-2036-a-new-ecosystem-for-contemporary-music/
LOCATION:Widener Lecture Hall\, Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T210000
DTSTAMP:20261009T031330Z
CREATED:20261009T031330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261009T031330Z
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SUMMARY:Ursula Rucker & Tim Motzer - "Live Off the Floor"
DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14 MilkCrate Cafe presents a special intimate live show with legendary poet Ursula Rucker creating powerful stories with longtime collaborator & renown guitarist Tim Motzer on Wednesday evening October 14\, 8pm show. Not to be missed. Doors at 7pm \n“From the moment that Ursula Rucker and Tim Motzer first unified their singular magical words-and-music efforts on the historic stages of Philly’s Tower Theater\, opening for the legendarily conscious Nina Simone\, all bets have been thrown off the table. Whether appearing within the intimate confines of a duet setting or something broader (but no less intrinsic and interpersonal)\, the divine cacophonous wordsmith and the clamorous textural guitarist have created tactile\, co-joined waves of nuance and noise\, of beauty\, sex\, strife and solace. Alone they are epic.\nTogether\, Rucker and Motzer are crucial\, an emotional\, intergalactic soulful soundscape too rare and too righteous to miss.” A.D. Amorosi
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/ursula-rucker-tim-motzer-live-off-the-floor/
LOCATION:Milkcrate Cafe\, 4oo East Girard Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T170000
DTSTAMP:20260830T193024Z
CREATED:20260830T193024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T193024Z
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SUMMARY:Untethered (Paul Giess/Grant Calvin Weston/Timothy Ragsdale)
DESCRIPTION:Untethered (Paul Giess/Grant Calvin Weston/Timothy Ragsdale) \nUntethered is a collective led by Paul Giess (Ropeadope) playing what their drummer\, Grant Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman\, John Medeski\, Vernon Reid) calls “Spontaneous Creative Composition”. Their most recent album “Grasping for the Moon” was featured as album of the Day on Bandcamp in August 2025. Peter Margasak writes for Bandcamp Daily – “the music is in constant flux\, opening up and tightening\, cooling down and catching fire\, riding stasis and exploding with hyperactive motion.” The group plays a genre crossing style of improvisation that holds a deep pocketed funk next to intimate chamber music and the raw energy of a punk band next to a sensitive ballad. \naccessibility: street level entrance to venue but two steps to restroom. \npeople who pay $25 will receive a free cd-r of a previous show.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/untethered-paul-giess-grant-calvin-weston-timothy-ragsdale/
LOCATION:The Perch Large Room\, 2008 Arizona St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T213000
DTSTAMP:20261004T014515Z
CREATED:20261004T014515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261004T014515Z
UID:1684-1792179000-1792186200@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Jennifer Koh / Vijay Iyer
DESCRIPTION:Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh opens PCMS’s 41st season alongside Vijay Iyer\, a composer and pianist hailed by The Guardian for his “melodically alluring\, rhythmically invigorating\, [and] deviously dazzling music.” For his PCMS debut\, Iyer joins Koh to give the world premiere of  Part II of his Scenes of Living and Dying\, a collection of works intended to hold space to channel our private and public griefs. Koh complements Iyer’s original compositions with a selection of solo violin pieces by J.S. Bach. \n\n\nBach: Partita in D Minor for Solo Violin\, BWV 1004Iyer: Scenes of Living and Dying: Part I  Philadelphia PremiereIyer: Works TBA from the Stage for Solo PianoIyer: Scenes of Living and Dying: Part II  World Premiere/PCMS Co-Commission*
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/jennifer-koh-vijay-iyer/
LOCATION:Perelman Theater\, 300 South Broad Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T220000
DTSTAMP:20261012T021137Z
CREATED:20261012T021137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261012T021137Z
UID:1763-1792179000-1792188000@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Wet Henry\, Debaser \, Koof IB
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/wet-henry-debaser-koof-ib/
LOCATION:5424 Lena Street\, 5424 Lena Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T220000
DTSTAMP:20261016T002837Z
CREATED:20261016T002837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T002837Z
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SUMMARY:Goldberg Variations John Walthausen - Harpsichord
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present John Walthausen in a solo harpsichord performance at University Lutheran Church. In the 1730s\, Bach summed up his artistry writing for keyboards with a new collection: his Clavierübung or keyboard practice. In this multi volume series for harpsichord and organ\, Bach turns every genre of keyboard writing on its head: suite\, concerto\, overture\, prelude and fugue\, chorale prelude. It is in the fourth book of his Clavierübung that Bach explores variation in what would become one of his most beloved works. Exhausting the depths of embellishment possible from a simple ground bass\, Bach challenges the interpreter through thirty variations comprising some of his most virtuosic keyboard writing and some of his most intricate exploration of canon. \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST \nJohn Walthausen has been heard across Europe\, North and South America\, and Asia as a keyboard soloist and ensemble artist. Accomplished as a recitalist in both Baroque literature and contemporary keyboard works\, Walthausen has concertized throughout the world in Paris\, New York\, Washington D.C.\, Chartres\, Bogotá\, Toulouse\, Hamburg\, Milan\, Treviso\, Innsbruck\, Tokyo\, Basel\, and Zurich. From 2015 to 2016\, he served as Organist in Residence at Sapporo Concert Hall in Hokkaido\, where he performed and recorded on the Hall’s four-manual organ by Alfred Kern and in cities across Japan. In 2016\, Sapporo Concert Hall released his debut disc\, “De Fil en Aiguille.” \nA Philadelphia resident\, Walthausen appears regularly as a collaborative artist in his home city\, as well as throughout the East Coast and the Mid-Atlantic region. In 2019\, he co-founded the ensemble Filament with baroque violinist Evan Few and viola da gamba player Elena Smith. In 2022\, they recorded their debut album of the Sonatas Opus 1 of Dietrich Buxtehude\, Alchemy of Another\, called by Fanfare “artistically satisfying on all levels.” \nIn 2012\, he won first prize at the Pierre de Manchicourt International Organ Competition in Béthune\, France\, a competition devoted particularly to North German music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries\, featuring an international jury chaired by Michael Radelescu. In 2009 he was awarded first prize in the American Guild of Organists’ Regional Competition for Young Organists. \nWalthausen earned his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College\, and in 2011 he gained admission to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. There he studied organ with Olivier Latry and Michel Bouvard\, earning a master’s with highest honors (mention très bien). In 2015\, he studied harpsichord with Jörg-Andreas Bötticher and organ with Lorenzo Ghielmi at the Schola Cantorum of Basel\, Switzerland where he was awarded a Master’s in Historical Performance. In 2024\, Walthausen served as Artistic Director for the first edition of the Philadelphia Organ Festival\, a week-long event sponsored by Partners for Sacred Places. In addition to his concert appearances\, Walthausen currently serves as Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in Germantown\, Philadelphia\, PA.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/goldberg-variations-john-walthausen-harpsichord/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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