Bowerbird is pleased to present Duo Tesserae with an opening set by saxophonist, Noa Even at University Lutheran Church. Noa Even, Philly-based saxophonist, opens the program with a short set of music for solo tenor saxophone. She performs her own piece, Herzl, which captures her ever-evolving relationship, a grappling of sorts, with her identity as…
Bowerbird is pleased to present the Blackbox Ensemble at The Perch. BlackBox Ensemble presents a program honoring milestones in American history, culture, and music: the centennial of pioneering American composer Morton Feldman and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The program pairs works by Feldman with Elliott Carter's "A Mirror on…
Bowerbird is pleased to present an evening of music by Laura Cetilia from her two releases on the elsewhere label, performed by Jack Yarbrough (piano), Hannah Soren (cello), and Laura Cetilia (cello). For Cetilia, the line between cellist and composer barely exists. Her music lives in the smallest of gestures and the most internal of…
Bowerbird is pleased to present the Arcana New Music Ensemble performing its third iteration of “Postal Pieces,” a concert featuring living composers in Philadelphia and beyond composing postcard-sized works inspired by James Tenney’s unorthodox set of compositions. Tenney’s “Postal Pieces,” composed between 1954 and 1971, are a series of ten concise works each printed on…
Bowerbird presents Arcana New Music Ensemble in a second performance of Cornelius Cardew's landmark graphic score Treatise at The Rotunda. Last November the ensemble performed about 20 of the score's 193 pages. This year they take on a different set of pages, with the score projected so the audience can follow along. About Treatise Treatise…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Matthew Levy at The Rotunda for a record release concert of music for tenor saxophone and electronics. Matthew Levy — founding member of the world-renowned PRISM Quartet — steps out as soloist for a record release recital celebrating his ongoing exploration of music for tenor saxophone and electronics. The concert…
Bowerbird presents Variant 6 in a special program that features music for low voices spanning two centuries. Variant 6 presents Hologram, in a program that explores the unique scope of light and color created by an exquisite blend of low voices. For the first time, the ensemble’s tenors and basses alone come together to create…
Bowerbird presents Variant 6 in an evening featuring a program of music entirely by Philadelphia composers, past and present. Variant 6 presents Mosaic, a program of music for six a capella voices that celebrates the rich musical history of composition and music-making in Philadelphia. The centerpiece of this program will be a world-premiere by Philadelphia…