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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage published a conversation between Pew Fellows Raven Chacon and Jacob Cooper about their evolving practices, noting the upcoming portrait concert of Chacon’s music by Arcana…

David Patrick Stearns profiled the vocal sextet Variant 6, naming us among the Philadelphia organizations the ensemble works with and noting that we often present their concerts. Read “No conductor. Few tuning…

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage included Beyond Borders: Festival of Arts, Shiraz-Persepolis (1967–77) among its spring picks, describing our series of virtual programs and mini-symposium bringing together artists, curators and…

Previewing Julius Eastman’s Femenine at Harlem Stage with the Harlem Chamber Players and Talea Ensemble, Christopher McIntyre told Pride Index that Bowerbird organized the first major Eastman retrospective festival in 2017, that…

WHYY’s weekly picks recommended Liminal States, our virtual concert series to drift off to from your own bed, with Philadelphia’s Jeff Zeigler performing that Sunday. Read “Icy fun in Chestnut Hill, The…

David Patrick Stearns wrote about Liminal States, our series of seven late-night streamed concerts with The Rotunda, made to be heard between sleeping and waking, with performers from Marilyn Nonken to Laraaji,…

Writing for WQXR about how new recordings are bringing overlooked composers to light, David Patrick Stearns looked back at the revival of Julius Eastman’s music: “Festivals of his music presented by the…

In his book Curating Contemporary Music Festivals: A New Perspective on Music’s Mediation (transcript Verlag, 2020), musicologist and curator Brandon Farnsworth cites the multi-year Julius Eastman concert series organized by Bowerbird in…

Peter Dobrin reported on the Presser Foundation’s awards, announced early in the pandemic, naming Bowerbird among the recipients. Read “Recipients call Presser Foundation awards of more than a half million dollars ‘amazing’…