Bowerbird is pleased to present New Thread Quartet's album release show featuring "A Little Night Music," and Tori Cheah's Walk for a Shell from their new album, Saxifraga. $15-25 suggested donation, which includes a CD and digital download; No one turned away for lack of funds While Irish composer Emma O’Halloran was living in Miami, she listened…
Bowerbird is pleased to present the Arcana New Music Ensemble performing Pauline Oliveros' works The Well and The Gentle at the Icebox Project Space. Written between 1982-1983 and commissioned by Philadelphia's Relâche Ensemble, The Well and The Gentle are two of Oliveros' text based intuitive pieces. Rooted in listening, the scores consist of written instructions, scales,…
Bowerbird is pleased to present violinist/violist Leah Asher with percussionist Dennis Sullivan and pianist Christopher Goddard to perform a program of works by Lewis Nielson, Anahita Abbasi, Leah Asher, and Michael Hersch. Featured on this program is Lewis Nielson’s new work clang clash roar, whose title taken from a line in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem…
Bowerbird is pleased to present RE/CREATE, a program for six voices and six viols with Variant 6 & Sylvan Consort of Viols. The highlight of this program is a world premiere by Philadelphia composer, Kile Smith highlighting the unique sound world created by the combination of voices and viols. Smith’s new work entitled “Endless Morn…
Bowerbird and Fire Museum present the duo of Iranian vocalist Kamyar Arsani (Faraway Ghost) and Indian-born percussionist/producer Ravish Momin (Sunken Cages). Their collaboration combines Persian poetry with Mumbai street rhythms, layered over intricate electronic soundscapes. Arsani’s mastery of Persian classical modes (dastgahs) and his evocative vocals merge seamlessly with Momin’s polyrhythmic live-looping and electronic drumming.…
