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  • Forest Speech and Piano

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    Community Education Center 3500 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to present pianist Amy Williams and a performance of David Tudor's Forest Speech led by Composer Inside Electronic's Phil Edelstein with Daniel Fishkin, Michael Johnsen, Victoria Keddie, Eugene Lew, and Gianna Santucci. This concert celebrates David Tudor's dual legacy as both a revolutionary pianist and electronic music pioneer. The program opens with…

    $15 – $30

  • Tudor works for Live Electronics

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    Community Education Center 3500 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to present Composers Inside Electronics—Phil Edelstein, Ron Kuivila, and Michael Johnsen, with Daniel Fishkin—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…

    $15 – $30

  • Screening: Cunningham Ballett and Channels/Inserts

    The Rotunda 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    David Tudor's musical partnership with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company spanned nearly five decades, from the company's founding in 1953 until Tudor's death in 1996. As a founding member, Tudor served not only as a virtuoso performer of revolutionary piano works but also as an essential collaborator in shaping the company's sonic identity. Working alongside…

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  • Solo and Chamber Music of Elliott Carter

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    The Perch 2321 Emerald St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to present the Arcana New Music Ensemble performing solo and chamber music of Elliott Carter. PROGRAM: Two Thoughts About the Piano Figment V for marimba Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux II Epigrams Enchanted Preludes Gra for clarinet Canon for 4 ARCANA NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE: Anna Lim - violin Tom Kraines - cello Nic Handahl…

    $15 – $25

  • Audra

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    University Lutheran 3637 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to present Audra performing an evening of music for voice and saxophone, featuring Meredith Monk’s Hocket for Two Voices, two moody folk-song arrangements by Karin Rehnqvist, Cecilia McDowall’s dramatic White Fox Woman, Thomas Kessler’s Cage-inspired Is it?, Gelsey Bell’s spacious Avatrix, and Griffin Candey’s love songs, I Shall Be Coming Back To…

    $15 – $25

  • Alash Ensemble

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    The Rotunda 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    **Please note: The performance starts at 2:00pm. Seating and admission to the building for the performance will be on a first come first served basis. Doors will open at 1:15pm. RSVPing helps us to anticipate attendance but does not guarantee entry. If you RSVP but do not check in by 1:50pm, we may give your…

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  • Alash Ensemble

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    The Rotunda 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    **Please note: The performance starts at 7:00pm. Seating and admission to the building for the performance will be on a first come first served basis. Doors will open at 6:15pm. RSVPing helps us to anticipate attendance but does not guarantee entry. If you RSVP but do not check in by 6:50pm, we may give your…

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  • apr 23 gene coleman

    Experiments in Neuroaesthetics: Evoking Voices from Biological Systems

    The Rotunda 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to co-present Gene Coleman's program Experiments in Neuroaesthetics: Evoking Voices from Biological Systems. In the music of Giacinto Scelsi, Luigi Nono and Pauline Oliveros, and in the films of Stan Brakhage, there was a desire to reveal the “inner voices”. Working with new biodata technologies and systems, we reach a new reality,…

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  • May 3 Follow the sound

    Follow The Sound

    John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum 8601 Lindbergh Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to present a morning birdwalk at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum led by Tony Croasdale interspersed with two performances by Matt Engle and Juan Castrillón. Please take note of the weather and dress accordingly with appropriate footwear. Meet at the Environmental Education Pavilion, to the right of the visitor…

    Free - reservations encouraged

  • Equinox

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    Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to present Variant 6 performing their program Equinox. Serving as the centerpiece for this program is Philadelphia composer Benjamin C.S. Boyle’s first Cantata: To One in Paradise. The poem “To One is Paradise” is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe dating from his mature poetic period that features many of the poet’s…

    $15 – $40

  • The Music of Ben Nobuto

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    The Perch 2321 Emerald St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to present the NakedEye Ensemble performing a concert of music by Ben Nobuto. PROGRAM Lucid (2020) for piano and electronics Tell Me Again (2022) for piano, electronics, and film trio (for ivy house) (2024) for flute, cello, piano & electronics Love Games (2023) for six players, electronics & video Three Studies (2022)…

    $15 – $25
  • May 29 Laraaji

    Laraaji

    The Rotunda 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    ONLINE RSVP's are filled. Please note: Doors for those with online RSVPs will open at 7:15pm and all others may enter at 7:30pm. We are thrilled to welcome back Laraaji, a key figure in the evolution of ambient music whose distinctive sound has been captivating listeners for decades. Philadelphia-born and New Jersey-raised, Laraaji has pursued…

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  • MSHR June 4

    MSHR

    The Rotunda 4014 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to present MSHR with opening set by Grace Villamil at The Rotunda. In collaboration with MUSICA PRACTICA / ELETTRONICA VIVA, this performance brings together electronic sound artists who investigate cybernetics, and embodied attunement via custom hardware and lighting networks to create immersive soundscape ceremonies. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Grace is an interdisciplinary artist…

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  • June 5 three voices

    Morton Feldman: Three Voices

    University Lutheran 3637 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to present vocalist Charlotte Mundy performing Morton Feldman's iconic work Three Voices at University Lutheran Church. Feldman’s “Three Voices” was written for the experimental vocalist and composer Joan LaBarbara in 1982. The original concept involved the live performer singing along with two pre-recorded parts projected through on-stage amplifiers, creating an effect of three individual…

    $15 – $25
  • oliveros at stoneleigh

    The Music of Pauline Oliveros

    Stoneleigh: a natural garden 1829 County Line Road, Villanova, PA, United States

    Please note, this is an outdoor performance. The scheduled performance is Saturday June 13, 7:00pm with a rain date of Sunday June 14, 7:00pm Bowerbird is pleased to co-present the Arcana New Music Ensemble performing music of Pauline Oliveros at Stoneleigh: a natural garden. Pauline Oliveros’ (1932-2016) life as a composer, performer and humanitarian was…

    $20 – $40
  • follow the sound june 20

    Follow The Sound

    Stoneleigh: a natural garden 1829 County Line Road, Villanova, PA, United States

    Please note this is an outdoor performance. In case of rain, the performance will take place Sunday June 21st. Bowerbird is pleased to co-present Follow the Sound at Stoneleigh: a natural garden. This unique program blends a naturalist-led walk through the garden, with particular attention focused on birds, bugs and ‘the here and now’ of…

    $20 – $40

  • follow the sound july 26

    Follow The Sound

    Tacony Creek Park 4641 Roosevelt Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Bowerbird is pleased to present a morning birdwalk at the New, Unnamed Preserve next to Tacony Creek led by Nicole Hameen interspersed with two performances by Sonali Singh and Melinda Rice. Please take note of the weather and dress accordingly with appropriate footwear. Meet at the parking lot of Friends Hospital and look for the…

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  • Maria Grand aug 15

    POSTPONED: Maria Grand and Shakoor Hakeem

    The Perch 2321 Emerald St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    THIS SHOW HAS BEEN POSTPONED, STAY TUNED FOR A NEW DATE   Bowerbird is pleased to present Maria Grand with Shakoor Hakeem at The Perch. Sample of their work: ABOUT THE ARTISTS María Grand is a saxophonist, composer, educator, and vocalist. She has performed with her ensembles all over Europe and North America; she has…

    $15 – $25