Bowerbird

Bowerbird is pleased to present a morning birdwalk at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum with birding by ear guide Gregg Gorton interspersed with two performances by Will Frendedall, flute, and Carolyn Zaldivar Snow, synthesizers. Please take note of the weather and dress accordingly with appropriate footwear. Meet at the pavilion near the…

Bowerbird is pleased to bring back Julian Calv, Sarah Penna, and Alex Stewart to perform the music of Moondog at University Lutheran. The concert features piano works, vocal canons, and other songs by the maverick composer Moondog performed by trimbist/vocalist Julian Calv, pianist Alex Stewart, and vocalist/percussionist Sarah Penna joined by two guest vocalists for…

Bowerbird is pleased to present the New Thread Quartet performing their program Explorations. The evening includes music by Marilyn Shrude, Hannah Kendall, Georg Friedrich Haas, James Tenney and world premiere by Hong-Da Chin. ABOUT THE ARTISTS New Thread Quartet was formed with the mission to develop and perform impactful new music for the saxophone, and…

Bowerbird is pleased to present Don Slepian celebrating the forty-fifth anniversary of his album Sea of Bliss, which has been reissued on Numero Group. Opening the evening will be sound artist Saapato. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Don Slepian, a composer, performer, and music technologist, is celebrated as a pioneer in the ambient and new age music…

Bowerbird is pleased to present vocal sextet Variant 6 performing NEXUS, a program featuring a wide expanse of a capella repertoire for three treble voices, featuring Jessica Beebe, Rebecca Myers, and Elisa Sutherland. From rarely performed works of the Medieval era to contemporary works by some of our favorite composers, this concert will showcase a…

Bowerbird is pleased to present saxophonist, composer, and improviser Cole Pulice in a solo set at The Maas Building. ABOUT THE ARTIST Saxophonist, composer and improviser Cole Pulice traffics in shimmering, otherworldly beauty. On Land’s End Eternal, their first album for Leaving Records (releasing May 9th), the Oakland-based artist expands their compositional palette beyond signal-processed…

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…

We are pleased to present Sova in a solo set at University Lutheran Church. ABOUT THE ARTIST "Ghostly, delicate, elegant..." (Independent Clauses) For Sova – the stage name of New York-based pianist/composer Sophia Subbayya Vastek – the piano has always been home. A second generation pianist, she holds a deep reverence for her collective history,…

Bowerbird is pleased to present the Blackbox Ensemble performing contemporary chamber works by Annie Nikunen, Baldwin Giang, Tania Leon, and James Diaz at University Lutheran Church. ABOUT THE ARTISTS The BlackBox Ensemble is a collective of contemporary music performers based in New York City dedicated to exploring the wide-ranging world of the music of our…