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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
DTSTAMP:20260425T211340
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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:20260425T211340
CREATED:20190425T150544Z
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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:20260425T211340
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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
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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:20260425T211340
CREATED:20190425T151839Z
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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
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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
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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:20260425T211340
CREATED:20190425T152716Z
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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140905T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140905T220000
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SUMMARY:Kevin Drumm + Jason Lescalleet
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE EVENT \nBowerbird\, Philly Sound Forum\, and International House Philadelphia are proud to present Kevin Drumm (in his first ever Philadelphia appearance) and Jason Lescalleet\, in celebratation of the recent release of their epic double CD ‘The Abyss’ on Erstwhile Records. \nIn addition to the duo of Drumm and Lescalleet\, the evening will also feature Trophy Tape\, a project curated and directed by Lescalleet; featuring videos by Aaron Dilloway\, Ellen Frances\, Annie Feldmeier Adams\, Justin Meyers\, Antony Milton\, C. Spencer Yeh\, Olivia Block\, Adel Souto\, Neil Young Cloaca\, Todd Deal\, Jubal Brown\, Heidi Alasuvanto\, and Robert Beatty. 13 pieces corresponding with songs from the first disc of his crucial “Songs About Nothing” 2CD on Erstwhile. Ranging from the abstract to the startlingly direct. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nAvant-garde tabletop guitarist Kevin Drumm was born and raised in 1970 in South Holland\, IL\, playing in a handful of rock bands before relocating to Chicago in 1991 to work at the city’s Board of Trade. He soon began his experiments with prepared guitar\, applying objects including magnets\, binder clips\, chains\, a violin bow and even toenail clippers to distort the instrument’s sound; in time Drumm befriended a number of members of Chicago’s growing improv community\, including Jim O’Rourke (with whom he served in Brise-Glace\, additionally contributing to Gastr del Sol’s Upgrade and Afterlife album and Ken Vandermark. In late 1997 Drumm made his solo debut with a self-titled (Perdition Plastics) and has released superb duo records with Taku Sugimoto (Sonoris)\, Axel Dorner\, Martin Tetreault (both Erstwhile) and Ralf Wehowsky (Selektion). His chameleon-like presence has been documented on a number of projects\, each revealing new facets of his wide-ranging and unique talents on both guitar and electronics. Drumm seamlessly melds the worlds of acoustic and electronic sound\, occasionally teetering on the edge of silence\, yet always remaining impeccably musical. Kevin Drumm has recorded and performed with Phill Niblock\, Tony Conrad\, Jim O’Rourke\, MIMEO\, Mats Gustafsson\, John Butcher\, Thomas Ankersmit\, Taku Sugimoto and many others. \n  \nJason Lescalleet (b. 1968 in Worcester MA) explores a sound world that occupies a space between noise\, contemporary composition\, and minimal electronics. Using decidedly primitive tactics and equipment his work focuses on microscopic audio detail set awash in exaggerated and exploited site-specific acoustics. In the past two decades\, Lescalleet has gradually and painstakingly compiled a compelling discography on notable labels such as Erstwhile\, RRR\, Intransitive Recordings\, Kye\, Celebrate Psi-Phenomenon\, Hanson Records\, Chondritic Sound\, and most recently via his own Glistening Examples imprint. He has collaborated with Graham Lambkin\, Phill Niblock\, Joe Colley\, John Hudak\, Rafael Toral\, Thomas Ankersmit\, Ron Lessard (as Due Process)\, and CM Von Hausswolff\, among others\, and during this time he’s built a solid reputation for delivering a visceral live experience in concert. He currently lives in Maine\, where he works and operates the Glistening Examples publishing label and the Glistening Labs studio for audio recording and mastering services.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/kevin-drumm-jason-lescalleet/
LOCATION:International House\, 3701 Chestnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140620T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140620T230000
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SUMMARY:All Sound is Queer
