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SUMMARY:Julius Eastman's █████ ██████
DESCRIPTION:Julius Eastman’s █████ ██████\nfor 4 grand pianos \nperformed by performed by Joseph Kubera\, Adam Tendler\, Michelle A. Cann\, and Dynasty Battles \nand a special performance by sound artists Tracie Morris. \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \nPulsating textures\, unyielding and relentless\, Eastman’s compositions for multiple pianos are in a world all their own. Joseph Kubera\, who performed the work with Eastman in 1980\, will lead this rare performance. Beginning the concert will be a recording of Eastman describing his intentionally provocative titles\, discussing his aim to reclaim derogatory language. Sound artist and poet Tracie Morris will provide a reflection on Eastman’s work\, re-contextualizing it for our current times. \n  \nABOUT EASTMAN \nJulius Eastman was born in New York City in 1940 and spent his youth in Ithaca\, NY. Eastman studied piano and composition at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia\, graduating in 1963. Eastman moved to Buffalo\, eventually joining the Creative Associates (1968 – 1975)\, a prestigious new music center noted for its leadership under Morton Feldman. Eastman was a highly regarded performer and was especially note for his performances of Peter Maxwell Davies’ “Eight Songs for a Mad King”. His recording of the work was nominated for a Grammy in 1973. In 1975\, he moved to New York City\, where he continued to compose and perform regularly. A series of misfortunes and personal struggles left Eastman homeless in the mid 1980s\, with much of his music confiscated when he was evicted from his home. Eastman died in Buffalo in 1990 at age 49. \n  \nABOUT █████ ██████ \nIn 1980\, while a composer in residence at Northwestern University\, the title of Eastman’s works were censored – stricken from programs and concert advertisements. █████ ██████ is an avatar representing this censorship. Mirroring the flat\, black pen strokes of a redacted text\, ██████ reminds us of the dehumanizing effect of silencing voices\, the power of language\, and the importance of artistic expression to engage with challenging topics. Ultimately\, we ask – “Who is this type of censorship for?”
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LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open Sound Workshop Series
DESCRIPTION: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 open to the public\, but registration is requested. \nJoin us on October 14 as we welcome guest artist Sam Cusumano for “Electricity for Progress.” In this workshop we will explore basic electronics\, biodata sonification\, and modification. Discussing the basic properties of polarity and charge\, guests will build a simple LED kit. An example of biodata sonification will be provided accompanied by a presentation and discussion of galvanic sensor methods and complex data sets. The workshop will conclude with the build log from a re-cased retro gaming console construction\, we will discuss consumer electronics modification\, modular components\, nostalgia\, and building craft. \nThis workshop is for guests of all electronics skill levels and interests. Beginners will take away exciting experiences with electronics while Experts will enjoy asking questions and discussing topics.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/open-sound-workshop-series-2/
LOCATION:Fleisher Art Memorial\, 719 Catharine St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alash Ensemble Returns!
DESCRIPTION: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 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. What does throat singing sound like? “Imagine a human bagpipe-a person who could sing a sustained low note while humming an eerie\, whistle-like melody. For good measure\, toss in a thrumming rhythm similar to that of a jaw harp\, but produced vocally-by the same person\, at the same time.” -Newsweek (March 17\, 2006) Where is Tuva? Tuva (sometimes spelled Tyva) sits at the southern edge of Siberia\, with Mongolia to its south. Over the centuries\, Tuva has been part of Chinese and Mongolian empires\, and shares many cultural ties with Mongolia. In 1944 it became part of the USSR\, and until the late physicist Richard Feynman drew attention to it\, was largely unknown to westerners. Tuva is now a member of the Russian Federation.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-ensemble-returns/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:DDMS: Joo Won Park\, Myrrias
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe Double Decker Music Series is hosted by Sebastian Petsu\, a Philadelphia tour guide on buses and on foot since 2005 His love of both Philadelphia’s music and history inspired him to combine the two in a unique way.\nhttp://www.sebastianpetsu.com/ \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \nBowerbird and Sebastian Petsu are pleased to welcome Joo Won Park and Myrrias to the Double Decker Music Series. Join us on Sunday\, September 20th at 8:00 p.m. (rain date\, September 21st) for a unique and intimate mobile concert experience on an open-top double-decker bus. Before\, between\, and after the music\, tour guide Sebastian Darkly Petsu will share dry wit and history about the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nJoo Won Park wants to make everyday sound beautiful and strange so that everyday becomes beautiful and strange. He performs live with toys\, consumer electronics\, kitchenware\, vegetables\, and other non-musical objects by digitally processing their sounds. He also makes pieces with field recordings\, sine waves\, and any other sources that he can record or synthesize. Joo Won draws inspirations from Florida swamps\, Philadelphia skyscrapers\, his two sons\, and other soundscapes surrounding him. He has studied at Berklee College of Music and the University of Florida\, and currently serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Music at the Oberlin Conservatory. Joo Won’s music and writings are available on ICMC DVD\, Spectrum Press\, MIT Press\, and PARMA Recording. http://joowonpark.net/ \n  \nMyrrias patiently build layers of intertwined rhythms and melodies.The band formed when Mikele Edwards (of Arc in Round) sought like-minded musicians for a new project. Coming from sonically divergent bands\, each musician nonetheless had to be a perfect fit for the whole. April Harkansan (Downtown Club) generates a wash of warm\, delayed guitar over Edwards’ honeyed but never saccharine synth landscapes. Combined\, the band forms a collage of synth-driven dream-pop and the somber\, cinematic side of the 60s avant-garde. Usually performing as a quartet with drummer Casey Bell’s (Break It Up) and bassist Emily Robb (Lantern)\, this bus performance will be a special duo set.http://myrrias.bandcamp.com/ \n  \nEVENT DETAILS \nBoarding begins at 7:45pm at the northeast corner of 5th and Market Streets by the Wells Fargo building. \nTHE BUS LEAVES AT 8PM SHARP. It’s a mobile event\, so you can’t show up late or the venue will be gone! The event finishes up back where we started at 10pm. \nAs an incentive to show up on time\, our sponsor Little Baby’s Ice Cream\, will be providing FREE ICE CREAM SANDWICHES for the first 15 guest on board. So get there early! \nThis event is 21+ and BYOB (but please\, no glass\, and remember there is no restroom on the bus). \n$25 per person. Advance tickets only. There will be no walk-up sales. Only 35 seats are available and this event will sell out. (All previous Double Decker Music Series events have!) So please\, don’t sleep on it.\nhttp://bowerbird.ticketleap.com/ddms8/ \nIf it looks like rain\, the event will be held the following day\, Monday June 1st at 8pm. A message will be sent out by 5pm on the day of the event letting ticket-holders know about the rescheduling.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ddms-joo-won-park-myrrias/
LOCATION:5th and Market St\, 5th and Market Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106
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SUMMARY:THE DREAM BOOK: Sonic Liberation 8 & Friends
DESCRIPTION:THE DREAM BOOK\nSonic Liberation 8 with\nKùlú Mèlé Dance Company\nmembers of The Prometheus Chamber Orchestra\nMoor Mother Goddess\nMayita Angarica with Baba Rumba\nHubbard & Son\, Video Artists \n  \nBowerbird is excited to kick off its Fall 2015 season with The Dream Book\, an expansive work of music\, dance\, and video led by Kevin Diehl’s Sonic Liberation 8. Sparked by a curiosity of hoodoo gambling magic\, this collaborative work lists objects and situations found in dreams with interpretations and lucky numbers for playing Policy\, an illegal and now obsolete\, “numbers” game for gamblers. \n  \nSonic Liberation 8’s The Dream Book is an interdisciplinary performance bringing together diverse performance companies of Philadelphia in a unique evening of music\, dance and visual arts – modern and traditional forms intersect with: a loft & Lucumi chamber-jazz octet\, the Afro-Cuban dance troupe Kùlú Mèlé Dance Company\, members of The Prometheus Chamber Orchestra\, the post-punk/post-hip hop soundscape poetess Moor Mother Goddess\, Mayita Angarcica with Baba Rumba. Video artists Hubbard & Son present short surreal video whose format unfolds like a series of dreams identifying each of the 8 segments and advancing the performance narrative. Each segment’s theme uses its corresponding Dream Book number and its related Orisha (Yoruban Diety). \n  \n  \nThe concert has been made possible with support from Philadelphia Jazz Project\, a sponsored project of the Painte Bride Art Center\, with funding provided by The Wyncote Foundation.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-dream-book-sonic-liberation-8-friends/
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SUMMARY:DDMS: Charles Cohen\, Rosie Langabeer
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe Double Decker Music Series is hosted by Sebastian Petsu\, a Philadelphia tour guide on buses and on foot since 2005 His love of both Philadelphia’s music and history inspired him to combine the two in a unique way.\nhttp://www.sebastianpetsu.com/ \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \nBowerbird and Sebastian Petsu are pleased to welcome Charles Cohen + Rosie Langabeer (aka Diamond Blazer) to the Double Decker Music Series. Join us on Sunday\, August 23th at 8:00 p.m. (rain date\, August 24th) for a unique and intimate mobile concert experience on an open-top double-decker bus. Before\, between\, and after the music\, tour guide Sebastian Darkly Petsu will share dry wit and history about the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nCharles Cohen has been characterized as a “special and singular musician” with a highly developed and refined voice. His music is entirely improvisational\, produced solely on a vintage Buchla Music Easel synthesizer\, a rare analog instrument designed in the early 1970s. Cohen has been playing his self-described “beeps and boops” since he first acquired a Buchla Music Easel in 1976\, one of only 25 ever produced\, and remains committed to exploring its unique qualities. He has studied with musical mavericks such as accordionist and electronic composer Pauline Oliveros and jazz pianist Cecil Taylor\, and is dedicated to the art of abstract improvisation\, seeking out collaborations with fellow musicians who share his love of spontaneous creation during live performance. Cohen has performed regularly in Philadelphia for nearly four decades. www.facebook.com/CBEEPSANDBOOPS \nDiamond Blazer (aka Rosie Langabeer) – Imagine a bi-polar crackpot old lady inventor’s underground laboratory\, on a tiny lush island\, where flying bugs have jet engines with rainbow exhaust fumes and cocker spaniel puppies bark daisies. It’s a jam with a micro korg\, a mini korg\, an sp404sx\, a mic\, a uke and a magnapooter (c/o Neil Feather). This will be the third experiment in performance with these parameters. The results will be added to Diamond’s ambitious research project: metamorfeces.diamondblazer.bandcamp.com/releases \n  \nEVENT DETAILS \nBoarding begins at 7:45pm at the northeast corner of 5th and Market Streets by the Wells Fargo building. \nTHE BUS LEAVES AT 8PM SHARP. It’s a mobile event\, so you can’t show up late or the venue will be gone! The event finishes up back where we started at 10pm. \nAs an incentive to show up on time\, our sponsor Little Baby’s Ice Cream\, will be providing FREE ICE CREAM SANDWICHES for the first 15 guest on board. So get there early! \nThis event is 21+ and BYOB (but please\, no glass\, and remember there is no restroom on the bus). \n$25 per person. Advance tickets only. There will be no walk-up sales. Only 35 seats are available and this event will sell out. (All previous Double Decker Music Series events have!) So please\, don’t sleep on it.\nhttp://bowerbird.ticketleap.com/ddms7/ \nIf it looks like rain\, the event will be held the following day\, Monday June 1st at 8pm. A message will be sent out by 5pm on the day of the event letting ticket-holders know about the rescheduling.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ddms-charles-cohen-rosie-langabeer/
LOCATION:5th and Market St\, 5th and Market Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106
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SUMMARY:DDMS: Weyes Blood\, Petia Z
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe Double Decker Music Series is hosted by Sebastian Petsu\, a Philadelphia tour guide on buses and on foot since 2005 His love of both Philadelphia’s music and history inspired him to combine the two in a unique way.\nhttp://www.sebastianpetsu.com/ \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \nBowerbird and Sebastian Petsu are pleased to welcome Weyes Blood and Petia Z to the Double Decker Music Series. Join us on Sunday\, July 26th at 8:00 p.m. (rain date\, June 27th) for a unique and intimate mobile concert experience on an open-top double-decker bus. Before\, between\, and after the music\, tour guide Sebastian Darkly Petsu will share dry wit and history about the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nNatalie Mering who performs as Weyes Blood\, has existed in the grime-ghost fringe-music catacombs since at least 2006\, starting as a conventional folk singer in an unamplified universe\, then transforming into a more a crouched/hieroglyphic electronic chasm style. Rooted in American and British folk\, Weyes Blood pulls and stretches the style at its fringes\, like a sweater that’s just begun to unravel. Traditional instruments (guitar\, piano\, drums) are set against electronics and tape effects\, collages and the melodic qualities of delay that bridge an older world of songcraft into the future\, creating a synthesis between all the best of the 20th century and those that came before.https://weyesblood.bandcamp.com/ \n  \nA native of Plovdiv\, Bulgaria\, Petia Z. has grown up surrounded by the arts and folklore of her pretty-city. Her second home-town -Philly\, continues to nurture those roots as she’s been extremely lucky to connect with groups like Svitanya (an American-Eastern European women’s vocal ensemble) and Philly’s own Balkan Monster – the West Philadelphia Orchestra. She is fascinated and inspired by visual and rhythmic colors; by everything that crosses her path and awakens her senses. Her eyes and ears are always open and searching for the unusual and extraordinary.She’s looking forward to taking the Double-Decker audience on a little musical tour of Eastern Europe with her vocals and accordion. http://youtu.be/64tYocskOtY \n  \nEVENT DETAILS \nBoarding begins at 7:45pm at the northeast corner of 5th and Market Streets by the Wells Fargo building. \nTHE BUS LEAVES AT 8PM SHARP. It’s a mobile event\, so you can’t show up late or the venue will be gone! The event finishes up back where we started at 10pm. \nAs an incentive to show up on time\, our sponsor Little Baby’s Ice Cream\, will be providing FREE ICE CREAM SANDWICHES for the first 15 guest on board. So get there early! \nThis event is 21+ and BYOB (but please\, no glass\, and remember there is no restroom on the bus). \n$25 per person. Advance tickets only. There will be no walk-up sales. Only 35 seats are available and this event will sell out. (All previous Double Decker Music Series events have!) So please\, don’t sleep on it.\nhttp://bowerbird.ticketleap.com/ddms6/ \nIf it looks like rain\, the event will be held the following day\, Monday June 1st at 8pm. A message will be sent out by 5pm on the day of the event letting ticket-holders know about the rescheduling.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ddms-weyes-blood-petia-z/
LOCATION:5th and Market St\, 5th and Market Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106
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SUMMARY:BERNHARD GAL / JESSE KUDLER / SCOTT ALLISON / PHILL SHELDON
DESCRIPTION:The Austrian artist\, composer and musicologist Bernhard Gal has become\ninternationally known as one of the most prolific sound artists of a\nyounger generation. During the past ten years Gal has created around\n50 sound installations and media art projects\, combining sound\, light\,\nobjects\, spatial concepts and video projections into intense and often\nsite-specific interdisciplinary art works. He also composes music for\nacoustic instruments and electro-acoustic music\, as well as performing\nlive as a (laptop) musician. \nBorn in Vienna\, Austria in 1971\, Gal began to nurture his interest in\nmusic and (sound) art around 1985. After studies at Vienna’s\nUniversity of Music (Sound Engineering) and the University of Vienna\n(Musicology)\, and a year-long residency in New York City in 1997ñ98\,\nhe has focused on his compositional and artistic activities. He runs\nthe record label Gromoga Records and is director of the Austrian art\norganization ‘sp ce’. Together with Ernst Reitermaier\, he curates the\nViennese Festival ‘Shut up and Listen!’. Currently\, Gal lives as a\nfreelance composer and artist in Vienna and Berlin where he also\nteaches sound art at the University of Arts. \nAn important aspect of his work is the combination of music with other\nart forms\, in solo projects as well as in collaborations\, e.g. since\n1997 with the Japanese architect Yumi Kori (‘audio-architectural\ninstallations’). As a (laptop) musician\, Gal performs in solo concerts\nand has worked together with musicians such as Tung Chao-Ming\, Kai\nFagaschinski and Jennifer Walshe. \nGal’s work has been presented in concerts\, sound installations\,\nexhibitions\, and radio portraits in Europe\, Asia\, and the Americas and\nperformed by ensembles worldwide. He has been invited to numerous\ninternational music and art festivals (including Wien Modern Vienna;\nICMC Berlin; MaerzMusik Berlin; Nuova Consonanza Rome; MATA Festival\nNew York; Soundfield Chicago; Mutek Montreal) and frequently gives\nlectures and workshops. \nFor his music and art projects Gal has received numerous awards\,\nincluding the Karl Hofer Prize Berlin 2001\, an Annual Grant from\nSKE-Fonds Vienna 2002\, a composer fellowship from the DAAD Artists in\nBerlin Programme 2003\, and the Austrian State Scholarship for\nComposition 2004. Bernhard Gal’s music has been made available on more\nthan 25 audio publications. In 2005\, the German publishing house\nKehrer Verlag Heidelberg published the comprehensive catalogue book\n‘Installations’\, documenting Gal’s intermedia installations since\n1999. \nJESSE KUDLER guitar\, electronics\, radio\, tapes\nSCOTT ALLISON laptop\, electronics \nJesse Kudler\, born 1979\, improvises on guitar\, synthesizer\, tapes\,\nradios and electronics\, and he makes music on the computer. He\nattended public school until Wesleyan University\, where he studied\nmusic with Ron Kuivila\, Alvin Lucier\, and a little bit with Anthony\nBraxton\, among others. He eventually became active as an organizer\nand performer in improvised\, experimental\, and electronic music\,\nforming a regular duo with fellow student Jonathan Zorn and leading\nthe large electronic improvising ensemble Phil Collins. Kudler has\nalso worked as a recording engineer for various projects. \nIn his various travels\, Kudler has performed with Matt Bauder\, Kyle\nBruckmann\, Gene Coleman\, James Coleman\, Tim Feeney\, Marcos Fernandes\,\nBrent Gutzeit\, Horse Sinister\, Bonnie Jones\, Jason Kahn\, Mazen\nKerbaj\, Pauline Oliveros\, Bhob Rainey\, Vic Rawlings\, Christine\nSehnaoui\, Mike Shiflet\, Jason Soliday\, Howard Stelzer\, Matt Weston\,\nJason Zeh\, Jack Wright\, and many others. He has toured the United\nStates several times. \nCurrent projects include: Benito Cereno (with Dustin Hurt\, Chandan\nNarayan\, Tim Albro\, and Ian Fraser); HZL\, an electronics duo with Tim\nAlbro (and sometimes Dustin Hurt\, as HZL BRD); Tweeter\, a\ntreble-intensive noise duo with Alex Nagle; solo performance and\nrecording; and various ad hoc groupings. \nhttp://www.white-flag.org \nSCOTT ALLISON: Member of DC freeprov group Kohoutek – electronics\,\ncontact mics\, field recordings\, treated speakers\, turntable\, six\nstring acoustic and electric (learning)\, hurdy gurdy (all badly played\nwith little virtuosity). Occasionally collaborate with like minded\npeople such as Ben Owen\, Jeff Surak\, Walter Gross\, Andy Hayleck\, Ilya\nMonosov\, Jeff Barsky\, Tyler Higgins\, Damian Taylor\, Bonnie Jones\, Paul\nPavlovich\, Mpld\, Ting Ting Jahe\, Chris Jeely\, Chris Grier\, and\nothers… Live in a dirty little house with a tar covered back yard\,\nhave some shitty carpets\, a dead kombucha sponge on by the front door\,\nsome old lamps\, a few skulls\, an old laptop held together w/tape and\ncurrently no internet connection. Red Stripe and fine japanese beers. \n  \nPHILL SHELDON guitars\nphiladelphia \nPhill Sheldon was born in the District of Columbia and he was a\ntransverse breech. He is a guitarist in the rock bands Burrs and also\nDog On The Loose. He also began a small cassette and CDR label called\nDHW with his friend Caitlin Cunningham. Some of his favorite\ninfluences are Armand Schaubroeck\, Brainbombs\, Matthew Bowers\, and\nTakehisa Kosugi. Phill Sheldon endeavors to play a sort of geriatric\nrock that is diffuse and plodding enough to be appropriate to a mood\nof excessive alcohol ingestion\, isolation\, and hand wringing. During\nthis evening Phill Sheldon and a small group will enact monotonous\nhomage to Phill Sheldon’s favorite rock albums and alcohol drinks.\nPhill Sheldon will contribute any profits from audience donations or\nsale of merchandise recordings toward the Pennsylvania Department Of\nAging’s emergency fund\, a tax-exempt reserve that allots money to\nimpoverished Pennsylvania seniors at imminent risk of death or severe\ninjury.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/bernhard-gal-jesse-kudler-scott-allison-phill-sheldon/
LOCATION:University Of Pennsyvlania Music Building\, 201 S 34th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150628T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150628T220000
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SUMMARY:DDMS: King Britt\, Keir Neuringer
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe Double Decker Music Series is hosted by Sebastian Petsu\, a Philadelphia tour guide on buses and on foot since 2005 His love of both Philadelphia’s music and history inspired him to combine the two in a unique way.\nhttp://www.sebastianpetsu.com/ \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \nBowerbird and Sebastian Petsu are pleased to welcome King Britt & Keir Neuringer to the Double Decker Music Series. Join us on Sunday\, June 28th at 8:00 p.m. (rain date\, June 29th) for a unique and intimate mobile concert experience on an open-top double-decker bus. Before\, between\, and after the music\, tour guide Sebastian Darkly Petsu will share dry wit and history about the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nKing Britt is a producer\, composer\, performer and curator of electronic music. As a producer/composer\, he fuses his knowledge of music history from many cultures and genres with electronic compositions\, which redefine and re-contextualizes the past into the present. This is best shown in his work for Preservation Hall’s release King Britt presents Sister Gertrude Morgan\, which combined\, the gospel evangelist’s vocal recordings from 1970 with contemporary composition. This recording went on to penetrate the pop culture divide\, by appearing in Michael Mann’s Miami Vice and HBO’s True Blood tv show\, who’s soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy. It was this and many other projects from his vast catalog that helped him receive the Pew Fellowship for Composition in 2007. As a performer\, King is best known as one of the top globetrotting dj’s in the world. From cutting his craft as the wax poetic for the Grammy Award winning Digable Planets to traveling solo to different cities and countries\, bringing cultures together through his eclectic taste and live improvised dance/experimental sets. www.kingbritt.com \n  \nKeir Neuringer is involved in creative arts communities in Poland\, Holland\, and the US. He has cultivated a personal and intensely physical approach to saxophone improvisation\, plays analogue electronics and Farfisa organ\, and sings and narrates text. After training as a composer and jazz saxophonist in the US\, he spent two years on a Fulbright research grant in Krakow. He then moved to The Hague\, where he spent eight years\, curating performative audiovisual art and earning a masters degree from the experimental ArtScience Institute. He lives in Philadelphia. www.keirneuringer.com// \n  \nEVENT DETAILS \nBoarding begins at 7:45pm at the northeast corner of 5th and Market Streets by the Wells Fargo building. \nTHE BUS LEAVES AT 8PM SHARP. It’s a mobile event\, so you can’t show up late or the venue will be gone! The event finishes up back where we started at 10pm. \nAs an incentive to show up on time\, our sponsor Little Baby’s Ice Cream\, will be providing FREE ICE CREAM SANDWICHES for the first 15 guest on board. So get there early! \nThis event is 21+ and BYOB (but please\, no glass\, and remember there is no restroom on the bus). \n$25 per person. Advance tickets only. There will be no walk-up sales. Only 35 seats are available and this event will sell out. (All previous Double Decker Music Series events have!) So please\, don’t sleep on it.\nhttp://bowerbird.ticketleap.com/ddms5/ \nIf it looks like rain\, the event will be held the following day\, Monday June 1st at 8pm. A message will be sent out by 5pm on the day of the event letting ticket-holders know about the rescheduling.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ddms-king-britt-keir-neuringer/
LOCATION:5th and Market St\, 5th and Market Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106
CATEGORIES:Double Decker Music Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150621T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150621T220000
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SUMMARY:Keroaän + Bhob Rainey
DESCRIPTION: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. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nKEROAÄN is a collaborative research project between IAN M FRASER and REED EVAN ROSENBERG exploring composition of electronic music by an artificial intelligence. Pieces are diffused in real time with no human intervention whatsoever as the machine agent manipulates the qualities of chosen non-standard synthesis and microsound techniques. In live diffusions\, the machine agent additionally controls laser apertures and an array of strobe lighting which collectively act as a visual projection of the structure of its performance. A distinctly non-human logic pervades the resultant arrangements of chaotic sounds and high-intensity lighting\, presenting an immersive\, alien environment. \n  \nBhob Rainey (b. 1972)\, a soprano saxophonist and composer\, performs as a solo artist\, as one half of nmperign (an improvisational duo with trumpeter Greg Kelley)\, and as leader of the BSC\, an eight-member ensemble that uses both acoustic and electronic instruments. He formed the BSC to address the inherent challenge of performing longer works with multiple improvisational artists. After 18 years spent living in Boston\, with stints in Chicago and New Orleans\, Rainey has returned to his hometown of Philadelphia. He holds an M.A. in jazz composition from the New England Conservatory of Music\, and his music has been supported with grants from Meet the Composer and United States Artists.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/keroaan-bhob-rainey/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150605T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150605T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
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SUMMARY:Begin Anywhere: Chapter 4
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird presents: \n  \nBEGIN ANYWHERE\na concert series about starting new things \nThis 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 paperwork\, or just finding your own path. It’s about asking the question “How are we going to do this?”\, answering “I don’t know”\, and giving it a shot anyway. It’s also a chance to hear some great music and words of wisdom. \n  \nPROGRAM: \n  \nGeorge Crumb: Madrigals\, Book III (1969)\nHeather Gardner\, soprano\nElizabeth Huston\, harp\nAdam Vidiksis\, percussion \n  \nMohammed Fairouz: Tahwidah (2008)\nAlize Rozsnyai\, soprano\nJoel Weszka\, clarinet \n  \nGalina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 6 (1988)\nMichael Tan\, piano \n  \nGiacinto Scelsi: Ko-Lho (1966)\nChristopher Schelb\, flute\nJoel Weszka\, clarinet \n  \nAdam Vidiksis\, We Begin Everywhere (2015\, premiere)\nDaniel Brooks\, guitar\nHeather Gardner\, viola\nNicholas McNamara\, saxophone\nChristopher Schelb\, flute\nMichael Tan\, piano\nAdam Vidiksis\, electronics\nJoel Weszka\, clarinet \n  \nDaniel Pinkham\, Trumpet Sonata (2005)\nKim Barroso\, piano\nTessa Ellis\, trumpet \n  \nConversations with: \n  \nDiane Foglizzo (Girls Rock Philly)\nThomas Choinacky (SoLow Festival\, Applied Mechanics)\nDonald Nally (The Crossing)
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/begin-anywhere-chapter-4/
LOCATION:Fleisher Art Memorial\, 719 Catharine St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150531T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150531T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
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SUMMARY:DOUBLE DECKER MUSIC SERIES: Christopher Sean Powell\, The Sun Flights
DESCRIPTION: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 music\, tour guide Sebastian Darkly Petsu will share dry wit and history about the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. \nThe 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. \nThe Double Decker Music Series is hosted by Sebastian Petsu\, a Philadelphia tour guide on buses and on foot since 2005. His love of both Philadelphia’s music and history inspired him to combine the two in a unique way.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/sold-out-double-decker-music-series-christopher-sean-powell-the-sun-flights/
LOCATION:5th and Market St\, 5th and Market Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150515T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150515T230000
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SUMMARY:Begin Anywhere: Chapter 3
DESCRIPTION: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 paperwork\, or just finding your own path. It’s about asking the question “How are we going to do this?”\, answering “I don’t know”\, and giving it a shot anyway. It’s also a chance to hear some great music and words of wisdom. \nConversations with: \nAlex Torra\, Makoto Hirano\, & Benjamin Camp (Team Sunshine Performance Corporation)\nHanna Khoury (Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture)\nBrian McTear (Weathervane Music) \nPROGRAM \nSalvatore Sciarrino: Venere che le grazie la fioriscono (1989)\nChris Schelb\, flute \nToru Takemitsu\, Toward the Sea (1981)\nChristopher Schelb\, flute\nDaniel Brooks\, guitar \nMilton Babbitt\, Soli e duettini (1989)\nChristopher Schelb\, flute\nDaniel Brooks\, guitar \nRaoul Pleskow\, Zwei Albumblätter (2008)\nNicholas McNamara\, saxophone \nAdam Vidkisis Things That Live in the Whirligig (2014)\nAdam Vidkisis\, percussion and electronics \nJohn Cage: Five (1988)\nChristopher Schelb\, flute\nNicholas McNamara\, saxophone\nAdam Vidiksis\, electronics\nDaniel Brooks\, guitar\nHeather Gardner\, viola
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/begin-anywhere-chapter-3/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150503T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150503T230000
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SUMMARY:Begin Anywhere: Chapter 2
DESCRIPTION:Performances by: \nTom Kraines\, Cello\nEric Derr\, percussion\nChristopher Schelb\, flute\nMichael Tan\, piano\nHeather Gardner\, voice\nAaron Stewart\, saxophone \nConversations with: \nJames Freeman (Orchestra2001)\nPete Angevine & Martin Brown (Little Baby’s Ice Cream)\nStanford Thompson (Play On\, Philly!) \nAWESOME MUSIC AND DAMN GOOD ADVICE.\nThis 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 paperwork\, or just finding your own path. It’s about asking the question “How are we going to do this?”\, answering “I don’t know”\, and giving it a shot anyway. It’s also a chance to hear some great music and words of wisdom. \n>>> FULL PROGRAM <<< \nAntonio Macaretti\, “Biscaglia” (2011)\nTom Kraines\, Cello \nJessie Marino\, “Committment :: Ritual I:: BiiM” (2011)\nEric Derr\, percussion \nMalin Bang\, “Alpha Waves” (2008)\nChristopher Schelb\, flute \nKarlheinz Stockhausen\, “Klavierstück IX” (1955-1961)\nMichael Tan\, piano \nGiacinto Scelsi\, “Tre pezzi” (1956)\nAaron Stewart\, saxophone \nVera Ivanova\, “Un-Now” (2000)\nHeather Gardner\, voice
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/begin-anywhere-chapter-2/
LOCATION:1714 N Mascher St\, Philadelphia Pa 19122\, 1714 N Mascher St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150426T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150426T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
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SUMMARY:FREE EVENT - Morton Feldman's "For Philip Guston"
DESCRIPTION: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 search for ways to string together lovely chords\, and “Guston” contains some of his most lustrous inventions. He is careful to parcel them out economically\, so that they arrive as gratifying shocks after stretches of more neutral sound.These islands of beauty are like suggestions of figuration at the center of an abstract painting.” This performance will take place in the Rotunda’s magnificent domed sanctuary space. \nAudiences are welcome to come and go as they please – but the work is best experience in its full duration. There will be pews and chairs available for seating\, but audiences are encouraged to bring their own blankets and pillows to sit and lay on. Feldman is exceptional for that liminal space between sleep and awake.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/free-event-morton-feldmans-for-philip-guston/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150418T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150418T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
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SUMMARY:Matthew Greenbaum: Visual Music
DESCRIPTION: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 video animator Matthew Greenbaum uses the term “visual chamber music” to describe his works for live performer and video animation. These works include the Rope and Chasm\, an evening-length setting for mezzo soprano of parts of Nietzsche’s Also Sprach Zarathustra with character animation. The works on this program of part of an ongoing series of works for solo instrument and video animation with electronic sound. \nProgram:\nGreenbaum: Friday Night Fights\nfor improvising viola and video animation: Stephanie Griffin\, viola \nGreenbaum: Effacement\nperformed by Charles Abramovic\, piano \nGreenbaum: Bits And Pieces\nfor tenor sax and video: Nicholas McNamara\,:\, tenor sax \nGreenbaum: Make Like An Amoeba And Split\nfor flute and video: Cynthia Folio \nGreenbaum: I Saw The Procession Of The Empress On First Avenue\n(animation alone) \nGreenbaum: What We Owe The Invertebrates\n(lecture with slides/sound) \nJUST ADDED: \nAnthony Ciesielka “happily fused (and happily dis-fused)”\nFor viola and fixed electronics (2-channels) \nHeather Mease “Toilet”\, “Psalm”\, “Football” \nBenjamin Safran/Hans Richter “Filmstudie” \nCarlos Johns-Davila “Antikuna Ñauraytaki”\nfor soprano and guitar
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/matthew-greenbaum-visual-music/
LOCATION:Rock Hall Temple University\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150417T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150417T220000
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SUMMARY:New Works: CINÉ-ROMAN
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird presents:\nNew Works: CINÉ-ROMAN\ncurated by J. Louise Makary \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \nChris 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 a narrative\, yet few have contributed to the genre. Curated by filmmaker and visual artist J. Louise Makary\, New Works: CINÉ-ROMAN will include works\, most of them newly commissioned\, by a diverse group of artists experimenting with movement\, time\, and stillness in film and video. In addition to featuring new animated and choreographic video works\, this evening-length program will showcase new works by several collaborative teams of filmmakers working with photographers\, including two with a live component. New Works: CINÉ-ROMAN aims to flood the field with fresh takes on this underexplored form. \n  \nWORKS BY \nMark Tumas & Tamara Suskic\nSlater Bradley\nJohnny Woods\nBarb Choit & Alex Tyson\nMatt Porterfield\nanastasia owell\nFaye Driscoll with Lily Baldwin\nJ. Louise Makary & Jor Kane (live)\nAlessandro Zangirolami\nJesse Alexander Madden Harding (live)\nAlexis McCrimmon
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/new-works-cine-roman/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150411T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150411T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
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SUMMARY:Begin Anywhere: Chapter 1
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird presents:\nBEGIN ANYWHERE\na concert series about starting new things \n  \nAWESOME MUSIC AND DAMN GOOD ADVICE. \n  \nThis 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 paperwork\, or just finding your own path. It’s about asking the question “How are we going to do this?”\, answering “I don’t know”\, and giving it a shot anyway. It’s also a chance to hear some great music and words of wisdom. \nConsisting of five solo compositions spanning the past 50 years\, the program is a mix of classic avant-garde and contemporary works\, frenetic virtuosity and atmospheric stillness. The performances will be interspersed with conversations with special guests about the challenges of starting (and sustaining) new projects. \n  \nProgram: \nLuciano Berio\, Sequenza III (1965) for solo voice\nPerformed by Alize Rozsnyai \nAnne Neikirk\, locoMotives (2013) for harp\nPerformed by Elizabeth Huston \nBruno Mantovani\, Bug (1999) for clarinet\nPerformed by Joel Weszka \nCarolyn Chen\, Great Birnam Wood (2015) for percussion and marble\nPerformed by Eric Derr \nMilton Babbitt\, Phonemena (1975) for soprano and synthesized tape\nPerformed by Heather Gardner \nPlus conversations with: \nJeri Lynne Johnson (Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra)\nDavid Brick (Headlong Dance Theater)\nWhit MacLaughlin (New Paradise Laboratories)
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/begin-anywhere-chapter-1/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150404T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150404T180000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
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SUMMARY:GEORGE CRUMB AT 85
DESCRIPTION:Please join Bowerbird and counter)induction for this special celebration in honor of George Crumb’s 85th birthday. George Crumb’s unique musical language has left an indelible mark upon American and international contemporary music. A generation of composers from the University of Pennsylvania count studying with him as a fundamental element in their creative development. counter)induction would like to celebrate his remarkable voice with a major concert featuring seminal Crumb works alongside two new commissions dedicated to George\, by two of his last students. \n  \nThe Crumb repertoire draws from every phase and direction of his oeuvre. Eleven Echoes of Autumn (1966) is a work composed shortly after Crumb joined the faculty at Penn\, and exhibits his masterful control of timbre and dynamic. Vox Balaenae (1971)\, calling for masked performers\, amplification\, and lighting direction\, reflects Crumb’s sensibility in theatre and ritual. Mundus Canis (1998)\, a “comeback” work of sorts heralding a new period of invention and creativity\, shows Crumb’s sense of humor and his love of animals. \n  \nAdditionally\, Crumb students and counter)induction composers Kyle Bartlett and Douglas Boyce will compose works in homage to their experience with George and his music\, to be premiered at this Philadelphia concert. Bartlett will write a series of miniatures for piano\, while Boyce will compose a duo for guitar and violin\, both to be premiered on this concert. \n  \nProgram: \nGeorge Crumb: Eleven Echoes of Autumn (1966)\nGeorge Crumb: Vox Balaenae (1971)\nGeorge Crumb: Mundus Canis (1998)\nKyle Bartlett: New Work World Premiere\nDouglas Boyce: New Work World Premiere \n  \nABOUT THE ENSEMBLE \nFormed in 1998 by two Philadelphia-based composers (Douglas Boyce and Kyle Bartlett)\, counter)induction has produced 16 seasons of highly acclaimed\, thought-provoking chamber music concerts. Renowned for its virtuosic performances and daring programming\, the composer/ performer collective has established itself as a touchstone of excellence in contemporary music. c)i is the winner of an ASCAP/Chamber Music America “Award for Adventurous Programming” and has headlined numerous festivals\, including the 2004 “Music at the Anthology” Festival\, the 2005 Boston Conservatory New Music Week\, the 2005 Columbia Music Scholarship Conference\, and most recently the 2010 Conference of the International Consortium for Auditory Display. c)i pursues its mission of education by presenting concerts and workshops at numerous universities and serving for almost a decade as ensemble ­in ­residence for the Columbia University undergraduate composition department. In all of its concerts\, c)i undermines narrow conceptions of music by revealing connections and parallels not easily seen. \n  \ncounter)induction members:\nKyle Bartlett\, composer\nDouglas Boyce\, composer\nMiranda Cuckson\, violin\nBenjamin Fingland\, clarinet\nJessica Meyer\, viola\nKaren Ouzounian\, cello\nNing Yu\, piano\nRyan Streber\, composer\, audio reinforcement2212 Spruce St\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania 191032212 Spruce St\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania 19103 \n  \nThis concert is supported generously by the Theodore Presser Foundation
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/george-crumb-at-85/
LOCATION:Trinity Center for Urban Life\, 2212 Spruce St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150320T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150320T220000
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SUMMARY:Corina Marti + Jamey Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Join Bowerbird as we welcome Swiss musician Corina Marti\, an Early music specialist\, in her Philadelphia premiere. Marti will be performing a concert of late fourteenth-century music for recorder and early keyboard instruments. The repertoire includes music from the two most important surviving sources: the London and the Faenza codices. In this concert Marti achieves a remarkable variety by juxtaposing the sound of recorders (including the rare double recorder) and on a clavisimbalum – an instrument that is related to the harpsichord. \nOpening the evening will be Philadelphia based musician Jamey Robinson (Man Man\, Buffalo Stance) performing a set on analog keyboard synths.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/corina-marti-jamey-robinson/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
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SUMMARY:TREFOIL performs "Dio Mio!"
DESCRIPTION:Trefoil offers selections from the spectacular trecento style of 14th-century Italy. Music as described in Boccaccio’s Decameron: Madrigals\, ballate\, canons\, and estampie by Landini\, Cicconia\, and Jacopo di Bologna. \nTREFOIL is a trio of modern minstrels long active in early music\, with experience in such ensembles as Les Arts Florissants\, Concert Royal\, Early Music New York\, Pomerium\, Piffaro\, Clarion Music Society\, and My Lord Chamberlain’s Consort. The trio debuted in New York and Philadelphia in 2000 with a program of 14th-century French ars subtilior song. The Philadelphia Inquirer tagged the group “a hearty trio of Medieval music specialists” and their performance as “an intricate\, enigmatic vocal art.”
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/trefoil-performs-dio-mio/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150206T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150206T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
CREATED:20190425T151237Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band + Horse Lords + Mind Over Mirrors
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present this triple bill featuring Philadelphia’s Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band\, Baltimore’s Horse Lords\, and the Chicago duo Mind Over Mirrors. Forsyth’s SOLAR MOTEL BAND is touring in support of its recent release Intensity Ghost\, released October 2014 on No Quarter. This is the first studio release by Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band\, the new group that the Philadelphia-based guitarist assembled in the wake of his critically acclaimed 2013 solo record Solar Motel. Intensity Ghost has been described as career-defining statement of purpose and a virtual history tour of late 20th century electric guitar\, touching on widescreen psychedelia\, art rock\, the late-70’s New York scene\, and the melting pot of early 90’s underground bands\, but writing a whole new chapter\, unforeseen by most in 2014. It turned up on many year ends lists (Uncut [#34]\, New Yorker\, etc). \n  \nSolar Motel Band website – http://thechrisforsyth.com/\nSolar Motel Band audio – http://soundcloud.com/solar-motel-band \n  \nGrafting the relentless repetitions of modern minimalism onto the propulsive engine of rock and roll\, Baltimore’s HORSE LORDS create an ecstatic forward thrust that is pushed\, pulled\, and turned in on itself by dueling polyrhythms curving endlessly past one another. The resulting sound is at once tightly interwoven and threatening to fly apart\, making their live performance a spellbinding and utterly thrilling experience. Their latest record\, Hidden Cities\, showcases this visceral approach to live performance\, as well their interest in crafting studio compositions that pull apart and reassemble the constituent parts of the music into more abstract forms. The Washington Post recently described Hidden Cities as\, “clever\, vibrant\, like the opposite of homework”\, while Adhoc.fm said it’s an “album that functions as much as a conceptual magic eye puzzle as a groovy\, highly listenable specimen of rhythmic innovation.”Notably\, both publications named it one of the best albums of 2014. \n  \nHorse Lords website – http://horselords.tumblr.com\nHorse Lords audio – http://horselords.bandcamp.com \n  \nMIND OVER MIRRORS\, the evolving project of Jaime Fennelly and more recently\, Haley Fohr of Circuit des Yeux\, deploys modest acoustic constituent materials\, an Indian pedal harmonium and the human voice\, to produce roiling\, meditative music that both simulates the swells and troughs of synthesized electronics and conjures the ceaseless rhythms of tidal surges. While we can point out referential sonic compass points\, G.I. Gurdjieff’s harmonium improvisations; certain particularly harmonically viscous recordings of Sacred Harp singers; Edward Artemiev’s soundtracks to Tarkovsky films in its prayerful patience\, its simultaneously formal and folk aspects\, and its unabashed (if intermittently anxious) beauty\, it doesn’t sound much like anything else being made today. While Mind Over Mirrors emerged along a decidedly solo axis\, Fennelly’s friend Haley Fohr joined in late 2014\, supplementing his solitary reeling with her incantatory singing and contributing a new textual dimension with her occasional\, elliptical lyrics. \n  \nMind Over Mirrors website – http://www.mindovermirrors.com\nMind Over Mirrors audio – http://www.soundcloud.com/mindovermirrors\nMind Over Mirrors video – http://vimeo.com/88915833
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/chris-forsyth-the-solar-motel-band-horse-lords-mind-over-mirrors/
LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s\, 1201 Frankford Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150116T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150116T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
CREATED:20190425T151618Z
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SUMMARY:Sun Ra: Space is the Place
DESCRIPTION:Join Bowerbird for a special screening of the sci-fi musical “Space Is the Place”. Sun Ra (1914-1993) and his Intergalactic Myth-Science Arkestra land their yellow spaceship in Oakland; offer an alter-destiny; and battle the FBI\, NASA\, and a supernatural pimp named the Overseer. The film includes lively performances of such Arkestra favorites as “Watusi\,” “The Satellites Are Spinning\,” and “Outer Spaceways\, Inc.” Celebrate the legacy of Sun Ra’s cosmic philosophies\, complex persona\, and innovative\, otherworldly music. \nFor this event we will be screening a newly restored digital version of the Sun Ra-approved version of this film (the version originally released on VHS). The evening will be opened by an introduction by Sun Ra biographer John F. Szwed.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/sun-ra-space-is-the-place/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141219T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141219T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
CREATED:20190425T151839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T151919Z
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SUMMARY:A Night For Jack Rose
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird presents:\nA NIGHT FOR JACK\nremembering Jack Rose \nfeaturing performances by\nGlenn Jones\nNathan Bowles\nDaniel Bachman\nChris Forsyth\nMegajam Booze Band \nplus DJs Ian Nagoski and Michael Chaiken \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \nThe only thing more monumental than Jack Rose’s personal presence was his talent. He was one of those preternaturally gifted guitar players who make you believe in pacts with the devil under a full moon. But of course we know now that these gifts only come with years of practice\, just as we know that Jack was all too human. He was just a guy who knew bullshit when he saw it. He was a friend. And although Virginia born\, he made Philadelphia his home. For evidence\, look no further than his signature tune\, Kensington Blues. That said\, the title of this concert is a misnomer. It’s not for Jack. It’s for us. It’s for anyone who felt the force of his friendship or his music. It’s a reflection on a man five years gone. It’s not a definitive statement on the life of Jack Rose. It’s a celebration. It’s a chance to hear some of Jack’s closest friends and collaborators play music. Music that would not be the same if they had not come in contact with Jack Rose. \nFor this event we will be joined by Glenn Jones (Cambridge\, MA) frequent touring partner and scholar of American Primitive guitar\, and Nathan Bowles (Blacksburg\, VA) collaborator and co-member of Pelt\, as well as guitarists Daniel Bachmann and Chris Forsyth. The evening will also feature music and discussion from DJ Cutiepie and DJ Jenkins (Ian Nagoski and Mike Chaiken)\, both close friends of Jack’s who influenced and were influenced by his music. The evening will also include video of Jack performing by Jesse Sheppard (director of the performance DVD The Things That We Used To Do).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/a-night-for-jack-rose/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141107T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141107T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
CREATED:20190425T152226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T152323Z
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SUMMARY:NANO TO MACRO: MUSIC OF KIRIGAMI
DESCRIPTION:NANO TO MACRO: MUSIC OF KIRIGAMI\nGene Coleman & Ensemble N_JP with special guests Duo YUMENO 夢乃\, Dr. Shu Yang\, Dr. Randall Kamien and Jenny Sabin \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \nBowerbird and Soundfield are pleased to present the world premiere of three new works by composer and director Gene Coleman. The evening opens with presentations by architect and artist Jenny Sabin and two leading scientists from the University of Pennsylvania (Dr. Shu Yang and Dr. Randall Kamien). Together they will provide a fascinating glimpse into the world of cutting edge nano-to-macro scale technologies based on a very surprising source: Kirigami – the traditional Japanese art of folded and cut paper. \nThe night will feature “Kirigami I”\, commissioned by Chamber Music America and inspired by research being done by Sabin/Yang/Kamien; a new version of “9 Chains…” a music/ video work that explores the work and ideas of Buckminster Fuller during his years in Philadelphia; and “Systole I”\, a music/video work featuring the Magnetic Resonance Piano developed at the Excite Center of Drexel University. \nPerforming on the night is Ensemble N_JP\, a chamber group dedicated to exploring the connections between contemporary and traditional forms of music by uniting outstanding traditional\, experimental and contemporary classical musicians from Japan and the US. \n  \nEnsemble N_JP \nAmy Williams and Helena Bugallo (piano and magnetic resonance piano)\nNaomi Sato (sho)\nTom Kraines (cello)\nYoko Reikano Kimura (koto)\nToshimaru Nakamura (live electronics)\nGene Coleman (bass clarinet)\nNick Millevoi (eletric guitar)\nHikaru Tamaki (cello)\nConducted by Adam Vidiksis
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/nano-to-macro-music-of-kirigami/
LOCATION:Christ Church Neighborhood House\, 20 N American St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141105T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141105T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
CREATED:20190425T152443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T152443Z
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SUMMARY:Alash Ensemble
DESCRIPTION: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 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. What does throat singing sound like? “Imagine a human bagpipe-a person who could sing a sustained low note while humming an eerie\, whistle-like melody. For good measure\, toss in a thrumming rhythm similar to that of a jaw harp\, but produced vocally-by the same person\, at the same time.” -Newsweek (March 17\, 2006) Where is Tuva? Tuva (sometimes spelled Tyva) sits at the southern edge of Siberia\, with Mongolia to its south. Over the centuries\, Tuva has been part of Chinese and Mongolian empires\, and shares many cultural ties with Mongolia. In 1944 it became part of the USSR\, and until the late physicist Richard Feynman drew attention to it\, was largely unknown to westerners. Tuva is now a member of the Russian Federation.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-ensemble-2/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141028T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141028T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
