With its most eclectic offering to date, the winter edition of OVER-NITE SENSATION will offer a unique opportunity, for the seasoned and the uninitiated alike, to sample a broad array of artistic inclinations. This evening offers a bizarre mix of composers improvising, improvisers composing, realtime laptop processing of a counter tenor voice, music from the…
For over three years Bowerbird has stood under the banner of "experimental" and championed the multitude of perspectives that umbrella encompasses. OVER-NITE SENSATION offers a unique opportunity, for the seasoned and the uninitiated alike, to sample a broad array of artistic inclinations, all in one night. Artists from Philadelphia and far beyond will beguile the…
A triple bill of haunting beauty and sublime intensity closes out the Bowerbird summer season. Detroit's Graveyards (members of Wolf Eyes, Melee), will be joined by Melisa Putz and Thomas Clark's dance and music collaboration PIMA Group, and special performance by Chris Madak's Bee Mask. The event will take place on the air-conditioned 3rd Floor…
For over three years Bowerbird has stood under the banner of "experimental" and championed the multitude of perspectives that umbrella encompasses. OVER-NITE SENSATION offers a unique opportunity, for the seasoned and the uninitiated alike, to sample a broad array of artistic inclinations, all in one night. Artists from Philadelphia and far beyond will beguile the…
Some of the most exciting music to cross the Atlantic in recent memory, saxophonist Espen Reinertsen and trumpeter Eivind Lonning are part of the bright young generation of Norwegian improvisors. The two play high energy "acoustic noise" music maybe more evocative of a summer's evening in the country, then their traditional trumpet/sax duo might suggest…
Fabrizio Spera - Alberto Braida - Jack Wright Mike Szekely - Matt Mitchell - Matt Engle Larry Toft - Dawn Webster - David Fishkin Much of the jazz tradition is built on well defined instrumental roles - bass and drum in the rhythm section, horns playing melodic solos and harmonic supporting material. But just…
DAVID DANIELL, JACK ROSE, GLENN JONES, and ANDY GILES presented with Plays and Players The guitar is arguably today's most important vehicle for musical creativity. Despite the enormous amount of material that already exists, or perhaps because of it, there are a number of artists that continue to redefine and recast the boundaries and…
Bowerbird presents SIZE MATTERS featuring ENSEMBLE PAMPLEMOUSSE and ENSEMBLE NOMOS presented with Plays and Players. Often pursued, rarely achieved, the attempt to conquer the dynamic possibilities in a large ensemble is the holy grail of experimental music. Somewhere after the fourth or fifth person is added, the same individuality that makes a duo or trio…