DESCRIPTION:ALL SOUND IS QUEER\ncurated by Catherine Pancake\, featuring artists Keir Neuringer\, Alex Smith\, Megan McShea\, John Eaton\, Jules Gimbrone\, and Drew Daniel. \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT \n  \n“Queerness abides in the refusal to preserve\, in the willingness to end the space of ruinous\, risky anonymity\, to let sound pull us with it into the black hole of an experience that is not yet stable.” ~ Drew Daniel \n  \nALL SOUND IS QUEER is envisioned as both a response and continuation of Drew Daniel’s eponymous essay from the November 2011 edition of the British music magazine The Wire. The essay turns on its head the idea that GLBTQ identity can or should be built around identifiable “queer” musical forms such as Lady Gaga\, vintage house\, gay music festivals\, or riotgrrl punk. Daniel instead posits an much more subversive approach wherein the experience of “sound” by nature of its unusual form can “queer” any “subject” away from his/her/their mainstream goals and into a more generative world of unknowns\, ambivalence\, creative exploration\, and alternatives to a normative aesthetic embrace. For those who have found “sound” to be a profoundly rich tunnel to embracing an outsider stance many times imposed by normative musical practices\, the article provokes a desire for response and further exploration using the concept of “queerness” as an entry point for all radical sound practices. \nCurated by sound artist and film maker Catherine Pancake\, the program will include texts\, live performance\, readings\, and commissioned sound works by a variety of artists who embrace issues of identity politics in experimental music\, and also are known for “queering sound” regardless of announced or implied identity. \n  \nHost:\nCatherine Pancake \nPerforming Live:\nKeir Neuringer (improvisational music)\nAlex Smith (improvisational music)\nMegan McShea (sound poetry) \nSite-specific Sound Installation:\nJohn Eaton \nFixed Recorded Compositions:\nJules Gimbrone\nDrew Daniel
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/all-sound-is-queer/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140516T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140516T230000
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CREATED:20190429T152623Z
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SUMMARY:Nakatani Gong Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:NAKATANI GONG ORCHESTRA – ten gong ensemble\n+ TATSUYA NAKATANI – solo percussion set \nVibrating metal. Glacial ambiance. Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani returns to Philadelphia for a solo set and to lead a performance of the Nakatani Gong Orchestra (NGO) – an ensemble of 10 gongs played by local musicians and conducted by Natakatani. \nAnyone who has seen Nakatani perform live should be familiar with his skill in manipulating metal discs of all shapes and sizes\, and as the director of the NGO\, he uses the same techniques on a larger scale\, creating rich expanses of sound that ripple and flow like the most seductive of Richard Serra’s oversized and oxidated steel sculptures. \nNakatani and his orchestra use hand-made bows and mallets to create a sonorous mass of imposing intensity and beautifully wavering mirage. The bowing and gentle striking of the gongs creates a shimmering sheen in constant motion\, using the instrument’s inherently complex chorus of overtones to construct a dense canvas of ever-evolving sound. The sizeable heft of the sound isn’t enough to keep it from floating on air\, a copper-toned aurora against a backdrop of endless black. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nBorn and raised in Osaka\, Japan\, Tatsuya Nakatani currently resides in Easton\, Pennsylvania. He has released over sixty CD recordings in the U.S. and Europe. Since the late 1990s\, he has performed primarily as a solo percussionist across the U.S. and overseas and has taught master classes at universities as well as holding workshops and lectures. His N.G.O. performs nationwide. \nNakatani’s approach to music is visceral\, non-linear and intuitively primitive\, expressing an unusually strong spirit while avoiding categorization. He creates sound with both traditional and extended percussion techniques\, utilizing drums\, bowed gongs\, singing bowls\, as well as various sticks\, kitchen tools and homemade bows. His approach is steeped in the sensibilities of free improvisation\, experimental music\, jazz\, rock\, and noise\, and yet retains the sense of space and quiet beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/nakatani-gong-orchestra/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:AXON LADDER by Bhob Rainey and Catherine Pancake
DESCRIPTION:Built upon shared interests in technology\, machine learning\, and artificial intelligence\, Axon Ladder is a multimedia performance installation by Bhob Rainey and Catherine Pancake. Combining algorithmic electronic composition with real-time video manipulation\, this world premiere evening length work offers a timely view into the intersection of advancing technology and human intuition. The performance features footage of dancer/ choreographer Meg Foley. \n  \nFrom the composer:\nImagine\, on the one hand\, a modest algorithm that describes a population of creatures who want two things only: to eat and to be near each other. Give them a field of “food” and rules for birth and death. Set the creatures in motion. You will see a space that throbs with activity\, a population that grows and shrinks unpredictably. To witness it is hypnotizing and occasionally horrific\, like the teeming goo under a wet log. On the other hand\, imagine an expressive synthesizer with too many “dials” to be performed. Picture nine of these synthesizers. To make them do things we find musically engaging\, we’ll write a program that moves dials to interesting places in sequences that we hope to be poetic. We’ll tell that program what we like and what we don’t\, and it will learn something from us. \nPut the two hands together. What happens? The “creatures” infect the music\, which is quite dense and furiously transforming. Individual phrases have a human quality\, but the density of changes and presence of uncanny silences suggest the creatures’ obsessiveness and the fragile stability of their population. The timbre is roughly vocal\, and intense specialization evokes a swarm. At the level of short events\, there is an overload of information. Yet\, the larger structure brings a sense of purpose\, so that a space is carved out for navigating an environment teeming with expression. \nAlone\, this music is evocative of the seductive but troubling relationship we have with “lifelike” technology. Yet\, there is more that can be done to tickle this tension into the concert space. By feeding the music into movement and mediating that movement through video representations\, we extend the resonance of this human-technological knot and form a loop-like structure: artificial life (technological presence) -> musical composition (aesthetic activity) -> dance (embodied aesthetic activity) -> uncanny videography (technological mediation). The formal clarity of this loop\, along with the strong impact that audio / visual collaborations bring\, will significantly heighten the actual experience of the conceptual content of this work. \n  \n  \nThis program has been funded in part\, with a grant from the American Composer’s Forum – Philadelphia Chapter.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/axon-ladder-by-bhob-rainey-and-catherine-pancake/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140330T190000
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SUMMARY:Nmperign\, Matt Mitchell\, and Corinna Burns
DESCRIPTION:Sound and text. Food and drink. This intimate evening brings together Nmperign\, the experimental improvisation duo of trumpeter Greg Kelley and soprano saxophonist Bhob Rainey\, a rare home-city appearance by pianist-composer Matt Mitchell\, and writer-performer Corinna Burns reading from a new solo work. The night takes place at the Biello Martin Studio\, a fanciful space full of operatic neo-classic crystal chandeliers\, sensually cascading metallic beads of light\, and whimsical clay light sculptures. Space is limited to 30 people. Light fare and drink are included with admission. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nFounded in 1998\, Nmperign is the experimental improvisation duo of trumpeter Greg Kelley and soprano saxophonist Bhob Rainey. Noted for their musical shaping of “slow\, sparse sounds– sounds that approach\, and sometimes achieve\, total silence”\, Rainey and Kelley have collaborated with a wealth of fine musicians\, most notably Jason Lescalleet\, Axel Dorner\, Andrea Neumann\, and Jake Meginsky. Rainey\, once a fixture of the Boston scene\, now calls Philadelphia home\, making this event both a homecoming and a reunion for Nmperign. \nMatt Mitchell is a pianist and composer interested in the intersections of various strains of acoustic\, electric\, composed\, and improvised new music. He has lived in Philadelphia since 1999 and performs regularly in New York City\, throughout the United States and around the world. His album Fiction was released in 2013 on Pi Recordings; it features 15 of his compositions performed in duo with Ches Smith. Other ensembles he leads or co-leads include the Matt Mitchell Quartet with Chris Tordini\, Dan Weiss and Chris Speed\, the duo Fourth Floor with Dan Weiss\, and Normal Remarkable Persons with Tim Berne\, Herb Robertson\, Travis Laplante and Tyshawn Sorey. He is a member of Tim Berne’s Snakeoil\, the Dave Douglas Quintet\, John Hollenbeck’s Large Ensemble\, Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Bird Project\, the Darius Jones Quartet\, Michael Attias’ Spun Tree\, and Quinsin Nachoff’s Flux. He is a 2012 recipient of a Pew Fellowship from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. \nCorinna Burns is a Philadelphia-based actress who has worked with many area companies. Recent credits include: Pay Up! and Isabella with Pig Iron Theatre Company\, August: Osage County with the Arden Theatre\, The English Bride with Theatre Exile\, Phoenix with Flashpoint Theatre Company\, and Little Gem\, Pumpgirl\, and Skin Deep with Inis Nua Theatre Company\, to name a few. She’s a big fan of Bowerbird\, for whom she read Samuel Beckett’s Not I a little while back. \n  \nABOUT THE VENUE \nThe Biello Martin Studio is the creative sanctuary and gallery of interdisciplinary artist Michael Biello and composer/musician Dan Martin. Biello creates operatic neo-classic crystal chandeliers\, sensually-cascading metallic beads of light\, and whimsical clay light sculptures. Martin is an award-winning composer and music producer and\, with Biello\, has created critically acclaimed musical theatre and performance pieces.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/nmperign-matt-mitchell-and-corinna-burns/
LOCATION:Biello Martin Studio\, 148 N 3rd St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Michael Gordon's RUSHES
DESCRIPTION:Bowebird and Crane Arts are pleased to present “Rushes”\, an evening length work for seven bassoons by composer Michael Gordon. Performed by the Rushes Ensemble – with bassoonists Dana Jessen\, Michael Harley\, Jeffrey Lyman\, Rachael Elliott\, Saxton Rose\, Lynn Hileman and Maya Stone – this unique septet of bassoonists is dedicated to expanding and diversifying the future of bassoon repertoire through commissioning projects and collaborations. The ensemble takes its name from Michael Gordon’s Rushes\, a sixty-minute work for seven bassoons commissioned through the New Music Bassoon Fund. The Rushes Ensemble released the premiere recording of Gordon’s “Rushes” on Cantaloupe Records in March 2014. Recent engagements include performances at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in New York\, the November Music Festival in Hertogenbosch\, University of Michigan’s Stamps Auditorium\, Amsterdam’s Ostadetheater\, the Hague’s Korzo Theater and a Belgium National Radio Broadcast performance at the Concertgebouw Brugge. \n  \nABOUT THE COMPOSER \nMichael Gordon’s music merges subtle rhythmic invention with incredible power embodying\, in the words of The New Yorker’s Alex Ross\, “the fury of punk rock\, the nervous brilliance of free jazz and the intransigence of classical modernism.” Over the past 25 years\, Gordon has produced a strikingly diverse body of work\, ranging from large-scale pieces for high-energy ensembles to major orchestral commissions to works conceived specifically for the recording studio. Transcending categorization\, this music represents the collision of mysterious introspection and brutal directness.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/michael-gordons-rushes/
LOCATION:Crane Arts\, 1400 N American St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122
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SUMMARY:XENAKIS: The Complete String Quartets
DESCRIPTION:The powerhouse JACK Quartet returns to Philadelphia for a concert featuring the hypercomplex string quartets by Iannis Xenakis. A leading figure in twentieth century music\, Xenakis (1922 – 2001) was trained as a civil engineer\, then became an architect and developed revolutionary designs while working with Le Corbusier. Utilizing his technical background\, Xenakis approached composition with a curious mix of analysis and intuition\, creating works of massed orchestral textures\, dense electronics\, polyrhythmic percussion music. Taken as a whole\, the four string quartets – Tetora\, Ergma\, ST-4/1\,080262\, and Tetras – represent a remarkable overview of this composer’s development and changing approaches to sound\, complexity\, density\, and form. \nXENAKIS: The Complete String Quartets\nperformed by the JACK Quartet \nIannis Xenakis\, Tetora\nIannis Xenakis\, Ergma\nIannis Xenakis\, ST-4/1\,080262\nIannis Xenakis\, Tetras
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/xenakis-the-complete-string-quartets/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140221T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140221T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T153806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T153806Z
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SUMMARY:MEETING MOOG: The Early Electronic Music of Andrew Rudin
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present this concert portrait of the early electronic music of composer Andrew Rudin. The concert will feature Rudin’s Tragoedia performed with a live video accompaniment and Il Giuoco (1966)\, which Robert Moog said to be the first large-scale\, original\, serious composition created on his synthesizing instruments. Il Giuoco is accompanied by a film (also made by the composer). \nTHE PROGRAM \nIl Giuoco (with film\, 15:28)\nTragoedia (visuals by Peter Price\, 37:30)\nPaideia (with film\, 14:52) \nMEETING MOOG:\nThe Early Electronic Music of Andrew Rudin \nwith live video by Peter Price\nplus a Q+A with the composer moderated by Thomas Patteson
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/meeting-moog-the-early-electronic-music-of-andrew-rudin/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140117T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T153954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T154019Z
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SUMMARY:TREFOIL: Fleur de Valeur
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is very excited to present Trefoil\, a trio of singer-instrumentalists that specialize in European Medieval music\, performing works by Guillaume Dufay\, Gilles Binchois\, and others from their new CD Fleur de Valeur: A Medieval Bouquet. Like poets of all ages\, medieval songwriters invoked the imagery and natural magic of flowers in the service of ideal\, feminine beauty. In many poems\, the most revered flower was the Rose\, or fleur de valeur. As a symbol of Mary the Virgin this flower stood for virtue\, but also for the more sensual desires of the flesh\, where it became an object of masculine desire. \n  \nTREFOIL \nDrew Minter\, countertenor\, harp and percussion\nMark Rimple\, countertenor\, lute\, gittern\, and citole\nMarcia Young\, soprano and harp \n  \nTrefoil is a trio long active in early music\, with experience in such ensembles as Concert Royal\, Les Arts Florissants\, New York’s Ensemble for Early Music\, Pomerium\, Clarion Music society\, Piffaro\, My Lord Chamberlain’s Consort\, and other groups. The trio debuted in New York and Philadelphia early in 2000 with a program of 14th-century French ars subtilior song. The Philadelphia Inquirer tagged the performers as “a hearty trio of medieval music specialists” and their work as “an intricate\, enigmatic vocal art.”
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/trefoil-fleur-de-valeur/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T154229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T154312Z
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SUMMARY:GESUALDO: DEATH FOR FIVE VOICES
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present a rare screening of Werner Herzog’s peculiar 1995 documentary film Death in Five Voices about the troubled life of eccentric sixteenth century composer Don Carol Gesualdo. Shot on location in Italy and featuring interviews with Gesualdo Consort director Gerald Pace\, Il Complesso Barocco musical director Alan Curtis. From his sexual deviance and dangerous obsessions to a shocking act of murder\, Gesualdo’s personal demons and remarkable influence are explored as never before thanks to careful research and detailed interviews with those who have dedicated their lives to studying his remarkable legacy. \nThe evening will open with an introduction on Herzog and Gesualdo by Thomas Patteson.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/gesualdo-death-for-five-voices/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131018T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131018T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T154458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T154458Z
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SUMMARY:Gene Coleman and Ensemble N_JP
DESCRIPTION:International Ensemble N_JP (featuring Sho master Ko Ishikawa and live electronics from Toshimaru Nakamura) will give the Philadelphia premiere of new works by composer and director Gene Coleman. The program includes his new music and film piece “Sendai Transmissions” and “Bairo”\, a new work made in collaboration with contemporary Indian choreographer Shaily Dadiala.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/gene-coleman-and-ensemble-n_jp/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T154650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T154650Z
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SUMMARY:Claire Chase
DESCRIPTION:Flutist Claire Chase\, “the young star of the modern flute” (The New Yorker) and a 2012 MacArthur Fellow\, celebrates the release of her third solo album\, DENSITY\, featuring tour de force flute works by Steve Reich\, Alvin Lucier\, Philip Glass\, Marcos Balter\, Mario Diaz de Leon\, and the seminal 1936 flute solo Density 21.5 by Edgard Varese. Taking the concept of “density” as a springboard for sonic explorations of texture\, layering and performative virtuosity\, the record commences with 11 multi-tracked flutes and gradually whittles down to just one. Chase offers the entire disc as a 75-minute continuous solo performance in collaboration with the sound designer Levy Lorenzo. DENSITY follows Chase’s critically other acclaimed solo albums\, Aliento (2009) and Terrestre (2012)\, and completes a three-part trilogy of records dedicated to the expansion and documentation of 20th and 21st century flute repertory.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/claire-chase/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130621T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130621T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T154839Z
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SUMMARY:JACK Quartet performing Lutoslawski\, Lachenmann\, Berenson
DESCRIPTION:The internationally acclaimed JACK Quartet returns for a concert featuring masterworks by Witold Lutoslawski\, Helmut Lachenman\, and the world premiere of Philadelphia based composer Adam Berenson’s String Quartet No. 3. In addition to the new work\, JACK will perform Lachenmann’s own String Quartet No. 1 “Gran Torso” (1972)\, and Lutoslawski’s radical aleatoric contribution to the genre. \n*An earlier version of this program included Luigi Nono’s Fragmente-Stille\, an Diotima. Due to unforsee circumstances JACK will perform Lutoslawski’s String Quartet instead.*
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/jack-quartet-performing-lutoslawski-lachenmann-berenson/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130517T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130517T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T155040Z
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SUMMARY:IAN NAGOSKI's "The Widow's Joy"
DESCRIPTION:THE WIDOW’S JOY listening & talk with Ian Nagoski \nJoin us for Ian Nagoski’s new lecture\, titled The Widow’s Joy: Pride\, Genius\, Grief & Lies from International 78rpm Recordings\, seamlessly presents recordings from the the mid-1910s to 1950 across a wide geographic area. Musicians\, famous and obscure\, “classical” and “folk” alike are presented side-by-side as Nagoski describes one life after another of a creative person whose biography was marked by displacement\, tragic circumstance\, great opportunity\, and forces of history beyond their control. In the process\, Nagoski shares rarely-heard and deeply touching performances\, some joyous and some heartbreaking\, while asking questions about the value of life and meaning of music. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nRecord producer\, music researcher\, and writer Ian Nagoski specializes in early 20th century recordings in languages other than English. In the past five years\, he has produced collections for the Dust-to-Digital\, Tompkins Square\, Important\, and Em record labels\, as well as his own Canary imprint (manufactured and distributed by Mississippi Records of Portland\, OR). In the past 12 months\, he has produced six new LPs of music from India\, Anatoalia\, Greece\, the Levant\, and Eastern Europe\, as well as a “global view of the rise of rock n roll\, 1942-61.”
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ian-nagoskis-the-widows-joy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130419T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130419T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T155249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T155249Z
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SUMMARY:SOUND POETRY EFFECTS CATALOG
DESCRIPTION:SOUND POETRY EFFECTS CATALOG\ncurated by Danny Snelson\, \nwith live performances by Caleb Beckwith\, Mark Johnson\, Timothy Leonido\, Kate McGuire\, John Paetsch\, and Danny Snelson \nJoin Bowerbird for its first event exploring sound poetry\, an artistic form that bridges literary and musical composition. \nAs Joan La Barbara reminds us\, voice is the original instrument. Already in 1641\, Ben Jonson writes: “Others there are that have no composition at all but a kind of tuning and rhyming fall in what they write. It runs and slides\, and only makes a sound.” While Jonson here criticizes the mindless poetry of his contemporaries\, what might occur if we take this statement seriously? What emerges when the vocal apparatus goes beyond sense? This evening of sound poetry considers these questions alongside the tradition of sound poetry as conceived by a diverse constellation of poets including Kurt Schwitters\, Henri Chopin\, Steve McCaffery\, chris cheek\, Adachi Tomomi\, and Jaap Blonk\, among others. \nA program for the uninitiated and the more seasoned prosodic travelers\, writer and editor Danny Snelson has assembled a survey of texts\, micro-lectures\, and instantaneous digital publications to be performed by a cast of emerging sound poets. Testing the “catalog of effects” at play in the practice of sound poetry\, this event queries a broad database of historical forms to consider potentials for the contemporary application of poetic performance at the very limits of the human voice.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/sound-poetry-effects-catalog/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130215T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130215T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T155444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T155512Z
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SUMMARY:ALASH ENSEMBLE
DESCRIPTION:ALASH ENSEMBLE\nwth beat boxer Shodekeh\,\ndouble bassist Garth Stevenson\,\nand vocalist/guitarist Annie Lynch \n  \nALASH 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. For their spring 2013 tour\, Alahs is joined by Baltimore based beat boxer Shodekeh and NYC based composer/performers Garth Stevenson and Annie Lynch.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-ensemble-3/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130120T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130120T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T155817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T155817Z
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SUMMARY:Cage's Thirteen
DESCRIPTION:The PRISM saxophone quartet and the Curtis Institute of Musics 20/21 Ensemble join forces for a program that includes a selection of Freeman Etudes for solo violin (1977-80)\, Sonata for Two Voices (1933)\, Music for Nine (1984-87)\, Four5 for saxophone quartet (1991)\, and to close the festival Thirteen (1992)\, Cages final composition.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/cages-thirteen/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130119T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130119T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211341
CREATED:20190429T160142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T160142Z
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SUMMARY:Rob Haskins and Laurel Karlik Sheehan perform Cage's Two2
DESCRIPTION:Laurel Karlik Sheehan gave the Canadian premiere of Two2 with Jack Behrens in 1990. Rob Haskins is a respected Cage expert and scholar. Together they bring an authority and expertise to this performance of Two2.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/rob-haskins-and-laurel-karlik-sheehan-perform-cages-two2/
LOCATION:Curtis Institute of Music\, 1726 Locust St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103
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