Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, this event is unable to take place as previously planned. We hope to reschedule it for the Fall. Please stay tuned. Bowerbird is pleased to present musicians Nate Wooley and Carol Robinson performing several works from Éliane Radigue's Occam, a series of pieces developed directly with the musicians for…
Philadelphia's favorite vocal sextet Variant 6 presents world premieres by Joanne Metcalf and Klaus Sandvig on a program that brings light in the dark of winter. Joanne Metcalf's music draws inspiration from Renaissance and medieval polyphony, ancient Georgian music, and contemporary extended techniques. Her new work will set a poem by Denise Levertov: "The Sea’s Wash…
One of the most influential American composers of the 20th century, James Tenney (1934-2006) combined the experimental spirit of Cage and company with a rigorous grounding in acoustics, perception, and information theory. This program explores Tenney’s music for string instruments, from his diagrammatic Postal Pieces (1965-71) to his last major work, the string quartet Arbor…
The American composer Tom Johnson (b. 1939) has made a career of quite literally composing by numbers. Motivated by mathematical concepts such as self-similarity, transformations, and tiling patterns, Johnson's compositions are rigorously formalistic, but his use of repetition and familiar musical materials makes the underlying processes recognizable and (usually) enjoyable. The centerpiece of this concert…
ABOUT THE EVENT Bowerbird is pleased to present the sixth event of the BEGIN ANYWHERE series, a performer-driven, salon-style concert series curated and performed by the musicians of the Arcana New Music Ensemble. THE PROGRAM Karlheinz Stockhausen: Tierkreis Melissa Dunphy: Handshake: a scherzo Padma Newsome: My Mr. Neverending Kiss Michael Finnissy: Green Meadow Jennifer…
Bowerbird's Arcana New Music Ensemble joins forces with Variant 6, a vocal sextet specializing in contemporary music, for a program of Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, Salvatore Sciarrino, and more. THE PROGRAM Morton Feldman: Voices and Instruments II for three voices, flute, two cellos, and double bass Steve Reich: Proverb for three sopranos, two…
ABOUT THE EVENT Bowerbird, in association with Pig Iron Theatre Company, is pleased to present Morton Feldman's Samuel Beckett, Words and Music. The concert will be performed by the Arcana New Music Ensemble with actors Jaime Maseda and Michael T. Williams in the magnificent sanctuary of the Fleisher Art Memorial. THE PERFORMERS Pig Iron…
Presented with Fleisher Art Memorial, Open Sound is a workshop series devoted to exploring the creative potential of sound through technology, improvisation, and a whole bunch of other things. Each session is led by a different Philadelphia artist and is open to anyone, regardless of experience level or artistic background. The workshops are free and…
Presented with Fleisher Art Memorial, Open Sound is a workshop series devoted to exploring the creative potential of sound through technology, improvisation, and a whole bunch of other things. Each session is led by a different Philadelphia artist and is open to anyone, regardless of experience level or artistic background. The workshops are free and…
Presented with Fleisher Art Memorial, Open Sound is a workshop series devoted to exploring the creative potential of sound through technology, improvisation, and a whole bunch of other things. Each session is led by a different Philadelphia artist and is open to anyone, regardless of experience level or artistic background. The workshops are free and…
Bowerbird presents: BEGIN ANYWHERE a concert series about starting new things This is a series about starting a new music ensemble. In Philadelphia. In 2015. But it is also a series for anyone that's ever tried to make something with other people. It's about starting a non-profit, or an ensemble, or a business, or…