Bowerbird is pleased to present Trio Nebbia at University Lutheran Church. Trio Nebbia—saxophonist Geoffrey Diebel, percussionist Ji Hye Jung, and pianist Winston Choi—embarks on its first-ever tour this fall to four East Coast cities: Philadelphia, Hartford, New York, and Boston. The centerpiece of the program is the world premiere of a new work, commissioned by…
Bowerbird is pleased to present cellist T.J. Borden and pianist Mari Kawamura performing Morton Feldman's evening length work Patterns in a Chromatic Field. Written in the last decade of his life, this work is a unique example of his late style, known for long durations and unpredictable repetition. In his maturity, we find Feldman exploring different…
Bowerbird is pleased to present THUMBS at The Rotunda with an opening set by Aaron Pond on horn, voice, daxophone, duck callers, and surprises. Performing as the duo Thumbs, multi-reedists David Leon and Yuma Uesaka have developed a peculiar improvised practice. Built around a shared interest in extended timbres and hairpin counterpoint, their music explores…
Bowerbird is pleased to present the New Thread Quartet at University Lutheran Church. New Thread Quartet presents Explorations, Vol. 9: Wave, featuring the music of Sam Alvarez, Dror Binder, Eduardo Caballero, Elsie Bae Han, Kalle Vainio, and LJ White. The annual Explorations Series, now in its 9th iteration, represents our belief in contemporary music as…
Bowerbird is pleased to present John Walthausen in a solo harpsichord performance at University Lutheran Church. In the 1730s, Bach summed up his artistry writing for keyboards with a new collection: his Clavierübung or keyboard practice. In this multi volume series for harpsichord and organ, Bach turns every genre of keyboard writing on its head:…
Bowerbird is pleased to present pianist Heather O'Donnell performing Frederick Rzewski's iconic work The People United Will Never Be Defeated! 36 Variations on the Chilean Song ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! at Trinity at 22nd. PROGRAM Frederic Rzewski (1938–2021) The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (1975) 36 Variations on the Chilean Song ¡El…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Duo Tesserae with an opening set by saxophonist, Noa Even at University Lutheran Church. Noa Even, Philly-based saxophonist, opens the program with a short set of music for solo tenor saxophone. She performs her own piece, Herzl, which captures her ever-evolving relationship, a grappling of sorts, with her identity as…
Bowerbird is pleased to present the Blackbox Ensemble at The Perch. BlackBox Ensemble presents a program honoring milestones in American history, culture, and music: the centennial of pioneering American composer Morton Feldman and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The program pairs works by Feldman with Elliott Carter's "A Mirror on…
Bowerbird is pleased to present an evening of music by Laura Cetilia from her two releases on the elsewhere label, performed by Jack Yarbrough (piano), Hannah Soren (cello), and Laura Cetilia (cello). Works included: laminae for solo piano, becoming of shadows for cello and piano, and soil + stone for two cellos. ABOUT THE ARTIST…
Bowerbird is pleased to present the Arcana New Music Ensemble performing its third iteration of “Postal Pieces,” a concert featuring living composers in Philadelphia and beyond composing postcard-sized works inspired by James Tenney’s unorthodox set of compositions. Tenney’s “Postal Pieces,” composed between 1954 and 1971, are a series of ten concise works each printed on…
Bowerbird is pleased to present the Arcana New Music Ensemble as it revisits Cornelius Cardew’s groundbreaking work Treatise at The Rotunda. In November 2025 the ensemble performed about 20 pages of the 200 page work; this year the ensemble will perform a different set of pages accompanied with projections of the score. Composed between 1962-1967,…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Variant 6 at University Lutheran Church. Variant 6 presents Hologram, in a program that explores the unique scope of light and color created by an exquisite blend of low voices. For the first time, the ensemble’s tenors and basses alone come together to create a warm and sonorous soundworld, from…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Variant 6 at University Lutheran Church. Variant 6 presents Mosaic, a program of music for six a capella voices that celebrates the rich musical history of composition and music-making in Philadelphia.The centerpiece of this program will be a world-premiere by Philadelphia composer Robert Maggio. Alongside contemporary Philly composers Benjamin C.S.…