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.…
Part of the Double Decker Music Series → 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…
Part of the Double Decker Music Series → 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…
Part of the Double Decker Music Series → 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…
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…
Part of the Double Decker Music Series → 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…
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…
Part of Julius Eastman: That Which Is Fundamental → 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…
Part of Julius Eastman: That Which Is Fundamental → ABOUT THE EVENT In the years following his death, with few recordings and many scores presumed lost forever, the memory of Eastman's legacy started to slip away. It wasn't until recently, when composer Mary Jane Leech began searching for Eastman's work, did interest (and information) begin…
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…
ABOUT THE EVENT Musician/composers Chris Forsyth and Jesse Kudler premiere a site-specific work newly made from a residency in the historic Christ Church. Using acoustic guitars, electronics, church organ, recordings, and more, Forsyth and Kudler will present the results of their research and collaboration over many weeks in Christ Church and with the Christ Church…
ABOUT THE EVENT "Don't ask me what I mean, ask me what I've made." Inspired by this motto, this documentary accompanies the American composer Alvin Lucier (*1931) on concert travels to The Hague (Netherlands) and Zug (Switzerland). The filmmakers invite Lucier to explain and comment on his works: from his early live electronics performances ("Music…
ABOUT THE EVENT Ecstatic & Wingless is an audio documentary project on early 20th century birdsong and its direct relationship on human performance - and human action on birdsong. It tells the story not only of the first recordings of cagebirds but also the practice of bird-imitation, a field that produced amazing and eccentric celebrities…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Philadelphia based filmmaker and artist Tiona McClodden conducting a live presentation and artist talk for her project Af·fixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex, which recently debuted in recognition of 2015's Day With(out) Art. Af·fixing Ceremony commemorates the life and work of celebrated African-American poet Essex Hemphill who was a important…
TRAVELOGUE: CAIRO EGYPT 2015, 33 min, digital video, color 2002 2015, 60 min, digital video, color and nightvision b&w ABOUT THE EVENT A brazen multidisciplinary artist who studied film history and theory, C. Spencer Yeh presents a program of two new moving image works combining diaristic and documentary footage as part of his as…
ABOUT THE EVENT Bowerbird is pleased to present pianist R. Andrew Lee at the intimate Biello Martin Studio in Old City Philadelphia. For his Philadelphia premiere,Lee will be performing works that encompass a variety of styles within minimal music. The first half opens with Eva-Maria Houben's Go and Stop, which explores the decay of tones…
ABOUT THE EVENT Bowerbird is pleased to welcome the E-MEX Ensemble from Essen, Germany to a special performance in the historic Christ Church sanctuary. The concert will feature works for pipe organ, flute, percussion, and narrator/actor including Gyorgy Ligeti cataclysmic masterpiece "Volumnia" and a world premiere by Philadelphia based composer Kyle Bartlett. THE PROGRAM…