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SUMMARY:Maria Grand and Shakoor Hakeem
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Maria Grand with Shakoor Hakeem at The Perch. \nSample of their work: \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nMaría Grand is a saxophonist\, composer\, educator\, and vocalist. She has performed with her ensembles all over Europe and North America; she has also played and/or recorded with creative music luminaries such as Joel Ross\, Mary Halvorson\, Antoine Roney\, Nicole Mitchell\, and more. Her debut EP “TetraWind” was picked as “one of the 2017’s best debuts” by the NYC Jazz Record and her full-length albums Magdalena\, Reciprocity\, and Anohin were praised by major publications such as the New York Times\, Downbeat\, JazzTimes\, Billboard\, JazzIz\, and others. The New York Times calls her “an engrossing young tenor saxophonist with a zesty attack and a solid tonal range”\, while Vijay Iyer says she is “a fantastic young saxophonist\, virtuosic\, conceptually daring\, with a lush tone\, a powerful vision\, and a deepening emotional resonance.” \nMaría is a recipient of the 2017 Jazz Gallery Residency Commission\, the 2018 Roulette Jerome Foundation Commission\, the 2019 Roulette Residency\, and the 2020 Jazz Coalition Commission Award\, and the 2024 Pulse Foundation Award. She was nominated for the Jazz Journalist’s Association Up-And-Coming Musician of the Year 2018 and named the 2018 Newcomer Musician for the El Intruso 11th Annual Internation Critics Poll\, as well as Best New Artist in the 2018 JazzTimes Reader’s Poll. \nIn 2022\, María was commissioned by the Metropolitan Orchestra to write a chamber piece; she composed a piece mixing elements of healing somatic practices with music titled “your very own sun”. The same year\, she also was a Women In Jazz Organization mentor\, working with a young musician to transmit her knowledge and study ways of overcoming hurdles specific to young women in the music industry. \nIn 2024\, Maria also had her debut as conductor\, directing Roscoe Mitchell’s piece Cards in Mantova\, in the presence of the composer; she also began touring as a sideman with Joel Ross’ Good Vibes. She released an album in December 2024 titled Altered Visions\, a collaborative effort with musicians Marta Sanchez\, Camila Nebbia\, Kanoa Mendenhall\, and Iago Fernandez\, on the recently formed label Lilaila Records\, and is set to release her fourth full-length album\, Both Sides\, in April 2026. \nIn 2025\, she was nominated as Best European Musician by the French Académie du Jazz and voted one of the rising tenor saxophone stars by Downbeat. She is a certified relationship consultant from the ETC school of self-development\, based in Quebec. She has a teaching studio where she teaches Music and Self Knowledge\, and recently premiered an Emotional Deep Dive where musicians and audience created a communal moment to sonically mirror and transform emotions. \nFearless percussionist Shakoor Hakeem\, a prolific up-and-coming talent\, has a gift for making experimental\, Afro-diasporan\, rhythmic improvisational music immediately enjoyable. Hakeem’s unique old soul has him adhering to the cultural traditions of mysticism and folklore\, within which are contained the secrets of his elders. The mythical experience of his stage presence evokes feelings that you are witness to a ceremonial gathering\, of an ancient rhythmic history. In building this\, he has long supported many of the most forward-thinking legendary improvisers\, including Graham Haynes\, Immanual Wilkins\, Joel Ross\, Adam Rudolph\, Bobby Zankel and Wallace Roney. Performing live with these great artists\, he refrains from overplaying and prefers minimalism\, playing with the musical and compositional contexts of colors and texture\, delivering limited solos\, all while occupying the eye of the hurricane. \n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/maria-grand-and-shakoor-hakeem/
LOCATION:The Perch\, 2321 Emerald St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dynasty Battles
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Dynasty Battles in a solo piano performance. \nProgram and more info coming soon. \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST \nDynasty Battles\, the recipient of the 2021 Career Advancement Award by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia\, has been featured with soprano Marietta Simpson in The Philadelphia Inquirer\, and on music critic David Patrick Stearns’ radio program “Creatively Speaking” on Philadelphia’s WRTI (90.1FM). \nOne upcoming highlight: Battles will debut a piano concerto by composer Nina Shekhar\, whose music has been performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra\, Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, and many more. Battles recently debuted a composition by multiple Grammy nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist Ted Hearne\, composed for Dynasty himself\, which was featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Other recent engagements include hall debuts at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in a concert curated by John Adams\, the Chicago Cultural Center’s Preston Bradley Hall as a featured artist in the International Music Foundation’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts\, and the Benjamin Franklin Hall with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Additionally\, he made his international debut at the Barbican Centre in London while in residency with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. \nCareer highlights include an invitation to perform George Walker’s Piano Sonata No. 1 in a private engagement at the distinguished composer’s home. In a project profiled by The New York Times\, he also performed in Bowerbird Philly’s ongoing series highlighting the works of Julius Eastman. \nBattles studies with concert pianist Leon Bates and Eve Wolf\, pianist\, and Executive Artistic Director of Ensemble for the Romantic Century. He also studied counterpoint and harmony and analysis with Jonathan Coopersmith\, Chair of Musical Studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. A native of Philadelphia\, Dynasty received a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance\, cum laude from Temple University\, under the instruction of Harvey Wedeen as a recipient of the Esther Boyer College Scholarship. \ndynastybattles.com
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/dynasty-battles-sept-2026/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church in Germantown\, 35 W Chelten Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Thread Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present the New Thread Quartet at University Lutheran Church. \nmore info coming soon. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nNew 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/ \n\n
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/new-thread-quartet-oct-2026/
LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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