Bowerbird is pleased to present Composers Inside Electronics—Phil Edelstein, Ron Kuivila, and Michael Johnsen—performing works by David Tudor.

Composers Inside Electronics (CIE), formed in 1973 with David Tudor, pioneered a collaborative approach to live electronic music that treated circuits and components as instruments in themselves rather than as tools. This closing concert of A View from Inside: David Tudor at 100 features an evening of Tudor’s electronic compositions. The program includes Pepsicillator, one of Tudor’s sound environments created for the Pepsi Pavilion at Expo ’70 in Osaka, Japan. Using chains of audio processors creating multiple self-oscillating feedback loops, Pepsicillator exemplifies Tudor’s mature approach to composition: designing systems of electronic components whose interconnections define both the work’s structure and its real-time performance. The concert offers a rare opportunity to experience Tudor’s electronic works performed by artists who worked directly with him and who continue to realize and evolve his vision through their own research and performance practice.

This event is part of A VIEW FROM INSIDE: DAVID TUDOR AT 100, an exhibition at Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery from January 15 to March 21, 2026.

Major support for A View from Inside has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
with additional support from the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.