The Rotunda and Bowerbird are proud to present SANCTUARY, a series of sound-based and site-specific works created for The Rotunda’s rarely seen main sanctuary. This space, covered by a massive four-story, 80-foot-diameter dome, houses new works by seven Philadelphia-based artists: John Phillips and Carolyn Healy, Michael and Linda Bullock, Jorge Cousineau, Tiona McClodden, and Daniel…
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…
Carol Robinson & Nate Wooley: Works of Eliane Radigue & Denis Dufour Werner Dafeldecker & Valerio Tricoli: Williams Mix Extended ABOUT THE EVENT Clarinetist 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…
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…
NANO TO MACRO: MUSIC OF KIRIGAMI Gene Coleman & Ensemble N_JP with special guests Duo YUMENO 夢乃, Dr. Shu Yang, Dr. Randall Kamien and Jenny Sabin ABOUT THE EVENT Bowerbird and Soundfield are pleased to present the world premiere of three new works by composer and director Gene Coleman. The evening opens with presentations…
Bowerbird presents: A NIGHT FOR JACK remembering Jack Rose featuring performances by Glenn Jones Nathan Bowles Daniel Bachman Chris Forsyth Megajam Booze Band plus DJs Ian Nagoski and Michael Chaiken ABOUT THE EVENT The only thing more monumental than Jack Rose's personal presence was his talent. He was one of those preternaturally gifted guitar…
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…
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…
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. TREFOIL 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…
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…
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…
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…
Part of the Double Decker Music Series → 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…
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…