CREATED:20190425T152716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T153152Z
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SUMMARY:RADIGUE / CAGE / DUFOUR
DESCRIPTION:Carol Robinson & Nate Wooley:\nWorks of Eliane Radigue & Denis Dufour \nWerner Dafeldecker & Valerio Tricoli:\nWilliams Mix Extended \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \nClarinetist Carol Robinson and trumpeter Nate Wooley give performances of new works by iconoclastic French composers Eliane Radigue and Denis Dufour. The program opens with Dufour’s fascinating Cinq forms d’appel for bass clarinet and trumpet\, and continues with Radigue’s OCCAM XVI for solo bass clarinet\, OCCAM X for solo trumpet\, and OCCAM River III\, an amazingly beautiful duet for trumpet and birbynÄ— (the keyless Lithuanian folk clarinet). The Occam pieces are part of a substantial set of new works composed in conjunction with a small group of the world’s finest contemporary musical voices\, this event offers Americans a rare opportunity to hear new French works played by the cutting edge performers they were made for. \n  \nWerner Dafeldecker and Valerio Tricoli present the Philadelphia premiere of Williams Mix Extended\, a new interpretation of John Cage’s Williams Mix. Approaching Cage’s 1952 score from a contemporary perspective\, this new version of Williams Mix contains a close analysis of the relationship between early tape music and current digital production\, allowing for original parameters of the score to be realized within the context of recent audio technological practices and live instrumental performance.Williams Mix Extended has a duration of 32 minutes\, expanding the original is 4’15” length\, a difference generated by the transposition of the score’s specifications from tape to digital audio software. To completeWilliams Mix Extended\, a library of approximately 2000 different sounds is used\, all recorded by Dafeldecker and Tricoli. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nEliane Radigue is renowned for her electronic music\, in particular\, with the ARP Synthesizer. Her compositions are defined by micro-events due to subtle overtone shifts that dance above a seemingly static tone. The result is profoundly moving. In 2005\, Radigue began composing for acoustic instruments\, first Naldjorlak\, her grand trio for two basset horns and cello\, now the ever-expanding Occam Ocean series. These new works have been featured in important festivals: Festival d’Automne / Paris\, Huddersfield Contemporary\, Angelica / Bologna\, CTM.12 Spectral / Berlin\, Crossing the Line / NY\, Sound and Music / London\, ISEA2010 Ruhr\, E-May / Vienna\, [K] HEUTE / Hamburg\, and Impact / Utrecht. \n  \nDenis Dufour\, highly respected for his research in the fields of instrumental and electronic creation\, is the author of more than 160 works. As one of the pioneers of the “morphological” and expressive approach to sonic writing\, his works employ a vast spectrum of parameters in all sonic dimensions. \n  \nFranco-American clarinetist Carol Robinson is known for her eclectic approach to performing\, composing and improvising. Equally at ease in the classical and experimental realms\, she appears in festivals\, concert halls\, and alternative spaces the world over. Her recordings of Feldman\, Nono\, Berio\, Scelsi\, Niblock\, and of her own compositions\, are widely acclaimed. One of Eliane Radigue’s most virtuosic and consistent collaborators\, she has premiered Naldjorlak and numerous pieces from Occam Ocean. \n  \nNew York based trumpeter Nate Wooley has performed on over 100 recordings. Increasingly acknowledged internationally\, Wooley’s specific style is part of a burgeoning revolution in experimental trumpet technique with the likes of improvisers Evan Parker\, John Zorn\, Anthony Braxton\, and Thurston Moore. His own compositions expand conceptions of linguistic based embouchure manipulation and utilize the trumpet to control amplified feedback. \n  \nWerner Dafeldecker was born in Vienna in 1964 and studied the double bass. As a musician and composer\, he moves between improvised and composed music and takes advantage of the manifold possibilities offered by electro-acoustics. His works often follow principles of reductive music\, based on concentrated material\, subjecting it to subtle modifications. His musical projects are inspired by and deduced from outside influences such as architecture\, physics\, photography and film. Werner Dafeldecker also focuses intensively on field recording\, or capturing natural and environmental sounds on recording equipment. He has built up an extensive sound archive and realized several works for radio\, film and media. \n  \nValerio Tricoli is an Italian composer and performer of electro-acoustic music\, currently residing in Munich. His main instruments for live presentations are the Revox B77 reel-to-reel tape recorder\, used as a completely analogue / ergonomic device for live sampling and real-time transformation / editing / mixing of pre-recorded and made-on-the-spot sound sources. On a formal level his sets focus on the impromptu creation of narrative\, taking into account the multiple relations intervening between reality\, virtuality and memory during the acoustic event: sounds are always hovering between the “here and now” of the concert situation and the shady domain of memory\, “distant but at the same time present like in a deja-vu experience”. Privileging fracture over continuity and by the use of a dynamic range that could jump suddenly from near-silence to extreme blasts of sounds\, an almost tactile feeling of brooding tension is often attained. His electro-acoustic studio compositions\, documented on few records\, are aligned to the tradition of Musique Concrete and explore themes of the internal\, “represented both by the psychological and the physical” and of the occult\, which together with the use of spoken text makes them often deeply existential works\, self-investigations of the psychological\, emotional and irrational horror within. He is a founding member of the Italian avant-rock group 3/4HadBeenEliminated and has worked extensively with Thomas Ankersmit\, Antoine Chessex\, Werner Dafeldecker\, Anthony Pateras\, Robert Piotrowicz\, Fabio Selvafiorita.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/radigue-cage-dufour/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141022T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
CREATED:20190425T153556Z
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SUMMARY:Screening of ASSEMBLAGE
DESCRIPTION:Assemblage is a recently rediscovered lost film featuring Merce Cunningham and his early dance company: Carolyn Brown\, Sandra Neels\, Valda Setterfield\, Meg Harper\, Susana Hayman-Chaffey\, Jeff Slayton\, Chase Robinson\, and Mel Wong. A collaboration with director and former dancer Richard Moore\, Assemblage features Cunningham dancing with his company in a public happening in San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square in November 1968. Cunningham’s riveting performance–conceived from the beginning as a dance staged for the camera–is amplified by Moore’s astonishing special effects and a soundtrack by John Cage\, David Tudor and Gordon Mumma. Rediscovered after Cunningham’s death\, Assemblage was transferred from 16mm and colorized by artist and filmmaker Charles Atlas\, himself a longtime collaborator of Cunningham’s. \nCunningham and his company spent three weeks rehearsing and filming on location in fall 1968\, creating what Moore described as “movement modules.” From these sequences\, Moore and film editor Bill Yahraus crafted a motion picture collage of overlapping movements and moments\, which occur sometimes in fragmented film windows\, sometimes within ingenious superimposed planes. To create the breathtaking hallucinatory collision of filmed dances\, Moore used extensive optical illusion and process photography; dancers were filmed as silhouettes and superimposed on different backgrounds. Assemblage serves as a testament to Cunningham’s groundbreaking investigations of dance and movement within the virtual spaces of film. \n  \nPresented with International House Philadelphia
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/screening-of-assemblage/
LOCATION:International House\, 3701 Chestnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141010T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141012T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T195956
CREATED:20190429T150723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T150848Z
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SUMMARY:SANCTUARY: Showings and Performances
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE EVENT \nThe Rotunda and Bowerbird are proud to present SANCTUARY\, a series of sound based & site specific works created for The Rotunda’s rarely seen main sanctuary. This space – which is covered by a massive 4 story\, 80-foot diameter dome – will house new works by seven Philadelphia based artists – John Phillips & Carolyn Healy\, Michael & Linda Bullock\, Jorge Cousineau\, Tiona McClodden\, and Daniel Fishkin. These works were created during a multi-month artist residency in the space and offer an opportunity for the public to reimagine the architectural\, cultural\, and historic context of The Rotunda from a variety of perspectives. \n  \nTHE ARTISTS \nJohn Phillips & Carolyn Healy\nMichael & Linda Bullock\nJorge Cousineau\nTiona McClodden\nDaniel Fishkin \n  \nEVENT SCHEDULE \nFriday\, October 10\n• Open gallery hours – 5pm to 10pm\n• Performance showings at 7pm\, 8pm\, 9pm \nSaturday\, October 11\n• Open gallery hours – Noon to 10pm\n• Performance showings at 7pm\, 8pm\, 9pm \nSunday\, October 12\n• Open gallery hours – Noon to 10pm\n• Performance showings at 7pm\, 8pm\, 9pm \n  \nTHE PROJECTS \n  \nRESIDUAL SIGNAL\nby John Phillips & Carolyn Healy \nViewing: Partially on view (no video or sound) during gallery hours. Performed nightly at 9pm. \nStatement: “Residual Signal” is a site-specific installation by Carolyn Healy\, visual artist\, and John JH Phillips\, media artist\, created in response to the architectural and acoustic character of the Sanctuary. The artists enjoyed looking\, listening\, measuring and exploring the Sanctuary from mid-July on. Healy was attracted to the high shelf running around the circumference and created a “frieze” of found objects\, quietly illuminated. Phillips discovered that the space is a large parabolic dome with many intriguing acoustic features that he integrated into his score. Three ceiling video projections add dynamic counterpoint to the sound and sculpture. \nArtist Bios: John Phillips and Carolyn Healy collaborate on site-specific installations. John works in sound and moving image while Carolyn creates the sculptural environment and designs the lighting. Their work has been seen in museums and university galleries\, performance and alternative venues\, as well as rough industrial and historic sites\, including LaMama and Symphony Space\, NYC; the Cini Foundation\, Venice\, Italy; Institute of Contemporary Art\, Philadelphia; Eastern State Penitentiary; PAFA; International Computer Music Conference\, Beijing\, China; Suyama Space\, Seattle; storefronts and warehouses in several Philadelphia Live Arts / Fringe Festivals; Disston Saw Works\, as part of Hidden City; and Globe Dye\, Philadelphia. \n  \n  \nTHE CHILLS\nby Tiona McClodden \nViewing: Listening station and installation available during all gallery hours. \nStatement: The project that I plan to conduct within the Sanctuary brings in the use of field recordings to serve as an examination of my family’s relationship to music of the African Diaspora\, from 1930 to present day. I am creating a series of binaural sound recordings using small mics that will be located within my ears\, in order to achieve an immersive surround sound. I’m interested in bodily responses to specific sounds or musical compositions\, also known as autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR)\, described as a distinct\, pleasurable tingling sensation in the body or “the chills”. \nI am recording within the 40th Sanctuary and on the street\, sourcing Philadelphia-based members of the African-American community to sing songs from the genres of Negro Spirituals\, Gospel\, R&B\, Soul\, Hip Hop\, Jazz\, Orisha music\, encouraging them to produce the “beat” of the music by utilizing only their bodies and/or the fixtures within the Sanctuary itself. I’m exploring how sound plays a part in how memory is constructed and recalled within the body. I’m also going to be re-recording and playing the “sweet spots” of songs that personally give me “the chills” in each genre above to play within the final mix. \nThe final presentation of this project involves installing the recordings with headphones on a series of pews located within the Sanctuary\, providing visitors a chance to sit and listen with the goal of reproducing the feeling of being present wherever the sounds were recorded. \nArtist bio: Tiona McClodden is a filmmaker and visual artist. Themes explored in McClodden’s films have been social change\, social realism\, re-memory and more recently biomythography. She has produced\, written and directed a range of films including her award winning feature-length documentary film\, black./womyn.: conversations with lesbians of African descent\, a short narrative film Bumming Cigarettes\, and an experimental film portrait\, roots.|&|rigor. featuring Philadelphia based sculpture artist Lorna Williams. She also recently debuted the exhibition of the first part of her upcoming four part series\, Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic\, Movement I – The Visions. \n  \n  \nCOMPOSING THE TINNITUS SUITES\nby Daniel Fishkin \nViewing: On view (as a sculptural work) during gallery hours. Performed nightly at 8pm. \nStatement: My ears sing to me. It started in 2008\, on the evening following my college thesis recital. The music was not loud that night\, but afterwards I heard a high buzzing sound\, and it has not stopped since. I have an incurable condition called tinnitus. Doctors offer no solace besides\, “You get used to it.” Early in 2010\, I read about Willie Morris\, a former sheriff who shot himself after being unable to cope with tinnitus. In his suicide note\, he wrote\, “I hope that my death will help bring about some cure for those that suffer with tinnitus\, by bringing attention to it. […] It is important that my life will not be wasted.” Well\, I was listening. In the absence of a medical cure\, I vowed to find a creative solution. \nComposing the Tinnitus Suites is an ongoing project in which I try to create a musical situation where tinnitus can thrive\, rather than interfere. For this work\, I have invented an instrument/installation\, the Lady’s Harp\, consisting of pressure transducers and 20 foot long piano strings\, and I explore its sound while simultaneously listening to my own tinnitus. I will continue this work for as long as my ears ring. \nArtist bio: Daniel Fishkin’s ears are ringing. Composer\, sound artist\, and instrument builder. Completely ambivalent about music. Daniel studied with composer Maryanne Amacher and with multi-instrumentalist Mark Stewart of Bang-On-A-Can All-Stars. He has performed as a soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra\, developed sound installations in freight elevators and abandoned concert halls\, and played innumerable basement punk shows. Daniel’s lifework investigating the aesthetics of hearing damage has received international press (Nature Journal 505 09 1 2014); he is also a “tinnitus ambassador” of the Deutsche Tinnitus-Stiftung as an ally in the search for a cure. Daniel teaches analog synthesis at Bard College and is currently pursuing an MA in Music Composition at Wesleyan University. His influences include exotic hardwoods\, his ex-girlfriends\, and the histories of electronic music. \n  \n  \nFOR VIOLET OAKLEY\nby rise set twilight (Linda Aubry Bullock and Mike Bullock) \nViewing: On view during all gallery hours. Optimum viewing (with video projections) after dusk ~ 6:30pm) \nStatement: For Violet Oakley is a collaborative work by rise set twilight (Linda Aubry Bullock and Mike Bullock)\, and is dedicated to the designer of the chandelier upon which the piece is built. Built by Tiffany & Co.\, the 1\,500 lb. chandelier was designed by Oakley in 1911 for the First Church of Christ Scientist\, which held its services here. The piece pays homage to one of America’s great women artists\, while elevating her work out of neglected architectural detail and foregrounding its organic shapes. \nLinda created a series of translucent porcelain pieces whose forms evolved out the original glass vessels that held the chandelier’s dozens of electric bulbs\, and which she painted with fine\, vine-like patterns derived from the chandelier’s morphology. Mike also created a network of LED lights\, activating in patterns derived from Oakley’s own words and illuminating the porcelain from within. Using sounds recorded by both artists of voices\, harp\, contrabass\, and electronics\, Mike composed a two-channel audio piece that vibrates directly through body of the chandelier. Finally\, Linda and Mike collaborated on the twin video projections that bookend the chandelier and the opposite wall. \nArtist bio: Rise set twilight is the intermedia duo of Mike and Linda Bullock. Layering analog synths\, video and film projections\, and sculptural pieces\, rise set twilight creates immersive performance-driven events and installations. Their work together has appeared at venues including Fylkingen in Stockholm\, Sweden; EMPAC in Troy\, NY; and the Ontological Theatre at St. Mark’s Church\, NYC. Rise set twilight have collaborated with a range of performers including the Strange Attractor collaborative from Cork\, Ireland. Linda and Mike also make porcelain under the name Aubry Arts. \n  \n  \nTHRESHOLD\nby Jorge Cousineau \nViewing: On view (as a sound work) during gallery hours. Performed nightly at 7pm. \nStatement: Threshold is a series of experiments\, amplifying the the sounds we normally perceive as silence\, utilizing the architectural and acoustic properties of the Sanctuary itself. Using only microphones and speakers without additional treatment the sounds were recorded and played back repeatedly\, in different locations and configurations. In a sense the building became the instrument\, resonating and reverberating the hum of daily city life. \nArtist bio: Jorge Cousineau was born in Dresden\, Germany\, where he attained his diploma in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1997 he moved to Philadelphia to work as a theater designer and has since created sets\, lights\, sound and projections for numerous dance and theater productions in Philadelphia and regionally. He is a recipient of two Independence Foundation Fellowship grants and was awarded the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theater Artist. Jorge has received several Barrymore Awards for sound and set design\, a Lucille Lortel Award in NYC and the 2011 Pew Fellowship in the Arts. Together with his wife Niki he operates Subcircle\, a collaborative performance/installation group. \nTHANK YOU \n  \nSANCTUARY is made possible through a Philadelphia Knight Arts Challenge Grant from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/sanctuary-showings-and-performances/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:14 SEQUENZAS: The Complete Sequenzas (Staged) of Luciano Berio
DESCRIPTION:SHOW TIMES:\nThursday\, Sept.18\, 2014 – 7pm\nFriday\, Sept. 19\, 2014 – 7pm\nSaturday\, Sept. 20\, 2014 – 12pm \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \nAn exceptionally rare opportunity for any daring listener. Lucino Berio’s unsparingly difficult Sequenzas (14 in total\, each one for a different solo instrument) are widely acclaimed as essential repertoire of the 20th century. While some of the music from that century (the dreaded “New Music”) has been cast off as “academic” or “unapproachable”\, these works have thrived because they appeal as much to to a listener’s ear as to a musician’s sense of adventure. \nRather than presenting the works in a typical\, static concert environment\, this production (conceived and organized by Elizabeth Morgan-Ellis) offers the Sequenzas performed live in an immersive\, site-specific\, interactive environment set throughout the entire First Unitarian Church. \nAudience members may choose to watch all fourteen works as they move from room to room\, or to move freely at their own pace for up to three hours\, choosing where to go and what to see\, so that everyone’s journey is unique. Beyond the live performances\, each room will feature listening stations where the audience may listen to pieces that influenced a particular sequenza\, read written letters about the pieces\, watch documentary materials on the life of Berio\, or hear more about a particular piece if they wish to fully immerse themselves in just one work for a period of time. They may also exit the premises at any point. \nTHE PERFORMERS \nSequenza I -flute- Katie Ambacher\nSequenza II -harp- Elizabeth Morgan-Ellis\nSequenza III -voice- Alize Rozsnyai\nSequenza IV -piano- Christopher Oldfather\nSequenza V -trombone- Justin Moore\nSequenza VI -viola- Kristina Giles\nSequenza VII -oboe- Jocelyn Plant\nSequenza VIII -violin- Rebecca Schlappich\nSequenza IXb -alto sax- Aaron Stewart\nSequenza X -trumpet- Kenneth Bean\nSequenza XI -guitar- Jordan Dodson\nSequenza XII -bassoon- (Recorded and projected into a soundspace) Martin Kuuskmann\nSequenza XIII -accordion- Bill Schimmel\nSequenza XIV -cello- Mirjam Ingolfsson
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/14-sequenzas-the-complete-sequenzas-staged-of-luciano-berio/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia\, 2125 Chestnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103
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