BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//BOWERBIRD ::: MUSIC, DANCE, FILM ::: Philadelphia, PA - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:BOWERBIRD ::: MUSIC, DANCE, FILM ::: Philadelphia, PA X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.bowerbird.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for BOWERBIRD ::: MUSIC, DANCE, FILM ::: Philadelphia, PA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T230000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20220308T172354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T010320Z UID:10001151-1646553600-1646607600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:The Color of Pomegranates DESCRIPTION:The Color of Pomegranates (1969) 78 minutes \nWriter/Director: Sergei Paradjanov\nEditors: Sergei Parajanov\, M. Ponomarenko\, S. Yutkevich\nCinematographer: Suren Shakhbazyan\nCourtesy Parajanov-Vartanov Institute. \nSergei Paradjanov (1924 – 1990) was a Soviet film director of Armenian descent who made a substantial contribution to Soviet cinematography through Ukrainian\, Armenian and Georgian cinema. He pioneered his own cinematic style by stepping outside socialist realism\, which was the only sanctioned art style within the USSR. His filmmaking and controversial lifestyle meant he was persecuted with his films regularly banned by Soviet authorities between 1965 and 1973.  \nThe Color of Pomegranates is based\, in part\, on the life and poetry of the eighteenth-century Armenian poet\, Sayat Nova (‘The King of Song’). Sergei Parajanov writes\, directs\, edits\, choreographs\, designs and creates every aspect of the film. It remains a masterpiece of cinema on account of being devoid of dialogue or camera movement and for its alluring imagery. The film was not seen internationally until 1977 due to Soviet censorship. It was screened at the Festival of Arts\, Shiraz-Persepolis in 1976 and subsequently smuggled to Paris where it was received to great acclaim. \n\n\n  \n\nTHIS FILM IS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND \nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. You will receive a link to view the film after registering online. \n\nThis event is part of Beyond Borders: The Shiraz Festival \n\n\n\n\nMajor support for BEYOND BORDERS has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Presented in collaboration with Slought. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-color-of-pomegranates/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bowerbird-Main-Img-11.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T230000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20220308T171330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T011531Z UID:10001150-1646553600-1646607600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Reza Abdoh - Theater Visionary DESCRIPTION:Reza Abdoh: Theater Visionary (2015) 104 minutes. \nDirector: Adam Soch\nCo-Producer: Sandy Cleary\nExecutive Producers: Alan Mandell\, Diane White\, Marta Holen\, Anita Durt\, John McDuffie\nAssociate Producers: Daniel Mufson\, Sid Montz\, Sarah and Peter Mandell\nCourtesy Adam Soch \nAdam Soch is a producer and director\, and long-time collaborator and video archivist of Reza Abdoh. His film Reza Abdoh: Theater Visionary is an intimate portrait of the world and work of Abdoh and his company. It features excerpts from Abdoh’s most important productions alongside interviews with Abdoh himself\, his collaborators\, critics\, friends\, and family\, including: Peter Sellars\, Alan Mandell\, Diane White\, Morgan Jenness\, Anne Hamburger\, Norman Frisch\, Tal Yarden\, Tony Torn\, Tom Fitzpatrick\, Ken Roht\, Peter Jacobs\, Sabrina Artel\, Tom Pearl\, Anita Durst\, Alix Hester\, John Jahnke\, Laurel Meade\, Alyson Campbell\, Sid Abdoh\, Salar Abdoh and other close collaborators. The film illuminates Abdoh’s legacy\, his ground-breaking work\, and his visionary\, theatrical genius.  \nSoch is award-winning filmmaker and producer who fled communist Eastern Europe in 1980 to seek creative freedom in the United States. He has worked on projects on Placido Domingo Jessica Lange\, Vanessa Redgrave\, Desmond Tutu and Mikhail Gorbatchev. He is a co-founder of the television channel Classic Arts Showcase.  \n  \n \n\nTHIS FILM IS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND \nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. You will receive a link to view the film after registering online. \n\nThis event is part of Beyond Borders: The Shiraz Festival \n\n\n\n\nMajor support for BEYOND BORDERS has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Presented in collaboration with Slought. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/reza-abdoh-theater-visionary/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bowerbird-Main-Img-10.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T230000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20220308T170205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T011516Z UID:10001149-1646553600-1646607600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Desert Equations: Azax Attra DESCRIPTION:Desert Equations: Azax/Attra (1986) \nPerformers: Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz\nProducers: Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz\nAlbum Released by: Crammed Discs \nSussan Deyhim (1958 – ) is an Iranian American composer\, vocalist\, performance artist and activist. Deyhim is internationally acclaimed for creating a unique sonic and vocal language imbued with a sense of ritual and the unknown\, encompassing music\, theatre\, dance\, media and film. Deyhim’s career began as an intern at the Festival of Arts\, Shiraz-Persepolis and training with the Iranian National Ballet Company before joining the Bejart Ballet School\, Mudra. Deyhim’s early iconic work Desert Equations: Azax/Attra combines her sublime voice and solo performance and the electronic wizardry of US composer Horowitz\, wonderfully blending the duo’s multiple sources\, including their experiences at the epicentre of New York’s early ‘80s avantgarde music and theatre scene. The haunting and futuristic Azax/Attra album prompted writer Paul Bowles to wonder: “Was this composed under the influence of Majoun?”. It led to a series of music/theatre performances including Desert Equations: Azax/Attra at New York’s important experimental La MaMa Theatre. In 2010\, the LA Times critic Mark Swed called Deyhim “one of Iran’s most potent voices in exile for the simple reason that she possesses a marvellously potent voice.”  \n\nTHIS FILM IS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND \nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. You will receive a link to view the film after registering online. \n\nThis event is part of Beyond Borders: The Shiraz Festival \n\n\n\n\nMajor support for BEYOND BORDERS has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Presented in collaboration with Slought. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/desert-equations-azax-attra/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bowerbird-Main-Img-9.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20220308T163907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T011015Z UID:10001148-1646553600-1646600400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:The First World Festival Of Negro Arts DESCRIPTION:The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1968) 40 minutes  \nWriter/Director: William Greaves\nProducer: Motion Picture and Television Service of the United States Information Agency\nCinematographer: Georges Bracher\, William Greaves\nCourtesy William Greaves Productions  \nWilliam Greaves (1926 – 2014) was a Harlem-born American documentary filmmaker\, writer\, producer and a pioneer of African American filmmaking. His film The First World Festival of Negro Arts is a Black history treasure and documents the landscape of the seminal performance festival held in Dakar\, Senegal\, in 1966\, one year prior to the inauguration of Shiraz-Persepolis. The festivals at Dakar and Shiraz-Persepolis shared a similar decolonising ethos. The film was officially commissioned to document the events that attracted over two thousand writers\, artists and performers from Africa and the African diaspora\, including: Duke Ellington\, Langston Hughes\, Alvin Ailey\, Aime Cesaire\, Leopold Senghor and other artists\, performers and dignitaries from thirty countries.  \nGreaves began his career as a Broadway actor and a member of The Actor’s Studio. He later served as executive producer and co-host of the Black Journal television programme for which he was awarded an Emmy in 1970. His recent film\, Ralph Bunche:  An American Odyssey (2001)\, documents the life and historic achievements of Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche (1903-1971) the legendary African American Nobel prize-winning\, scholar turned statesman who contributed to international diplomacy\, decolonization\, peacekeeping\, and human rights in pre-civil rights America. His film From these Roots (1974) provides an in-depth study of the Harlem Renaissance. \n\n\n\n\n\nTHIS FILM IS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND \nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. You will receive a link to view the film after registering online. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of Beyond Borders: The Shiraz Festival \n\n\n\n\nMajor support for BEYOND BORDERS has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Presented in collaboration with Slought. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-first-world-festival-of-negro-arts/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bowerbird-Main-Img-8.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220227T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220227T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20211103T182837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220224T175844Z UID:10001133-1646002800-1646006340@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Parker Kitterman DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Organist Parker Kitterman will perform from on the pipe organ at Christ Church Philadelphia. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nParker Kitterman is a keyboardist\, composer\, conductor and collaborative musician. Since 2010 he has served as Director of Music and Organist at Christ Church\, Philadelphia\, where he oversaw the installation and dedication of a splendid new pipe organ\, C.B. Fisk’s Op. 150. As soloist and accompanist\, Parker has performed with a wide range of artists\, including the International Contemporary Ensemble\, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia\, and Singing City Choir. He holds degrees from Duke University\, the Yale School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music\, and the Brussels Conservatory\, where he studied on a Fulbright Fellowship. A recent winner of the King’s Singers New Music Prize for his setting of Malcolm Guite’s poem “The Singing Bowl\,” Kitterman is a composer with wide-ranging interests and influences. His writing is born out of a studied approach to improvisation\, a literary sensitivity\, and an ongoing commitment to providing fresh\, relevant material for musicians and audiences alike. One large-scale work\, Requiem for the Charleston Nine was described as “producing a seamless fabric in which plainchant\, modern classical\, and jazz styles not merely co-exist but come together to proffer a whole greater than the sum of their individual parts.” (Chestnut Hill Local) URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/parker-kitterman-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Bowerbird-Main-Img-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220218T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20220112T125410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220223T172423Z UID:10001141-1645214400-1645221600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Franck Vigroux & Ulrich Krieger DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Franck Vigroux and Ulrich Krieger performing Dodécaèdre\, a new piece for electronics and amplified-processed saxophone at The Rotunda. Made of tectonic tensions\, beats\, and electronic textures the new work is a very personal approach to sonic exploration. Opening the evening will be a solo set by Philadelphia-based multi-instrumentalist Julius Masri. \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST \nUlrich Krieger is well known as a saxophone player in contemporary composed and free improvised music as well as a composer of chamber music and electronic music. His recent focus lies in the experimental fields and fringes of contemporary Pop culture: somewhere in the limbo between Noise and Heavy Metal\, Ambient and Silence. His original compositions go back and forth between Just Intonation\, Silent Music\, Noise\, Instrumental Electronic\, often asking for elaborate amplification\, and works in the limbo of Rock culture – not accepting stylistic boundaries. Krieger developed his own\, often amplified style of saxophone playing\, he calls ‘acoustic electronics’. He uses refined acoustic\, quasi-electronic sounds\, which then get processed\, the saxophone often becoming more an ‘analogue sampler’ rather than a traditional finger-virtuoso instrument. By amplifying his instrument in various ways\, he gets down to the ‘grains of the sounds’\, changing their identity and structure from within. \nFranck Vigroux is a multifaceted artist whose works range from experimental electronic music to modern composition and music theatre. Franck Vigroux‘s music is made of tectonic tensions\, beats\, electronic textures and a very personal approach to sonic exploration. He is equally prolific as a solo artist and as a collaborator\, he has worked with musician such as Elliott Sharp\, Mika Vainio\, Reinhold Friedl\, Ars Nova… Vigroux’s uniqueness comes from his artistic approach that integrates new media and performance arts. He designs transdisciplinary shows and audiovisual concerts\, collaborating with visual artists such as Antoine Schmitt and Kurt d’Haeseleer. \nJulius Masri is a Philadelphia based multi-instrumentalist\, performer and composer for the city’s dance community at large. His music focuses on improvisatory methods and syncretic/ linguistic/ somatic exchanges within various musical languages including Jazz\, Metal\, AfroCuban\, Experimental Noise\, and Arabic music. Born in Tripoli\, Lebanon\, he moved to the States in 1990 and began studying with Philadelphia instructors Carl Mottola\, Elaine Hoffman-Watts\, and as an undergraduate at Bard College\, with AACM’s Thurman Barker\, Richard Teitelbaum\, and Joan Tower. Julius plays drums\, circuit modified Casio keyboards\, Oud\, Kamancheh (aka Rabab\, Spike Fiddle)\, and various other instruments. In November 2021\, Julius released the album “The Arabic Room” under the project name Mephisto Halabi\, garnering international praise in music publications and websites including WIRE Magazine (Dec2021)\, PopMatters\, Radio al-Harra\, Foxy Digitalis\, and many others. \n\nThis is an “in person” event. Bowerbird is requiring all those attending to show proof of COVID 19 vaccination status (vaccination card or legible photo on your smartphone\, plus photo ID) and wear a mask during the entirety of the event. There will be no exceptions to this policy. Capacity will be limited – advanced registration is strongly encouraged. \n\n \nDodécaèdre / the island has been made possible through Jazz & New Music\, a program of Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation\, in partnership with the French Embassy in the United States with support from the French Ministry of Culture\, Institut français\, SACEM (Société des auteurs\, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique) and the CNM (Centre National de la Musique). URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/franck-vigroux-and-ulrich-krieger/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Bowerbird-Main-Img-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20211103T180216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T193604Z UID:10001132-1644534000-1644537540@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Lea Bertucci DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Composer and musician Lea Bertucci will perform from her home in New York. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nLea Bertucci is an artist\, composer and performer whose work describes relationships between acoustic phenomena and biological resonance. In addition to her longstanding practice with woodwind instruments\, her work incorporates multichannel speaker arrays\, radical methods of free improvisation and creative misuses of audio technology applied to field recording and sampling/collage techniques. She has performed extensively across the US and Europe with presenters such as The Museum of Modern Art New York\, Blank Forms\, Gagosian Gallery\, Pioneer Works\, The Kitchen\, The Walker Museum\, Tempo Reale in Florence\, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam\, Museo Reina Sofia Madrid\, Sound of Stockholm Festival\, ReWire Festival\, Borderline Festival\, and Unsound Festival Krakow. \n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/lea-bertucci-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/LeaBertucci.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20211101T175108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T185500Z UID:10001131-1642374000-1642377540@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Chaka Benson DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Electronic musician Chaka Benson will perform from his home in Philadelphia. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n \nModular Excursions from Chaka Benson on Vimeo. \n\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nChaka Benson grew up on a diverse diet of Philly music ranging from Schooly D to Sun Ra.  The Philly streets thrum and echo with improvisation and DIY spirit.  This simple aesthetic informs his music and artistic approach.  He uses modular and video synthesis to execute his take on this vision. His live performances are well known on the local experimental electronic music scene; each having a new patch and an original improvisation. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/chaka-benson-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Chaka-Benson.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211219T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211219T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20211101T170003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211223T174819Z UID:10001129-1639954800-1639958340@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Helena Espvall DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Musician Helena Espvall will perform from her home in Lisbon\, Portugal. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nHelena Espvall started to play electric guitar as a bored teenager in northern Sweden\, and went on to take cello lessons and was never bored again. After having played in rock bands\, a silent movie orchestra\, an Arabian ensemble and being inspired to play free improvised music by a shocking Eugene Chadbourne performance\, she went on to live in the US between 2000-2012\,  where she performed with dancers\, recorded and toured with folk psych band Espers\, sang Swedish traditional songs\, played concerts at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival\, the High Zero Festival of improvised music in Baltimore\, MD\, at the Improvised and Otherwise Festival in Brooklyn\, NY\, at Big Sur experimental festival in California and at Terrastock among others. Espvall has received grants for artist residencies in Mojacar\, Spain\, at CESTA in Tabor\, Czech Republic\, and at Binaural / Nodar\, Portugal\, and she was the recipient of an Individual Arts Award from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. She has worked with Lukas Ligeti\, Fursaxa\, Damon & Naomi\, Bert Jansch\, Masaki Batoh (Ghost)\, Vashti Bunyan\,  Marissa Nadler\, Pauline Oliveros and many more. Now residing in Lisbon\, she has collaborated with musicians like Norberto Lobo\, Manuel Mota\, Sei Miguel\, and Vitor Rua\, among others. She currently plays with the improv collective Lantana\, that has collaborated with Lula Pena\, and performed at Lisboa Soa Festival in the Estufa Fria\, at the Jazz Ao Centro Festival in Coimbra\, and at Jazz 2020\, Gulbenkian. She is also a member of the band Beautify Junkyards that released an album this year on British label GhostBox.  Espvall has done solo performances at Out.Fest\, ZDB\, Bar Irreal\, Damas and the Panteão\, and invited by Culturgest\, she recently created a solo piece for acoustic guitar\, as a part of the project Abrindo o Livro dos Sons\, a tribute to German composer Hans Otte. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/helena-espvall/ LOCATION:Online Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Helena_Espvall.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20211101T152817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211208T160952Z UID:10001126-1638990000-1638997200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Nam June Paik: Ridiculous Technology DESCRIPTION:This event is SOLD OUT. There will be no tickets available at the door. \nAfter moving from his native Seoul\, first to Germany to study music alongside the likes of Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage\, and then to the United States\, Nam June Paik lived what seems like the romantic archetype of the post-war New York artist. He drifted easily between avant-garde music\, film\, and fine art and helped in turn to create two new disciplines: video art and video installation. By 1962 he was a member of Fluxus and would collaborate with a litany of bright lights from Cage and Charlotte Moorman to Shigeko Kubota and Jud Yalkut. \nRidiculous Technology collects some of Paik’s most important early works\, with special emphasis on his connection with the burgeoning experimental music scene. In Beatles Electroniques\, Paik distorts imagery of the Beatles using a video synthesizer alongside an electronic soundtrack by Kenneth Werner composed of Beatles loops. Video Tape Study No. 3 critiques Lyndon B. Johnson to a score by David Behrman. Electronic Fables is one of Paik’s more visually beautiful and minimal productions featuring the voices of Marcel Duchamp\, John Cage\, Allen Ginsberg\, and Moondog\, among others. Waiting for Commercials features found footage of international commercials originally used as part of a Charlotte Moorman performance. Global Groove is perhaps Paik’s single-channel masterpiece\, a collage of original video\, his past work\, commercials\, dance\, popular music\, and contributions by Cage\, Stockhausen\, and Moorman. Taken together\, these works begin to scratch the surface of one of the most wide-ranging artists of the 20th Century. \nCo-presented with Nightletter. \n\nThis is an “in person” event. All those attending must show proof of COVID 19 vaccination status (vaccination card or legible photo on your smartphone\, plus photo ID) and wear a mask during the entirety of the event. There will be no exceptions to this policy. Capacity will be limited – advanced tickets are strongly encouraged. \n\nPROGRAM \nGlobal Groove​ / Nam June Paik & John Godfrey / 1973 / 29 min / Digital\nBeatles Electroniques / Nam June Paik & Jud Yalkut / 1969 / 3 min / Digital\nVideo Tape Study No. 3 / Nam June Paik & Jud Yalkut / 1967 / 4 min / Digital\nElectronic Fables / Nam June Paik & Jud Yalkut / 1965 / 10 min / Digital\nWaiting for Commercials / Nam June Paik & Jud Yalkut / 1966-1972 / 8 min / Digital \n\nNam June Paik – Global Groove (low res) \n\n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/nam-june-paik-ridiculous-technology/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Paik.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211128T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211128T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20201223T042332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T222755Z UID:10001116-1638140400-1638143940@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Tatsuya Nakatani DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani will perform multiple bowed gongs from the desert near his home in New Mexico. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 45 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nTatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde percussionist\, composer\, and artist of sound. Active internationally since the 1990’s; Nakatani has released over 80 recordings and tours extensively\, performing over 150 concerts a year. His primary focus is his solo work and his large ensemble project\, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. With his activity in the new music\, improvisation and experimental music scenes\, Nakatani has a long history of collaboration. He teaches master classes and lectures at universities and music conservatories around the world. Originally from Japan\, he makes his home in the desert town of Truth or Consequences\, New Mexico. Nakatani creates his distinctive music centered around his adapted bowed gong\, supported by an array of drums\, cymbals\, and singing bowls. In consort with his hand carved Kobo Bows\, it is an instrument he has spent decades developing. Nakatani approaches his orchestral project (NGO) as an arrangement of formations of vibrations\, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. Within this contemporary work\, one can still recognize the dramatic pacing\, formal elegance and space (ma) felt in traditional Japanese music. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/tatsuya-nakatani-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/TatsuyaNakatani_LiminalStates.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210906T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210906T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20210524T152414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T164701Z UID:10001123-1630969200-1630972740@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Chris Powell DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Electronic musician Chris Powell will perform from his home in Philadelphia. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nChris Powell (aka Pow Pow) is a self-taught rhythm scholar\, producer\, and electronic music-maker living in Philadelphia\, PA. As a main contributor in the Philadelphia art and sound collective Need New Body\, which fused improvisation with popular song structures\, Powell began a career of international recording and performance\, creating music at the nexus of art and entertainment. Since 1999\, he has collaborated\, recorded\, and toured worldwide with a diverse spectrum of artists and musicians\, including the Sun Ra Arkestra\, Yoko Ono\, and the Boredoms. Powell’s work in the eclectic and high energy Philadelphia band Man Man has helped focus his talent as a leader in the live performance context. Powell’s body of work has most recently expanded to solo modular synth performances as well as creating instruments with NYC/Philly based synthesizer company Critter & Guitari. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/chris-powell-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Powell_LS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210822T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210822T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20210519T185046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210904T121808Z UID:10001122-1629673200-1629676740@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:claire rousay DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Sound artist claire rousay will perform from her home in San Antonio. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nclaire rousay is based in San Antonio\, Texas. Her music zeroes in on personal emotions and the minutiae of everyday life — voicemails\, haptics\, environmental recordings\, stopwatches\, whispers and conversations — exploding their significance. rousay has released music on a range of labels\, most notably Astral Spirits\, Second Editions\, Longform Editions and American Dreams\, who in 2021 released a softer focus\, a collaboration with visual artist Dani Toral. rousay’s music has received acclaim from NPR\, which writes that rousay “enchants the ordinary\,” and Pitchfork\, which calls her music “quietly devastating.” rousay has presented music at Audiograft Festival\, Casa Del Lago (CDMX)\, Issue Project Room\, Rewire Festival\, and Salon De Normandy (Paris)\, among many others\, held residencies at Rhizome DC and Elastic Arts Exposure Series\, and performed with musicians such as Ken Vandermark\, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten\, Jacob Wick and Theodore Cale Schafer. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/claire-rousay-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/clairerousey_LS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20210519T183855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T164749Z UID:10001121-1628204400-1628207940@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Jupiter Blue DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Jupiter Blue (Tara Middleton and DM Hotep) will perform from their home in Philadelphia. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nFrom the Sun Ra Arkestra’s engine room\, Jupiter Blue’s tone scientists DM Hotep and Jupiter Girl (Tara Middleton) emerge to reveal elements and precepts of another kind of language\, another tomorrow. Their collaboration is interstellar and unique\, granting passage through spacious\, jazz textured sonorties informed by Ra’s ever necessary mission of saving the world. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/jupiter-blue-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JupiterBlue_LS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20210519T172114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210821T164738Z UID:10001120-1627858800-1627862340@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Shahzad Ismaily DESCRIPTION:*** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM JULY 25TH TO SUNDAY\, AUGUST 1 AT 11PM. *** \nBowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Musician and composer Shahzad Ismaily will perform from his home in New York. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nShahzad Ismaily was born in the States to Pakistani parents who emigrated here just before his birth. He grew in a bicultural household\, always following a multitude of paths and perusals. He is mostly self-taught as a musician\, composer\, recording engineer\, and producer. He primarily plays electric bass\, drums\, percussion\, guitar\, synthesizers\, and all manner of sound-makers procured in life’s travels. He has recorded and performed with a diverse crew of artMakers\, Yoko Ono\, Laurie Anderson\, Beth Orton\, Colin Stetson\, Ben Frost\, Bonnie Prince Billy\, Damien Rice\, Jolie Holland\, JFDR\, Secret Chiefs 3\, Sam Amidon\, further and further. He has been an integral member of festival/residency/collective experiences such as the People Festival (the brainchild of Bon Iver\, The National\, and the Michelberger)\, the Eau Claires festival\, the Moers Festival. He has done work for dance and theater pieces\, such as the film Frozen River (Oscar-nominated and Sundance award-winning)\, Inkboat (a butoh crew from California/Switzerland)\, and visual artist Laleh Khorramian. This year alone\, he’ll teach in residence at BANFF\, the Oklahoma Center for Contemporary Arts\, the Monheim Triennale\, and very happily\, the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Currently based in Brooklyn and working out of the recording studio collective he founded and created\, Figure 8 Recording\, he has studied music extensively in Pakistan\, India\, Turkey\, Mexico\, Chile\, Japan\, Indonesia\, Morocco\, and Iceland. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/shahzad-ismaily-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ShahzadIsmaily_LS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20210519T171242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210725T163012Z UID:10001119-1625785200-1625788740@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:King Britt DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Performer and composer King Britt will perform from his home in San Diego. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nPew Fellowship recipient\, King James Britt (his real name) is a 30+ year\, producer\, composer and performer in electronic music. His position as Assistant Teaching Professor in Computer Music carries a unique perspective\, bringing a non-linear approach and knowledge to the department by focusing on various modern forms of electronic music pedagogy\, while continuing to be an active force in the music industry. As a composer and producer\, his practice has lead to collaborations with the likes of De La Soul\, Alarm Will Sound Orchestra\, Saul Williams\, director Michael Mann (Miami Vice) and many others\, as well as being called for remixes from an eclectic list of giants\, including\, Meredith Monk\, Solange to Calvin Harris. Most recently collaborating with MacArthur Fellow\, Tyshawn Sorey for an upcoming album project. In his role as performer\, he has travelled globally playing thousands of venues and festivals\, including\, AfroPunk (NYC)\, Berghain (Berlin)\, MoogFest (Durham)\, Le Guess Who Festival (Utrecht) and The Kitchen (NYC). King was also the original DJ for the Grammy Award winning Digable Planets. Blacktronika : Afrofuturism In Electronic Music\, is a new UCSD lecture course\, created by King\, researching and honoring the people of color\, who have pioneered groundbreaking genres within the electronic music landscape. Genres span from Chicago House\, Detroit Techno and Drum & Bass music. Using his position in the industry\, the class has been attended by many\, including Questlove\, Julian Priester and Goldie. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/king-britt-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/KingBritt_LS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210630T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210630T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20210524T155007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T164956Z UID:10001125-1625079600-1625086800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Coming Together DESCRIPTION:AN ARCHIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE UNTIL JULY 7\, 2021.  Use the registration/ticket button to get the video url.   \nCONCERT PROGRAM \nRzewski: Shtick (1990) \nAaron Stewart\, saxophone \n\nRzewski: Sixteen Sneakers (2012) \nHannah Nicholas\, viola \n\nRzewski performs Rzewski \nRare archival footage of Frederic Rzewski at the piano \n\nRzewski: Coming Together (1971) *world premiere music video* \nMoor Mother/Camae Ayewa\, performer/speaker\nBob Sweeney\, video artist\nArcana New Music Ensemble\n– Nicholas Handahl\, flute\n– Dominic Panunto\, bassoon\n– Aaron Stewart\, saxophone\n– Tessa Ellis\, trumpet\n– Molly Germer\, violin\n– Erin Busch\, cello\n– David Hughes\, piano\n– Andy Thierauf\, percussion \n\n\nABOUT THE PROGRAM\nBowerbird is pleased to present an online virtual portrait concert of American composer and virtuoso pianist Frederic Rzewski. The concert will feature the world premiere of a new music video of Rzewski’s “Coming Together” made by Camae Ayewa (aka Moor Mother) and video artist Bob Sweeney. The video was shot this spring on site at Eastern State Penitentiary and features a musical performance by the Arcana New Music Ensemble. The program will include rare archival recordings of Frederick Rzewski performing his own work\, as well as two rarely heard solo works – “Shtick” for solo saxophone and “Sixteen Sneakers” for solo viola. \nFrederic Rzewski’s minimalist masterpiece\, “Coming Together”\, was composed in response to the 1971 uprising at Attica Prison in upstate New York. Scored for narrator and open ensemble\, the work is based on a letter by Sam Melville\, one of the leaders of the Attica riots in which he was killed. The text reads: \nI think the combination of age and the greater coming together is responsible for the speed of the passing time. it’s six months now and i can tell you truthfully few periods in my life have passed so quickly. i am in excellent physical and emotional health. there are doubtless subtle surprises ahead but i feel secure and ready. As lovers will contrast their emotions in times of crisis\, so am i dealing with my environment. in the indifferent brutality\, incessant noise\, the experimental chemistry of food\, the ravings of lost hysterical men\, i can act with clarity and meaning. i am deliberate – sometimes even calculating – seldom employing histrionics except as a test of the reactions of others. i read much\, exercise\, talk to guards and inmates\, feeling for the inevitable direction of my life. \nFrederic Rzewski’s “Shtick” is a solo work for saxophone that contains allusions to folk and popular melodies\, including the Yiddish tune Yidl Mit’n Fidl (Yiddle with his Fiddle).  Also on the program is a “Sixteen Sneakers”\, a playful work for solo viola (or a small group of violas)\, that Rzewski composed for his daughter Esther. \n\nSupport for this project has been provided by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia. Special thanks to Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/coming-together/ LOCATION:Online Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ComingTogether_Main.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210627T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210627T235900 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20210519T165922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T191836Z UID:10001118-1624834800-1624838340@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Loren Connors DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Liminal States\, a new series of late night\, live streamed concerts intended to be listened to as you fall asleep. Aiming to center and calm\, the musicians will seek to lead listeners to that magic space between awake and asleep. Tune in and bliss out. Guitarist Loren Connors will perform from his home in New York. \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \n\nAdmission to this online event is Free / Pay What You Wish ($20 suggested). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A link will be sent to you the day of the event. The performance will start at 11:00pm Eastern Time and will run approximately 40 mins. \nThis event is part of the Liminal States Series \n\n\n  \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nLoren Connors has improvised and composed original guitar music for over four decades. His music embraces the underlying aesthetics of blues\, Irish airs\, blues-based rock and other genres while letting go of rigid forms. He names abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko as his most important influence. Connors has performed solo and with many veterans of independent music such as Alan Licht\, Thurston Moore\, Daniel Carter\, Kim Gordon\, Samara Lubelski\, Jandek and Keiji Haino. Connors has collaborated over the years with vocalist Suzanne Langille\, including in an avant blues band called Haunted House with guitarist Andrew Burnes and percussionist Neel Murgai. His recordings have been released on Family Vineyard\, Recital\, Northern Spy\, Drag City\, and other labels. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/loren-connors-liminal-states/ LOCATION:Online Livestream CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/LorenConnors_LiminalStates.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200718T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200718T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20200629T165447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201223T033207Z UID:10001110-1595070000-1595077200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Tuvan Throat-singing Demo with Alash DESCRIPTION:This year\, Alash was scheduled to perform at The Rotunda on April 2nd but had to instead cancel the rest of their tour and return home. While they cannot perform in concert right now\, Alash will present a throat-singing demonstration with Q & A\, from their homes in Tuva! This will be a fun way for you to get to know the ensemble\, their singing methods\, and some history behind the songs. \nPlease note the earlier-than-usual event time of 11am Philly time. Since Tuva is 11 hours ahead of Philadelphia\, we had to schedule this accordingly. The added bonus is that children can hopefully join as well! \nREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. SPACE IS LIMITED. PLEASE RESERVE ONE SPOT PER HOUSEHOLD. Please register HERE. A Zoom link will be sent to you the day of the event. All guests will be muted for the demo and then unmuted for the Q & A. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nALASH are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei)\, a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this gifted trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies\, western instruments\, and contemporary song forms in A \nlash’s music\, but its overall sound and spirit remain decidedly Tuvan. \nCo-Presented with The Rotunda \n \n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/tuvan-throat-singing-demo-with-alash/ LOCATION:online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Alash2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20200206T224656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200314T230833Z UID:10001107-1585857600-1585864800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:CANCELED - Alash Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia favorites Alash return to The Rotunda for a FREE concert. Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei)\, 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. \nPresented with The Rotunda URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-ensemble-2020/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Alash2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20200130T195609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200629T171415Z UID:10001101-1583953200-1583960400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Meredith Monk's Quarry DESCRIPTION:This event was originally scheduled for Feb 26 but has been rescheduled for March 11. \nRightfully renowned as a composer\, vocalist\, choreographer\, and stage director\, Meredith Monk’s underseen films present their own inventive reflections on the cataclysms of history. Quarry began as a live multimedia opera in 1976 featuring a black and white short film of the same name directed by Monk. With the help of the New York Public Library’s initiative to document groundbreaking live performances\, Monk and Amram Nowak re-staged the work with Monk guiding the film’s camera movements and close-ups not normally found in “filmed theater.” In Quarry\, Monk continues her interest in abstracting her own Jewish history to create an anti-fascist narrative in which she portrays a sick child whose illness progresses in tandem with the rise of a dictator. Featuring not just Monk’s novel vocal and theatrical experiments\, Quarry is both a fascinating performance document and a shapeshifting film in its own right. \nCo-presented with Nightletter. \n\nPROGRAM \nQuarry / Meredith Monk & Amram Nowak / 1977 / 82 min / Digital \n\nMeredith Monk: Quarry: The Rally (Live\, 1977) \n\n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/meredith-monk-quarry/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Monk2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200228T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200228T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20200130T195902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200305T002441Z