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:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220520T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220520T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20220118T160636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220524T202642Z UID:10001142-1653076800-1653084000@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Bowerbird-Main-Img-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220415T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220415T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20220331T161105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220503T210232Z UID:10001154-1650052800-1650060000@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bowerbird-Main-Img-13.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20220304T140354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220410T161807Z UID:10001147-1648668600-1648675800@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Alash2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220218T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20220112T125410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220223T172423Z UID:10001141-1645214400-1645221600@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Bowerbird-Main-Img-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20200206T224656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200314T230833Z UID:10001107-1585857600-1585864800@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Alash2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200317T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200317T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20191210T142647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200629T171728Z UID:10001096-1584475200-1584482400@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/FenneszBowerbird.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200221T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200221T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20191210T152256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T232854Z UID:10001097-1582315200-1582322400@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/GS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20190909T170109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T163050Z UID:10001091-1579291200-1579298400@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/LeeMori.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191220T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191220T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20190910T170602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T135941Z UID:10001092-1576872000-1576879200@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Contralto.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20191002T213241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191016T151015Z UID:10001093-1573848000-1573855200@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/NeilFeather-Lg.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191018T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191018T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20190828T161139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T200334Z UID:10001087-1571428800-1571436000@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Lar.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190621T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190621T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093400 CREATED:20181220T032850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190103T215301Z UID:10000839-1561147200-1561154400@www.bowerbird.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NewPerplexityexport1-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20190314T172436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190516T181406Z UID:10000849-1558123200-1558130400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:The Magic Sun (Sun Ra) DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present an evening of screened and live audio visual shorts including the Philadelphia premiere of Phill Niblock’s newly mastered 1966 film The Magic Sun – an experimental work featuring Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra that was produced using a unique negative process and ultra-tight close-ups on the moving hands and mouths of the musicians.  Also screened will be Philadelphia dance artist Terry Fox’s Citizens’ Footbook. These video “fillers” were created by Terry Fox in collaboration with filmmaker David Rosenberg and WHYY-TV12 and Philadelphia musicians Jeff Cain and Charles Cohen\, and were aired between main programs on WHYY-TV for about a year in 1980.  Live performances on the evening will be given by members of Philly A|V\, a new collective whose work is at the intersection of sound\, movement\, video\, digital processing\, and other experimental media techniques.\nPROGRAM \nPhill Niblock: The Magic Sun (1966\, video)\nTerry Fox: Citizens’ Footbook (1980\, video) (music by Jeff Cain and Charles Cohen)\nAndy Thierauf and Sean Thomas Boyt: trio (dance\, sound\, and live video processing)\nNora Gibson and Dave Buschemeyer: Dark Energy (sound with live audio-reactive visuals)\nJohn Bezark and Chris Baldys: untitled (live sound and video processing)\nShani Aviram: untitled (live sound and video processing) \nPHILL NIBLOCK: THE MAGIN SUN (excerpt) \n \nTERRY FOX: CITIZENS’ FOOTBOOK (excerpt) \n \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nShani Aviram (b. Jerusalem\, Israel) is a composer\, sound designer and electronic musician currently based in Philadelphia. In her music she works with fragments of memories\, conversations and synthesized sounds\, exploring forms of musical collage. Often\, she will let the machine run wild. She has studied composition with Maggi Payne\, Fred Frith and John Bischoffhas performed at The Megapolis Audio Festival\, CubeFest at Virginia Tech\, and Mills College amongst other institutions.  www.shaniaviram.net \nJohn Bezark is a West Philly based creative technologist\, video artist and interactive designer. He works primarily in MAX/MSP/Jitter\, node.js and webGL to build creative systems that are powered by technology. However\, with a background in Theatre Directing\, he also believes in making immersive and interactive experiences that are deeply rooted in storytelling and audience agency. He’s fascinated by complex systems\, board games and history\, and\, on the whole\, is looking forward to the future. \nNora Gibson is a choreographer and video artistinterested in the beauty of the natural world\, as evidenced in mathematics and science\, and in working across artistic and academic disciplines to expand ballet’s reach. Gibson trained at Baltimore School for the Arts\, Chautauqua\, and NCSA\, and earned a BFA from Tisch\, at NYU. In addition to performing in the genres of ballet and contemporary dance in MD\, D.C.