BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//BOWERBIRD ::: MUSIC, DANCE, FILM ::: Philadelphia, PA - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.bowerbird.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for BOWERBIRD ::: MUSIC, DANCE, FILM ::: Philadelphia, PA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211128T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211128T235900 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20201223T042332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T222755Z UID:10001116-1638140400-1638143940@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Tatsuya Nakatani DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani will perform multiple bowed gongs from the desert near his home in New Mexico. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 45 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nTatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde percussionist\, composer\, and artist of sound. Active internationally since the 1990’s; Nakatani has released over 80 recordings and tours extensively\, performing over 150 concerts a year. His primary focus is his solo work and his large ensemble project\, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. With his activity in the new music\, improvisation and experimental music scenes\, Nakatani has a long history of collaboration. He teaches master classes and lectures at universities and music conservatories around the world. Originally from Japan\, he makes his home in the desert town of Truth or Consequences\, New Mexico. Nakatani creates his distinctive music centered around his adapted bowed gong\, supported by an array of drums\, cymbals\, and singing bowls. In consort with his hand carved Kobo Bows\, it is an instrument he has spent decades developing. Nakatani approaches his orchestral project (NGO) as an arrangement of formations of vibrations\, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. Within this contemporary work\, one can still recognize the dramatic pacing\, formal elegance and space (ma) felt in traditional Japanese music. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/tatsuya-nakatani-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/TatsuyaNakatani_LiminalStates.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210906T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210906T235900 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20210524T152414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T164701Z UID:10001123-1630969200-1630972740@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Chris Powell DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Electronic musician Chris Powell will perform from his home in Philadelphia. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nChris Powell (aka Pow Pow) is a self-taught rhythm scholar\, producer\, and electronic music-maker living in Philadelphia\, PA. As a main contributor in the Philadelphia art and sound collective Need New Body\, which fused improvisation with popular song structures\, Powell began a career of international recording and performance\, creating music at the nexus of art and entertainment. Since 1999\, he has collaborated\, recorded\, and toured worldwide with a diverse spectrum of artists and musicians\, including the Sun Ra Arkestra\, Yoko Ono\, and the Boredoms. Powell’s work in the eclectic and high energy Philadelphia band Man Man has helped focus his talent as a leader in the live performance context. Powell’s body of work has most recently expanded to solo modular synth performances as well as creating instruments with NYC/Philly based synthesizer company Critter & Guitari. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/chris-powell-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Powell_LS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210822T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210822T235900 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20210519T185046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210904T121808Z UID:10001122-1629673200-1629676740@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:claire rousay DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Sound artist claire rousay will perform from her home in San Antonio. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nclaire rousay is based in San Antonio\, Texas. Her music zeroes in on personal emotions and the minutiae of everyday life — voicemails\, haptics\, environmental recordings\, stopwatches\, whispers and conversations — exploding their significance. rousay has released music on a range of labels\, most notably Astral Spirits\, Second Editions\, Longform Editions and American Dreams\, who in 2021 released a softer focus\, a collaboration with visual artist Dani Toral. rousay’s music has received acclaim from NPR\, which writes that rousay “enchants the ordinary\,” and Pitchfork\, which calls her music “quietly devastating.” rousay has presented music at Audiograft Festival\, Casa Del Lago (CDMX)\, Issue Project Room\, Rewire Festival\, and Salon De Normandy (Paris)\, among many others\, held residencies at Rhizome DC and Elastic Arts Exposure Series\, and performed with musicians such as Ken Vandermark\, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten\, Jacob Wick and Theodore Cale Schafer. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/claire-rousay-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/clairerousey_LS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T235900 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20210519T183855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T164749Z UID:10001121-1628204400-1628207940@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Jupiter Blue DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Jupiter Blue (Tara Middleton and DM Hotep) will perform from their home in Philadelphia. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nFrom the Sun Ra Arkestra’s engine room\, Jupiter Blue’s tone scientists DM Hotep and Jupiter Girl (Tara Middleton) emerge to reveal elements and precepts of another kind of language\, another tomorrow. Their collaboration is interstellar and unique\, granting passage through spacious\, jazz textured sonorties informed by Ra’s ever necessary mission of saving the world. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/jupiter-blue-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JupiterBlue_LS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T235900 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20210519T172114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210821T164738Z UID:10001120-1627858800-1627862340@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Shahzad Ismaily DESCRIPTION:*** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM JULY 25TH TO SUNDAY\, AUGUST 1 AT 11PM. *** \nBowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Musician and composer Shahzad Ismaily will perform from his home in New York. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nShahzad Ismaily was born in the States to Pakistani parents who emigrated here just before his birth. He grew in a bicultural household\, always following a multitude of paths and perusals. He is mostly self-taught as a musician\, composer\, recording engineer\, and producer. He primarily plays electric bass\, drums\, percussion\, guitar\, synthesizers\, and all manner of sound-makers procured in life’s travels. He has recorded and performed with a diverse crew of artMakers\, Yoko Ono\, Laurie Anderson\, Beth Orton\, Colin Stetson\, Ben Frost\, Bonnie Prince Billy\, Damien Rice\, Jolie Holland\, JFDR\, Secret Chiefs 3\, Sam Amidon\, further and further. He has been an integral member of festival/residency/collective experiences such as the People Festival (the brainchild of Bon Iver\, The National\, and the Michelberger)\, the Eau Claires festival\, the Moers Festival. He has done work for dance and theater pieces\, such as the film Frozen River (Oscar-nominated and Sundance award-winning)\, Inkboat (a butoh crew from California/Switzerland)\, and visual artist Laleh Khorramian. This year alone\, he’ll teach in residence at BANFF\, the Oklahoma Center for Contemporary Arts\, the Monheim Triennale\, and very happily\, the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Currently based in Brooklyn and working out of the recording studio collective he founded and created\, Figure 8 Recording\, he has studied music extensively in Pakistan\, India\, Turkey\, Mexico\, Chile\, Japan\, Indonesia\, Morocco\, and Iceland. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/shahzad-ismaily-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ShahzadIsmaily_LS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T235900 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20210519T171242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210725T163012Z UID:10001119-1625785200-1625788740@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:King Britt DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Performer and composer King Britt will perform from his home in San Diego. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nPew Fellowship recipient\, King James Britt (his real name) is a 30+ year\, producer\, composer and performer in electronic music. His position as Assistant Teaching Professor in Computer Music carries a unique perspective\, bringing a non-linear approach and knowledge to the department by focusing on various modern forms of electronic music pedagogy\, while continuing to be an active force in the music industry. As a composer and producer\, his practice has lead to collaborations with the likes of De La Soul\, Alarm Will Sound Orchestra\, Saul Williams\, director Michael Mann (Miami Vice) and many others\, as well as being called for remixes from an eclectic list of giants\, including\, Meredith Monk\, Solange to Calvin Harris. Most recently collaborating with MacArthur Fellow\, Tyshawn Sorey for an upcoming album project. In his role as performer\, he has travelled globally playing thousands of venues and festivals\, including\, AfroPunk (NYC)\, Berghain (Berlin)\, MoogFest (Durham)\, Le Guess Who Festival (Utrecht) and The Kitchen (NYC). King was also the original DJ for the Grammy Award winning Digable Planets. Blacktronika : Afrofuturism In Electronic Music\, is a new UCSD lecture course\, created by King\, researching and honoring the people of color\, who have pioneered groundbreaking genres within the electronic music landscape. Genres span from Chicago House\, Detroit Techno and Drum & Bass music. Using his position in the industry\, the class has been attended by many\, including Questlove\, Julian Priester and Goldie. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/king-britt-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/KingBritt_LS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210630T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210630T210000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20210524T155007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T164956Z UID:10001125-1625079600-1625086800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Coming Together DESCRIPTION:AN ARCHIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE UNTIL JULY 7\, 2021.  Use the registration/ticket button to get the video url.   \nCONCERT PROGRAM \nRzewski: Shtick (1990) \nAaron Stewart\, saxophone \n\nRzewski: Sixteen Sneakers (2012) \nHannah Nicholas\, viola \n\nRzewski performs Rzewski \nRare archival footage of Frederic Rzewski at the piano \n\nRzewski: Coming Together (1971) *world premiere music video* \nMoor Mother/Camae Ayewa\, performer/speaker\nBob Sweeney\, video artist\nArcana New Music Ensemble\n– Nicholas Handahl\, flute\n– Dominic Panunto\, bassoon\n– Aaron Stewart\, saxophone\n– Tessa Ellis\, trumpet\n– Molly Germer\, violin\n– Erin Busch\, cello\n– David Hughes\, piano\n– Andy Thierauf\, percussion \n\n\nABOUT THE PROGRAM\nBowerbird is pleased to present an online virtual portrait concert of American composer and virtuoso pianist Frederic Rzewski. The concert will feature the world premiere of a new music video of Rzewski’s “Coming Together” made by Camae Ayewa (aka Moor Mother) and video artist Bob Sweeney. The video was shot this spring on site at Eastern State Penitentiary and features a musical performance by the Arcana New Music Ensemble. The program will include rare archival recordings of Frederick Rzewski performing his own work\, as well as two rarely heard solo works – “Shtick” for solo saxophone and “Sixteen Sneakers” for solo viola. \nFrederic Rzewski’s minimalist masterpiece\, “Coming Together”\, was composed in response to the 1971 uprising at Attica Prison in upstate New York. Scored for narrator and open ensemble\, the work is based on a letter by Sam Melville\, one of the leaders of the Attica riots in which he was killed. The text reads: \nI think the combination of age and the greater coming together is responsible for the speed of the passing time. it’s six months now and i can tell you truthfully few periods in my life have passed so quickly. i am in excellent physical and emotional health. there are doubtless subtle surprises ahead but i feel secure and ready. As lovers will contrast their emotions in times of crisis\, so am i dealing with my environment. in the indifferent brutality\, incessant noise\, the experimental chemistry of food\, the ravings of lost hysterical men\, i can act with clarity and meaning. i am deliberate – sometimes even calculating – seldom employing histrionics except as a test of the reactions of others. i read much\, exercise\, talk to guards and inmates\, feeling for the inevitable direction of my life. \nFrederic Rzewski’s “Shtick” is a solo work for saxophone that contains allusions to folk and popular melodies\, including the Yiddish tune Yidl Mit’n Fidl (Yiddle with his Fiddle).  Also on the program is a “Sixteen Sneakers”\, a playful work for solo viola (or a small group of violas)\, that Rzewski composed for his daughter Esther. \n\nSupport for this project has been provided by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia. Special thanks to Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/coming-together/ LOCATION:Online Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ComingTogether_Main.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210627T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210627T235900 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20210519T165922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T191836Z UID:10001118-1624834800-1624838340@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Loren Connors DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Guitarist Loren Connors will perform from his home in New York. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nLoren Connors has improvised and composed original guitar music for over four decades. His music embraces the underlying aesthetics of blues\, Irish airs\, blues-based rock and other genres while letting go of rigid forms. He names abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko as his most important influence. Connors has performed solo and with many veterans of independent music such as Alan Licht\, Thurston Moore\, Daniel Carter\, Kim Gordon\, Samara Lubelski\, Jandek and Keiji Haino. Connors has collaborated over the years with vocalist Suzanne Langille\, including in an avant blues band called Haunted House with guitarist Andrew Burnes and percussionist Neel Murgai. His recordings have been released on Family Vineyard\, Recital\, Northern Spy\, Drag City\, and other labels. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/loren-connors-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/LorenConnors_LiminalStates.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200718T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200718T130000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20200629T165447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201223T033207Z UID:10001110-1595070000-1595077200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Tuvan Throat-singing Demo with Alash DESCRIPTION:This year\, Alash was scheduled to perform at The Rotunda on April 2nd but had to instead cancel the rest of their tour and return home. While they cannot perform in concert right now\, Alash will present a throat-singing demonstration with Q & A\, from their homes in Tuva! This will be a fun way for you to get to know the ensemble\, their singing methods\, and some history behind the songs. \nPlease note the earlier-than-usual event time of 11am Philly time. Since Tuva is 11 hours ahead of Philadelphia\, we had to schedule this accordingly. The added bonus is that children can hopefully join as well! \nREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. SPACE IS LIMITED. PLEASE RESERVE ONE SPOT PER HOUSEHOLD. Please register HERE. A Zoom link will be sent to you the day of the event. All guests will be muted for the demo and then unmuted for the Q & A. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nALASH are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei)\, a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this gifted trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies\, western instruments\, and contemporary song forms in A \nlash’s music\, but its overall sound and spirit remain decidedly Tuvan. \nCo-Presented with The Rotunda \n \n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/tuvan-throat-singing-demo-with-alash/ LOCATION:online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Alash2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20200206T224656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200314T230833Z UID:10001107-1585857600-1585864800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:CANCELED - Alash Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia favorites Alash return to The Rotunda for a FREE concert. Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei)\, a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. Masters of traditional Tuvan instruments as well as the art of throat singing\, Alash are deeply committed to traditional Tuvan music and culture. At the same time\, they are fans of western music. Believing that traditional music must constantly evolve\, the musicians subtly infuse their songs with western elements\, creating their own unique style that is fresh and new\, yet true to their Tuvan musical heritage. \nPresented with The Rotunda URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-ensemble-2020/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Alash2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T210000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20200130T195609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200629T171415Z UID:10001101-1583953200-1583960400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Meredith Monk's Quarry DESCRIPTION:This event was originally scheduled for Feb 26 but has been rescheduled for March 11. \nRightfully renowned as a composer\, vocalist\, choreographer\, and stage director\, Meredith Monk’s underseen films present their own inventive reflections on the cataclysms of history. Quarry began as a live multimedia opera in 1976 featuring a black and white short film of the same name directed by Monk. With the help of the New York Public Library’s initiative to document groundbreaking live performances\, Monk and Amram Nowak re-staged the work with Monk guiding the film’s camera movements and close-ups not normally found in “filmed theater.” In Quarry\, Monk continues her interest in abstracting her own Jewish history to create an anti-fascist narrative in which she portrays a sick child whose illness progresses in tandem with the rise of a dictator. Featuring not just Monk’s novel vocal and theatrical experiments\, Quarry is both a fascinating performance document and a shapeshifting film in its own right. \nCo-presented with Nightletter. \n\nPROGRAM \nQuarry / Meredith Monk & Amram Nowak / 1977 / 82 min / Digital \n\nMeredith Monk: Quarry: The Rally (Live\, 1977) \n\n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/meredith-monk-quarry/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Monk2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200228T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200228T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20200130T195902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200305T002441Z UID:10001102-1582920000-1582927200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:David Hughes: Schubertiade DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Philadelphia based piano virtuoso David Hughes performing a “Schubertiade” – a program that explores the music and spirit of Franz Schubert alongside work by contemporary composers inspired by his music. Victor Hugo famously wrote that “forty is the old age of youth\, fifty the youth of old age.” This program\, offered on the occasion of Hughes’ own 40th birthday\, emphasizes the coexistence of past and future\, a constant search for meaning\, and the eternal\, intense introspection emblematic of Schubert’s music. \n\nPROGRAM \nHelmut Lachenmann: Schubert Variations (1956)\nLee Hoiby: Schubert Variations\, op. 35 (1981)\nFranz Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat Major\, D. 935 no. 2\nEdison Denisov: Variations on a Theme by Schubert (1986) with Thomas Kraines\, cello\nSchubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade\, D. 118 with Anaïs Naharro-Murphy\, soprano\nEric Wubbels: gretchen am spinnrade (2016) with Thomas Kraines\, cello\nSchubert: Sonata in B-Flat\, D. 960 \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST \nDavid Hughes has performed at the Kennedy Center\, Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw and the Spanish Embassy in Washington\, DC. He has been featured on Philadelphia’s WRTI radio station in an hour-long segment of solo repertoire. He can also be heard playing four different keyboard instruments on John Zorn’s violin concerto\, “Contes de Fées\,” on the Tzadik label. He is a founding member of Arcana New Music Ensemble\, a Philadelphia-based ensemble dedicated to presenting concerts of modern and lesser-known music. Mr. Hughes has a strong interest in contemporary music and received third prize in the Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition—one of the world’s premier competitions for modern music—as a member of Outer Banks Duo with saxophonist Stacy Wilson. This was followed by the release of their debut CD\, L’Incandescence. He is also a past recipient of a fellowship to the Tanglewood Music Center and a prizewinner in the MTNA National Chamber Music Competition. He holds a doctoral degree in piano performance from Indiana University. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/david-hughes-schubertiade/ LOCATION:Philadelphia Ethical Society\, 1906 Rittenhouse Square\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DavidHughesSchubert.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20190314T172436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190516T181406Z UID:10000849-1558123200-1558130400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:The Magic Sun (Sun Ra) DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present an evening of screened and live audio visual shorts including the Philadelphia premiere of Phill Niblock’s newly mastered 1966 film The Magic Sun – an experimental work featuring Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra that was produced using a unique negative process and ultra-tight close-ups on the moving hands and mouths of the musicians.  Also screened will be Philadelphia dance artist Terry Fox’s Citizens’ Footbook. These video “fillers” were created by Terry Fox in collaboration with filmmaker David Rosenberg and WHYY-TV12 and Philadelphia musicians Jeff Cain and Charles Cohen\, and were aired between main programs on WHYY-TV for about a year in 1980.  Live performances on the evening will be given by members of Philly A|V\, a new collective whose work is at the intersection of sound\, movement\, video\, digital processing\, and other experimental media techniques.\nPROGRAM \nPhill Niblock: The Magic Sun (1966\, video)\nTerry Fox: Citizens’ Footbook (1980\, video) (music by Jeff Cain and Charles Cohen)\nAndy Thierauf and Sean Thomas Boyt: trio (dance\, sound\, and live video processing)\nNora Gibson and Dave Buschemeyer: Dark Energy (sound with live audio-reactive visuals)\nJohn Bezark and Chris Baldys: untitled (live sound and video processing)\nShani Aviram: untitled (live sound and video processing) \nPHILL NIBLOCK: THE MAGIN SUN (excerpt) \n \nTERRY FOX: CITIZENS’ FOOTBOOK (excerpt) \n \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nShani Aviram (b. Jerusalem\, Israel) is a composer\, sound designer and electronic musician currently based in Philadelphia. In her music she works with fragments of memories\, conversations and synthesized sounds\, exploring forms of musical collage. Often\, she will let the machine run wild. She has studied composition with Maggi Payne\, Fred Frith and John Bischoffhas performed at The Megapolis Audio Festival\, CubeFest at Virginia Tech\, and Mills College amongst other institutions.  www.shaniaviram.net \nJohn Bezark is a West Philly based creative technologist\, video artist and interactive designer. He works primarily in MAX/MSP/Jitter\, node.js and webGL to build creative systems that are powered by technology. However\, with a background in Theatre Directing\, he also believes in making immersive and interactive experiences that are deeply rooted in storytelling and audience agency. He’s fascinated by complex systems\, board games and history\, and\, on the whole\, is looking forward to the future. \nNora Gibson is a choreographer and video artistinterested in the beauty of the natural world\, as evidenced in mathematics and science\, and in working across artistic and academic disciplines to expand ballet’s reach. Gibson trained at Baltimore School for the Arts\, Chautauqua\, and NCSA\, and earned a BFA from Tisch\, at NYU. In addition to performing in the genres of ballet and contemporary dance in MD\, D.C.\, and NY\, Gibson was selected to work from 2010-2013 with Lucinda Childs to perform various iconic 70s works as part of the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage’s Virtual Reconstruction project. Gibson’s choreography has been presented by New Dance Alliance at Joyce SOHO\, at Dance Place in Washington DC\, Philadelphia Dance Projects\, The Williams. Center for the Arts\, and the Franklin Institute. Gibson also makes digital art under the name of Chroma and performs in A/V shows currently scheduled in the US and Canada. \nAndy Thierauf is a Philadelphia based percussionist who specializes in the creation and performance of contemporary music. He is particularly interested in combining percussion with theater\, dance\, and technology. Andy teaches at Settlement Music School and is an adjunct professor of percussion at Kutztown University. He is half of stb x at\, a dance/percussion duo with dancer and choreographer Sean Thomas Boyt. He has appeared in Philadelphia\, New York\, Boston\, Argentina\, and across the Midwest at music festivals\, conferences\, and symposia. His research centers on seamlessly integrating technology into performance to produce collaborative\, multi-media presentations with writers\, dancers\, actors\, choreographers\, and composers. \nGralin Hughes\, Jr. (aka television sky) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia\, working at the intersection of sound & visual. He merges visual art\, and sound design through projection mapping\, audio/visual live performances and installation art. His body of work explores the manipulation of fragmented textures through the use of modular synthesis\, field recordings and software. His artistic practice focuses on collaborating with visual artists\, musicians\, galleries and museums on how to activate their performances and spaces in ways that engage audiences more actively. His recent work includes collaborations with muralist Michelle Angela Ortiz\, The Philadelphia Jazz Project\, and Alex Shaw/The Mandinga Experiment. Gralin holds an MFA in Museum Exhibition Planning and Design from the University of the Arts. When not experimenting in his art studio he teaches creative technology & new media courses. \nTerry Fox\, Director of Philadelphia Dance Projects\, is a former choreographer/dancer. Concurrently she is Adjunct Faculty for the MA in Theatre Arts Administration Program\, Global Learning & Partnerships\, in the Theatre & Dance Department at Rowan University. As an artist she was one of the first in Philly to explore post modernism with improvisational structures in performance as well as “pioneer” the Old City loft district that later was developed into arts district. She often collaborated with choreographer/dancer Ishmael Houston-Jones\, and musicians Charles Cohen and Jeff Cain. As artist Curator she founded the “Dance With The Bride” series at the Painted Bride Art Center\, where she was on staff from1977-83 and again from ‘93 to 2000. In the interim she was Managing/Artistic Director of the Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church In-The-Bowery. She has served on numerous Boards and panels and has taught as adjunct faculty at various colleges and universities. She has a BA from New York University\, a MA from Temple University and participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art\, Independent Study Program. \nwww.philadanceprojects.org \nPerformers For Citizen’s Footbook:\n“Park Dance” The Stickmen ( Peter Baker\, Chuck Mattern and Beth Lejman )\n“Pounding the Pavement” Mary Baker\, Elizabeth Gold\, Fred Holland\n“Businessman Special” Leonard Steinberg\, Will Fox\, Bob Rivera and an actor from Freedom Theatre \nMusic: Ghostwriters (Jeff Cain and Charles Cohen\, electronic music duo) \nThe Local Dance History Project is an ongoing project of Philadelphia Dance Projects with the\nmission “to affirm the presence of dance artists in the rich cultural history of Philadelphia’s recent past\, present and future.” In 2010\, PDP presented performances of re-imagined works by Philadelphia Post modern dance artists from 1980. The project then expanded to begin creating a digital collection about those artists and others to become part of the permanent Philadelphia Dance Collection at the Special Collection Research Center at Temple University Libraries. That archiving is still in process. \nwww.localdancehistory.philadanceprojects.org URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-magic-sun/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MagicSun-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20181129T172854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190306T024629Z UID:10000831-1557604800-1557612000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Mystical Paths DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble performing Mystical Paths\, a program of music with spiritual focuses as diverse as Sufism\, silence\, cooking\, and humor. Taylor Brook’s Motorman Sextet anchors the program\, as an expressive setting of the most nostalgic episodes from David Ohle’s cult novel Motorman. Forrest Pierce’s Tighten to Nothing explores the composer’s Sufism through a text by medieval Dutch mystic Hadewijch II. Lucia Ronchetti’s Anatra al sal\, heard here in its U.S. premiere\, is a raucous exposition on cooking (the title is Duck with salt). Agata Zubel’s Madrigals\, another U.S. premiere\, draws from the composer’s experience as a renowned contemporary vocalist. Evan Johnson’s 3 in ad abundantiam\, and vo mesurando\, are extraordinarily delicate works that play on the edge of sound and silence\, questioning the very nature of vocal performance. \n\nPROGRAM\nTaylor Brook – Motorman Sextet\nForrest Pierce – Tighten to Nothing\nAgata Zubel – The Alphabet of the Ars Brevis\nEvan Johnson – 3 in ad abundantiam\nEvan Johnson – vo mesurando\nLucia Ronchetti – Antara al sal \n\nABOUT THE PERFORMERS\nEkmeles is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new and rarely-heard works\, and gems of the historical avant garde. New York is home to a vibrant instrumental New Music scene\, with a relative paucity of vocal music. Ekmeles was founded to fill the gap by presenting new a cappella repertoire for solo voices\, and by collaborating with these instrumental ensembles.  Director Jeffrey Gavett brings a hybrid vision to the group: he is an accomplished ensemble singer and performer of new works\, and holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and Manhattan School of Music’s Contemporary Performance Program. He has assembled a virtuoso group of colleagues who bring their own diverse backgrounds to bear on the unique challenges of this essential and neglected repertoire. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/mystical-paths/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/33ClaytonRaithel1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190330T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190330T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20181129T173103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200206T234550Z UID:10000832-1553976000-1553983200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Alash Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia favorites Alash return to The Rotunda for a FREE concert. Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei)\, a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. Masters of traditional Tuvan instruments as well as the art of throat singing\, Alash are deeply committed to traditional Tuvan music and culture. At the same time\, they are fans of western music. Believing that traditional music must constantly evolve\, the musicians subtly infuse their songs with western elements\, creating their own unique style that is fresh and new\, yet true to their Tuvan musical heritage. \nPresented with The Rotunda. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-at-the-rotunda/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Alash-Brooklyn-2014-2-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190309T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190309T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20181129T172743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190123T001127Z UID:10000830-1552161600-1552168800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Joshua Stamper's color as time DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present color as time\, an ensemble led by Philadelphia composer / performer Joshua Stamper that inhabits the blur between classical\, jazz\, folk\, and experimental textures. Playing at the edges of the composed and the improvised\, the music is inspired by Elliott Carter’s and Olivier Messiaen’s time-stretching compositional techniques\, immersed in a love for contrapuntal textures\, and occupies a harmonic world redolent of jazz musicians from Bill Evans to Duke Ellington to Wayne Shorter. \n\n\n\nPaul Arbogast – trombones\nBethany Brooks – piano\, keyboards\, accordion\nChristopher McDonald – keyboards\, electronics\, piano\nAnthony Nigro – woodwinds\nMatt Scarano – drums\nJoshua Stamper – guitar\, double-bass\, compositions\n\n\nBowerbird’s Steinway Model O piano was donated in honor of Virginia Francis Lease.\n\nthis light used to be a mountain by color as time URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/color-as-time/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cat-image1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190215T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190215T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20181129T173232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T232506Z UID:10000833-1550260800-1550268000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Greg Brown: Fall and Decline DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present the world premiere of Greg Brown’s Fall and Decline performed by Variant 6. The new work composed for voices and electronics is based on texts of Sadakichi Hartmann\, Eprenius\, Todd Hearon\, Edward Gibbon\, and Omar Khayyam. The composition contemplates the inevitable decline of all things natural and manmade. Variant 6 pairs this new work with other pieces for voices and electronics\, as well as selections of Medieval and Renaissance music. \n\nABOUT THE PERFORMERS\nVariant 6 is a virtuosic vocal sextet that explores and advances the art of chamber music in the twenty-first century. The ensemble’s work includes radically reimagining concert experiences\, commissioning substantial new works\, collaborating closely with other ensembles\, and educating a new generation of singers. Variant 6 has collaborated with a wide range of ensembles and composers\, including Prometheus Chamber Orchestra\, Arcana New Music Ensemble\, Mobius Percussion Quartet\, Square Peg Round Hole and Andrew Lipke\, Jeremy Gill\, Gregory W Brown\, Kevin Laskey\, and Wally Gunn. Devoted to educating a new generation of ensemble singers\, Variant 6 has conducted residencies at Cornell University\, Swarthmore College\, and high schools in the Philadelphia area. Future projects include commissions by Joanne Metcalf and Kile Smith\, and a collaboration with Piffaro\, the Renaissance Band. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/fall-and-decline/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/variant-6-photo4-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190209T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20181119T182338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T174538Z UID:10000829-1549742400-1549749600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Strange City: Music of Claude Vivier DESCRIPTION:The music of the Canadian composer Claude Vivier (1948-1983) combines diverse influences–from the the cerebral constructions of the European avant-garde to exoticist borrowings from East Asia– into a haunting and inimitable artistic voice. Vivier’s intense and colorful music mirrors his life as an eccentric and bon vivant who met a tragic death at the age of 34. The Arcana New Music Ensemble will present a selection of this rarely performed music\, ranging from the shatteringly virtuosic piano work Shiraz to the ritualistic intonations of Et je reverrai cette ville étrange (“And I will see this strange city again”)\, which is based\, like much of his music\, on the unfolding elaboration of a single melodic line. \nBowerbird’s Steinway Model O piano was donated in honor of Virginia Francis Lease. \n\nPROGRAM \nGreeting Music\nNicholas Handahl\, flute\nEvan Ocheret\, oboe\nErin Busch\, cello\nDavid Hughes\, piano\nAndy Thierauf\, percussion \nHymnen An Die Nacht\nAlize Rozsnyai\, soprano\nDavid Hughes\, piano \nShiraz\nDavid Hughes\, piano \nPulau Dewata\nDavid Hughes\, piano\nAndy Thierauf\, percussion\nAshley Tini\, percussion \nEt Je Reverrai Cette Ville Étrange\nTessa Ellis\, trumpet\nEmma Hey\, viola\nErin Busch\, cello\nDavi Ciriaco\, bass\nDavid Hughes\, piano\nAndy Thierauf\, percussion \n\n\n  \nABOUT THE COMPOSER\nMany consider Claude Vivier the greatest composer Canada has yet produced. At the age of 34\, he was the victim of a shocking murder\, leaving behind some 49 compositions in a wide range of genres\, including opera\, orchestral works\, and chamber pieces. György Ligeti once called Vivier “the finest French composer of his generation.” \nBorn in Montréal of unknown parents\, Vivier was adopted at the age of three. After being expelled from a seminary at sixteen for “immature behavior”—from an early age\, Vivier was open about his homosexuality—he studied at the Conservatoire de Musique in Montréal\, where his teachers included Gilles Tremblay (composition) and Irving Heller (piano). In 1971\, Vivier left Canada for Europe\, studying electroacoustic music with Gottfried Michael Koenig in Utrecht\, and composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne. Although Vivier was influenced by the latter\, he nonetheless developed a highly personal language. Chants\, composed during this period\, represented for him “the first moment of my existence as a composer.” \nIn the fall of 1976\, Vivier took a long trip through Asia. A visit to Bali caused him to reevaluate his ideas concerning the role of the artist in society\, initiating a new period in his stylistic evolution. In the wake of this journey he wrote Shiraz (1977) for piano\, Orion (1979) for orchestra\, and his opera Kopernikus (1978–79). Above all\, it was in his cycle of pieces for voice and instrumental ensemble\, particularly Lonely Child (1980) and Prologue pour un Marco Polo (1981) that Vivier’s unique style crystallized. In a New York Times profile\, Paul Griffiths observed\, “The harmonic auras are suddenly more complex\, and the fantastic orchestration is unlike anything in Vivier’s earlier music\, or anyone else’s. Perhaps he found it by listening intently to bells and gongs\, for the huge chords that march along—around—the voice commonly have deep fundamentals with a fizz of interfering higher tones\, rather like metallic resonances.” During this period\, Vivier began to create texts in an invented language\, mirroring the singularity of his musical idiom. \nVivier spent the last months of his life in Paris. On March 12\, 1983\, Vivier was found stabbed to death in his apartment. His murderer\, a 19-year-old man who may have been a prospective lover\, was later caught and sentenced. \nVivier advocates include Mauricio Kagel\, Kent Nagano\, Reinbert de Leeuw\, David Robertson\, and Dawn Upshaw. Vivier’s music featured prominently in Holland Festival 2005\, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra opened its 2005–06 season with Lonely Child\, with David Robertson conducting and Dawn Upshaw as the soprano soloist. In 2005\, the Montréal Symphony Orchestra inaugurated the Claude Vivier National Prize for the best work by a Canadian composer. (Reprinted by kind permission of B&H) \nABOUT THE PERFORMERS \nThe Arcana New Music Ensemble is a Philadelphia based ensemble for performing interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional music in interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional spaces. Founded in 2016\, the ensemble comprises a flexible roster of more than 30 musicians and performs regularly in Philadelphia. Past concerts have featured the music of Julius Eastman\, Galina Ustvolskaya\, Morton Feldman\, Moondog\, among others. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/arcana-performs-vivier/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Vivier-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190119T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190119T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20181129T173344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190119T190909Z UID:10000834-1547928000-1547935200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Madrigals and Animals DESCRIPTION:WEATHER UPDATE: CONCERT IS HAPPENING AS PLANNED.   \nBowerbird is pleased to present the the extraordinary vocal ensemble Ekmeles performing Madrigals and Animals\, a program celebrating the ongoing history of madrigals – the complex multi-part songs born during the Renaissance period known for their creative text setting (including imitating animals calls).  Karola Obermüller’s mass:distance:time relates directly to this history\, with flickers of Machaut’s mass\, and text by renaissance writer Ungaretti. Salvatore Sciarrino’s 12 Madrigali is an epic exploration of the composer’s signature sound world of filigree and glissando\, and will be heard here in its U.S. premiere. Karola Bauckholt’s Instinkt\, also heard for the first time in the U.S.\, blurs the line between animal vocalization and contemporary music. Finally\, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf’s void – un delitto italiano dramatizes in madrigal form the murder of Italian artist Pier Paolo Pasolini. \n\n\n\nPROGRAM \nmass:distance:time – Karola Obermüller \nvoid – un delitto italiano –  Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf \n12 Madrigali – Salvatore Sciarrino \nInstinkt – Carola Bauckholt \n\nABOUT THE PERFORMERS \nCharlotte Mundy\, soprano\nElisa Sutherland\, mezzo soprano\nTim Keeler\, countertenor\nNickolas Karageorgiou\, tenor\nJeffrey Gavett\, baritone and director\nSteven Hrycelak\, bass \nEkmeles is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new and rarely-heard works\, and gems of the historical avant garde. New York is home to a vibrant instrumental New Music scene\, with a relative paucity of vocal music. Ekmeles was founded to fill the gap by presenting new a cappella repertoire for solo voices\, and by collaborating with these instrumental ensembles.  Director Jeffrey Gavett brings a hybrid vision to the group: he is an accomplished ensemble singer and performer of new works\, and holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and Manhattan School of Music’s Contemporary Performance Program. He has assembled a virtuoso group of colleagues who bring their own diverse backgrounds to bear on the unique challenges of this essential and neglected repertoire. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/madrigals-and-animals/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/42ClaytonRaithel3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190118T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190118T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20181219T152246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T203059Z UID:10000837-1547841600-1547848800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Arcana Brass DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present a rare evening of all contemporary music for brass ensemble featuring musicians from the Arcana New Music Ensemble. The program encompasses a wide variety of compositional voices from the last sixty years\, including Lois V. Vierk’s thorny Jagged Mesa\, Michael Nyman’s very un-Cagein For John Cage\, and more recent works by Philadelphia based composers Rene Orth and Dustin Hurt. \n\nPROGRAM \nLois V. Vierk: Jagged Mesa for brass ensemble\nRene Orth: Leaguered in Fire\, Lagooned in Gold for brass quintet\nGeorge Walker: Music for Brass\, Sacred and Profane for brass quintet\nIgor Stravinsky: Fanfare for a New Theater for two trumpets\nDustin Hurt: Per Novem for brass ensemble\nLois V. Vierk: Sunbow for brass quintet\nMichael Nyman: For John Cage for brass ensemble \n\nARCANA NEW MUSIC (BRASS) ENSEMBLE \nTessa Ellis\, trumpet and piccolo trumpet\nPaul Futer\, trumpet and flugelhorn\nWilliam Gregory\, trumpet and piccolo trumpet\nAlex Serio\, trumpet and flugelhorn\nJosh Cote\, horn\nMatt Gould\, tenor trombone and euphonium\nRJ McGhee\, tenor trombone\nJason Stein\, tenor trombone and bass trombone\nJJ Cooper\, bass trombone\nDan Nosheny\, tuba\nJay Krush\, tuba and conductor\nDustin Hurt\, conductor \n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/arcana-brass/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/SH5_Circles.fw_-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181214T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181214T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20181112T160748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190116T172913Z UID:10000827-1544817600-1544824800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Ben Patterson: Methods and Processes DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird and the Arcana New Music Ensemble are excited to present the music of Ben Patterson (1934-2016)\, an important and under-recognized leader of the early Fluxus movement\, an international\, interdisciplinary community of experimental artists that began in the early 1960s. The program represents Patterson’s wide range of compositional strategies.  For example – Paper Piece (for 1 to 5 performers) is a text score that invites musicians to –  “shake\, break\, tear\, crumple” – paper in an improvisatory exploration of its sonic properties.  String Music on the other hand is a graphic score with detailed performance instructions and intricate notation more reminiscent of Stockhausen’s Kontakte. \nEarly in Patterson’s career\, as an African American classically trained double bassist\, he sought to “break the color barrier” and be the first black musician to play in an American symphony orchestra. As Patterson noted\, “in the end\, even though such a famous conductor as Leopold Stokowski fought strongly on my behalf\, America was not yet ready for a black symphony musician\, and so I went to Canada.”  During his initial brush with expatriate life\, Patterson performed as a contrabassist with the Halifax Symphony Orchestra and the Ottawa Philharmonic Orchestra\, and also became involved with electronic music\, working in Ottawa with Canadian pioneer Hugh Le Caine and performing his own experiments. \nIn 1960 he moved to Europe  and was active in the contemporary music scene\, performing in festivals in Cologne\, Paris\, Venice\, Vienna and elsewhere.  During this pre-Fluxus period he created and performed some of his early seminal works: Paper Piece (1960)\, Lemons (1961) and Variations for Double-Bass (1961). Patterson assisted George Maciunas in organizing the historic 1962 Fluxus Festival in Wiesbaden. His interview with Emmett Williams – for the opening of this festival – was one of the first articles about Fluxus. In 1963 Patterson moved to New York\, where he participated in Fluxus manifestations until the late 1960s – when he returned to pursue “an ordinary life.” \nDuring the next two decades he pursued a career in arts administration – managing a variety of music\, theater\, and dance companies and serving as administrator or consultant to municipal\, state\, and federal arts funding agencies. Although he remained outside the Fluxus scene during this period\, he did occasionally surface with performances and new works for such events as the 20th Anniversary Fluxus Festival in Wiesbaden in 1982 and the 1983 Bienal de Sao Paulo\, Brazil\, and has been well represented in the various exhibitions throughout the USA of the Silverman collection. \nAfter a nearly twenty-year hiatus\, Patterson reemerged in the late 1980s to resume his career as an artist. In 1989\, Patterson returned to Europe to live\, creating a vast repository of scores\, paintings\, and sculptures. He has exhibited or performed widely in major and minor venues in New York\, Brisbane\, Prague\, Winnipeg\, Tusa (Sicily)\, Athens\, Kassel\, and elsewhere.   \n  \n\nTHE PROGRAM \nVariations for Double Bass (1961-62) \nString Music (1960) \nDuo for Voice and String Instrument (1961) \nSimple Opera (1996) \nPond (1962) \nPaper Piece (1960) \nOverture (1961) \nA Disturbing Composition (1961) \n\nARCANA NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE \nAnthony Bob\, flute\nErin Busch\, cello\nVeronica Jurkiewicz\, viola\nJosh Machiz\, bass\nTara Middleton\, violin and voice\nDavid Middleton\, electric guitar and bass\nAndy Thierauf\, percussion \nThe Arcana New Music Ensemble performs interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional music in interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional spaces. Founded in 2016\, the ensemble comprises a flexible roster of more than 30 musicians and performs regularly in Philadelphia. Past concerts have featured the music of Julius Eastman\, Galina Ustvolskaya\, Morton Feldman\, Moondog\, among others. \n  \nPHOTOS FROM THE EVENT URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ben-patterson-methods-and-processes/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Arcana,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BenPatterson3-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181206T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181206T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20181112T164535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T152713Z UID:10000828-1544126400-1544133600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Gavin Bryars: Laude DESCRIPTION:… The music of Gavin Bryars falls under no category. It is mongrel\, full of sensuality and wit and is deeply moving. He allows you to witness new wonders in the sounds around you by approaching them from a completely new angle. With a third ear maybe… Michael Ondaatj \nArcana performs Gavin Bryars medieval inspired “Laude” (songs) with improvised interludes by electronic musician Jesse Kudler. \nEnglish composer Gavin Bryars (b. 1943) emerged in the late 60s\, playing bass with improvisers Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley\, and working with composers John Cage\, Cornelius Cardew and John White. His first major works – The Sinking of the Titanic (1969)\, originally released on Brian Eno’s Obscure label in 1975\, and Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1971) – were remarkable for their juxtaposition of music concrete and found sounds with rich\, beautiful harmonies. \nSince 2001 Bryars has been writing a number of pieces based on a large collection of 13th century ‘Laude’ -short mediaeval devotional songs to the Virgin Mary. Bryars notes\, “Over the last few years I have written a number of pieces for unaccompanied voice based on the texts and format of the “lauda”\, a large collection of songs which appears in a manuscript collection from thirteenth-century Cortona. These laude are religious (but non-liturgical) songs that were performed outside churches and in other public places. In setting these texts for voice I do not imitate the style of the original but rather the spirit and form\, and also relish the challenge of writing something quite austere and self sufficient.” \n\nPROGRAM \nLauda Dolce II for solo viola \nIt Never Rains for electric guitar\, viola\, cello\, double bass \nTre Lauda Dolce for solo cello \nLaude Cortonese Vol. 3 for soprano\, tenor\, viola\, cello\, and double bass \nLauda: The Flower of Friendship for electric guitar\, viola\, cello\, double bass \n\nTHE PERFORMERS\nAlize Rozsnyai\, soprano\nBryan Umberto Hoyos\, tenor\nBrendan Evans\, electric guitar\nVeronica Jurkiewicz\, viola\nJulia Morelli\, cello\nMatt Engle\, double bass \nand\nJesse Kudler\, electronics \nThe Arcana New Music Ensemble is an ensemble for performing interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional music in interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional spaces. Founded in 2016\, the ensemble comprises a flexible roster of more than 30 musicians and performs regularly in Philadelphia. Past concerts have featured the music of Julius Eastman\, Galina Ustvolskaya\, Morton Feldman\, Moondog\, among others. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/gavin-bryars-laude/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bryars3-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180420T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180420T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20180924T162524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T163715Z UID:10000796-1524211200-1524261600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Mauricio Kagel's "Ludwig van" DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present Ludwig Van\, Mauricio Kagel’s quirky and surreal film about Beethoven returning to Bonn\, Germany on the occasion of his bicentenary. According to Gramophone\, “at first it’s a laugh a minute… then Kagel’s film turns dark”. \nLudwig van (full title: Ludwig van: A report; German: Ludwig van: ein Bericht) was filmed in 1969\, it was first screened the following year. The work was commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk for the bicentennial celebrations of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven in 1970. The film examines the reception of the composer and his works and how he has become a consumer product of the culture industry. The soundtrack\, by Kagel\, is an arrangement of fragments of Beethoven’s works\, modified as if heard by the deaf composer himself. Prominent contemporary artists including Dieter Roth\, Stefan Wewerka\, Robert Filliou\, and Joseph Beuys were involved in the design and make cameos. \nA deconstructive analysis suggests the film investigates Beethoven as a cultural icon\, revered yet exploited; the use and misuse of his works\, including their appropriation to advance nationalist agendas; the difficulties and anxieties of influence performers face; Beethoven scholarship and attempts to “tame” the composer to accord with bourgeois ideals; and the difficulties of peering through the myths to catch a glimpse of the “real” Beethoven. Kagel uses the term Musealisierung or “musealisation” in speaking of the Beethoven cult\, the term used by Theodor W. Adorno to indicate that “museums are the family sepulchres of works of art” \nThis event is part of Sound Machines. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/mauricio-kagels-ludwig-van/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Mauricio_Kagel_1985-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180324T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180324T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20180924T164829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T165228Z UID:10000799-1521921600-1521928800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Morton Feldman: Three Voices DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present the Philadelphia premiere of the Quince Vocal Ensemble performing Morton Feldman’s “Three Voices” with all three parts performed live. 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 “voices”\, all with the same origin (Ms. LaBarbara). Three Voices is indeed a challenging and ground-breaking work\, and has very rarely been performed live with three singers due to its nearly impossible demands on the human voice and psyche – impeccable rhythmic concentration\, shrewd attention to tuning\, and the ability to sound as one voice in three parts. The text is based on Frank O’Hara’s poem\, Wind\, and shapes\, twists\, and morphs short phrases from the poem into an hour-long musical experience. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/morton-feldman-three-voices-with-the-quince-vocal-ensemble/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Morton-Feldman-Three-Voices-with-the-Quince-Vocal-Ensemble.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180322T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180322T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20180924T165613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T165613Z UID:10000802-1521748800-1521756000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Friction Quartet DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to welcome San Francisco’s Friction Quartet to their premiere Philadelphia performance. The program will feature the world premiere of a new string quartet by New Zealander composer (and Philadelphia based) Rosie Langabeer. Opening the evening will be Murmuration celebrating the debut album\, “Revised Notes” \nFRICTION QUARTET\nOtis Harriel\, Violin; Kevin Rogers\, Violin;\nTaija Warbelow\, Viola; Doug Machiz\, Cello \nplus MURMURATION\nRussell Kotcher\, violin/piano; Joshua Machiz\, double bass; Eric Coyne\, cello/piano \nPROGRAM\nLudwig van Beethoven: Grosse Fuge\nRosie Langabeer: Occulmente (World Premiere)\nPiers Hellawell: The Still Dancers \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nThe San Francisco Chronicle has praised the Friction Quartet for its “high-octane music making” and “fine blend of rhythmic ferocity and tonal flair.” Dedicated to working with living composers\, the quartet has given more than 70 world-premiere performances and commissioned 32 works since its formation in 2011. The Friction Quartet works outside the traditional string quartet model by performing arrangements of pop music\, making use of digital sound processing\, and combining music with other media. In 2016\, the ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the Kronos Quartet’s groundbreaking initiative Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire. \nFounded in Philadelphia in 2011\, Murmuration is an improvisational instrumental chamber ensemble that blends classical\, ambient\, and pop elements into a sound ranging from Debussy to The Eurythmics. They have performed in a variety of venues across the region\, and have participated in a wide range collaborations that have included either dance\, spoken word\, or film. Members include Russell Kotcher\, violin/piano; Joshua Machiz\, double bass; Eric Coyne\, cello/piano. Their debut album\, Revised Notes\, is due for release in March\, 2018. Revised Notes is a collection of in-studio improvisations that were recorded at Turtle Studios in Philadelphia in the summer of 2015. Each track began as an improvisation\, or a section of a large-scale improvisation. Some were edited with overdubs\, enhanced or reduced reverb\, and various filters. Others remain nearly as they were with minimal to no editing. Rather than containing numerous large-scale pieces\, the goal of the album is to give listeners a sampling of the variety of moods\, characters\, and sound-scapes that Murmuration creates in its music. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/friction-quartet/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/27369193_1567277039975205_8837304187409732804_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180317T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180317T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20180924T165959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T170625Z UID:10000803-1521316800-1521324000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Tom Johnson: Rational Melodies DESCRIPTION:The American composer Tom Johnson (b. 1939) has made a career of quite literally composing by numbers. Motivated by mathematical concepts such as self-similarity\, transformations\, and tiling patterns\, Johnson’s compositions are rigorously formalistic\, but his use of repetition and familiar musical materials makes the underlying processes recognizable and (usually) enjoyable. The centerpiece of this concert is Johnson’s 1982 work Rational Melodies\, a set of 21 short pieces each consisting of a single melodic part generated by more or less complicated mathematical procedures\, creating perceptual patterns that both challenge and enchant the ears. \nTHE PROGRAM \nJohnson: Counting Keys (1982-89)\nDavid Hughes\, piano \nJohnson: Rational Melodies (1982)\nTessa Ellis\, trumpet\nJoe Dvorak\, clarinet\nRJ McGhee\, trombone\nDavid Middleton\, bass guitar\nDominic Panunto\, bassoon \nJohnson: Block Design for Piano (2005)\nDavid Hughes\, piano \nABOUT THE PERFORMERS\nThe Arcana New Music Ensemble is Bowerbird’s resident ensemble for performing interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional music in interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional spaces. Founded in 2016\, the ensemble comprises a flexible roster of more than 30 musicians and performs regularly in Philadelphia. Past concerts have featured the music of Julius Eastman\, Galina Ustvolskaya\, Morton Feldman\, Moondog\, among others. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/tom-johnson-rational-melodies/ LOCATION:Fleisher Art Memorial\, 719 Catharine St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States CATEGORIES:Arcana ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tom-johnson-composer-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180316T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180316T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20180924T171028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T171320Z UID:10000806-1521230400-1521237600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Wild Combination DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present a screening of “Wild Combination”\, director Matt Wolf’s visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer\, singer-songwriter\, cellist\, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992\, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now\, over fifteen years since his passing\, Arthur’s work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur’s family\, friends\, and closest collaborators – including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg – to tell this poignant and important story. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/wild-combination/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Arthur-Russell.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171205T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171205T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20180924T172914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T173510Z UID:10000807-1512504000-1512511200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Tatsuya Nakatani DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is thrilled to welcome master percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani back to the Philadelphia for both a solo set and leading the “Nakatani Large Ensemble”\, a group consisting of workshop participants. Also on the evening will be CERBERUS- Alban Bailly (cello)\, Dan Capecchi (drums)\, and Matt Engle (bass) – a new Philadelphia based Trio that uses small compositional nodes to develop an ever moving improvisational musical core.The workshop is open to musicians of any level or style with a serious interest in free improvisation. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/tatsuya-nakatani/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Tatsuya-Nakatani.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171012T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171012T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20180924T174650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T175445Z UID:10000810-1507838400-1507845600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:James Ilgenfritz\, Bhob Rainey\, Gabi Losoncy DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present a triple bill featuring New York Bassist\, James Ilgenfritz\, composer and performer Bhob Rainey\, and Philadelphia sound artist Gabrielle Losoncy. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/james-ilgenfritz-bhob-rainey-gabi-losoncy/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/JAMES-LLGENFRITZ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171010T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171010T220000 DTSTAMP:20260627T141453 CREATED:20181011T174040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181011T174040Z UID:10000820-1507665600-1507672800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:The World According to Sound DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present The World According to Sound\, an immersive sonic experience by Sam Harnett and Chris Hoff. During the performance\, the audience sits blindfolded at the center of a ring of loudspeakers. Listeners will be transported inside another person’s head\, and back in time a hundred years to the streets of Berlin. They’ll fly out into space and bore deep inside the bowels of the earth. There is a musical washing machine\, sonorous sporting events\, and the disturbing howl Marco Polo heard while crossing the Gobi Desert. There’s absolutely nothing to see. It will be a spectacle entirely for the ears. \nSam Harnett is a reporter for KQED and a frequent contributor to Marketplace\, and NPR programs like Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Chris Hoff is the senior engineer and sound designer for Crosscurrents on KALW. Two years ago they set out to create a radio show that did not rely on narrative and storytelling; a program that would focus on sound instead of language. They are now touring with their live show\, performing and talking with students about sound\, modern radio\, and the current state of media. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-world-according-to-sound/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-world-according-to-sound.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR