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-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:20070311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20090308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20091101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20100314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20101107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130120T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130120T170000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T155817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T155817Z UID:10000956-1358690400-1358701200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Cage's Thirteen DESCRIPTION:The PRISM saxophone quartet and the Curtis Institute of Musics 20/21 Ensemble join forces for a program that includes a selection of Freeman Etudes for solo violin (1977-80)\, Sonata for Two Voices (1933)\, Music for Nine (1984-87)\, Four5 for saxophone quartet (1991)\, and to close the festival Thirteen (1992)\, Cages final composition. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/cages-thirteen/ LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cage_Thirteen.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130116T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130116T160000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T161210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T161341Z UID:10000959-1358344800-1358352000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Extended Lullabies: Either / OR performs Cage DESCRIPTION:New 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cage_Four3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T160000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T162540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T162540Z UID:10000962-1357995600-1358006400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Cage's Number Pieces with Christian Wolff\, Keith Rowe\, and Michael Pisaro DESCRIPTION:“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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T130000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T162918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T162918Z UID:10000963-1357988400-1357995600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Boot Camp for Cage's Number Pieces with Michael Pisaro DESCRIPTION:The 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cage3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130111T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130111T190000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T163532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T164008Z UID:10000965-1357923600-1357930800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Songs & Harmonies with Relache DESCRIPTION:Relache\, 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121216T160000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T163822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T163822Z UID:10000966-1355666400-1355673600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Margaret Leng Tan performs Cage's Sonatas and Interludes DESCRIPTION:Pianist 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121208T160000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T165114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T165245Z UID:10000968-1354968000-1354982400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:The BSC performs John Cage's Song Books in Miniatures DESCRIPTION:As 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121202T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121202T160000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T170057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T170057Z UID:10000970-1354449600-1354464000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Behind Song Books DESCRIPTION:Talks\, Workshops\, and Hands-On Activities. Unpack Song Books with our expert guides. This beautiful score includes over 90 solos exploring a wide range of notational systems\, including pictures\, maps\, and text. Participate in workshops and talks with Joan La Barbara\, Richard Kostelanetz\, and David Patterson URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/behind-song-books/ LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cage_SongBooks.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121201T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121201T160000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T170332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T170332Z UID:10000971-1354363200-1354377600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Joan La Barbara and Ne(x)tworks perform Cage's Song Books in Miniatures DESCRIPTION:As 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.\nWeaving through the museum’s Dancing Around the Bride exhibition\, this performance of Cage’s Song Books features short vignettes and tableaus performed by members of the Ne(x)tworks ensemble. \n  \nNe(x)tworks\nJoan La Barbara – voice\nShelley Burgon – harp\nYves Dharamraj – cello\nMiguel Frasconi – glass\nStephen Gosling – piano\nAriana Kim – violin\nChristopher McIntyre – trombone\, laptop \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/joan-la-barbara-and-nextworks-perform-cages-song-books-in-miniatures/ LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Nextworks.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121104T183000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T171759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T171830Z UID:10000974-1352044800-1352053800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Network for New Music performs Cage's Solos DESCRIPTION:Taking advantage of the unique character of each instrument\, members of Philadelphias venerable Network for New Music perform solos from Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958 – 59)\, offering a broad sampling instrumental timbres and compositional styles. These works will be performed in tandem with the choreographed movements of the Merce Cunningham dancers on the exhibitions Main Stage. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/network-for-new-music-performs-cages-solos/ LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Network_New_Music-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121103T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121103T160000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190429T172702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T172702Z UID:10000976-1351944000-1351958400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Cage: Silence and Beyond DESCRIPTION:Cage often referred to his silent piece as his most important work\, but does this piece overshadow his other artistic contributions\, and most importantly\, his craft as a composer? A series of talks and artistic responses explore the complex and interwoven ideas of 433 (1952) and beyond. \nPart of the Cage: Beyond Silence festival.\nhttp://cagebeyondsilence.com/ URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/cage-silence-and-beyond/ LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Cage-preparing-piano-1-cropped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121026T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121026T200000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190502T161825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190502T161825Z UID:10000983-1351270800-1351281600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Cage: Music for Film DESCRIPTION:Virtuoso pianist Margaret Leng Tan\, who began her association with Cage in 1981\, performs an eclectic and far ranging program of Cage’s music for piano\, prepared piano\, and toy piano to live projected videos.Compositions include Works of Calder\, Music for Marcel Duchamp\, Cage’s score painting Chess Pieces\, and Music for Piano no. 2\, which will be performed with Rob Dietz’s video projections of Cage’s artwork 10 Stones. \nPart of Cage: Beyond Silence URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/cage-music-for-film/ LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Cage-preparing-piano-1-cropped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080307T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080307T220000 DTSTAMP:20260514T054020 CREATED:20190603T173010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T220810Z UID:10001046-1204916400-1204927200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:JAPANESE MODERN Art After Five DESCRIPTION:A concert program with Ensemble N_JP (Japan/USA)\, featuring traditional Japanese music and contemporary works by Japanese and American composers. The program will include the US premiere of Andolangen\, a music-video composition by Philadelphia composer Gene Coleman\, based on architecture by Tadao Ando. Celebrate Japan with a program that focuses on Japanese music\, architecture and design sensibility\, viewed through the lens of globalization. \nPhiladelphia composer Gene Coleman formed Ensemble N_JP in 2001 as a vehicle for his ongoing work with outstanding musicians from Japan and guest artists from the USA and Europe. The goal of the group is to explore new relationships between traditional and experimental art and to create a platform for cultural exchange between Japan and the West. These ideas are made manifest through concert programs\, multimedia works and educational projects. For the PMA program\, traditional music for the Japanese instruments Sho (bamboo mouth organ) and Koto (large 13 string zither) is heard in relation to a new composition by the venerable Japanese composer Yuji Takahashi. A special feature of the program will be the US premiere of Andolangen\, a music and video composition by Gene Coleman\, scored for an ensemble of western and Japanese instruments with two screen video projection. Andolangen is one in a series of works by Coleman that explore relationships between music\, architecture and video in the context of globalization. In Andolangen\, the work springs from the primal language of form and space found in Tadao Ando’s elegant Langen Foundation building\, using it as a "catalytic text" for a music and video composition. The graphic elements of the building itself become part of the score and composition\, through a process that is both formal and poetic. In this way\, Coleman asks the question "what does this building sound like \nThis program is part of the Art after 5 series at the PMA and will also feature a screening of Making the Modern\, a film by Harry Lynch that follows Tadao Ando’s design and construction of the Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth\, with commentary by architect Frank Gerry and artist Richard Serra. The film will screen at 5:45 and 7:00 PM in the PMA auditorium. An introduction by Stephanie C. Feldman\, Instructor in the School of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania will accompany the 7:00 PM screening. \n  \nPROGRAM:\n5:45 to 6:45 –\n(Yatsuhashi Kengyo) (Koto solo 17th Century traditional music)\nRyuko Mizutani (Koto)\nTori no Yoni (Like a Bird)" (Tadao Sawai) 1985 \nRyuko Mizutani (Koto)\nIII. Solo composition for Sho by Ko Ishikawa\nKo Ishikawa (Sho)\nIV. "Koto nado (Yuji Takahashi) for koto and ensemble (2000) \nRyuko Mizutani (Koto) and Ensemble N_JP \nPAUSE \n7:15 to 8:15\nV. Improvisations\nfeaturing Ensemble N_JP (Ko Ishikawa (sho)\, Ryuko Mizutani (koto)\,\nKazuhisa Uchihashi (e-guitar) and US musicians) \nVI. "Andolangen" (Gene Coleman)\nFor Ensemble with 2 screen video projection (2007) \nEnsemble N_JP (Japan/USA)\nconducted by Thaddeus Squire\nKo Ishikawa (sho)\nRyuko Mizutani (koto)\nKazuhisaUchihashi (e-guitar)\nGene Coleman (bass clarinet)\nAlban Bailly (shamisen and guitar)\nGordon Beeferman (piano)\nKevin McFarland (cello)\nNick Lerman (video editor and technical advisor) \nAndolangen was commissioned by the Culture Foundation of Nordrhein Westphalia and the E-Mex Ensemble (Germany). Support for this program was made possible by: The Philadelphia Museum of Art\, The Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia\, The Foundation for Contemporary Art\, Soundfield\, NFP. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/japanese-modern-art-after-five/ LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR