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SUMMARY:Screening: John Cage Meets Sun Ra
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present a special screening of John Cage Meets Sun Ra: The Complete Concert at The Rotunda. \nRecorded at Sideshows by the Seashore along the Coney Island boardwalk on June 8th\, 1986 as documented by John Polizzi under the commission of event producers Rick Russo and Bronwyn Rucker. \nFrom Pitchfork: “John Cage Meets Sun Ra: The Complete Concert gradually emerges as something greater than a footnote. That’s not because the pairing results in an ‘avant super duo.’ As it happens\, the two artists tend to trade off soloing\, and only play together audibly at one point during this hour-plus set\, recorded at Coney Island. Yet despite the arms-length embrace\, the overall concert has a surprisingly seamless quality.” \nCo-presented with The Rotunda \n\n
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/screening-john-cage-meets-sun-ra/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Claire Rousay
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present LA-based musician and artist claire rousay at The Rotunda with opening set by Apologist. claire rousay\, known for challenging conventions in experimental and ambient music forms\, recently released a new album in early 2024. A meditation on loneliness\, her new album is her most audacious work yet\, synthesizing disparate and unexpected influences from throughout rousay’s long and varied career as a performer. \nPhoto: Zoe Donahoe \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nclaire rousay is a singular artist\, known for challenging conventions in experimental and ambient music forms. rousay masterfully incorporates textural found sounds\, sumptuous drones and candid field recordings into music that celebrates the beauty in life’s banalities. Her music is curatorial and granular in detail\, deftly shaped into emotionally affecting pieces. sentiment is a meditation of the poignant emotional terrains of loneliness\, nostalgia\, sentimentality\, guilt\, and sex. The album’s narrative arc is guided by delicate musical gestures and artistic vulnerability\, audaciously synthesizing disparate and unexpected influences. rousay crafted the songs in various homes\, bedrooms\, hotels\, and other private places\, the feeling of time and energy spent alone radiating from each passage. The album is a collection of heart-rending\, incisive pop songs that explore universal feelings with subtlety and remarkable vision. \nRose Actor-Engel is a Philadelphia based musician and composer. She uses synthesizer\, tape and field recordings to create ambient and experimental music\, implementing specific rules and protocols to determine structure. She has been recording/performing as Apologist since 2018.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/claire-rousay/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Music of Moondog
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present the Music of Moondog performed by the Arcana New Music Ensemble. \nLouis Thomas Hardin\, Jr.\, better known as Moondog\, is one of the most famous and influential outsider musicians of the twentieth century. Born in Kansas to a devoutly religious family\, Hardin was blinded at age 16 when he dug up a live dynamite cap. For 30 years\, from the early 1940s to the early 1970s\, he lived in New York City\, where he became a well-known street performer known\, thanks to his Nordic garb\, as “the Viking of Sixth Avenue.” During this time he recorded several albums and won the respect of many important musicians\, including Leonard Bernstein\, Charlie Parker (for whom he wrote the piece “Bird’s Lament”)\, and Philip Glass (with whom he briefly shared an apartment). From 1974 until his death in 1999\, Moondog lived primarily in Germany\, where he enjoyed the most stable and productive creative period of his life. Celebrated for his diverse body of work that combines– among other influences– the rhythmic energy of jazz\, the ritualistic intensity of Native American tribal music\, and classical principles of counterpoint\, Moondog’s music is at once uncategorizable and instantly identifiable. \n\nPROGRAM \nTheme\nBird’s Lament\nWitch of Endor\nSpruchweisheiten\nSandalwood\nMother’s Whistler\nChaconne in G Major\nElf Dance\nDog Trot\nPastorale in C \nand others \nENSEMBLE \nAaron Stewart – saxophones\nTessa Ellis – trumpet\nCarlos Santiago – violin\nThomas Kraines – cello\nAndy Thierauf – percussion \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nFounded in 2016\, the Arcana New Music Ensemble is a group of Philadelphia-based musicians dedicated to presenting interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional music in interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional places. Built on a flexible roster of 25 musicians\, Arcana is able to perform a broad range of repertoire in numerous configurations. Composers featured in recent programs include Julius Eastman\, Morton Feldman\, Galina Ustvolskaya\, Pauline Oliveros\, Tom Johnson\, Moondog\, and James Tenney. Arcana has performed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art\, Fleisher Art Memorial\, The Rotunda\, The Kitchen (NYC)\, and collaborated with Variant Six\, Prometheus Chamber Orchestra\, and Pig Iron Theater Company. \n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/music-of-moondog/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:David Grubbs and Eli Winter
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present David Grubbs and Eli Winter playing electric guitar duets at The Rotunda. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nDavid Grubbs is Professor of Music at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center\, CUNY. At Brooklyn College he also teaches in the MFA programs in Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA) and Creative Writing. He is the author of Good night the pleasure was ours\, The Voice in the Headphones\, Now that the audience is assembled\, and Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage\, the Sixties\, and Sound Recording (all published by Duke University Press) as well as the collaborative artists’ books Simultaneous Soloists (with Anthony McCall\, Pioneer Works Press) and Projectile (with Reto Geiser and John Sparagana\, Drag City). Grubbs has released fourteen solo albums and appeared on more than 200 releases. In 2000\, his The Spectrum Between (Drag City) was named “Album of the Year” in the London Sunday Times. He is known for his ongoing cross-disciplinary collaborations with poet Susan Howe and visual artists Anthony McCall and Angela Bulloch\, and his work has been presented at\, among other venues\, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, MoMA\, the Tate Modern\, and the Centre Pompidou. Grubbs was a member of the groups Gastr del Sol\, Bastro\, and Squirrel Bait\, and has performed with Tony Conrad\, Pauline Oliveros\, Luc Ferrari\, Will Oldham\, Loren Connors\, the Red Krayola\, Royal Trux\, and many others. He is a grant recipient from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts\, a contributing editor in music for BOMB Magazine\, a member of the advisory board of the journal Sound American\, a member of the board of directors of Blank Forms\, and director of the Blue Chopsticks record label. \nPlaying older than his 26 years\, Eli Winter has long demonstrated mastery over solo guitar composition and performance\, which has received praise from Pitchfork\, The Guardian\, Stereogum\, NPR and others. Winter’s latest album\, Eli Winter (Three Lobed\, 2022)\, lives up to the promise that is inherent within the mere construct of an eponymous album – a statement\, a reinvention. Assisted by a murderer’s row of peers and contemporaries including Cameron Knowler\, Yasmin Williams\, David Grubbs\, Ryley Walker\, Tyler Damon\, jaimie branch\, and others\, Eli Winter showcases a compositional depth and authoritative skill only hinted at on Winter’s rightfully acclaimed previous work. Is it folk? Rock? Jazz? Something simply “other”? The answer to all of these questions is “yes.” The result is the sound of an artist escaping any lingering shadows of his primary influences and coming into his own. \nEli Winter LP (Three Lobed\, 2022): threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/eli-winter \nA Day Behind the Deadline live EP (Three Lobed\, 2023): threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/a-day-behind-the-deadline
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/david-grubbs-and-eli-winter/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kaffe Matthews
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Katharina Hauke \nBowerbird is pleased to present Berlin-based British music maker Kaffe Matthews at The Rotunda with opening set by Spectral Forces. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nKaffe Matthews is a pioneering music maker who works live with space\, data\, things\, and place to make new electroacoustic composition. Site\, accessibility and the physical experience of this music has always been central to her approach and so she has also invented some unique interfaces – the sonic armchair\, the sonic bed and a variety of sonic bikes which enable new paths into composition for makers\, and ways in to listening for wide ranging audiences. In 2021 she developed the breathing Enviro Bike to enable riders to hear music made by the pollution of the air as they ride. Summer 2022 saw the Buzz Bike in street compositional research in Berlin\, now ready to make new vibrational composition. Today\, she is back live on stage with no laptop. Instead a new DIY instrument the Ripley\, a noise filter system designed on alchemical discoveries made by G.Ripley\, a 15th British alchemist\, flanked by 2 processing ipads. \nSpectral Forces\, a Philadelphia based trio of Pete Dennis (bass)\, Julius Masri (drums)\, and Alex Smith (keys and words)\, brings triangulated octohedronal hysteria\, wired nexus and timpanic atom bathe! the new wave in mystic sonic structure. \n\n \nKaffe Matthews · Finding Languages
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/kaffe-matthews/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alash Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Philadelphia favorites Alash at 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. \n*Please note: The performance starts at 7:30pm. Seating and admission to the building for the performance will be on a first come first served basis. Doors will open at 6:45pm.* \n\n\n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-ensemble-2024/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231215T200000
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SUMMARY:The Music of Sarah Hennies
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present a portrait concert of composer Sarah Hennies performed by the Arcana New Music Ensemble with the composer. \n\nPROGRAM \nPassing\, a short film \nMonologue\, for solo trumpet\nTessa Ellis\, trumpet \nSettle\, for two players on one vibraphone\nSarah Hennies and Andy Thierauf\, vibraphone \nAbscission\, for violin\, cello\, and guitar\nCarlos Santiago\, violin; Erin Busch\, cello; Jonathan Pfeffer\, guitar \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nSarah Hennies is a composer based in upstate New York whose work engages with affective and sociopolitical issues such as queer and trans identity\, love\, and intimacy by means of psychoacoustics and an expanded field of percussion. Forced to build their own set-ups\, percussionists are\, for Hennies\, the only instrumentalists with the freedom to define themselves. A formally trained percussionist\, Hennies’s penchant for the abnormal has yielded maladroit performances of multitudinous cheap\, thrifted bells as well as ultra-minimalist poundings of woodblock and vibraphone. Hennies has composed acoustic music for ensembles and performers including Bearthoven\, Claire Chase\, Nate Wooley\, and Yarn/Wire\, while her recorded output has been released by Blume\, No Rent Records\, Astral Spirits\, and Black Truffle\, among other labels. Hennies is currently a visiting assistant professor of music at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York. \nFounded in 2016\, the Arcana New Music Ensemble is a group of Philadelphia-based musicians dedicated to presenting interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional music in interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional places. Built on a flexible roster of 25 musicians\, Arcana is able to perform a broad range of repertoire in numerous configurations. Composers featured in recent programs include Julius Eastman\, Morton Feldman\, Galina Ustvolskaya\, Pauline Oliveros\, Tom Johnson\, Moondog\, and James Tenney. Arcana has performed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art\, Fleisher Art Memorial\, The Rotunda\, The Kitchen (NYC)\, and collaborated with Variant Six\, Prometheus Chamber Orchestra\, and Pig Iron Theater Company. \n\n\n\n
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/sarah-hennies-with-arcana/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Natacha Diels and Levi Lu
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present two solo performances by Natacha Diels and Levi Lu at The Rotunda. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nNatacha Diels’ work combines choreographed movement\, improvisation\, video\, instrumental practice\, and cynical play to create worlds of curiosity and unease. Recent work includes Papillon and the Dancing Cranes\, for construction cranes and giant butterfly (Borealis Festival 2018); and forthcoming is a 6-part TV-style miniseries with the JACK quartet (TimeSpans Festival 2020) and a collaborative work for shadowed audience with Ensemble Pamplemousse (Darmstadt 2020). With a focus on collage\, collaboration\, and the ritual of life as art\, Natacha’s compositions have been described as “a fairy tale for a fractured world” (Music We Care About) and “the liveliest music of the evening” (LA Review of Books). \nQiujiang Levi Lu/卢秋江 (they/them) is a Beijing-born\, New Jersey-based performer\, experimental vocalist\, composer\, and certified foodie. As an improvising performer\, Lu utilizes custom-built feedback-driven electronic instruments\, voice\, and amplified muscle movements to perform in various settings. Other than performing\, Lu also writes for acoustic and electronic improvisers. Through using sound-canceling headphones and in-ear monitors\, Lu creates surreal listening environments for improvisers to explore human relationships\, audio-visual interactivity\, and the phenomenology of sound.\nLu’s works have been performed at Festivals\, Conferences\, and Venues such as DiMenna Center\, IRCAM Forum\, SEAMUS conference\, HighZero Festival\, NIME conference\, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival\, Oberlin MMG\, Spencer Museum of Art\, Rhizome DC\, and NowNet Arts conference.\nLu currently works as a lecturer in the Department of Music at the University of Pennsylvania. \n\n\n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/natacha-diels-and-levi-lu/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Lepidopterans + Anne Ishii
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present The Lepidopterans: Tom Boram (Synthesizer\, Sitar)\, Jason Willett (Electronics)\, and Toshi Makihara (Percussion)\, at The Rotunda with an opening set by Anne Ishii. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nTom Boram and Jason Willett have been playing together for almost 25 years as ‘Leprechaun Catering.” The Baltimore-based duo makes improvised music from electronics that is strange and dark\, yet joyful and humorous. Their music reflects their influences: the outer space analog echoes of the Barron’s “Forbidden Planet” and the Solar Arkestra’s “Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow”\, or the sarcastic industrial noises of Northern England’s late 1970s\, or the inscrutable textural puzzles of Cecil Taylor’s “Unit Structures” or Incus’ “Company Week” collaborations\, and/or the child-like plasticity of the “moogsploitation”-album era\, or the vintage TV and cinema sounds of De Wolfe and Chapelle library music. \nBoram is also a harpsichordist\, organist\, filmmaker and multi-media artist. He has had his films/videos and multi-media installations featured throughout the USA\, Mexico and Europe. He is a founder of Baltimore’s 25-year old improvised music festival\, High Zero. \nWillett is also a bass player\, producer\, record store owner. He has been playing bass in the infamous art punk band Half Japanese with Jad Fair for 30 years. He is a founder of Baltimore’s Megaphone Records and the True Vine Record Shop. He has played on\, recorded and produced hundreds of albums. \nToshi Makihara studied drums\, percussion and improvisation with Sabu Toyozumi\, a prominent percussionist in Tokyo. Since arriving in the United States in the late 1970’s he has worked with various new music ensembles as well as with numerous dance and theater companies internationally. Makihara has provided original music to Arden Theater Company\, Diversions Dance Company (Wales)\, Pennsylvania Ballet\, ZeroMoving Dance Company and Leah Stein Dance Company among others\,\nand has worked with musicians including Steve Beresford\, Peter Brotzmann\, John Butcher\, Nels Cline\, Eugene Chadbourne\, Tom Cora\, Amy Denio\, Thurston Moore\, William Parker and John Zorn. He has also collaborated with poets\, visual artists\, filmmakers and performance artists widely. \nAnne Ishii is a writer and born again percussionist who leads the Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia. She plays in TOTALLY AUTOMATIC.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-lepidopterans/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T200000
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SUMMARY:eddy kwon
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present interdisciplinary artist eddy kwon and the Philadelphia-based trio Totally Automatic at The Rotunda. \nABOUT THE ARTIST\neddy kwon (b. 1989) is violinist/violist and interdisciplinary artist based in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn\, NY). Her practice connects composition\, performance\, improvisation\, dance\, and ceremony to explore transformation & transgression\, ritual practice as a tool to queer ancestral lineage\, and the use of mythology to connect\, obscure\, and reveal. As a composer-performer and improviser\, she is inspired by Korean folk timbres & inflections\, textures & movement from natural environments\, and American experimentalism as shaped by the AACM. Her work as a choreographer and movement artist embodies an expressive release and reclamation of colonialism’s spiritual imprints\, connecting to both Japanese Butoh and a lineage of queer/trans practitioners of Korean shamanic ritual. \nShe is a United States Artists Fellow\, Johnson Fellow at Americans for the Arts\, Andrew W. Mellon Artist-in-Residence at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center\, Van Lier Fellow and Artist-in-Residence at Roulette Intermedium\, and a recipient of the National Performance Network Creation Fund Award. Recently\, eddy was featured in The Wire Magazine’s Issue #463 (“absolutely stunning”) and as one of the Washington Post’s “22 for ‘22: Composers and performers to watch this year.” In addition to an evolving\, interdisciplinary solo practice\, she collaborates with artists of diverse disciplines\, including The Art Ensemble of Chicago\, cellist Tomeka Reid\, sculptor Senga Nengudi\, Degenerate Art Ensemble\, Holland Andrews\, and many others. \nwww.eddykwon.net \n  \nTotally Automatic was formed by Anne Ishii\, Eugene Lew and Matthew Smith Lee in the summer of 2021. They play unarranged music with each other\, on drums\, saxophone and electronics\, and can be found around Philadelphia. \ntotallyautomatic.net\ntotallyautomatic.bandcamp.com \n\nPLEASE NOTE: As of January 2023\, masks are welcomed\, but no longer required at Bowerbird events.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/eddy-kwon/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sawt Out
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present the Berlin-based trio Sawt Out at the Rotunda with an opening set by Philadelphia-based musician Julius Masri. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nSince its foundation in 2015 the Berlin-based trio Sawt Out has shaped and refined its profile as a prominent improvisational unit. With their unusual acoustic instrumentation of trumpet and two sets of percussion these three gentlemen create bewildering sound worlds rich in detail and of tight musical interaction. Sawt Out has played numerous concerts throughout Europe\, Asia and beyond. This current tour is their first live appearance in the US. \nSawt Out is:\nBurkhard Beins (percussion)\nMazen Kerbaj (trumpet)\nMichael Vorfeld (percussion) \n  \nJulius Masri is a Philadelphia based multi instrumentalist\, and performer/composer for the city’s dance community at large. His music focuses on improvisatory methods and syncretic / linguistic 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 picked  up drumming a year later. He studied 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. He can be seen performing in groups such as  grind/crust metal band Night Raids\, free jazz groups Sirius Juju and Dromedaries\, trombone and synth duo Superlith\, avant metal  group Nomad War Machine\, and  more.  He has  performed with Henry Grimes\, Jamaaladeen Tacuma\, Thurman  Barker and members of the  Sun Ra Arkestra.  Julius is a recipient of a 2022 Yaddo Fellowship for composition\, and a 2022 University of the Arts creative research and innovation grant. \n\n  \nSawt Out by Sawt Out \n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/sawt-out/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20221121T183323Z
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SUMMARY:Ikue Mori + Charmaine Lee
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Ikue Mori and Charmaine Lee at The Rotunda for an evening featuring solos from each artist as well as a duo performance. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nSince her emergence in New York’s No Wave scene in the late 1970s as a percussionist in DNA\, Japanese native Ikue Mori has used auto didacticism to forge one of the most singular aesthetics in contemporary music. Since switching from a richly intuitive approach to drums to electronics during the 1980s she’s refined an elusive\, liquid sound that translated her rhythmic vocabulary into a shape-spilling mass of daydreaming gurgles\, bloops\, smears\, rattles\, and fractals that’s at once serene and unsettling. She’s a master improviser\, adapting a recognizable sonic palette from real-time processing according to the needs and variables of each situation. Over the years she’s formed inextricable bonds with musicians like John Zorn\, Zeena Parkins\, Craig Taborn\, and Sylvie Courvoisier\, among others\, steadily enhancing within and adapting to each disparate context. \nNew York improviser and composer Charmaine Lee has quickly become a force in experimental music circles in the last few years\, parlaying her voice with staggering extended technique and electronics to create a forceful\, elusive practice that shares more in common with noise and experimental approaches than conventional singing. Her wordless\, cacophonous improvisations viscerally transmit ultra-high- pitched frequencies\, manic vocal fry\, and guttural shrieks manipulated with distortion\, feedback\, and objects like glass and water to deliver an unsettling attack that is simultaneously brittle and violent. Mori and Lee will each perform solo\, followed by a duo set—a young partnership marked by exquisite tension\, piercing timbre\, and quicksilver exchange. \n\nIKUE MORI + CHARMAINE LEE  \n\n  \n\nPLEASE NOTE: As of January 2023\, masks are welcomed\, but no longer required at Bowerbird events.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ikue-mori-charmaine-lee-2023/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20221121T183422Z
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SUMMARY:TAK Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present the TAK Ensemble in Philadelphia. Painting a portrait of new American composition through intensely virtuosic and visceral works TAK Ensemble will perform works by Tyshawn Sorey\, Natacha Diels\, Ashkan Behzadi\, Erin Gee\, Golnaz Shariatzadeh\, and David Bird. \n  \n\nPROGRAM \nNatacha Diels: Second Nightmare for KIKU \nAshkan Behzadi: Arqueros \nErin Gee: Mouthpiece 28 \nDavid Bird: Series Imposture \nTyshawn Sorey: For jaimie branch \n\nABOUT THE ENSEMBLE\nRegarded as “one of the most prominent ensembles in the United States practicing truly experimental music” (I Care If You Listen)\, TAK delivers energetic performances “that combine crystalline clarity with the disorienting turbulence of a sonic vortex” (The WIRE)\, and “impresses with the organicity of their sound\, their dynamism and virtuosity” (New Sounds\, WQXR). \nFounded on the principles of curiosity\, change\, and caring communication\, TAK is dedicated to the commissioning of new works and direct collaboration with composers and other artists and they have premiered hundreds of works to date. TAK is Laura Cocks\, flute; Madison Greenstone\, clarinet; Charlotte Mundy\, voice; Marina Kifferstein\, violin; Ellery Trafford\, percussion. \n2022-2023 marks TAK’s 10th anniversary season\, celebrating a decade of cultivating creative programming at the highest level. Upcoming projects include a new commission from Tyshawn Sorey to be premiered at Lincoln Center in fall 2022\, commissions from Michelle Lou and DM R with Joy Guidry to be premiered at TAK’s 10th anniversary celebration in May 2023\, and new works from Eric Wubbels\, Seth Cluett\, Natacha Diels\, Bryan Jacobs\, Elaine Mitchener\, Ann Cleare\, Weston Olencki\, and Jessie Cox. This season will also see the release of TAK’s first collaboratively composed work on dinzu artefacts. \n\n\n  \n\n  \n\nPLEASE NOTE: As of January 2023\, masks are welcomed\, but no longer required at Bowerbird events.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/tak-ensemble/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20220921T152755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230214T153308Z
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SUMMARY:Ensemble Terrain
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Ensemble Terrain (Theo Bleckmann*\, Jodie Landau\, Ashley Bathgate\, and Jacob Cooper) performing selections from Jacob Cooper’s acclaimed album “Terrain” (Amsterdam Records\, 2020).  “Terrain” displays Cooper’s passion for kinetic collaboration. He worked intensively with three poets who created original text for each work\, and developed the music alongside vocalists Theo Bleckmann and Jodie Landau\, as well as cellist Ashley Bathgate\, who each bring electric energy and a penchant for defying musical boundaries to the project.  This concert will feature works from this album\, as well as arrangements of works by Meredith Monk\, David Lang\, Supertramp\, and others. \n*Unfortunately Theo Bleckmann will not be able to perform on this evening’s concert as was previously planned. We’re excited\, however\, to announce that the extraordinary vocalist Thann Scoggin (member of Roomful of Teeth) will be performing with the ensemble in his stead.  \nABOUT THE ENSEMBLE\nEnsemble Terrain was formed as a touring outfit following the release of Cooper’s album “Terrain” (New Amsterdam Records\, 2020). Pitchfork characterizes the album as “surprisingly magnetic meditations on time . . . vital and compulsive . . . firmly rooted both in the distant past and music much closer to the present” while San Francisco Classical Voice describes it as “a beautiful way to look at sky when sky is not available.” In their individual careers\, GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann’s work has been hailed as “from another planet” (New York Times) and “transcendent” (Village Voice)\, and cellist Ashley Bathgate has been praised as an “eloquent new music interpreter” (New York Times) and “a glorious cellist” (The Washington Post). “Stunning” vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jodie Landau (Pitchfork) is a member of the acclaimed vocal octet Roomful of Teeth\, while Jacob Cooper has been lauded as “richly talented” (New York Times) and a “maverick electronic song composer” (New Yorker). \n\n\n  \n\nPLEASE NOTE: As of January 2023\, masks are welcomed\, but no longer required at Bowerbird events.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ensemble-terrain/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230206T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230206T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20221206T025417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230207T155056Z
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SUMMARY:Alash Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Philadelphia favorites Alash at 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. \n*Please note: The performance starts at 7:30pm.  Seating and admission to the building for the performance will be on a first come first served basis. Registering on Eventbrite does NOT guarantee admission.  Doors will open at 7:00pm.* \n\n\n  \n\nPLEASE NOTE: As of January 2023\, masks are welcomed\, but no longer required at Bowerbird events.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-ensemble-2023/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221216T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20221107T160449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T170808Z
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SUMMARY:Matt Davis' Aerial Photograph
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Matt Davis’ Aerial Photograph at The Rotunda. The ensemble will perform Davis’ recent compositional suite\, The Sway of Rivers\, exploring the elusive nature of time: how it is inconsistently felt\, marked\, and expressed in sound. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nEstablished in 2002\, Matt Davis’ Aerial Photograph is a “wildly imaginative” (Jazziz Magazine”) ensemble that explores the intersection of jazz\, contemporary classical and folk music\, as well as social\, cultural and historical observation through aural histories. Described as “Inspired” by Downbeat Magazine and “Eloquent” by JazzTimes\, the group has performed throughout the eastern United States\, as well as in China and South Korea. The instrumentation of the group varies\, but often consists of a string quartet\, guitar\, bass\, drums and several wind instruments. Aerial Photograph’s original repertoire is inspired by the cultural pluralism that is fundamental to American society. The compositional process begins with communication: Davis conducts conversations with communities that include senior citizens\, recovering addicts\, children\, immigrants\, religious believers\, community volunteers\, incarcerated\, homeless\, teachers\, caregivers\, and artists and musicians. These conversations are recorded and are then woven into compositions that endeavor to express the feelings\, emotions\, and stories that are shared. The resulting music gives audiences the opportunity to find points of connection to the music\, and to experience familiar or unfamiliar communities in a new and engaging way. The Sway of Rivers is in the process of recording\, and is slated for release in 2023. This new music brings several new elements to the mix\, including home-made percussion instruments\, vocals\, and new approaches of expressing forms and time in music. \nMatt Davis\, guitar\, voice\, percussion\nSam Rise\, voice\nEmily Zietlyn\, voice\nJames Melton\, guitar\nEugin Kim\, violin\nJon Thompson\, woodwinds\nDoug Hirlinger\, drums\nTrevor Rogers\, drums\nAnthony Di Bartolo\, percussion \n\n\n  \n\nHEALTH & SAFETY\nThis is an “in person” event.   In consideration of the ongoing pandemic and the safety of those in our community\, Bowerbird is requiring all audience members\, staff\, and performers to wear a mask while inside the venue (please note that musicians will have the option to perform without masks once on stage).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/matt-davis-aerial-photograph-the-sway-of-rivers/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221118T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221118T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20221024T172321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221130T165655Z
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SUMMARY:Arc/Chora
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Philadelphia’s Bismuth Quartet in a special concert featuring compositions by quartet members Carlos Santiago and Veronica Jurkiewicz.  For this performance the Bismuth Quartet welcomes special guests Tom Kraines and Matt Engle. \n\nPROGRAM \nCarlos Santiago: Arc for string quartet\nVeronica Jurkiewicz: Chora for string quartet \nArc/Chora sonically explores being alone and adrift\, in a barren landscape\, free floating in the cold darkness(Arc) …coupled with the promise of closeness\, warmth\, tranquility\, hope\, love\, and understanding (Chora) \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nOne of Philadelphia’s hidden gems\, Bismuth Quartet takes the string quartet into new territory as performers\, composers\, collaborators\, and improvisers. Past and future projects include cross-disciplinary collaborations\, diverse programming\, and performing original compositions. Equally at home playing modern\, classical\, experimental\, and improvised music\, Bismuth has performed at notable venues such as the Mann Center\, Union Transfer\, and the Mütter Museum\, among others. The Quartet presents a unique experience to its audiences and has partnered on productions across Philadelphia performing on the Moon Viewing Platform as part of the 2019 Site/Sound Festival\, playing spectral music presented by Fire Museum Presents at the Icebox Project Space\, and collaboratively composing and performing scores to silent films alongside Not So Silent Cinema. Bismuth Quartet maintains active projects across the Philadelphia music scene at-large and has been featured with Jazmine Sullivan\, Arcana New Music Ensemble\, Philadelphia Jazz Project\, indie rock bands Whitney\, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah\, with NYC-based performer/improviser/composer Anaïs Maviel\, and video artist/choreographer Nora Gibson aka CHROMA. Bismuth encourages the creation of new work and is in the midst of a commission in collaboration with composer Adam Berenson to be recorded in the fall of 2022. \nBismuth Quartet \nCarlos Santiago – violin\nVeronica Jurkiewicz – viola\nTom Kraines – cello\nMatt Engle – double bass \n\n  \n\n\nHEALTH & SAFETY\nThis is an “in person” event.   In consideration of the ongoing pandemic and the safety of those in our community\, Bowerbird is requiring all audience members\, staff\, and performers to wear a mask while inside the venue (please note that musicians will have the option to perform without masks once on stage).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/arc-chora/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221022T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221022T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20220815T153921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221107T153038Z
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SUMMARY:George Stavis
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present a rare performance by George Stavis\, an American banjo player perhaps best known for his 1969 album  Labyrinths \, an album considered a landmark in the development of improvisational banjo performance. Opening the evening will be Elkhorn\, the Philadelphia based guitar duo Jesse Sheppard and Drew Gardner\, who are celbrating the release of their new album  Distances \, out this September 2022. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nGeorge Stavis is a singular player\, among the finest 5-string banjo players of his generation. Although trained in the traditions of Pete Seeger and Earl Scruggs\, in the late 1960s Stavis developed a unique approach to the instrument which expanded it in both popular and exotic directions. His first solo album\, Labyrinths\, on the Vanguard label\, is considered a landmark for improvisational performance (“. . . one of the essential albums\, in any genre\, of the 1960s.” –Glenn Jones)\, one that brought the banjo into the “world music” category\, with its evocations of jazz\, classical and Indian music. Later\, Stavis developed the electric banjo\, fronting a popular West Coast band\, Oganookie\, who performed up to 160 nights per year. In the mid-’80s\, Stavis released a folk orchestral album\, Morning Mood\, which featured his long-time collaborator\, violinist / fiddler Robert Stern\, and included such notables such as Darol Anger and Mike Marshall on violin and mandolin\, respectively. Stavis has performed on eight recordings\, including four as principal\, and has opened for such artists as Richie Havens\, Neil Young\, the Grateful Dead and Jean-Luc Ponty\, as well as performing duets with the another of the banjo’s most notable innovators\, the late Bill Keith. His early work has recently been re-released in Italy and the UK\, and a recent solo piece can be heard on Imaginational Anthem\, Vol. 3 (Tompkins Square). Though he has not been an active performer in recent years\, he still plays out from time to time\, and recently performed to a rapt audience at the Thousand Incarnations of the Rose Festival of American Primitive Music. Stavis currently lives in Dobbs Ferry\, New York. \nThe guitar music of Elkhorn is rooted in the interplay of Jesse Sheppard’s twelve-string acoustic fingerpicking and Drew Gardner’s electric lead. Their music draws from folk\, psych\, blues\, and jazz sources. This evening they will be joined by Ian McColm on drums\, who plays on their new LP “Distances\,” available September 16th on Feeding Tube Records. As Byron Coley writes\, “This formation is capable of psyching-out with pure guitar force. The Ouroboran elements of open-form improvisation-based music really gel when the snakes are encouraged to eat their own tails.” \n\n\n  \n\n  \n\nHEALTH & SAFETY\nThis is an “in person” event.   In consideration of the ongoing pandemic and the safety of those in our community\, Bowerbird is requiring all audience members\, staff\, and performers to wear a mask while inside the venue (please note that musicians will have the option to perform without masks once on stage).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/george-stavis-2022/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220520T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220520T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20220118T160636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220524T202642Z
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SUMMARY:JJJJJerome Ellis
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present musician JJJJJerome Ellis and Philadelphia-based duo Jupiter Blue at The Rotunda. \n  \nABOUT THE MUSICIANS \nJJJJJerome Ellis is a blk disabled animal\, stutterer\, and artist. He prays\, reads\, gardens\, cycles\, wanders\, and plays. Through music\, literature\, performance\, and video he researches relationships among blackness\, disabled speech\, divinity\, nature\, sound\, and time. Born in 1989 to Jamaican and Grenadian immigrants\, he grew up and lives by a heron rookery in Virginia Beach\, USA. His diverse body of work includes: contemplative soundscapes using saxophone\, flute\, dulcimer\, electronics\, and vocals; scores for plays and podcasts; albums combining spoken word with ambient and jazz textures; theatrical explorations involving live music and storytelling; and music-video-poems that seek to transfigure historical archives.\n \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. \n  \nCo-presented with The Rotunda. \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.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/jjjjjerome-ellis/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220415T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220415T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20220331T161105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220503T210232Z
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SUMMARY:Sound Mechanic
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present a sneak preview screening of Sound Mechanic by Skizz Cyzyk about Baltimore native Neil Feather. \nNeil invents new musical instruments and sound making devices\, frequently incorporating bicycle parts\, bowling balls and sex toys. His inventions are then used in live performances and installations. This observational documentary feature gives the audience a chance to spend some time with Neil\, getting to know him\, seeing him working\, and watching his performances. \nNeil and his instruments have been featured on a number of Bowerbird events in the past and this documentary will include footage of Philadelphia performances. \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.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/sound-mechanic/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T213000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20220304T140354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220410T161807Z
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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. \nThis is an “in person” event. All those attending must wear a mask during the entirety of the event. There will be no exceptions to this policy. Capacity will be limited – advanced reservations are strongly encouraged.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-ensemble-2022/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220218T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220218T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20220112T125410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220223T172423Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20200206T224656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200314T230833Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200317T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200317T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20191210T142647Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Fennesz
DESCRIPTION:Austrian laptop music pioneer Fennesz recently released his first album in nearly five years\, Agora\, and it reinforces the inscrutable beauty of his aesthetic. His work is steeped in romanticism\, with each piece patiently wending its way through meticulously plotted narratives of remarkable concision\, marked by orchestral swells and shimmering ambience. Using a blend of synthesizers and ingeniously processed electric guitar\, he sculpts richly textured movements that seamlessly layer post-industrial noises—whirrs\, clicks\, feedback\, and machine-like throbs—soaring washes of symphonic color\, and hydroplaning drones\, all of which coalesce into glorious transmissions of interiority. While the title of the opening piece\, “In My Room\,” references his longstanding ardor for the Beach Boys\, in the hands of Fennesz it conveys a profound expression of communication\, opening doors to the world. \nNew York electronic music composer and performer Britton Powell is deeply invested the psycho-acoustic possibilities of minimalism. Perhaps known best for his collaborations with artists like Jon Gibson\, Matmos\, Leila Bodreuil\, and Sensations Fix\, his own pieces and DJ mixes combine hypnotic sonic patterns\, subtly knotted textural contrasts\, and colliding polyrhythms. As much an advocate as an artist\, he’s run various underground music space and operates the experimental label Catch Wave Ltd. \n\nFENNESZ \n\n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nFENNESZ is an Austrian guitarist and composer living in Vienna. Using a filtered and treated electric guitar as the starting point for his lush soundscapes\, Fennesz has created a personal and groundbreaking discourse throughout his career. Perhaps sculpting the last truly unique vision for the guitar\, his luminant compositions are anything but sterile experiments. Fennesz’s world of sound unfolds and resembles sensitive\, telescopic recordings of rainforest insect life or natural atmospheric occurrences\, an inherent naturalism permeating each piece. In addition to his prolific output as a solo artist\, and his ongoing investigation of the limits of noise\, automatic composition\, field music or contemporary classical\, Fennesz is also a frequent collaborator with other luminaries of the scene. These include artists such as Alva Noto\, Oren Ambarchi\, Ryuichi Sakamoto\, Keith Rowe\, Peter Rehberg\, David Sylvian\, and Jim O’Rourke. \nBRITTON POWELL is an American composer and curator living in New York City. Through means of electronics\, video\, and percussion his work explores psycho-acoustic phenomena\, minimalism\, and traditions of ethnographic music. The composer’s new work “If Anything Is” explores themes of hyper-reality and ambient capitalism by means of a staged mixed-media environment designed for sound and multichannel video. Filmed and recorded over the course of 2018 & 2019 the work explores an ecstatic exchange of experience in the face of a much-accelerated media and commercial world. A meditation on the intersection of technology and urban landscape\, the work charts a map through scenes filmed in New York City and points the audience towards the blissful collision at this crossing. Powell’s music has appeared at venues around the world including Centre Pompidou (Paris)\, The Barbican Center (London)\, Today’s Art Festival (Den Haag)\, Ultima Festival (Oslo)\, Unsound Festival (Krakow)\, The Kitchen (NYC)\, and The Guggenheim House (Japan). His work has been featured in The New Yorker\, Washington Post\, Bomb Magazine\, and Wire Magazine among others. He has worked on recordings for Warp Records\, Mexican Summer Records\, Unseen Worlds\, and Catch Wave Ltd. Powell works and collaborates with Jon Hassell\, Matmos\, Lucy Railton\, Jon Gibson\, Huerco S\, and many others.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/fennesz/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200221T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200221T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20191210T152256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T232854Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - George Stavis
DESCRIPTION:Due to circumstances beyond our control this concert has been postponed to a date to be announced later.  \nGeorge Stavis is a singular player\, among the finest 5-string banjo players of his generation. Although trained in the traditions of Pete Seeger and Earl Scruggs\, in the late 1960s Stavis developed a unique approach to the instrument which expanded it in both popular and exotic directions. His first solo album\, Labyrinths\, on the Vanguard label\, is considered a landmark for improvisational performance (“. . . one of the essential albums\, in any genre\, of the 1960s.” –Glenn Jones)\, one that brought the banjo into the “world music” category\, with its evocations of jazz\, classical and Indian music. Later\, Stavis developed the electric banjo\, fronting a popular West Coast band\, Oganookie\, who performed up to 160 nights per year. In the mid-’80s\, Stavis released a folk orchestral album\, Morning Mood\, which featured his long-time collaborator\, violinist / fiddler Robert Stern\, and included such notables such as Darol Anger and Mike Marshall on violin and mandolin\, respectively. Stavis has performed on eight recordings\, including four as principal\, and has opened for such artists as Richie Havens\, Neil Young\, the Grateful Dead and Jean-Luc Ponty\, as well as performing duets with the another of the banjo’s most notable innovators\, the late Bill Keith. His early work has recently been re-released in Italy and the UK\, and a recent solo piece can be heard on Imaginational Anthem\, Vol. 3 (Tompkins Square). Though he has not been an active performer in recent years\, he still plays out from time to time\, and recently performed to a rapt audience at the Thousand Incarnations of the Rose Festival of American Primitive Music. Stavis currently lives in Dobbs Ferry\, New York. \nElkhorn is the musical project of guitarists Jesse Sheppard (Philadelphia) and Drew Gardner (New York City). While the duo frequently collaborates with a wide variety of musicians\, their sound is rooted at its core in the interplay of Sheppard’s twelve-string acoustic fingerpicking with Gardner’s electric lead flowing through. The music draws from many sources; including folk\, psych\, blues\, jazz\, and world music. “The Storm Sessions\,” Elkhorn’s sixth album since forming in 2013\, is being released on February 7th by Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records. As Jesse Jarnow writes\, the album “is filled with flickering textures that might create warmth on a cold day\, or a bubble of human atmosphere inside a dreary dystopian vacuum\, no matter the weather outside.” \n\nGEORGE STAVIS \n\n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/george-stavis/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20190909T170109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T163050Z
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SUMMARY:Ikue Mori + Charmaine Lee
DESCRIPTION:Since her emergence in New York’s No Wave scene in the late 1970s as a percussionist in DNA\, Japanese native Ikue Mori has used auto didacticism to forge one of the most singular aesthetics in contemporary music. Since switching from a richly intuitive approach to drums to electronics during the 1980s she’s refined an elusive\, liquid sound that translated her rhythmic vocabulary into a shape-spilling mass of daydreaming gurgles\, bloops\, smears\, rattles\, and fractals that’s at once serene and unsettling. She’s a master improviser\, adapting a recognizable sonic palette from real-time processing according to the needs and variables of each situation. Over the years she’s formed inextricable bonds with musicians like John Zorn\, Zeena Parkins\, Craig Taborn\, and Sylvie Courvoisier\, among others\, steadily enhancing within and adapting to each disparate context. \nNew York improviser and composer Charmaine Lee has quickly become a force in experimental music circles in the last few years\, parlaying her voice with staggering extended technique and electronics to create a forceful\, elusive practice that shares more in common with noise and experimental approaches than conventional singing. Her wordless\, cacophonous improvisations viscerally transmit ultra-high- pitched frequencies\, manic vocal fry\, and guttural shrieks manipulated with distortion\, feedback\, and objects like glass and water to deliver an unsettling attack that is simultaneously brittle and violent. Mori and Lee will each perform solo\, followed by a duo set—a young partnership marked by exquisite tension\, piercing timbre\, and quicksilver exchange. \n\nIKUE MORI + CHARMAINE LEE  \n\n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ikue-mori-charmaine-lee/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20190910T170602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T135941Z
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SUMMARY:Sarah Hennies: Contralto
DESCRIPTION:Ithaca composer and percussionist Sarah Hennies presents a cinematic version of her stunning 2017 video work Contralto\, a bracing yet tender meditation on gender dysphoria viewed through the lens of transgender women finding a comfortable new speaking voice. Based on her experience in Ithaca College’s Voice and Communication Modification Program for People in the Transgender Community\, the composer gathered seven diverse transgender women to perform vocal exercises designed to aid in so-called\, “voice feminization.” Contralto is an intimate glimpse into the participants articulating stock phrases\, singing notes\, and sharing personal details to present a powerful example of the harrowing difficulties involved in the process. While the video stands on its own as an experimental documentary\, it’s greatly enhanced by an inextricably woven score by Hennies that underlines the sense of futility embedded in quotidian\, wok-like exercises practiced by the video subjects\, which by default become symbolic acts of resistance in the transgender community. \nTo open the evening Hennies and Philadelphia percussionist Ashley Tini—who is among the musicians on the cinematic version of Contralto—will perform the composer’s Flourish (2013)\, for two vibraphonists positioned on opposite sides of the same instrument. The work presents different modes of stasis\, from relentlessly pulsing mallet strikes to billowing clouds of overtones and spooky interference patterns. \n\n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/sarah-hennies-contralto/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20191002T213241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191016T151015Z
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SUMMARY:Neil Feather: Sound Mechanic
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present “Neil Feather: Sound Mechanic” an evening dedicated to the sonic contraptions of Neil Feather\, inventor of such fantastical instruments as “The Wiggler”\, “The Nondo\,” “Thunderwheels\,” “Magnapooters\,” “Apex Roto-Zither\,” and the “Thumbsnake.” The night will feature a performance of a work-in-progress chamber concerto composed for Feather’s instruments alongside the Arcana New Music Ensemble by Philadelphia and New Zealand based composer Rosie Langabeer\, with whom Feather collaborates closely in the duo Two To Tutu Too. This will be followed by an improvised set featuring many of Feather’s creations. Opening the evening will be Hannah Rose Nicholas and Samuel Kelder’s Shizuka Duo\, performing new works for two violas. \n\nPROGRAM \nShizuka Duo \nHannah Rose Nicholas & Samuel Kelder\, violas \nRosie Langabeer: IDIOSYNCROPHILIA (work in progress) \nArcana New Music Ensemble\nViolin – Russell Kotcher\nViola – Hannah Nicholas\nCello – Eric Coyne\nDouble bass – Josh Machiz\nTrombone – RJ McGhee\nTrombone – Dan Blacksberg\nBassoon – Dominic Panunto\nPercussion 1 – Andy Thierauf\nPercussion 2 – Alyssa Resh\nFeather Instruments: Ashley Tini\nFeather Instruments: Julius Masri\nFeather Instruments: Neil Feather \nNeil Feather and friends. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nSince 1970\, Neil Feather has been developing esoteric acoustic and engineering strategies to invent\, design\, and build a constantly developing collection of experimental musical instruments. Using an assortment of mechanical items\, from strings and springs to motors and magnets\, Feather’s inventions are works of art that are just as appropriately viewed in a gallery as they are on stage. His live performances on these instruments are naturally unique and serve as both sonically intriguing recitals as well as visually compelling demonstrations of his devices. A founding member of Baltimore’s Red Room Collective and the High Zero Foundation as well as a 2016 Guggenheim fellow\, Feather was a part of the Bowerbird creative team that helped bring Mauricio Kagel’s Zwei Mann Orchester to life in 2018. \nRosie Langabeer is an award-winning composer\, pianist\, and band leader from Aotearoa New Zealand. With an output as eclectic as ranging from composing for string quartet\, to ballet music\, to free improvisation\, to solo piano concerts and much much more\, her wonderfully honest voice will make you want to cry and then sprinkle in some robot-bird-monsters. The New York Times has praised her surrealism and time-bending abilities\, which she earned through collaborations with local heavyweights BalletX and Pig Iron Theatre Company\, and her current projects include a public interactive audio visual installation for Sight/Sound: Revealing the Rail Park created with artist Erik Ruin; and a new ballet score made in collaboration with Tara Middleton for BalletX’s 2019 fall season this December at The Wilma Theater. \nShizuka Duo is comprised of violists Samuel Kelder and Hannah Rose Nicholas. The two founded Shizuka during the debut of the Barnes Ensemble in Philadelphia (2017)\, a contemporary music residency with the JACK Quartet. They are alumni of the Lucerne Festival Academy (2015-19)\, where they were featured as soloists and chamber musicians. Shizuka Duo gave its debut at MISE-EN_PLACE Bushwick in September 2018. They have since performed at Cloud Club (Boston)\, Spectrum (NYC)\, Berklee College of Music\, Tufts University\, and Boston University. The duo has premiered over eight new works\, written for them by faculty and alumni composers of Berklee\, Tufts\, Boston Conservatory\, Mannes\, New England Conservatory\, and the University of Pennsylvania. Sam and Hannah both play on instruments made by Hiroshi Iizuka. “Shizuka\,” is the Japanese word for quiet and calm\, and the name of a heroine in Japanese folklore known for her beauty and her dance. \n\nNEIL FEATHER \n\n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/neil-feather-sound-mechanic/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191018T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191018T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20190828T161139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T200334Z
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SUMMARY:Laraaji
DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia-born\, New Jersey-raised polymath Laraaji has maintained a pursuit of spiritual transcendence through music since the mid-70s. After several years of studiously developing an aesthetic informed by Eastern faiths and transcendental research in his long-time home in Harlem\, in 1979 Brian Eno stumbled upon him busking in Washington Square Park in New York\, improvising celestial meditations with his electric zither. The producer invited him to contribute to his influential Ambient series\, resulting in the 1980 album Day of Radiance. Ever since he’s remained an outsized figure in new age and ambient music\, eschewing synthesizers in favor of hand-made sounds\, consistently embracing a human presence in his ever-seeking performances. Whether using monochord instruments\, singing\, or deploying electronics-kissed percussion\, Laraaji’s music remains connected to cosmic African-American tradition\, and as hypnotically beautiful as his work has been he’s never been afraid to inject ripples of tension and dissonance into his trance-inducing journeys. \nPhiladelphia’s Christopher Sean Powell is well known for his involvement in art- rock bands like Need New Body\, Man Man\, and Icy Demons\, but over the years he’s also developed a vibrant modular synthesizer practice. His pieces are at once whimsical and mesmerizing\, a playful tumble of pointillistic counterpoint where cascades of blorpy tones coalesce into entrancing melodies. \n\nLARAAJI \n\n  \nCHRIS POWELL \n\n 
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/laraaji-2019/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190621T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190621T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083539
CREATED:20181220T032850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190103T215301Z
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SUMMARY:New Perplexity
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present New Perplexity (Daniel Fishkin\, Cleek Schrey\, Ron Shalom) in an evening of new works created during their upcoming artists-in-residence at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center. New Perplexity is a composer-performer collective intent on creating new contexts for the daxophone\, a thin hardwood strip played with a bow\, created by the German improviser/inventor Hans Reichel in 1987. The instrument’s sound\, somewhere between a cello and badger\, ranges from furtive gurgles and delicate whistles to wild screams.  In 2015 they performed at Dublin’s Science Gallery as part of Trauma: Built to Break\, an exhibition on art and trauma. In 2016 they participated in Daniel Fishkin’s ambitious series of concerts in Philadelphia\, supported by The Pew Center\, which posed the question “What is Tinnitus Music?”.  As an ensemble of the same instrument\, more so than the string quartet or trio\, they find themselves in the spiritual lineage of the viol consort. The group improvises\, makes original work\, and commissions new works from other artists\, including a new quartet by the esteemed experimental composer Alvin Lucier. Future collaborations include the electronic music pioneer David Behrman.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/new-perplexity/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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