Bowerbird is pleased to present a morning birdwalk at the Schuylkill Center led by Jayla Clark, an experienced bird watcher with interspersed performances by Samantha Kochis, flute, and Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba.

Meet in front of the Visitor Center

Please take note of the weather and dress accordingly with appropriate footwear.
Estimated event time: 120 minutes
Distance: approximately 1.25 miles
Terrain: partially paved, all flat
Free admission – reservations are encouraged

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Samantha Kochis is a Brooklyn-based flutist, improviser, and composer who explores various creative environments as an artist of experimental music. In her creative works, Samantha draws from the tradition of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation to engage in sonic conversations with listeners and collaborators alike. Her playing is described as “deeply intentioned” and “sensitive yet powerful”. Samantha is the co-founder of Phonotonic, an artist collective dedicated to building community among experimental and improvising artists who share the experience of gender-based oppression. Her collaborations have included artists such as Luke Stewart, gabby fluke-mogul, and Laura Cocks, and has also been featured at the Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
www.samanthakochis.com

Sarah Cunningham began her viola da gamba studies in Boston, where viol player Gian Lyman Silbiger, as well as legendary teacher and director Marleen Montgomery, were formative influences, as were further studies with Wieland Kuijken in the Netherlands. After her move to London in 1981, she co-founded the ensemble Sonnerie with Monica Huggett and recorded and toured around the world with ensembles including Fretwork, Phantasm, Sequentia, Les Arts Florissant, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. She has performed as a soloist under Simon Rattle, John Elliott Gardiner, Trevor Pinnock, and Gustav Leonhart, and has recorded on ASV, Virgin/EMI, Harmonia Mundi, Erato, and Decca. A former faculty member at Hochschule fuer Kuenst in Germany, the Guildhall School in London, and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Cunningham has presented workshops and master classes throughout the world. She was founder and first artistic director of the East Cork Early Music in Ireland and is a founding member of Les Filles de Sainte Colombe. Cunningham has been on the faculty at Juilliard since 2011.
www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/cunningham-sarah