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The Philadelphia Daily News picked David First: Same Animal, Different Cages, our two-night, career-spanning portrait, which reconvened his experimental punk band The Notekillers. As it appeared in print in Philadelphia Daily News,…

The Inquirer’s weekly picks included our two-night portrait of composer David First at Christ Church Neighborhood House, spanning drone works, pop songs and avant-rock, and reuniting his Philly experimental punk band The…

The Inquirer’s critics included George Crumb’s 90th birthday among the highlights of 2019, naming Bowerbird among the Philadelphia organizations that celebrated him. Read “Best of classical in 2019: Our critics weigh in”…

David Patrick Stearns previewed Zeitgeist: George Crumb at 90, the festival we co-presented with Penn’s Department of Music and the Annenberg Center, with Arcana New Music Ensemble, Margaret Leng Tan, Adam Tendler…

Penn’s Almanac previewed Zeitgeist: George Crumb at 90, the three-concert festival co-presented by Bowerbird, Penn’s Department of Music and the Annenberg Center on October 10–12, 2019: Out of Darkness with Arcana New…

Peter Dobrin’s summer preview featured our three concerts on an open-top double-decker bus, with Ursula Rucker and Madam Data, Jaimie Branch, and Rosali and Seraiah Nicole, hosted by Sebastian Petsu. He noted…

Peter Crimmins wrote about the building-wide performances Bill Dietz and the collective Supreme Connections made at the Church of the Holy Apostles and the Mediator in West Philadelphia at our invitation. Read…

David Patrick Stearns wrote about our spring 2019 season, including Perceptual Geographies, our Maryanne Amacher festival, and the premiere of Wally Gunn’s Moonlite with Variant 6 and Mobius Percussion. The piece also…

Peter Dobrin’s spring preview listed our presentation of New York’s Ekmeles vocal ensemble and our concert with the Penn Music Department of Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes, played by Amy Williams at University…

Jeanne Claire van Ryzin of Sightlines previewed the Austin Chamber Music Festival’s free performance of Julius Eastman’s Femenine at the George Washington Carver Museum. Composer Russell Reed explains that Mary Jane Leach…