\, and NY\, Gibson was selected to work from 2010-2013 with Lucinda Childs to perform various iconic 70s works as part of the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage’s Virtual Reconstruction project. Gibson’s choreography has been presented by New Dance Alliance at Joyce SOHO\, at Dance Place in Washington DC\, Philadelphia Dance Projects\, The Williams. Center for the Arts\, and the Franklin Institute. Gibson also makes digital art under the name of Chroma and performs in A/V shows currently scheduled in the US and Canada. \nAndy Thierauf is a Philadelphia based percussionist who specializes in the creation and performance of contemporary music. He is particularly interested in combining percussion with theater\, dance\, and technology. Andy teaches at Settlement Music School and is an adjunct professor of percussion at Kutztown University. He is half of stb x at\, a dance/percussion duo with dancer and choreographer Sean Thomas Boyt. He has appeared in Philadelphia\, New York\, Boston\, Argentina\, and across the Midwest at music festivals\, conferences\, and symposia. His research centers on seamlessly integrating technology into performance to produce collaborative\, multi-media presentations with writers\, dancers\, actors\, choreographers\, and composers. \nGralin Hughes\, Jr. (aka television sky) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia\, working at the intersection of sound & visual. He merges visual art\, and sound design through projection mapping\, audio/visual live performances and installation art. His body of work explores the manipulation of fragmented textures through the use of modular synthesis\, field recordings and software. His artistic practice focuses on collaborating with visual artists\, musicians\, galleries and museums on how to activate their performances and spaces in ways that engage audiences more actively. His recent work includes collaborations with muralist Michelle Angela Ortiz\, The Philadelphia Jazz Project\, and Alex Shaw/The Mandinga Experiment. Gralin holds an MFA in Museum Exhibition Planning and Design from the University of the Arts. When not experimenting in his art studio he teaches creative technology & new media courses. \nTerry Fox\, Director of Philadelphia Dance Projects\, is a former choreographer/dancer. Concurrently she is Adjunct Faculty for the MA in Theatre Arts Administration Program\, Global Learning & Partnerships\, in the Theatre & Dance Department at Rowan University. As an artist she was one of the first in Philly to explore post modernism with improvisational structures in performance as well as “pioneer” the Old City loft district that later was developed into arts district. She often collaborated with choreographer/dancer Ishmael Houston-Jones\, and musicians Charles Cohen and Jeff Cain. As artist Curator she founded the “Dance With The Bride” series at the Painted Bride Art Center\, where she was on staff from1977-83 and again from ‘93 to 2000. In the interim she was Managing/Artistic Director of the Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church In-The-Bowery. She has served on numerous Boards and panels and has taught as adjunct faculty at various colleges and universities. She has a BA from New York University\, a MA from Temple University and participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art\, Independent Study Program. \nwww.philadanceprojects.org \nPerformers For Citizen’s Footbook:\n“Park Dance” The Stickmen ( Peter Baker\, Chuck Mattern and Beth Lejman )\n“Pounding the Pavement” Mary Baker\, Elizabeth Gold\, Fred Holland\n“Businessman Special” Leonard Steinberg\, Will Fox\, Bob Rivera and an actor from Freedom Theatre \nMusic: Ghostwriters (Jeff Cain and Charles Cohen\, electronic music duo) \nThe Local Dance History Project is an ongoing project of Philadelphia Dance Projects with the\nmission “to affirm the presence of dance artists in the rich cultural history of Philadelphia’s recent past\, present and future.” In 2010\, PDP presented performances of re-imagined works by Philadelphia Post modern dance artists from 1980. The project then expanded to begin creating a digital collection about those artists and others to become part of the permanent Philadelphia Dance Collection at the Special Collection Research Center at Temple University Libraries. That archiving is still in process. \nwww.localdancehistory.philadanceprojects.org URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-magic-sun/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MagicSun-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190419T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190419T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20181207T014404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T163909Z UID:10000835-1555704000-1555711200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Yasmin Williams + Daniel Bachman DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present a double bill of fingerstyle and American primitive guitarists Yasmin Williams and Daniel Bachman. \n \nYASMIN WILLIAMS \n\n  \nDANIEL BACHMAN \n\n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nYasmin Williams is an acoustic fingerstyle guitarist with an unorthodox\, modern style of playing. Her music has been commonly described as refreshing\, relaxing\, and unique and has been called some of the most imaginative guitar music out today. She utilizes various techniques including alternate tunings\, percussive hits\, and lap tapping in her music to great effect. She has won various local talent shows\, was a finalist in the Rolling Stones Young Gun guitar competition\, was the Grand prize winner of New York University’s Ultra Violet Live talent show\, and won the grand prize in Culpeper Has Talent. She was recently featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday show. \nShe grew up in northern Virginia where various genres of music from smooth jazz to hip-hop were played in her household. She was introduced to the guitar after playing the video game Guitar Hero 2 and became interested in playing the guitar in 2009. She begged her parents to buy her a real electric guitar and once she received her first guitar and amplifier\, she taught herself how to play the guitar by ear. After a few years of playing the electric guitar\, she taught herself how to play the bass guitar\, 12 string guitar\, and classical guitar before eventually deciding to switch her focus to the acoustic guitar because of the instrument’s