UID:10001102-1582920000-1582927200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:David Hughes: Schubertiade DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Philadelphia based piano virtuoso David Hughes performing a “Schubertiade” – a program that explores the music and spirit of Franz Schubert alongside work by contemporary composers inspired by his music. Victor Hugo famously wrote that “forty is the old age of youth\, fifty the youth of old age.” This program\, offered on the occasion of Hughes’ own 40th birthday\, emphasizes the coexistence of past and future\, a constant search for meaning\, and the eternal\, intense introspection emblematic of Schubert’s music. \n\nPROGRAM \nHelmut Lachenmann: Schubert Variations (1956)\nLee Hoiby: Schubert Variations\, op. 35 (1981)\nFranz Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat Major\, D. 935 no. 2\nEdison Denisov: Variations on a Theme by Schubert (1986) with Thomas Kraines\, cello\nSchubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade\, D. 118 with Anaïs Naharro-Murphy\, soprano\nEric Wubbels: gretchen am spinnrade (2016) with Thomas Kraines\, cello\nSchubert: Sonata in B-Flat\, D. 960 \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST \nDavid Hughes has performed at the Kennedy Center\, Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw and the Spanish Embassy in Washington\, DC. He has been featured on Philadelphia’s WRTI radio station in an hour-long segment of solo repertoire. He can also be heard playing four different keyboard instruments on John Zorn’s violin concerto\, “Contes de Fées\,” on the Tzadik label. He is a founding member of Arcana New Music Ensemble\, a Philadelphia-based ensemble dedicated to presenting concerts of modern and lesser-known music. Mr. Hughes has a strong interest in contemporary music and received third prize in the Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition—one of the world’s premier competitions for modern music—as a member of Outer Banks Duo with saxophonist Stacy Wilson. This was followed by the release of their debut CD\, L’Incandescence. He is also a past recipient of a fellowship to the Tanglewood Music Center and a prizewinner in the MTNA National Chamber Music Competition. He holds a doctoral degree in piano performance from Indiana University. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/david-hughes-schubertiade/ LOCATION:Philadelphia Ethical Society\, 1906 Rittenhouse Square\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DavidHughesSchubert.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20190314T172436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190516T181406Z UID:10000849-1558123200-1558130400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:The Magic Sun (Sun Ra) DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present an evening of screened and live audio visual shorts including the Philadelphia premiere of Phill Niblock’s newly mastered 1966 film The Magic Sun – an experimental work featuring Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra that was produced using a unique negative process and ultra-tight close-ups on the moving hands and mouths of the musicians.  Also screened will be Philadelphia dance artist Terry Fox’s Citizens’ Footbook. These video “fillers” were created by Terry Fox in collaboration with filmmaker David Rosenberg and WHYY-TV12 and Philadelphia musicians Jeff Cain and Charles Cohen\, and were aired between main programs on WHYY-TV for about a year in 1980.  Live performances on the evening will be given by members of Philly A|V\, a new collective whose work is at the intersection of sound\, movement\, video\, digital processing\, and other experimental media techniques.\nPROGRAM \nPhill Niblock: The Magic Sun (1966\, video)\nTerry Fox: Citizens’ Footbook (1980\, video) (music by Jeff Cain and Charles Cohen)\nAndy Thierauf and Sean Thomas Boyt: trio (dance\, sound\, and live video processing)\nNora Gibson and Dave Buschemeyer: Dark Energy (sound with live audio-reactive visuals)\nJohn Bezark and Chris Baldys: untitled (live sound and video processing)\nShani Aviram: untitled (live sound and video processing) \nPHILL NIBLOCK: THE MAGIN SUN (excerpt) \n \nTERRY FOX: CITIZENS’ FOOTBOOK (excerpt) \n \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nShani Aviram (b. Jerusalem\, Israel) is a composer\, sound designer and electronic musician currently based in Philadelphia. In her music she works with fragments of memories\, conversations and synthesized sounds\, exploring forms of musical collage. Often\, she will let the machine run wild. She has studied composition with Maggi Payne\, Fred Frith and John Bischoffhas performed at The Megapolis Audio Festival\, CubeFest at Virginia Tech\, and Mills College amongst other institutions.  www.shaniaviram.net \nJohn Bezark is a West Philly based creative technologist\, video artist and interactive designer. He works primarily in MAX/MSP/Jitter\, node.js and webGL to build creative systems that are powered by technology. However\, with a background in Theatre Directing\, he also believes in making immersive and interactive experiences that are deeply rooted in storytelling and audience agency. He’s fascinated by complex systems\, board games and history\, and\, on the whole\, is looking forward to the future. \nNora Gibson is a choreographer and video artistinterested in the beauty of the natural world\, as evidenced in mathematics and science\, and in working across artistic and academic disciplines to expand ballet’s reach. Gibson trained at Baltimore School for the Arts\, Chautauqua\, and NCSA\, and earned a BFA from Tisch\, at NYU. In addition to performing in the genres of ballet and contemporary dance in MD\, D.C.\, and NY\, Gibson was selected to work from 2010-2013 with Lucinda Childs to perform various iconic 70s works as part of the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage’s Virtual Reconstruction project. Gibson’s choreography has been presented by New Dance Alliance at Joyce SOHO\, at Dance Place in Washington DC\, Philadelphia Dance Projects\, The Williams. Center for the Arts\, and the Franklin Institute. Gibson also makes digital art under the name of Chroma and performs in A/V shows currently scheduled in the US and Canada. \nAndy Thierauf is a Philadelphia based percussionist who specializes in the creation and performance of contemporary music. He is particularly interested in combining percussion with theater\, dance\, and technology. Andy teaches at Settlement Music School and is an adjunct professor of percussion at Kutztown University. He is half of stb x at\, a dance/percussion duo with dancer and choreographer Sean Thomas Boyt. He has appeared in Philadelphia\, New York\, Boston\, Argentina\, and across the Midwest at music festivals\, conferences\, and symposia. His research centers on seamlessly integrating technology into performance to produce collaborative\, multi-media presentations with writers\, dancers\, actors\, choreographers\, and composers. \nGralin Hughes\, Jr. (aka television sky) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia\, working at the intersection of sound & visual. He merges visual art\, and sound design through projection mapping\, audio/visual live performances and installation art. His body of work explores the manipulation of fragmented textures through the use of modular synthesis\, field recordings and software. His artistic practice focuses on collaborating with visual artists\, musicians\, galleries and museums on how to activate their performances and spaces in ways that engage audiences more actively. His recent work includes collaborations with muralist Michelle Angela Ortiz\, The Philadelphia Jazz Project\, and Alex Shaw/The Mandinga Experiment. Gralin holds an MFA in Museum Exhibition Planning and Design from the University of the Arts. When not experimenting in his art studio he teaches creative technology & new media courses. \nTerry Fox\, Director of Philadelphia Dance Projects\, is a former choreographer/dancer. Concurrently she is Adjunct Faculty for the MA in Theatre Arts Administration Program\, Global Learning & Partnerships\, in the Theatre & Dance Department at Rowan University. As an artist she was one of the first in Philly to explore post modernism with improvisational structures in performance as well as “pioneer” the Old City loft district that later was developed into arts district. She often collaborated with choreographer/dancer Ishmael Houston-Jones\, and musicians Charles Cohen and Jeff Cain. As artist Curator she founded the “Dance With The Bride” series at the Painted Bride Art Center\, where she was on staff from1977-83 and again from ‘93 to 2000. In the interim she was Managing/Artistic Director of the Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church In-The-Bowery. She has served on numerous Boards and panels and has taught as adjunct faculty at various colleges and universities. She has a BA from New York University\, a MA from Temple University and participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art\, Independent Study Program. \nwww.philadanceprojects.org \nPerformers For Citizen’s Footbook:\n“Park Dance” The Stickmen ( Peter Baker\, Chuck Mattern and Beth Lejman )\n“Pounding the Pavement” Mary Baker\, Elizabeth Gold\, Fred Holland\n“Businessman Special” Leonard Steinberg\, Will Fox\, Bob Rivera and an actor from Freedom Theatre \nMusic: Ghostwriters (Jeff Cain and Charles Cohen\, electronic music duo) \nThe Local Dance History Project is an ongoing project of Philadelphia Dance Projects with the\nmission “to affirm the presence of dance artists in the rich cultural history of Philadelphia’s recent past\, present and future.” In 2010\, PDP presented performances of re-imagined works by Philadelphia Post modern dance artists from 1980. The project then expanded to begin creating a digital collection about those artists and others to become part of the permanent Philadelphia Dance Collection at the Special Collection Research Center at Temple University Libraries. That archiving is still in process. \nwww.localdancehistory.philadanceprojects.org URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-magic-sun/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MagicSun-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20181129T172854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190306T024629Z UID:10000831-1557604800-1557612000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Mystical Paths DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble performing Mystical Paths\, a program of music with spiritual focuses as diverse as Sufism\, silence\, cooking\, and humor. Taylor Brook’s Motorman Sextet anchors the program\, as an expressive setting of the most nostalgic episodes from David Ohle’s cult novel Motorman. Forrest Pierce’s Tighten to Nothing explores the composer’s Sufism through a text by medieval Dutch mystic Hadewijch II. Lucia Ronchetti’s Anatra al sal\, heard here in its U.S. premiere\, is a raucous exposition on cooking (the title is Duck with salt). Agata Zubel’s Madrigals\, another U.S. premiere\, draws from the composer’s experience as a renowned contemporary vocalist. Evan Johnson’s 3 in ad abundantiam\, and vo mesurando\, are extraordinarily delicate works that play on the edge of sound and silence\, questioning the very nature of vocal performance. \n\nPROGRAM\nTaylor Brook – Motorman Sextet\nForrest Pierce – Tighten to Nothing\nAgata Zubel – The Alphabet of the Ars Brevis\nEvan Johnson – 3 in ad abundantiam\nEvan Johnson – vo mesurando\nLucia Ronchetti – Antara al sal \n\nABOUT THE PERFORMERS\nEkmeles is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new and rarely-heard works\, and gems of the historical avant garde. New York is home to a vibrant instrumental New Music scene\, with a relative paucity of vocal music. Ekmeles was founded to fill the gap by presenting new a cappella repertoire for solo voices\, and by collaborating with these instrumental ensembles.  Director Jeffrey Gavett brings a hybrid vision to the group: he is an accomplished ensemble singer and performer of new works\, and holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and Manhattan School of Music’s Contemporary Performance Program. He has assembled a virtuoso group of colleagues who bring their own diverse backgrounds to bear on the unique challenges of this essential and neglected repertoire. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/mystical-paths/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/33ClaytonRaithel1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190330T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190330T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20181129T173103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200206T234550Z UID:10000832-1553976000-1553983200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Alash Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia favorites Alash return to The Rotunda for a FREE concert. Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei)\, 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. \nPresented with The Rotunda. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-at-the-rotunda/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Alash-Brooklyn-2014-2-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190309T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190309T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20181129T172743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190123T001127Z UID:10000830-1552161600-1552168800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Joshua Stamper's color as time DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present color as time\, an ensemble led by Philadelphia composer / performer Joshua Stamper that inhabits the blur between classical\, jazz\, folk\, and experimental textures. Playing at the edges of the composed and the improvised\, the music is inspired by Elliott Carter’s and Olivier Messiaen’s time-stretching compositional techniques\, immersed in a love for contrapuntal textures\, and occupies a harmonic world redolent of jazz musicians from Bill Evans to Duke Ellington to Wayne Shorter. \n\n\n\nPaul Arbogast – trombones\nBethany Brooks – piano\, keyboards\, accordion\nChristopher McDonald – keyboards\, electronics\, piano\nAnthony Nigro – woodwinds\nMatt Scarano – drums\nJoshua Stamper – guitar\, double-bass\, compositions\n\n\nBowerbird’s Steinway Model O piano was donated in honor of Virginia Francis Lease.\n\nthis light used to be a mountain by color as time URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/color-as-time/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cat-image1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190215T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190215T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20181129T173232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T232506Z UID:10000833-1550260800-1550268000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Greg Brown: Fall and Decline DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present the world premiere of Greg Brown’s Fall and Decline performed by Variant 6. The new work composed for voices and electronics is based on texts of Sadakichi Hartmann\, Eprenius\, Todd Hearon\, Edward Gibbon\, and Omar Khayyam. The composition contemplates the inevitable decline of all things natural and manmade. Variant 6 pairs this new work with other pieces for voices and electronics\, as well as selections of Medieval and Renaissance music. \n\nABOUT THE PERFORMERS\nVariant 6 is a virtuosic vocal sextet that explores and advances the art of chamber music in the twenty-first century. The ensemble’s work includes radically reimagining concert experiences\, commissioning substantial new works\, collaborating closely with other ensembles\, and educating a new generation of singers. Variant 6 has collaborated with a wide range of ensembles and composers\, including Prometheus Chamber Orchestra\, Arcana New Music Ensemble\, Mobius Percussion Quartet\, Square Peg Round Hole and Andrew Lipke\, Jeremy Gill\, Gregory W Brown\, Kevin Laskey\, and Wally Gunn. Devoted to educating a new generation of ensemble singers\, Variant 6 has conducted residencies at Cornell University\, Swarthmore College\, and high schools in the Philadelphia area. Future projects include commissions by Joanne Metcalf and Kile Smith\, and a collaboration with Piffaro\, the Renaissance Band. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/fall-and-decline/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/variant-6-photo4-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190209T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20181119T182338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T174538Z UID:10000829-1549742400-1549749600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Strange City: Music of Claude Vivier DESCRIPTION:The music of the Canadian composer Claude Vivier (1948-1983) combines diverse influences–from the the cerebral constructions of the European avant-garde to exoticist borrowings from East Asia– into a haunting and inimitable artistic voice. Vivier’s intense and colorful music mirrors his life as an eccentric and bon vivant who met a tragic death at the age of 34. The Arcana New Music Ensemble will present a selection of this rarely performed music\, ranging from the shatteringly virtuosic piano work Shiraz to the ritualistic intonations of Et je reverrai cette ville étrange (“And I will see this strange city again”)\, which is based\, like much of his music\, on the unfolding elaboration of a single melodic line. \nBowerbird’s Steinway Model O piano was donated in honor of Virginia Francis Lease. \n\nPROGRAM \nGreeting Music\nNicholas Handahl\, flute\nEvan Ocheret\, oboe\nErin Busch\, cello\nDavid Hughes\, piano\nAndy Thierauf\, percussion \nHymnen An Die Nacht\nAlize Rozsnyai\, soprano\nDavid Hughes\, piano \nShiraz\nDavid Hughes\, piano \nPulau Dewata\nDavid Hughes\, piano\nAndy Thierauf\, percussion\nAshley Tini\, percussion \nEt Je Reverrai Cette Ville Étrange\nTessa Ellis\, trumpet\nEmma Hey\, viola\nErin Busch\, cello\nDavi Ciriaco\, bass\nDavid Hughes\, piano\nAndy Thierauf\, percussion \n\n\n  \nABOUT THE COMPOSER\nMany consider Claude Vivier the greatest composer Canada has yet produced. At the age of 34\, he was the victim of a shocking murder\, leaving behind some 49 compositions in a wide range of genres\, including opera\, orchestral works\, and chamber pieces. György Ligeti once called Vivier “the finest French composer of his generation.” \nBorn in Montréal of unknown parents\, Vivier was adopted at the age of three. After being expelled from a seminary at sixteen for “immature behavior”—from an early age\, Vivier was open about his homosexuality—he studied at the Conservatoire de Musique in Montréal\, where his teachers included Gilles Tremblay (composition) and Irving Heller (piano). In 1971\, Vivier left Canada for Europe\, studying electroacoustic music with Gottfried Michael Koenig in Utrecht\, and composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne. Although Vivier was influenced by the latter\, he nonetheless developed a highly personal language. Chants\, composed during this period\, represented for him “the first moment of my existence as a composer.” \nIn the fall of 1976\, Vivier took a long trip through Asia. A visit to Bali caused him to reevaluate his ideas concerning the role of the artist in society\, initiating a new period in his stylistic evolution. In the wake of this journey he wrote Shiraz (1977) for piano\, Orion (1979) for orchestra\, and his opera Kopernikus (1978–79). Above all\, it was in his cycle of pieces for voice and instrumental ensemble\, particularly Lonely Child (1980) and Prologue pour un Marco Polo (1981) that Vivier’s unique style crystallized. In a New York Times profile\, Paul Griffiths observed\, “The harmonic auras are suddenly more complex\, and the fantastic orchestration is unlike anything in Vivier’s earlier music\, or anyone else’s. Perhaps he found it by listening intently to bells and gongs\, for the huge chords that march along—around—the voice commonly have deep fundamentals with a fizz of interfering higher tones\, rather like metallic resonances.” During this period\, Vivier began to create texts in an invented language\, mirroring the singularity of his musical idiom. \nVivier spent the last months of his life in Paris. On March 12\, 1983\, Vivier was found stabbed to death in his apartment. His murderer\, a 19-year-old man who may have been a prospective lover\, was later caught and sentenced. \nVivier advocates include Mauricio Kagel\, Kent Nagano\, Reinbert de Leeuw\, David Robertson\, and Dawn Upshaw. Vivier’s music featured prominently in Holland Festival 2005\, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra opened its 2005–06 season with Lonely Child\, with David Robertson conducting and Dawn Upshaw as the soprano soloist. In 2005\, the Montréal Symphony Orchestra inaugurated the Claude Vivier National Prize for the best work by a Canadian composer. (Reprinted by kind permission of B&H) \nABOUT THE PERFORMERS \nThe Arcana New Music Ensemble is a Philadelphia based ensemble for performing interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional music in interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional spaces. Founded in 2016\, the ensemble comprises a flexible roster of more than 30 musicians and performs regularly in Philadelphia. Past concerts have featured the music of Julius Eastman\, Galina Ustvolskaya\, Morton Feldman\, Moondog\, among others. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/arcana-performs-vivier/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Vivier-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190119T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190119T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20181129T173344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190119T190909Z UID:10000834-1547928000-1547935200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Madrigals and Animals DESCRIPTION:WEATHER UPDATE: CONCERT IS HAPPENING AS PLANNED.   \nBowerbird is pleased to present the the extraordinary vocal ensemble Ekmeles performing Madrigals and Animals\, a program celebrating the ongoing history of madrigals – the complex multi-part songs born during the Renaissance period known for their creative text setting (including imitating animals calls).  Karola Obermüller’s mass:distance:time relates directly to this history\, with flickers of Machaut’s mass\, and text by renaissance writer Ungaretti. Salvatore Sciarrino’s 12 Madrigali is an epic exploration of the composer’s signature sound world of filigree and glissando\, and will be heard here in its U.S. premiere. Karola Bauckholt’s Instinkt\, also heard for the first time in the U.S.\, blurs the line between animal vocalization and contemporary music. Finally\, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf’s void – un delitto italiano dramatizes in madrigal form the murder of Italian artist Pier Paolo Pasolini. \n\n\n\nPROGRAM \nmass:distance:time – Karola Obermüller \nvoid – un delitto italiano –  Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf \n12 Madrigali – Salvatore Sciarrino \nInstinkt – Carola Bauckholt \n\nABOUT THE PERFORMERS \nCharlotte Mundy\, soprano\nElisa Sutherland\, mezzo soprano\nTim Keeler\, countertenor\nNickolas Karageorgiou\, tenor\nJeffrey Gavett\, baritone and director\nSteven Hrycelak\, bass \nEkmeles is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new and rarely-heard works\, and gems of the historical avant garde. New York is home to a vibrant instrumental New Music scene\, with a relative paucity of vocal music. Ekmeles was founded to fill the gap by presenting new a cappella repertoire for solo voices\, and by collaborating with these instrumental ensembles.  Director Jeffrey Gavett brings a hybrid vision to the group: he is an accomplished ensemble singer and performer of new works\, and holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and Manhattan School of Music’s Contemporary Performance Program. He has assembled a virtuoso group of colleagues who bring their own diverse backgrounds to bear on the unique challenges of this essential and neglected repertoire. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/madrigals-and-animals/ LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/42ClaytonRaithel3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190118T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190118T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T120012 CREATED:20181219T152246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T203059Z UID:10000837-1547841600-1547848800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Arcana Brass DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present a rare evening of all contemporary music for brass ensemble featuring musicians from the Arcana New Music Ensemble. The program encompasses a wide variety of compositional voices from the last sixty years\, including Lois V. Vierk’s thorny Jagged Mesa\, Michael Nyman’s very un-Cagein For John Cage\, and more recent works by Philadelphia based composers Rene Orth and Dustin Hurt. \n\nPROGRAM \nLois V. Vierk: Jagged Mesa for brass ensemble\nRene Orth: Leaguered in Fire\, Lagooned in Gold for brass quintet\nGeorge Walker: Music for Brass\, Sacred and Profane for brass quintet\nIgor Stravinsky: Fanfare for a New Theater for two trumpets\nDustin Hurt: Per Novem for brass ensemble\nLois V. Vierk: Sunbow for brass quintet\nMichael Nyman: For John Cage for brass ensemble \n\nARCANA NEW MUSIC (BRASS) ENSEMBLE \nTessa Ellis\, trumpet and piccolo trumpet\nPaul Futer\, trumpet and flugelhorn\nWilliam Gregory\, trumpet and piccolo trumpet\nAlex Serio\, trumpet and flugelhorn\nJosh Cote\, horn\nMatt Gould\, tenor trombone and euphonium\nRJ McGhee\, tenor trombone\nJason Stein\, tenor trombone and bass trombone\nJJ Cooper\, bass trombone\nDan Nosheny\, tuba\nJay Krush\, tuba and conductor\nDustin Hurt\, conductor \n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/arcana-brass/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/SH5_Circles.fw_-2.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR