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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140418T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140418T230000
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140330T220000
DTSTAMP:20190429T153102Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140328T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140328T220000
DTSTAMP:20190429T153332Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140309T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140309T220000
DTSTAMP:20261019T020905Z
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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:20190429T153806Z
CREATED: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:20190429T154019Z
CREATED:20190429T153954Z
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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:20261017T124204Z
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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
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131018T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131018T230000
DTSTAMP:20190429T154458Z
CREATED: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:20190429T154650Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130621T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130621T220000
DTSTAMP:20190429T154839Z
CREATED:20190429T154839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T154839Z
UID:10000952-1371844800-1371852000@www.bowerbird.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130517T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130517T220000
DTSTAMP:20190429T155040Z
CREATED:20190429T155040Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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:20190429T155249Z
CREATED:20190429T155249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T155249Z
UID:10000954-1366401600-1366408800@www.bowerbird.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130215T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130215T220000
DTSTAMP:20190429T155512Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130120T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130120T170000
DTSTAMP:20261019T041558Z
CREATED:20190429T155817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T041558Z
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SUMMARY:Cage's Thirteen
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nThe 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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130119T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130119T220000
DTSTAMP:20261019T041548Z
CREATED:20190429T160142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T041548Z
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SUMMARY:Rob Haskins and Laurel Karlik Sheehan perform Cage's Two2
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nLaurel 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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130118T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130118T230000
DTSTAMP:20261019T041539Z
CREATED:20190429T160347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T041539Z
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SUMMARY:John Cage's Percussion Works
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nCurtis 20/21 and the Curtis Percussion Studio present a portrait of John Cage. The program will focus exclusively on his percussion works from the 1940s\, including Third Construction\, Amores\, Living Room Music\, In a Landscape\, and arrangements of his Sonatas and Interludes\, interspersed with video recorded interview segments with the composer himself.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/john-cages-percussion-works/
LOCATION:Curtis Institute of Music\, 1726 Locust St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130116T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130116T160000
DTSTAMP:20261019T041530Z
CREATED:20190429T161210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T041530Z
UID:10000959-1358344800-1358352000@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Extended Lullabies: Either / OR performs Cage
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nNew Yorks Either / OR performs three of Cages final works\, Four3 (scored for one or two pianos\, twelve rain sticks\, violin or oscillator and silence) and Two6 (for violin and piano)\, both based on a chance-derived score called Extended Lullaby\, based on Erik Saties Vexations\, as well as One5 for solo piano. Periodic performances of Cunninghams choreography will illuminate these compositions.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/extended-lullabies-either-or-performs-cage/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130113T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130113T220000
DTSTAMP:20261019T044146Z
CREATED:20190429T161641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T044146Z
UID:10000960-1358107200-1358114400@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Meetings: Pauline Oliveros\, Christian Wolff\, Keith Rowe\, and Michael Pisaro
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nA once in a lifetime event. Four preeminent post-Cagean composer-performers join together on the stage for a performance of Cages Four6 (1992)\, a work dedicated to musician and composer Pauline Oliveros on the occasion of her sixtieth birthday. Scored for a quartet with any way of producing sounds\, Four6 is perhaps the most open of Cages Number Pieces. Offering no other directives than a series of time brackets\, Four6 invites its players to individually choose and number 12 sounds that they are willing to make\, and to begin and end them sometime during a set of fixed durations. As each performer has no knowledge of the others sounds beforehand\, the result is unexpected and magical. \nIn addition to this quartet\, Rowe and Wolff will perform a rare duo and Michael Pisaro will be joined by Philadelphian’s Jesse Kudler\, Ian Fraser\, and Reed Rosenberg to perform various “miniatures” by Cage.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/meetings-pauline-oliveros-christian-wolff-keith-rowe-and-michael-pisaro/
LOCATION:International House\, 3701 Chestnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T220000
DTSTAMP:20261019T044138Z
CREATED:20190429T162114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T044138Z
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SUMMARY:JACK Quartet performs Cage
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nThe internationally acclaimed JACK Quartet performs three of Cages late works for string quartet\, Music for Four (1984)\, Four (1989) and the exceptionally rarely heard Five3 (1991) for string quartet and trombone. Unlike the chaotic\, multi-centered works of the 1960s and 70s\, these pieces reflect a more restrained and nuanced aspect of Cage’s compositional voice\, using microtones and near stasis to evoke a quiet and Zen-like quality.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/jack-quartet-performs-cage/
LOCATION:Crane Arts\, 1400 N American St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T160000
DTSTAMP:20261019T044130Z
CREATED:20190429T162540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T044130Z
UID:10000962-1357995600-1358006400@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Cage's Number Pieces with Christian Wolff\, Keith Rowe\, and Michael Pisaro
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \n“One7” (1990)\, for a solo performer\, was written to celebrate the birthday of Cages friend Pauline Oliveros. It is one of a few Number Pieces in which there is no specific content whatsoever other than the time brackets. Cage instructs his performer to fill the brackets by any means of producing sounds. One can perform it as a solo piece or as the first performers part of “Four6” (1992)\, a later work composed for Joan LaBarbara\, William Winant\, and Leonard Stein. “One7” allows for great freedom; when Cage premiered the four-performer work with LaBarbara\, Winant\, and Stein in July 1992the composers last public performancehe described his instrument for the performance as shocking sounds. \nAt 1pm Christian Wolff\, a composer closely associated with Cage\, performs One7 with the Merce Cunningham dancers. At 2pm composer Michael Pisaro will be joined by Jesse Kudler\, Ian Fraser\, and Reed Rosenberg for a realization of Cages Four6. At 3pm Keith Rowe\, founding member of the influential AMM\, performs his on realization of One7 to Cunningham’s choreography.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/cages-number-pieces-with-christian-wolff-keith-rowe-and-michael-pisaro/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cage_Numbers.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T130000
DTSTAMP:20261019T041452Z
CREATED:20190429T162918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T041452Z
UID:10000963-1357988400-1357995600@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Boot Camp for Cage's Number Pieces with Michael Pisaro
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nThe beauty behind Cages Number Pieces is the simplicity and directness of their artistic intention\, and their ability to be realized in an abundance of ways. Led by Michael Pisaro\, this hands-on workshop reveals the ingenuity of Cages scores by allowing participants to create their own versions of the Number Pieces.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/boot-camp-for-cages-number-pieces-with-michael-pisaro/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130111T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T230000
DTSTAMP:20261019T041443Z
CREATED:20190429T163252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T041443Z
UID:10000964-1357938000-1358031600@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:John Cage: Film Without Subject
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nCreated the year he died\, Cages only feature-length film One11 (1992) was composed entirely using 1\,200 random operations devised by a computereach determining the movements of a crane-mounted camera and the qualities of lighting within an empty room. A meditation on the perception of emptiness that harks back to Cages much earlier 433 (1952)\, One11 is a film without subject\, persons or things\, offering instead a sublime impression of another\, timeless place. For this performance\, a video of Cages own realization will be accompanied by a recording of its companion piece\, 103 (for a large orchestra).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/john-cage-film-without-subject/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130111T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130111T190000
DTSTAMP:20261019T041435Z
CREATED:20190429T163532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T041435Z
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SUMMARY:Songs & Harmonies with Relache
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nRelache\, longtime champions of Cages music in Philadelphia\, present an interactive and multimedia evening including Hymnkus (co-commissioned by Relache in 1986)\, Lecture on the Weather\, the vocal work Litany for the Whale\, and a brand new arrangement of Apartment House 1776\, a worked based on early American fuguing tunes.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/songs-harmonies-with-relache/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cage_Whale.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121216T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121216T160000
DTSTAMP:20261019T041248Z
CREATED:20190429T163822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T041248Z
UID:10000966-1355666400-1355673600@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Margaret Leng Tan performs Cage's Sonatas and Interludes
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nPianist Margaret Leng Tan returns for a performance of one of John Cage’s most important works\, Sonatas and Interludes (1946 – 48). Percussive and rhythmic\, Sonatas and Interludes is a collection of twenty pieces – sixteen sonatas and four more freely structured interludes – composed for prepared piano\, a Cagean innovation that uses screws\, bolts\, pieces of rubber and plastic\, to reimagine the piano as an orchestra of percussive sounds. Inspired by Indian philosophy and music\, the aim of the pieces is to express the eight permanent emotions of the rasa Indian tradition. Preview some audio of Margaret performing the work here.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/margaret-leng-tan-performs-cages-sonatas-and-interludes/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Margaret_Leng_Tan.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121209T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121209T220000
DTSTAMP:20261019T041239Z
CREATED:20190429T164237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T041239Z
UID:10000967-1355083200-1355090400@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Cage: Variations I - III
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \n• Variations I (1958)\nperformed by Christopher Colucci and Jorge Cousineau \n• Variations II (1961)\nperformed by Nate Wooley and Susan Alcorn \n• Variations III (1962)\nperformed by Bonnie Jones and Jesse Kudler \nWith vastly open and indeterminate scores and happenings\, Variations I – VIII (1958 – 1967) is a series of compositions that foreshadows both Song Books and the Fluxus movement performance pieces. Sometimes scored as broadly as “for any number of players and any sound producing means\,” Variation IV also includes 0’00”\, Cage’s second version of 4’33”. \nThis event starts at 8pm sharp. Due to unforeseen circumstances\, C Spencer Yeh and Maria Chavez will not be performing as previously planned.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/cage-variations-i-iii/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121208T160000
DTSTAMP:20261019T112751Z
CREATED:20190429T165114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261019T112751Z
UID:10000968-1354968000-1354982400@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:The BSC performs John Cage's Song Books in Miniatures
DESCRIPTION:Part of Cage: Beyond Silence → \nAs with many of Cage’s works\, Song Books is indeterminate with regard to performance. In order to highlight the immense and open possibilities of the score\, Cage: Beyond Silence offers audiences a rare opportunity to experience multiple versions of this work\, further inviting audiences to engage with the ephemeral qualities of music so important to Cage.\nThe fourth and final version of Cage’s Song Books brings the BSCs members to the mainstage of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Dancing Around the Bride exhibition\, for a series of intimate performances inspired by the backdrop of Raschenberg’s Walkaround Time. \n  \nThe BSC\nBhob Rainey – Soprano Saxophone\, Director;\nGreg Kelley – Trumpet;\nJames Coleman – Theremin;\nLiz Tonne – Voice;\nChris Cooper – Guitar and Electronics;\nVic Rawlings – Cello and Electronics;\nMike Bullock – Bass \n  \n  \nABOUT SONG BOOKS \n“One might think of Song Books as Cage’s Art of Fugue\, an exhaustive demonstration of the diverse approaches to music-making that the composer had practiced over his long career. Of course\, Cage–unlike J. S. Bach–continued his career for more than two decades after he completed the piece. But although he found new ways to extend his artistic vision in ways that surprised even him\, he would only occasionally match the diversity and ambitious scope that he achieved so brilliantly in Song Books.” ~ Rob Haskins \nReplete with text and music materials quoted from Marcel Duchamp\, Erik Satie\, David Thoreau\, Buckminster Fuller\, Norman O. Brown\, and even Mozart and Schubert\, John Cages 1970 composition Song Books is a two-volume collection of eighty-nine short solos. \nSome of these solos call for singing\, conventional or otherwise. Other solos require no singing at all\, but rather reproduce the word-game actions of Cage’s Theater Piece (1960). Still other Solos are examples of another kind of theater altogether\, one which clearly reflects the influence of the neo-Dadaist Fluxus movement. Instructions for some of these Solos ask the performer simply to “prepare something to eat” or to “perform a disciplined action that fulfills an obligation to others.” \nEach realization of Song Books is performed to fill a predetermined duration\, with any number of performers\, each responsible for choosing their own music. Additionally\, Cage indicated that a performance of Song Books may also include simultaneous performances of other indeterminate music such as Winter Music (1957)\, Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958)\, Indeterminacy (1959)\,or Rozart Mix (1965).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-bsc-performs-john-cages-song-books-in-miniatures/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BSC_Bhob_Rainey.jpg
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