versatility. While in high school\, she released her first EP Serendipity in 2012\, which she recorded and mixed herself. \nShe graduated from New York University with a BM in Music Theory and Composition in December 2017. Her first album\, Unwind\, was released on May 4\, 2018 and is available on all major streaming services and Bandcamp. The album has charted highly on several Amazon and iTunes charts including top paid albums\, and charted at #15 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart. \n\nDaniel Bachman emerged as a guitar wonderkid at the beginning of this decade\, quietly asserting himself as the heir to John Fahey’s throne with his prolific and deeply traditional approach to American Primitive music. While others who rode the wave of the instrumental guitar resurgence turned their six-string dexterity to modern interpretations of the style\, Bachman has steadfastly mined the limitations of what ghosts can be summoned from his acoustic instruments. \nAlthough he had been touring from the age of 17\, Bachman “arrived” around 2015 with nods from NPR and Rolling Stone. His charm was found in his traditional approach: a young kid from Fredericksberg\, VA paying homage to the deep roots of American music with album titles like Jesus\, I’m A Sinner. But there was nothing contrived about his approach. Bachman is not only a proponent of the American folk tradition\, but also a true scholar of it\, and his constant stream of releases (he’s released 11 records between 2011 and 2016) and near-endless tour schedule on both sides of the Atlantic added to his credentials as a musician cut from the old mold that was otherwise stamped out by global record conglomerates\, release cycles\, and the homogenizing reach of the internet. \nWhile Bachman’s prolific streak ended in 2017 — it was the first time since he was 21 that he didn’t release a record (let alone two or three) — he made his triumphant return this year with The Morning Star. The album\, out now on Three Lobed Recordings\, is a masterstroke from the artist\, retaining everything he stands for and supplanting it with field recordings and radio sermons he has amassed over the years\, placed in such a way to make it abundantly clear which side of American politics he stands. It’s not a departure from the American Primitive hallmarks — parts of the album were literally recorded on his porch — yet the record wonderfully captures the zeitgeist\, enlivening the best parts of our traditions while remaining progressive.  (Tiny Mix Tapes) \n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/yasmin-williams-daniel-bachman/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/WilliamsBachman2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190330T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190330T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20181129T173103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200206T234550Z UID:10000832-1553976000-1553983200@www.bowerbird.org 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. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-at-the-rotunda/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Alash-Brooklyn-2014-2-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190315T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190315T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20190131T173205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190228T161606Z UID:10000842-1552680000-1552687200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Johanna Beyer: Music of the Spheres - Night One DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is honored to present a two evening retrospective of pioneering composer Johanna Beyer. The first evening features her percussion music and the second evening features her chamber music. \nAlthough Beyer’s music was overlooked during her lifetime and for decades after her death\, it was some of the most experimental and prophetic work created during the 1930s. Music of the Spheres (1938) is the first known work scored for electronic instruments by a female composer. The fourth movements of her two clarinet suites (1932) are some of the earliest examples of a pitch-based approach to rhythmic processes\, which would not be fully explored again until the late 1940s by composers such as Elliott Carter and Conlon Nancarrow. Several of her works anticipate the minimalist music of the 1960s\, most notably the fourth movement of her first String Quartet. She included tone clusters in Clusters\, a suite for solo piano\, and the duet\, Movement for Two Pianos. The large clusters in these works often require the pianist to play the keys with their forearms. Perhaps Beyer’s most important and overlooked contribution to the development of new music is her repertoire for percussion ensemble. The Percussion Suite of 1933 is one of the earliest examples in this genre and differs from those of her contemporaries in that it “explores the understated and quiet expressive possibilities of percussion. \nWe extend our thanks to Frog Peak Music and Amy Beal and their dedication in  recovering Beyer’s work\, without whom these concerts would not be possible.   \nCONCERT PROGRAM \nMusic of the Spheres\n– Alison Stout\n– Darian Scatton\n– David Fishkin \nPercussion Suite\nArcana Percussion Ensemble\n– Ashley Tini\n– Julius Masri\n– Adam Bailey\n– Emily Roane\n– Andy Thierauf \nThree Movements for Percussion\nI. Restless\, II. Endless\, III. Tactless\nArcana Percussion Ensemble \nPercussion\nKutztown University Percussion Ensemble\n– John Spero\n– Sam Wetzel\n– Bryana Donnelly\n– Dominick Cavallucci\n– Adrian Garcia\n– Courtney Smith\n– Michael Mester\n– Damian Lunny\n– Andy Thierauf\, co-director \nWaltz for Percussion\nKutztown University Percussion Ensemble \nABOUT THE COMPOSER \nBeyer was born on July 11\, 1888 in Leipzig. She studied piano and music theory in Germany. In 1924 she arrived in New York and went to study at the David Mannes School. After receiving a teacher’s certificate in 1928\, she took private lessons with Dane Rudhyar\, Ruth Crawford\, Charles Seeger\, and Henry Cowell. During this time she wrote music and several plays for various projects. She was familiar with Henry Cowell and other composers of his circle. During Cowell’s incarceration in San Quentin (1937-40)\, Beyer served as his secretary and took care of his scores. Towards the end of her life she began to receive a small amount of recognition by her peers\, but she died in poverty in New York\, on January 9\, 1944. \n  \nABOUT THE PERFORMERS \nThe Arcana New Music Ensemble is a Philadelphia based ensemble for performing interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional music in interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional spaces. Founded in 2016\, the ensemble comprises a flexible roster of more than 30 musicians and performs regularly in Philadelphia. Past concerts have featured the music of Julius Eastman\, Galina Ustvolskaya\, Morton Feldman\, Moondog\, among others. \n  \n\n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/johanna-beyer-music-of-the-spheres-night-one/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Beyer_PinkBlue_Full.