Bowerbird presents: BEGIN ANYWHERE a concert series about starting new things AWESOME MUSIC AND DAMN GOOD ADVICE. This is a series about starting a new music ensemble. In Philadelphia. In 2015. But it is also a series for anyone that's ever tried to make something with other people. It's about starting a non-profit,…
Bowerbird presents: New Works: CINÉ-ROMAN curated by J. Louise Makary ABOUT THE EVENT Chris Marker made his groundbreaking work La Jetée, a moving-image film made up of still photographs, in 1962, and it still stands as the most iconic ciné-roman in the canon. Many artists have admired Marker's innovative use of photomontage to weave…
Bowerbird is pleased to present an evening of “visual music” by composer and video artist Matthew Greenbaum. Currently, the term “visual music” applies to works usually digital that closely combine abstract musical and visual ideas. Usually these are in video format, although the term can include sound sculptures and sound environment installations. The composer and…
Bowerbird is excited to welcome back NYC based ensemble Either / OR to perform "For Philip Guston", Morton Feldman's late period masterpiece for piano/celesta, flute, and percussion. Upon hearing this expansive 4+ hour work, noted music critic Alex Ross wrote, "What makes "Guston" fundamentally and wondrously beautiful is its harmony. Feldman's whole career was a…
Performances by: Tom Kraines, Cello Eric Derr, percussion Christopher Schelb, flute Michael Tan, piano Heather Gardner, voice Aaron Stewart, saxophone Conversations with: James Freeman (Orchestra2001) Pete Angevine & Martin Brown (Little Baby's Ice Cream) Stanford Thompson (Play On, Philly!) AWESOME MUSIC AND DAMN GOOD ADVICE. This is a series about starting a new music ensemble.…
This is a series about starting a new music ensemble. In Philadelphia. In 2015. But it is also a series for anyone that's ever tried to make something with other people. It's about starting a non-profit, or an ensemble, or a business, or choosing not too. It's about being unstoppable in the face of soul-crushing…
Bowerbird and Sebastian Petsu are pleased to welcome Christopher Sean Powell (aka Spaceship Aloha) and The Sun Flights to the Double Decker Music Series. Join us on Sunday, May 31st at 8:00 p.m. (rain date, June 1st) for a unique and intimate mobile concert experience on an open-top double-decker bus. Before, between, and after the…
Bowerbird presents: BEGIN ANYWHERE a concert series about starting new things This is a series about starting a new music ensemble. In Philadelphia. In 2015. But it is also a series for anyone that's ever tried to make something with other people. It's about starting a non-profit, or an ensemble, or a business, or…
Bowerbird is excited to close out it's 2014 - 2015 GATE season with this thrilling double bill of audio-visual spectaculars inspired by Iannis Xenakis' "Polytopes". The evening features a new electronic work by Bhob Rainey and a performance of Keroaän, Ian M Fraser and Reed Evan Rosenberg's laser, strobe, and sound performing Artificial Intelligence platform.…
The Double Decker Music series is a unique, intimate mobile concert experience on an open-top double-decker bus. Each evening features live music performances in an urban setting paired with a guided tour of Philadelphia's attractions. The Double Decker Music Series is hosted by Sebastian Petsu, a Philadelphia tour guide on buses and on foot since…
The Austrian artist, composer and musicologist Bernhard Gal has become internationally known as one of the most prolific sound artists of a younger generation. During the past ten years Gal has created around 50 sound installations and media art projects, combining sound, light, objects, spatial concepts and video projections into intense and often site-specific interdisciplinary…
The Double Decker Music series is a unique, intimate mobile concert experience on an open-top double-decker bus. Each evening features live music performances in an urban setting paired with a guided tour of Philadelphia's attractions. The Double Decker Music Series is hosted by Sebastian Petsu, a Philadelphia tour guide on buses and on foot since…
The Double Decker Music series is a unique, intimate mobile concert experience on an open-top double-decker bus. Each evening features live music performances in an urban setting paired with a guided tour of Philadelphia's attractions. The Double Decker Music Series is hosted by Sebastian Petsu, a Philadelphia tour guide on buses and on foot since…
THE DREAM BOOK Sonic Liberation 8 with Kùlú Mèlé Dance Company members of The Prometheus Chamber Orchestra Moor Mother Goddess Mayita Angarica with Baba Rumba Hubbard & Son, Video Artists Bowerbird is excited to kick off its Fall 2015 season with The Dream Book, an expansive work of music, dance, and video led by…
The Double Decker Music series is a unique, intimate mobile concert experience on an open-top double-decker bus. Each evening features live music performances in an urban setting paired with a guided tour of Philadelphia's attractions. The Double Decker Music Series is hosted by Sebastian Petsu, a Philadelphia tour guide on buses and on foot since…
ALASH are masters of Tuvan throat singing, 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…
Presented with Fleisher Art Memorial, Open Sound is a workshop series devoted to exploring the creative potential of sound through technology, improvisation, and a whole bunch of other things. Each session is led by a different Philadelphia artist and is open to anyone, regardless of experience level or artistic background. The workshops are free and…
Julius Eastman's █████ ██████ for 4 grand pianos performed by performed by Joseph Kubera, Adam Tendler, Michelle A. Cann, and Dynasty Battles and a special performance by sound artists Tracie Morris. ABOUT THE EVENT Pulsating textures, unyielding and relentless, Eastman's compositions for multiple pianos are in a world all their own. Joseph Kubera, who…