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SUMMARY:Goldberg Variations
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present John Walthausen in a solo harpsichord performance at University Lutheran Church. In the 1730s\, Bach summed up his artistry writing for keyboards with a new collection: his Clavierübung or keyboard practice. In this multi volume series for harpsichord and organ\, Bach turns every genre of keyboard writing on its head: suite\, concerto\, overture\, prelude and fugue\, chorale prelude. It is in the fourth book of his Clavierübung that Bach explores variation in what would become one of his most beloved works. Exhausting the depths of embellishment possible from a simple ground bass\, Bach challenges the interpreter through thirty variations comprising some of his most virtuosic keyboard writing and some of his most intricate exploration of canon. \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST \nJohn Walthausen has been heard across Europe\, North and South America\, and Asia as a keyboard soloist and ensemble artist. Accomplished as a recitalist in both Baroque literature and contemporary keyboard works\, Walthausen has concertized throughout the world in Paris\, New York\, Washington D.C.\, Chartres\, Bogotá\, Toulouse\, Hamburg\, Milan\, Treviso\, Innsbruck\, Tokyo\, Basel\, and Zurich. From 2015 to 2016\, he served as Organist in Residence at Sapporo Concert Hall in Hokkaido\, where he performed and recorded on the Hall’s four-manual organ by Alfred Kern and in cities across Japan. In 2016\, Sapporo Concert Hall released his debut disc\, “De Fil en Aiguille.” \nA Philadelphia resident\, Walthausen appears regularly as a collaborative artist in his home city\, as well as throughout the East Coast and the Mid-Atlantic region. In 2019\, he co-founded the ensemble Filament with baroque violinist Evan Few and viola da gamba player Elena Smith. In 2022\, they recorded their debut album of the Sonatas Opus 1 of Dietrich Buxtehude\, Alchemy of Another\, called by Fanfare “artistically satisfying on all levels.” \nIn 2012\, he won first prize at the Pierre de Manchicourt International Organ Competition in Béthune\, France\, a competition devoted particularly to North German music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries\, featuring an international jury chaired by Michael Radelescu. In 2009 he was awarded first prize in the American Guild of Organists’ Regional Competition for Young Organists. \nWalthausen earned his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College\, and in 2011 he gained admission to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. There he studied organ with Olivier Latry and Michel Bouvard\, earning a master’s with highest honors (mention très bien). In 2015\, he studied harpsichord with Jörg-Andreas Bötticher and organ with Lorenzo Ghielmi at the Schola Cantorum of Basel\, Switzerland where he was awarded a Master’s in Historical Performance. In 2024\, Walthausen served as Artistic Director for the first edition of the Philadelphia Organ Festival\, a week-long event sponsored by Partners for Sacred Places. In addition to his concert appearances\, Walthausen currently serves as Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in Germantown\, Philadelphia\, PA. \n\n
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LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Duo Tesserae
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Duo Tesserae with an opening set by saxophonist\, Noa Even at University Lutheran Church. Noa Even\, Philly-based saxophonist\, opens the program with a short set of music for solo tenor saxophone. She performs her own piece\, Herzl\, which captures her ever-evolving relationship\, a grappling of sorts\, with her identity as an Israeli-American. Betsy Jolas\, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday\, composed in 1983 as the fourth piece in a series of nine that showcases solo instruments. It was one of the first solo works to explore the capabilities of the tenor saxophone\, an instrument primarily associated with jazz and pop music. Even now\, over forty years later\, the piece remains compelling in its modernist lyricism and idiomatic virtuosity. \nGermany-based Duo Tesserae present a program exploring contemporary voices connected through Germany’s vibrant new music scene. Featuring works by Rebecca Saunders\, Thuon Burtevitz\, and Eric Wubbels\, the concert traces distinct approaches to sound\, gesture\, and musical form. \nBurtevitz’s richly textured sonic imagination\, Saunders’ refined exploration of timbre and silence\, and Wubbels’ intricate rhythmic energy reveal contrasting yet complementary perspectives on contemporary composition. Together\, these works showcase an international artistic dialogue\, where composers of different backgrounds have shaped and reimagined contemporary musical practice. \nWith its characteristic precision\, clarity\, and vivid sense of colour\, Duo Tesserae guides audiences through a landscape of striking contrasts\, inviting listeners to experience the rich diversity of contemporary musical expression. \nPROGRAM \nBetsy Jolas: Épisode Quatrième (1983)\nNoa Even: Herzl (2021)\nThuon Burtevitz: Rabba in Sard… (2004 rev. 2015) – Mov. II & III\nRebecca Saunders: Duo (1996 rev. 1999)\nEric Wubbels: the children of fire come looking for fire (2012) \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nBased in Philadelphia\, Noa Even is a versatile saxophonist dedicated to the creation of new music through improvisation\, composition\, and close collaboration with composers. She has premiered dozens of new works\, most of which were composed for her and the groups with which she has performed. Noa is a member of New Thread Quartet and duos Ogni Suono and Audra. Her recordings have been released on New Focus Recordings and Innova. Noa is Assistant Teaching Professor and Head of Woodwinds at Rowan University in New Jersey. She has taught over 80 master classes around the world and regularly participates in student composer readings. From 2017-2020\, Noa served as Executive Director of Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CUSP)\, a non-profit organization she co-founded that champions new and experimental music. She was Treasurer of the North American Saxophone Alliance from 2021 through 2024. Noa is a Conn-Selmer Artist-Clinician and a Vandoren Artist. For more information\, visit www.noaevenmusic.com. \n  \nFormed in 2025\, Duo Tesserae (Leipzig / Dresden\, Germany) brings together two specialists in contemporary music whose collaboration began in 2018. Since then\, they have worked together frequently in a variety of chamber ensembles before founding the present duo. Praised for their precision\, clarity\, and color\, the duo are dedicated to exploring the sonic language of music today. They work closely with both emerging and established composers\, often unearthing hitherto undiscovered voices\, and creating performances that illuminate new perspectives on sound.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/duo-tesserae/
LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Music of Laura Cetilia
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present an evening of music by Laura Cetilia from her two releases on the elsewhere label\, performed by Jack Yarbrough (piano)\, Hannah Soren (cello)\, and Laura Cetilia (cello). Works included: laminae for solo piano\, becoming of shadows for cello and piano\, and soil + stone for two cellos. \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST \nAs a daughter of mixed heritage\, Mexican-American musician\, Laura Cetilia is at home with in-betweenness\, straddling multiple worlds as a cellist / composer / educator / artist while working within acoustic / electronic / traditional / experimental sound practices. Her compositions have been described as “unorthodox loveliness” (Boston Globe) and “weightless and deeply profound” (Bandcamp’s Best Contemporary Classical). Jack Yarbrough is a pianist active in contemporary and experimental music. His idiosyncratic programming and collaborations explore the rich minutiae of touch\, resonance\, and decay. In the words of Alex Ross\, “Yarbrough’s piano seems less a physical machine than a zone of resonance.” With his duo partner\, cellist Hannah Soren\, they have worked closely with composers of nuanced music such as Linda Catlin Smith\, Makiko Nishikaze\, and Seare Farhat. Their most recent collaboration is with composer/cellist Laura Cetilia who they met during her DMA studies at Cornell University. Through New Music USA\, the duo was awarded a New Music Creator Fund to commission Laura to write a suite of new works for piano and cello and tour the Northeast in Fall 2026.
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LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hologram
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Variant 6 at University Lutheran Church. \nVariant 6 presents Hologram\, in a program that explores the unique scope of light and color created by an exquisite blend of low voices. For the first time\, the ensemble’s tenors and basses alone come together to create a warm and sonorous soundworld\, from the rich beauty of Francis Poulenc and Franz Schubert to the lush contemporary voices of Joanna Marsh\, Joanne Metcalf\, and Salvatore Sciarrino. \nThis program is co-curated by Rebecca Myers and James Reese \nfeaturing:\nJames Reese\, tenor\nMichael Jones\, tenor\nHarrison Hintzsche\, baritone\nDaniel Schwartz\, bass\nPaul Max Tipton\, bass \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nVariant 6 explores the expressive potential of the human voice through vocal chamber music that is at once virtuosic\, poignant\, and approachable. Composed of artists with a diverse set of skills and a wide range of expertise\, we seek out repertoire that embodies this potential. We collaborate with artists of many disciplines\, creating refreshing interpretations of music of the past and innovative premieres of new works. Our concerts are unique and intimate musical experiences that foster deep conversation between artists and audience. \nVariant 6 shares our unique take on vocal chamber music with people all over the city of Philadelphia. Our approachable and collaborative projects create an environment where audiences of different backgrounds will feel inspired to attend our events\, respond to our music\, and get to know us as individuals.
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LOCATION:University Lutheran\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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