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190215T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190215T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20181129T173232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T232506Z UID:10000833-1550260800-1550268000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Greg Brown: Fall and Decline DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present the world premiere of Greg Brown’s Fall and Decline performed by Variant 6. The new work composed for voices and electronics is based on texts of Sadakichi Hartmann\, Eprenius\, Todd Hearon\, Edward Gibbon\, and Omar Khayyam. The composition contemplates the inevitable decline of all things natural and manmade. Variant 6 pairs this new work with other pieces for voices and electronics\, as well as selections of Medieval and Renaissance music. \n\nABOUT THE PERFORMERS\nVariant 6 is a virtuosic vocal sextet that explores and advances the art of chamber music in the twenty-first century. The ensemble’s work includes radically reimagining concert experiences\, commissioning substantial new works\, collaborating closely with other ensembles\, and educating a new generation of singers. Variant 6 has collaborated with a wide range of ensembles and composers\, including Prometheus Chamber Orchestra\, Arcana New Music Ensemble\, Mobius Percussion Quartet\, Square Peg Round Hole and Andrew Lipke\, Jeremy Gill\, Gregory W Brown\, Kevin Laskey\, and Wally Gunn. Devoted to educating a new generation of ensemble singers\, Variant 6 has conducted residencies at Cornell University\, Swarthmore College\, and high schools in the Philadelphia area. Future projects include commissions by Joanne Metcalf and Kile Smith\, and a collaboration with Piffaro\, the Renaissance Band. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/fall-and-decline/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/variant-6-photo4-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190118T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190118T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20181219T152246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T203059Z UID:10000837-1547841600-1547848800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Arcana Brass DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present a rare evening of all contemporary music for brass ensemble featuring musicians from the Arcana New Music Ensemble. The program encompasses a wide variety of compositional voices from the last sixty years\, including Lois V. Vierk’s thorny Jagged Mesa\, Michael Nyman’s very un-Cagein For John Cage\, and more recent works by Philadelphia based composers Rene Orth and Dustin Hurt. \n\nPROGRAM \nLois V. Vierk: Jagged Mesa for brass ensemble\nRene Orth: Leaguered in Fire\, Lagooned in Gold for brass quintet\nGeorge Walker: Music for Brass\, Sacred and Profane for brass quintet\nIgor Stravinsky: Fanfare for a New Theater for two trumpets\nDustin Hurt: Per Novem for brass ensemble\nLois V. Vierk: Sunbow for brass quintet\nMichael Nyman: For John Cage for brass ensemble \n\nARCANA NEW MUSIC (BRASS) ENSEMBLE \nTessa Ellis\, trumpet and piccolo trumpet\nPaul Futer\, trumpet and flugelhorn\nWilliam Gregory\, trumpet and piccolo trumpet\nAlex Serio\, trumpet and flugelhorn\nJosh Cote\, horn\nMatt Gould\, tenor trombone and euphonium\nRJ McGhee\, tenor trombone\nJason Stein\, tenor trombone and bass trombone\nJJ Cooper\, bass trombone\nDan Nosheny\, tuba\nJay Krush\, tuba and conductor\nDustin Hurt\, conductor \n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/arcana-brass/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/SH5_Circles.fw_-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181214T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181214T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20181112T160748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190116T172913Z UID:10000827-1544817600-1544824800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Ben Patterson: Methods and Processes DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird and the Arcana New Music Ensemble are excited to present the music of Ben Patterson (1934-2016)\, an important and under-recognized leader of the early Fluxus movement\, an international\, interdisciplinary community of experimental artists that began in the early 1960s. The program represents Patterson’s wide range of compositional strategies.  For example – Paper Piece (for 1 to 5 performers) is a text score that invites musicians to –  “shake\, break\, tear\, crumple” – paper in an improvisatory exploration of its sonic properties.  String Music on the other hand is a graphic score with detailed performance instructions and intricate notation more reminiscent of Stockhausen’s Kontakte. \nEarly in Patterson’s career\, as an African American classically trained double bassist\, he sought to “break the color barrier” and be the first black musician to play in an American symphony orchestra. As Patterson noted\, “in the end\, even though such a famous conductor as Leopold Stokowski fought strongly on my behalf\, America was not yet ready for a black symphony musician\, and so I went to Canada.”  During his initial brush with expatriate life\, Patterson performed as a contrabassist with the Halifax Symphony Orchestra and the Ottawa Philharmonic Orchestra\, and also became involved with electronic music\, working in Ottawa with Canadian pioneer Hugh Le Caine and performing his own experiments. \nIn 1960 he moved to Europe  and was active in the contemporary music scene\, performing in festivals in Cologne\, Paris\, Venice\, Vienna and elsewhere.  During this pre-Fluxus period he created and performed some of his early seminal works: Paper Piece (1960)\, Lemons (1961) and Variations for Double-Bass (1961). Patterson assisted George Maciunas in organizing the historic 1962 Fluxus Festival in Wiesbaden. His interview with Emmett Williams – for the opening of this festival – was one of the first articles about Fluxus. In 1963 Patterson moved to New York\, where he participated in Fluxus manifestations until the late 1960s – when he returned to pursue “an ordinary life.” \nDuring the next two decades he pursued a career in arts administration – managing a variety of music\, theater\, and dance companies and serving as administrator or consultant to municipal\, state\, and federal arts funding agencies. Although he remained outside the Fluxus scene during this period\, he did occasionally surface with performances and new works for such events as the 20th Anniversary Fluxus Festival in Wiesbaden in 1982 and the 1983 Bienal de Sao Paulo\, Brazil\, and has been well represented in the various exhibitions throughout the USA of the Silverman collection. \nAfter a nearly twenty-year hiatus\, Patterson reemerged in the late 1980s to resume his career as an artist. In 1989\, Patterson returned to Europe to live\, creating a vast repository of scores\, paintings\, and sculptures. He has exhibited or performed widely in major and minor venues in New York\, Brisbane\, Prague\, Winnipeg\, Tusa (Sicily)\, Athens\, Kassel\, and elsewhere.   \n  \n\nTHE PROGRAM \nVariations for Double Bass (1961-62) \nString Music (1960) \nDuo for Voice and String Instrument (1961) \nSimple Opera (1996) \nPond (1962) \nPaper Piece (1960) \nOverture (1961) \nA Disturbing Composition (1961) \n\nARCANA NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE \nAnthony Bob\, flute\nErin Busch\, cello\nVeronica Jurkiewicz\, viola\nJosh Machiz\, bass\nTara Middleton\, violin and voice\nDavid Middleton\, electric guitar and bass\nAndy Thierauf\, percussion \nThe Arcana New Music Ensemble performs interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional music in interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional spaces. Founded in 2016\, the ensemble comprises a flexible roster of more than 30 musicians and performs regularly in Philadelphia. Past concerts have featured the music of Julius Eastman\, Galina Ustvolskaya\, Morton Feldman\, Moondog\, among others. \n  \nPHOTOS FROM THE EVENT URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ben-patterson-methods-and-processes/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Arcana,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BenPatterson3-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181116T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181116T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20181005T180728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181009T200542Z UID:10000816-1542398400-1542405600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:HPrizm: Pressure Wave DESCRIPTION:Pressure Wave is a new evening length audio /visual piece by composer/ performer HPrizm (Kyle Austin). The work uses amplified resonance of urban spaces and the intersectional space between Sonic Activism\, Musique concrète\, and Rap’s early roots to examine the dense environments and circumstances that birthed Hip Hop. \nHPrizm is known for “Evoking images of Sun Ra and Afrika Bambaataa at once (Jesse Sewer XL8R magazine). As the founding member of the critically acclaimed Antipop Consortium\, HPrizm has consistently challenged the boundaries of traditional hip-hop\, winning the praise of taste makers across the globe. In the course of his career\, spanning nearly a decade\, With over 100\,000 records sold\, HPrizm has shared the stages with a wide array of artists ranging from The Roots to Radiohead\, Mos Def and others. As a composer his pieces have been installed in the Whitney Biennial (NYC) as well as the Mazzoli Gallery (Italy). \n  \n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/hprizm-pressure-wave/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/PressureWave2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181019T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181019T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20180926T155245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181003T145854Z UID:10000815-1539979200-1539986400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Howard Stelzer: Crossing Parallel DESCRIPTION:Boston based composer/performer Howard Stelzer performs “Crossing Parallel”\, a live score to Joe Taylor’s poetic film footage of the American southwest. Accompanying this work will be a screening of Philadelphia based film maker David Scott Kessler‘s Icelandic short film Lopapeysa (with a recorded score by Mary Lattimore and Benjamin Warfield). \nABOUT CROSSING PARALLEL\n“Crossing Parallel”\, an extended film by Howard Stelzer & Joe Taylor. It grew out of Taylor’s forthcoming film “The Crossing”\, a narrative Western movie shot mostly in Death Valley\, Nevada\, for which Stelzer composed the soundtrack. This extended film project is intended as a continuation of\, or a reimagining of\, their collaboration. As the title suggests\, it exists in parallel to “The Crossing”\, as another view of the work from a non-narrative and sound-focused perspective. For this extended film\, Taylor presents deep and evocative Nevada landscapes\, sunrises\, and natural imagery shot either for use in “The Crossing” or as supplemental footage.  Stelzer uses the cassette tapes he made as source material for the soundtrack in a live tape-collage that spotlights the mood\, pacing\, and atmosphere of the imagery. The result is a 40-minute work for projected film and live sound performed with between 10 and 20 cassette decks.  Stelzer notes\, “As a lifelong city dweller\, I was drawn to the landscape images of Taylor’s short films… images of the American southwest\, Death Valley\, ghost towns in Nevada\, rural treelines\, mountains\, sunsets… they were so different from anything I’ve known. While writing the soundtrack for “The Crossing”\, I wanted to see more of Taylor’s images without any actors or plot guiding them. “Crossing Parallel”\, then\, was conceived as an outgrowth of the feature film… only natural images\, and sound distilled mainly from soundtrack elements. The idea is something like armchair tourism; an immersion in glorious American landscapes\, desolate and lush. \nHoward Stelzer is a composer of electro-acoustic music. Almost all of his sounds are generated by\, processed by\, recorded onto and played back out of cassette tapes and consumer-grade tape players.  Stelzer operated the Intransitive Recordings label from 1997 until 2012. When he is not composing\, Stelzer is a middle school math teacher in Lowell\, MA\, where he lives with his family in a big room behind a disused power plant. \n \n\n  \nABOUT LOPAPEYSA\nLopapeysa\, a short film by David Scott Kessler merges travel log with surreal fantasy. Primarily shot during a one month artist residency in Iceland in the winter of 2013\, the film explores the mindset of a traveler guided by a longing to fully experience an unknown place – led by his own preconceived ideas and the landscape’s ubiquitous influence. The film seeks to preserve the wonder of first exploration\, a naive beauty difficult to recapture and often lost to familiarity.  Lopapeysa and its companion piece Lopi were made for the 2014 exhibition Due North curated by Marianne Bernstein.  The film has an original score by Mary Lattimore and Benjamin Warfield. \n  \n \nLopapeysa from David Scott Kessler on Vimeo. \n  \nABOUT MADAM DATA\nPerforming as Madam Data\, Ada Adhiyatma explores machine interfaces and the potential for technology to birth mutable bodies that defy the strictures of liberal humanism. They fantasize that machine-mediated sound can offer ways of re-imagining the still-gendered\, still-racialized\, still differently-abled body in terms that are freeing\, fundamentally strange\, and ultimately healing. They also think about buildings a lot. \n \n  URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/howard-stelzer-crossing-parallel/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Stelzer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181003T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181003T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20180907T171601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180927T160836Z UID:10000788-1538596800-1538604000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Tashi Wada Group (featuring Julia Holter and Corey Fogel) DESCRIPTION:Los Angeles-based composer Tashi Wada presents his new group featuring Julia Holter and percussionist Corey Fogel performing music from Wada’s new album “Nue” out this fall on Brooklyn-based label RVNG Intl. Opening the evening will be a new synthesizer duo project from Jeff Zeigler (Philadelphia) and Dash Lewis (Richmond). \nIn Japanese\, ‘nue’ is a mythological chimera with the face of a monkey\, the legs of a tiger\, and the tail of a snake. In French\, ‘nue’ means naked—stripped of complexity\, bare and exposed\, but also raw and essential. This duality underlies “Nue.” Released as part of RVNG Intl’s FRKWYS series of intergenerational projects\, this collaboration ranges from minimalist bagpipes to otherworldly vocals\, creating\, in Wada’s words\, “a vision\, an endless night of dreams\, and a personal history of sorts\, full of joys and demons.” From the doubling of tones—and the world of harmonic nuances such an action produces—to the rich interplay between individual musicians\, all baring their own personalities and experiences through shared performance\, Wada’s compositions allow space for these elements to join and grow. The multipartite creature that is an ensemble melds in the simplicity and purity of the music itself. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/tashi-wada-group-featuring-julia-holter-and-corey-fogel/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/TashiWadagroup-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180519T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180519T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20180912T162738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180912T162738Z UID:10000794-1526760000-1526767200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Erik Ruin's Long/Gone DESCRIPTION:Currently over 100 feet in length\, LONG/GONE is a single intricately-cut piece of paper which flows freely from image to image. Narratives and scenarios (often drawn from classic works of literature from Homer to Dante) emerge and collapse and spill over into each other. In performance\, Erik scrolls the paper-cut continually across the surface of an over-head projector\, creating an epic and immersive shadow-show. His musical group\, the Ominous Cloud Ensemble\, will provide a live soundtrack. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nErik Ruin is a Michigan-raised\, Philadelphia-based printmaker\, shadow puppeteer\, paper-cut artist\, etc.\, who has been lauded by the New York Times for his “spell-binding cut-paper animations.” His work oscillates between the poles of apocalyptic anxieties and utopian yearnings\, with an emphasis on empathy\, transcendence and obsessive detail. He frequently works collaboratively with musicians\, theater performers\, other artists and activist campaigns. He is a founding member of the international Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative\, and co-author of the book Paths Toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday Anarchism (w/ Cindy Milstein\, PM Press\, 2012). \nErik Ruin’s Ominous Cloud Ensemble is an ever-evolving\, collectively-improvising large ensemble for projections and music\, led by visual artist Erik Ruin. Erik manipulates intricate paper-cuts and painted films on overhead projectors to create abstract landscapes and fragmentary scenes that are nonetheless charged with meaning\, merging with music that ranges from dark atmospherics to ecstatic peaks of dissonance. Members of the ensemble include a rotating cast of Philly’s finest musicians\, who have collaborated with everyone from Anthony Braxton to the Sun Ra Arkestra\, Chris Forsyth to Bardo Pond. \nTara Middleton\, voice\nDM Hotep\, guitar\nReid Hoffman\, guitar\nNick Millevoi\, guitar\nMyles Donovan\, viola\, harp\nJesse Sparhawk\, harp\, banjo\nJulius Masri\, electronics\, kamancheh\nQuinn Collins\, bass\nScott Verrastro\, drums\, percussion URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/erik-ruins-long-gone/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ErikRuinLongGone3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180420T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180420T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20180924T162524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T163715Z UID:10000796-1524211200-1524261600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Mauricio Kagel's "Ludwig van" DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present Ludwig Van\, Mauricio Kagel’s quirky and surreal film about Beethoven returning to Bonn\, Germany on the occasion of his bicentenary. According to Gramophone\, “at first it’s a laugh a minute… then Kagel’s film turns dark”. \nLudwig van (full title: Ludwig van: A report; German: Ludwig van: ein Bericht) was filmed in 1969\, it was first screened the following year. The work was commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk for the bicentennial celebrations of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven in 1970. The film examines the reception of the composer and his works and how he has become a consumer product of the culture industry. The soundtrack\, by Kagel\, is an arrangement of fragments of Beethoven’s works\, modified as if heard by the deaf composer himself. Prominent contemporary artists including Dieter Roth\, Stefan Wewerka\, Robert Filliou\, and Joseph Beuys were involved in the design and make cameos. \nA deconstructive analysis suggests the film investigates Beethoven as a cultural icon\, revered yet exploited; the use and misuse of his works\, including their appropriation to advance nationalist agendas; the difficulties and anxieties of influence performers face; Beethoven scholarship and attempts to “tame” the composer to accord with bourgeois ideals; and the difficulties of peering through the myths to catch a glimpse of the “real” Beethoven. Kagel uses the term Musealisierung or “musealisation” in speaking of the Beethoven cult\, the term used by Theodor W. Adorno to indicate that “museums are the family sepulchres of works of art” \nThis event is part of Sound Machines. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/mauricio-kagels-ludwig-van/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Mauricio_Kagel_1985-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180316T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180316T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20180924T171028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T171320Z UID:10000806-1521230400-1521237600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Wild Combination DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present a screening of “Wild Combination”\, director Matt Wolf’s visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer\, singer-songwriter\, cellist\, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992\, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now\, over fifteen years since his passing\, Arthur’s work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur’s family\, friends\, and closest collaborators – including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg – to tell this poignant and important story. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/wild-combination/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Arthur-Russell.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180216T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180216T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20180924T170236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T174603Z UID:10000804-1518811200-1518818400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Pauline Oliveros DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present the music of Pauline Oliveros performed by the Arcana New Music Ensemble. One of the leading composers and performers of the 20th and 21st century\, Pauline Oliveros’ career spanned four decades and influenced generations of musicians. While Oliveros is most widely known for her improvisationally centered Deep Listening work\, her compositional output spans a range of styles including jagged atonal music to experiments with theatrical lighting and dance. \nOliveros: The Witness (1980)\nOliveros: To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation (1970)\nOliveros: Single Stroke Roll Meditation (1990)\nOliveros: Tree/Peace (1984)\nOliveros: Trio for accordion\, trumpet\, and string bass (1960/1) \nABOUT THE PERFORMERS\nThe Arcana New Music Ensemble is Bowerbird’s resident ensemble for performing interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional music in interesting\, beautiful\, and unconventional spaces. Founded in 2016\, the ensemble comprises a flexible roster of more than 30 musicians and performs regularly in Philadelphia. Past concerts have featured the music of Julius Eastman\, Galina Ustvolskaya\, Morton Feldman\, Moondog\, among others. \nArcana New Music Ensemble\nAnthony Bob\, flute\nShinjoo Cho\, accordion\nCarolina Diazgranados\, cello\nTessa Ellis\, trumpet\nJosh Machiz\, bass\nTara Middleton\, violin\nAndy Thierauf\, percussion\nAshley Tini\, percussion URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/pauline-oliveros/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Arcana,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/paulineoliveros.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180119T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180119T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20180924T174320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T174320Z UID:10000809-1516392000-1516399200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Audrey Chen / Phil Minton DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present a rare Philadelphia appearance by experimental vocal duo Audrey Chen and Phil Minton. Opening the evening will be cellist-singer Daniel de Jesús. \nWith primary focus on the interplay between the uttered sounds of the mouth and vocal chords\, Audrey Chen and Phil Minton plumb the depths of their most inherent and bodily instruments. Their improvisations are fearless\, fragile\, hungry\, passionate\, riotous\, ululating and animalistic\, yet are also in all respects\, human. They express\, pronounce and intensely articulate (in their fashion) the many nuanced shades of their individual and collaborative conditions. \nSet to levitate toward the stratosphere\, cello-wielding frontman Daniel de Jesus captivates with his powerful\, soaring vocals and steals the hearts of all mortals in his presence. Upon first listen\, alternative rock purists will appreciate the musical nods that de Jesús offers toward other-worldly rock influences like David Bowie\, Peter Gabriel\, Kate Bush\, & Bjork. Soulful & mysterious & unforgettably unique – that is the sound of Daniel de Jesús. For this performance\, de Jesuss will be premiering some new music from his latest project. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/audrey-chen-phil-minton/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/audreychen-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20180924T175039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T181651Z UID:10000811-1510948800-1510956000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Emma Resmini DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is excited to present Emma Resmini\, an extraordinary young virtuoso performing a program of contemporary music for flute. The program includes “Flautina” from Stockhausen’s opera “Montag aus Licht” and Dai Fujikura’s “Poison Mushrooms”\, a threnody to the victims of the Hiroshima bombing. \nEmma began playing at flute at the age of three and is now a senior at the Curtis Institute of Music. Beyond the classical canon\, Emma is also an avid performer of new music. A review of her performance at the 2016 New Music Gathering raved\, “Emma Resmini stunned the crowd.” (I Care If You Listen) At the Curtis Institute of Music she was a featured soloist in the tribute concert to composer Kaija Saariaho\, performing NoaNoa for flute and electronics\, and as a member of the Curtis 20/21 Ensemble.As an advocate of emerging composers\, she has performed the world premiere of over twenty new works. She is also in her third season with the Arcana New Music Ensemble. \nPROGRAM\nKarlheinz Stockhausen (1928 – 2007) : “Flautina” (1989)\nMarcelo Toledo (b. 1964): “Aliento /Arrugas” (Breath/Furrows) (1998)\nMichel van der Aa (b. 1970): “Rekindle” (2009)\nKalevi Aho (b. 1949): “Solo III” (2001)\nDai Fujikura (b. 1977): “Poison Mushroom”\nAmy Beth Kirsten ( b. 1972): “Pirouette On a Moon Sliver”\nMario Diaz de Leon (b. 1979): “Luciform” URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/emma-resmini/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/emmaresmini.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171020T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171020T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20180924T175911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T175911Z UID:10000812-1508529600-1508536800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Voice of the Eagle DESCRIPTION:Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho film screening\nwith live performance by Eva and Jesse Sheppard and Andy McLeod. \nBowerbird is pleased to present a screening of the 2015 biopic “Voice of an Eagle” about enigmatic guitarist Robbie Basho. The evening will be opened by performances by Andy McLead\, and father-daughter duo Eva and Jesse Sheppard performing Basho tunes. \nABOUT THE FILM\nBefore his bizarre death at the hands of a chiropractor\, Robbie Basho was sure that his compositions would not outlast him. Orphaned during infancy\, diagnosed with synaesthesia (a union of the senses that caused him to interpret sound as colour) and claiming to be the reincarnation of a 17th century poet – the Baltimore-born guitarist and singer’s musical output was equally as outlandish as his persona. \nIn his brief and troubled life he laid the foundations for radical changes to the musical landscape of America during the 1960s and ’70s but reaped little more than a sparse (if fervent) following during his lifetime. \nVoice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho is a journey into the heart of an artist’s lifelong struggle: designed to illuminate and satiate existing fans while serving as a perfect starting point for the uninitiated. \nFeaturing interviews with Basho’s former students\, contemporaries and few close friends (including Pete Townshend\, William Ackerman\, Henry Kaiser and Country Joe McDonald)\, the documentary integrates new information and anecdotes on Basho with previously uncovered archive material and photography of the natural phenomena and landscapes that informed his work. \nWith the resurgence of interest in Basho growing and a more widespread revival a tangible possibility\, it is surely an auspicious time for his unique music and life story to be evoked through documentary. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/voice-of-the-eagle/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/robbiebasho.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170919T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170919T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T093401 CREATED:20181011T171245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181011T171245Z UID:10000817-1505851200-1505858400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Kazuhisa Uchihashi + Daniel Fishkin DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present the international collaboration between daxophone masters Daniel Fishkin (Philadelphia) and Kazuhisa Uchihashi (Japan). \n  \nThe daxophone is a thin hardwood strip played with a bow\, created by German improviser/inventor Hans Reichel in 1987. The instrument’s sound\, somewhere between a cello and a badger\, ranges from furtive gurgles to wild screams. In 2005\, Daniel Fishkin fell in love with this instrument and built one of his own. Eventually\, he built hundreds of daxophones\, becoming attuned to the sonic qualities of wood species and carved shapes. After Reichel’s death\, the fate of this instrument became unclear. Kazuhisa Uchihashi\, a creative partner of Reichel\, is now a leading proponent of the daxophone. Uchihashi performs on Reichel’s instruments\, in addition to presenting installations and exhibits about the daxophone. In 2015\, Fishkin met Uchihashi in Berlin. They represent different “schools” of daxophone—the new and the old\, the postmodern and classical. This is their first public performance. \nKazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar\,daxophone)� Born in Osaka\, Japan in 1959\, Uchihashi plays a huge variety of music\, having a distinctive musical voice in rock\, jazz and improvised music. He composes widely for film\, theatre and dance\, including 30 years of work with the Japanese theatre group Ishina. He has worked worldwide with musicians including Hans Reichel\, Fred Frith\, Zeena Parkins\, Han Bennink\, Derek Bailey\,Shelley Hirsch \,Christian Marclay and hundreds of improvisers.He organized the legendary Japanese power trio Altered States\, active for over 27 years\, which also worked inside Otomo Yoshihide’s Ground Zero in the 1990s. In recent years\, he has focused on pan-asian identity in music. Since 2010 he’s traveled to Indonesia\, Thailand and China to create special collaborative projects with local musicians. Mahanyawa is one of the best collaboration unit with SENYAWA from Indonesia. His special instrument\, the daxophone\, is a creation of the late guitarist/inventor\, Hans Reichel\, who was a creative partner of Uchihashi. \nDaniel Fishkin (daxophone)\nDaniel Fishkin’s ears are ringing. Composer\, sound artist\, and instrument builder. Completely ambivalent about music. Daniel studied with composer Maryanne Amacher and with multi-instrumentalist Mark Stewart. He has performed as a soloist on modular synthesizer with the American Symphony Orchestra\, developed sound installations in abandoned concert halls\, and played innumerable basement punk shows. Daniel’s lifework investigating the aesthetics of hearing damage has received international press (Nature Journal\, 2014); as an ally in the search for a cure\, he has been awarded the title of “tinnitus ambassador” by the Deutsche Tinnitus-Stiftung. Recent activities include a Project Grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Daniel received his MA in Music Composition from Wesleyan University\, has taught analog synthesis at Bard College\, and\, as fate would have it\, is now pursuing his PhD at University of California\, San Diego. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/kazuhisa-uchihashi-daniel-fishkin/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/21457476_1436838749685702_1663699209870517200_o.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR