BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//BOWERBIRD ::: MUSIC, DANCE, FILM ::: Philadelphia, PA - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:BOWERBIRD ::: MUSIC, DANCE, FILM ::: Philadelphia, PA 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:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T190000 DTSTAMP:20260711T172142 CREATED:20260107T165652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T182302Z UID:10001304-1772042400-1772046000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Performing with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present an online conversation with John D. S. Adams\, John David Fullemann\, David Meschter\, and Robert E. Miller\, hosted by exhibition co-curators You Nakai and Dustin Hurt. \nDavid Tudor’s work with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company required not only innovative compositional thinking but also the technical expertise of skilled audio engineers who could realize his ambitious sonic visions in performance. This conversation brings together audio engineers who worked closely with Tudor and the Cunningham company\, exploring the practical challenges and creative solutions involved in touring complex electronic systems\, adapting performances to diverse venues\, and maintaining the integrity of Tudor’s work across hundreds of performances worldwide. The panel will discuss their experiences working alongside Tudor\, the technical innovations developed to meet the demands of his compositions\, and how the role of the audio engineer became inseparable from the artistic process itself. Through their firsthand accounts\, this discussion illuminates a crucial but often overlooked dimension of Tudor’s practice: the collaborative relationships with engineers that made his groundbreaking electronic works possible. \nPhoto by Molly Davies. \n\nThis online program starts at 6:00pm Eastern US time as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free. \n\n\nThis event is part of DAVID TUDOR: A VIEW FROM INSIDE\, an exhibition at Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery from January 15 to March 21\, 2026. \n\n\nMajor support for DAVID TUDOR: A VIEW FROM INSIDE has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage\, with additional support from the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/performing-with-the-merce-cunningham-dance-company/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Feb-25_-Tudor-Talk_-Cunningham-Sound.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T190000 DTSTAMP:20260711T172142 CREATED:20260107T165032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T180434Z UID:10001303-1771437600-1771441200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:David Tudor at Gate Hill DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present an online talk with Mark Davenport\, hosted by exhibition co-curators You Nakai and Dustin Hurt. \nDavid Tudor is largely remembered for his performances of mid-twentieth-century avant-garde piano music and his close association with John Cage\, but much less is known about his personal life or the intentional artist’s community he co-founded in 1954. The Gate Hill Cooperative\, established with Cage and others who had emerged from the experimental environment of Black Mountain College\, became Tudor’s home for over forty years—the place where he produced practically his entire compositional oeuvre. Tudor was only 28 when he moved to Gate Hill\, and it was there that he developed the electronic and collaborative practices for which he continues to garner international recognition. Musicologist and cultural historian Mark Davenport\, who grew up at Gate Hill\, will draw on his decade-long research project and forthcoming book Community\, Art\, Education and the Search for Meaning: From Black Mountain College to the Gate Hill Cooperative to provide rare access and insight into Tudor’s life during the formative early years of the community. This conversation offers a unique personal and scholarly perspective on the environment that shaped Tudor’s artistic evolution. \nPhoto: David Tudor at the Gate Hill Cooperative (c. 1960). Photograph by Betsy (Epstein) Williams. Courtesy of Mark Davenport/Landkidzink Image Collection. \n\nThis online program starts at 6:00pm Eastern US time as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free. \n\n\nThis event is part of DAVID TUDOR: A VIEW FROM INSIDE\, an exhibition at Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery from January 15 to March 21\, 2026. \n\n\nMajor support for DAVID TUDOR: A VIEW FROM INSIDE has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage\, with additional support from the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/david-tudor-at-gate-hill/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Feb-18_-Tudor-Talk_-Gate-Hill.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T190000 DTSTAMP:20260711T172142 CREATED:20260107T164447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T220833Z UID:10001302-1770832800-1770836400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Rainforest & Composers Inside Electronics DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present an online talk with John Driscoll and Phil Edelstein\, hosted by exhibition co-curators You Nakai and Dustin Hurt. \nJohn Driscoll and Phil Edelstein are founding members of Composers Inside Electronics (CIE)\, a collaborative group formed in 1973 that has been central to the evolution and continuation of David Tudor’s Rainforest works. In this conversation\, they trace the remarkable trajectory of Rainforest from its origins as a 1968 sound score for Merce Cunningham’s dance to its transformation into Rainforest IV\, a groundbreaking performed installation where each collaborator designs and constructs sculptural loudspeakers that become instruments in themselves. Driscoll and Edelstein will discuss the collaborative workshop in New Hampshire that birthed Rainforest IV\, the research into rotating speakers and directional sound that emerged from their work together\, and how they have continued to develop Tudor’s vision in the decades since his passing. This includes their creation of Rainforest V\, a self-running installation version that has been acquired by institutions including MoMA and has introduced Tudor’s radical approach to sound sculpture to new audiences worldwide. The conversation offers rare insight into what it means to sustain and evolve a collaborative artwork across generations while honoring its original spirit of experimentation and shared discovery. \n\nThis online program starts at 6:00pm Eastern US time as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free. \n\n\nThis event is part of DAVID TUDOR: A VIEW FROM INSIDE\, an exhibition at Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery from January 15 to March 21\, 2026. \n\n\nMajor support for DAVID TUDOR: A VIEW FROM INSIDE has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage\, with additional support from the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/rainforest-composers-inside-electronics/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Feb-11_-Tudor-Talk_-Rainforest-CIE.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T190000 DTSTAMP:20260711T172142 CREATED:20260107T162443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T220711Z UID:10001301-1770228000-1770231600@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Curating David Tudor DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present an online talk with Nancy Perloff and Ron Kuivila\, hosted by exhibition co-curators You Nakai and Dustin Hurt. \nNancy Perloff\, curator at the Getty Research Institute\, oversees the David Tudor Papers\, one of the most significant archives of experimental music in the 20th century. Ron Kuivila\, Professor of Music at Wesleyan University and performer of Tudor’s work\, is custodian of the David Tudor instrument collection and has spent decades studying\, reconstructing\, and performing Tudor’s electronic systems. Together\, they offer unique perspectives on the challenges and insights of preserving\, interpreting\, and presenting Tudor’s legacy—from navigating complex archival materials to understanding the physical instruments and circuits that defined his work. This conversation explores what it means to curate an artist whose practice resisted fixed documentation\, and how institutions can make Tudor’s elusive but transformative work accessible to new generations of artists and scholars. \n\nThis online program starts at 6:00pm Eastern US time as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free. \n\n\nThis event is part of DAVID TUDOR: A VIEW FROM INSIDE\, an exhibition at Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery from January 15 to March 21\, 2026. \n\n\nMajor support for DAVID TUDOR: A VIEW FROM INSIDE has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage\, with additional support from the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/curating-david-tudor/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Feb-4_-Tudor-Talk_-Ron-Nancy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T130000 DTSTAMP:20260711T172142 CREATED:20250403T133725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T144811Z UID:10001264-1746100800-1746104400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Chasing the Morning Star: The Aesthetics of Lucia Dlugoszewski DESCRIPTION:Part of the Pure Lucia project\, “Lunch with Lucia” is a web series of lunchtime conversations exploring the music and legacy of composer Lucia Dlugoszewski. Hosted by curator Dustin Hurt\, each live Zoom session features a guest artist or scholar delving into a different facet of Dlugoszewski’s work—from her groundbreaking timbre piano technique and invented percussion instruments to her radical approach to composition for brass\, strings\, and dance. These informal\, accessible discussions offer a unique chance to rediscover one of the most visionary—and underrecognized—figures in 20th-century experimental music. \nDuring this program\, dancer\, educator\, and Erick Hawkins Dance Company principal Louis Kavouras explores Lucia Dlugoszewski’s richly layered artistic universe. Drawing from his decades of collaboration and friendship with Dlugoszewski\, Kavouras guides audiences through the poetic\, philosophical\, and aesthetic currents that shaped her distinctive approach to composition. Many of Dlugoszewski’s compositions were created specifically for choreography by American dance innovator Erick Hawkins\, resulting in profound integrations of sound and movement. \nKavouras will share insights into Dlugoszewski’s creative methods\, emphasizing how her music forms a “garden of sound\,” an intricate tapestry woven from poetry\, aesthetics\, philosophy\, and abstraction. With personal anecdotes\, historical context\, and philosophical references\, he illuminates the underlying aesthetics that guided her experimental vision and supported her artistic practice. \nLouis Kavouras has been instrumental in preserving and promoting the legacies of Lucia Dlugoszewski and Erick Hawkins. Since 1995\, he has served as a principal dancer with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company and a master teacher of Hawkins’s technique. As Chair of Dance at UNLV since 1994\, Kavouras has also directed numerous workshops and residencies worldwide\, further extending the influence and understanding of the Hawkins-Dlugoszewski artistic partnership. He is the founder of the Hawkins West Institute\, dedicated to archiving and preserving the aesthetic sculptures\, costumes\, and properties of Erick Hawkins and Lucia Dlugoszewski. \n\nThis online program takes place from 12:00pm to 1:00pm Eastern US time (EDT) as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free. An archive of the program will be available on the page after the event. \n\nThis event is part of PURE LUCIA\, a retrospective of the life and work of Lucia Dlugoszewski. \n\nMajor support for PURE LUCIA: THE MUSIC OF LUCIA DLUGOSZEWSKI has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage with additional support from the Amphion Foundation. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/chasing-the-morning-star-the-aesthetics-of-lucia-dlugoszewski/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/May-1-Chasing-the-Morning-Star-The-Aesthetics-of-Lucia-Dlugoszewski.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250428T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250428T130000 DTSTAMP:20260711T172142 CREATED:20250323T181426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T134307Z UID:10001259-1745841600-1745845200@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Space is a Diamond: Lucia Dlugoszewski’s Radical Brass Works DESCRIPTION:Part of the Pure Lucia project\, “Lunch with Lucia” is a web series of lunchtime conversations exploring the music and legacy of composer Lucia Dlugoszewski. Hosted by curator Dustin Hurt\, each live Zoom session features a guest artist or scholar delving into a different facet of Dlugoszewski’s work—from her groundbreaking timbre piano technique and invented percussion instruments to her radical approach to composition for brass\, strings\, and dance. These informal\, accessible discussions offer a unique chance to rediscover one of the most visionary—and underrecognized—figures in 20th-century experimental music. \nFor this program\, trumpeter Peter Evans joins Dustin Hurt for a deep dive into Lucia Dlugoszewski’s fiercely original music for trumpet. Though best known for her innovations with piano and percussion\, Dlugoszewski’s writing for brass—especially trumpet—is among her most technically demanding and emotionally charged. Characterized by blisteringly fast passages\, extreme leaps\, and extended range\, her brass works push instrumentalists to their physical and expressive limits. \nDuring her lifetime\, Dlugoszewski collaborated closely with virtuoso trumpeter Gerard Schwarz\, composing two of her most significant brass works: Space is a Diamond for solo trumpet\, and Abyss and Caress for trumpet and orchestra—commissioned by Schwarz and Pierre Boulez\, and premiered by Schwarz with the New York Philharmonic. These works were among the few pieces published and commercially recorded during her life\, making them some of the most widely circulated examples of her output. \nLucia Dlugoszewski: Abyss and Caress by Klangforum Wien \nPeter Evans\, one of the leading trumpeters in contemporary music\, has been performing and championing Dlugoszewski’s music for over five years. He recently recorded Abyss and Caress with Klangforum Wien and will soon perform Space is a Diamond and Angels of the Inmost Heaven as part of the Pure Lucia concert series in Philadelphia. In this conversation\, Evans will reflect on the intense technical challenges and rich expressive possibilities of these works\, offering insights into what makes Dlugoszewski’s trumpet music so distinctive\, thrilling—and still ahead of its time. \n\nThis online program takes place from 12:00pm to 1:00pm Eastern US time (EDT) as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free. An archive of the program will be available on the page after the event. \n\nThis event is part of PURE LUCIA\, a retrospective of the life and work of Lucia Dlugoszewski. \n\nMajor support for PURE LUCIA: THE MUSIC OF LUCIA DLUGOSZEWSKI has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage with additional support from the Amphion Foundation. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/space-is-a-diamond-lucia-dlugoszewskis-radical-brass-works/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/April-28-–-Peter-Evans-Lucias-Trumpet-Music.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T140000 DTSTAMP:20260711T172142 CREATED:20250324T014529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T162909Z UID:10001260-1745413200-1745416800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Delicate Accidents: Reconstructing Lucia Dlugoszewski’s Percussion Works DESCRIPTION:Part of the Pure Lucia project\, “Lunch with Lucia” is a web series of lunchtime conversations exploring the music and legacy of composer Lucia Dlugoszewski. Hosted by curator Dustin Hurt\, each live Zoom session features a guest artist or scholar delving into a different facet of Dlugoszewski’s work—from her groundbreaking timbre piano technique and invented percussion instruments to her radical approach to composition for brass\, strings\, and dance. These informal\, accessible discussions offer a unique chance to rediscover one of the most visionary—and underrecognized—figures in 20th-century experimental music. \nDuring this program\, percussionist Dustin Donahue joins Dustin Hurt to explore one of the most misunderstood but fascinating aspects of Dlugoszewski’s legacy: her “invention of over 100 percussion instruments”. While that phrase is often repeated\, the truth is both more nuanced and more compelling. Beginning in the early 1950s\, Dlugoszewski became interested in composing with nontraditional sound sources—starting with everyday materials like rice\, water\, and glass. By the end of the decade\, she was designing entirely new families of percussion instruments—including ladder harps\, square drums\, unsheltered rattles\, and tangent rattles. Perhaps eer most significant innovation was assembling these handmade objects into large “choirs” of instruments with subtle variations in tuning\, material\, and resonance—what she called her “orchestra of invented instruments.” \nSome of Dlugoszewski’s most important works for solo percussion were composed for choreographies by Erick Hawkins—particularly 8 Clear Places and Geography of Noon. These pieces are currently lost\, but her performance practice survives in earlier percussion solos and chamber works that are featured in the Pure Lucia concerts. These include Song for the Poetry of Everyday Sounds (1952) and Separated Music (1958)\, as well as ensemble works like Lords of Persia and Black Lake\, all of which integrate her original instruments and reflect her unique sonic imagination. \nIn the late 1950s\, Dlugoszewski collaborated with close friend and sculptor Ralph Dorazio to design and construct many of these instruments—a process that continued and evolved for decades. The Dlugoszewski/Hawkins Trust has preserved the collection\, and in recent years\, Dustin Hurt and percussionist Andy Thierauf documented it through detailed photographs and measurements. Building on this research\, Dustin Donahue created new working replicas that will be used in the upcoming Philadelphia performances. A Baltimore-based contemporary percussionist\, Donahue has studied Dlugoszewski’s percussion music extensively\, including collaborative work with Rebecca Lloyd-Jones. This session will include archival recordings\, historical materials\, and appearances by both original and replica instruments\, offering a rare window into Dlugoszewski’s percussive world. \n\nThis online program takes place from 1:00pm to 2:00pm Eastern US time (EDT) as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free. An archive of the program will be available on the page after the event. \n\nThis event is part of PURE LUCIA\, a retrospective of the life and work of Lucia Dlugoszewski. \n\nMajor support for PURE LUCIA: THE MUSIC OF LUCIA DLUGOSZEWSKI has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage with additional support from the Amphion Foundation. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/delicate-accidents-reconstructing-lucia-dlugoszewskis-percussion-works/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/April-23-–-Dustin-Donahue-Lucias-Orchestra-of-Invented-Percussion.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T130000 DTSTAMP:20260711T172142 CREATED:20250324T145514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T140937Z UID:10001262-1745236800-1745240400@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Sound Inside: Exploring Dlugoszewski’s Timbre Piano DESCRIPTION:Part of the Pure Lucia project\, “Lunch with Lucia” is a web series of lunchtime conversations exploring the music and legacy of composer Lucia Dlugoszewski. Hosted by curator Dustin Hurt\, each live Zoom session features a guest artist or scholar delving into a different facet of Dlugoszewski’s work—from her groundbreaking timbre piano technique and invented percussion instruments to her radical approach to composition for brass\, strings\, and dance. These informal\, accessible discussions offer a unique chance to rediscover one of the most visionary—and underrecognized—figures in 20th-century experimental music. \nIn this session\, pianist and researcher Agnese Toniutti explores Lucia Dlugoszewski’s extraordinary timbre piano—a performance practice she developed beginning in 1951\, and one of the most distinctive and essential features of her musical language. The program will feature rare archival recordings as well as an up-close look at some of the original objects Dlugoszewski used inside the piano to produce an astonishing array of sounds. \nUnlike John Cage’s prepared piano\, which employs screws\, bolts\, and other fixed objects placed between piano strings\, Dlugoszewski’s timbre piano technique involved playing directly upon mostly unaltered strings using bows and plectra crafted from diverse materials—wood\, plastic\, metal\, glass\, bone\, hair combs\, brushes\, even porcelain. These specialized tools enabled Dlugoszewski to draw forth unique timbral qualities\, from subtle\, delicate resonances to bold\, dramatic textures. Her performance style was inherently theatrical\, characterized by sweeping gestures and expressive movements that added an arresting visual dimension to her concerts. \nUsed extensively across her repertoire—both as a solo instrument and within ensemble settings—Dlugoszewski often performed her timbre piano works herself\, showcasing not improvisation exactly\, but a highly focused pursuit of what she termed “aesthetic immediacy.” Toniutti’s presentation will illuminate the creative spirit and innovative techniques behind this singular instrumental practice\, revealing how Dlugoszewski’s groundbreaking approach remains uniquely fresh and compelling today. \nFollowing the presentation\, Toniutti will join Dustin Hurt in conversation about her own experience interpreting and performing Dlugoszewski’s music\, and her ongoing research into the timbre piano. Based in Italy\, Agnese Toniutti specializes in 20th- and 21st-century keyboard repertoire\, with a particular focus on compositions involving extended techniques\, prepared piano\, and unconventional performance practices. \n\nThis online program takes place from 12:00pm to 1:00pm Eastern US time (EDT) as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free. An archive of the program will be available on the page after the event. \n\n\n \n \n\n\nThis event is part of PURE LUCIA\, a retrospective of the life and work of Lucia Dlugoszewski. \n\nMajor support for PURE LUCIA: THE MUSIC OF LUCIA DLUGOSZEWSKI has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage with additional support from the Amphion Foundation. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/sound-inside-exploring-dlugoszewskis-timbre-piano/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/April-21-–-Agnese-Toniutti-The-Timbre-Piano.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T130000 DTSTAMP:20260711T172142 CREATED:20250324T193923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T155633Z UID:10001263-1744891200-1744894800@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Of Love: Lucia Dlugoszewski and Erick Hawkins DESCRIPTION:Part of the Pure Lucia project\, “Lunch with Lucia” is a web series of lunchtime conversations exploring the music and legacy of composer Lucia Dlugoszewski. Hosted by curator Dustin Hurt\, each live Zoom session features a guest artist or scholar delving into a different facet of Dlugoszewski’s work—from her groundbreaking timbre piano technique and invented percussion instruments to her radical approach to composition for brass\, strings\, and dance. These informal\, accessible discussions offer a unique chance to rediscover one of the most visionary—and underrecognized—figures in 20th-century experimental music. \nIn Of Love: Lucia Dlugoszewski and Erick Hawkins\, dancer and choreographer Katherine Duke reflects on the extraordinary artistic and personal partnership between Lucia Dlugoszewski and choreographer Erick Hawkins. Duke\, who knew and collaborated closely with both artists and currently serves as Artistic Director of the Erick Hawkins Dance Company\, offers an intimate perspective on their complex relationship—one defined by profound mutual respect\, intense creativity\, and occasionally significant challenges. \nFrom their first collaborations in the early 1950s until Hawkins’s death in 1994\, Dlugoszewski and Hawkins shared an artistic dialogue shaped by deep philosophical and aesthetic explorations. Both were profoundly influenced by Asian art forms and poetry\, constantly seeking new ways to express ideas of beauty\, spirituality\, and immediacy through movement and sound. Though they were married—a fact known only to their closest friends—they maintained independent artistic identities\, periodically giving each other creative space and collaborating with other artists. \nThis conversation will explore how Lucia and Erick navigated the inevitable tensions of two powerful creative personalities working side-by-side\, as well as their commitment to each other’s work despite periods of separation. Duke will also discuss how Lucia’s deep involvement with Erick and his company was both enriching and limiting\, and consider the lasting impact this dynamic had on perceptions of Lucia’s own artistic legacy. \n\nThis online program takes place from 12:00pm to 1:00pm Eastern US time (EDT) as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free. An archive of the program will be available on the page after the event. \n\nThis event is part of PURE LUCIA\, a retrospective of the life and work of Lucia Dlugoszewski. \n\nMajor support for PURE LUCIA: THE MUSIC OF LUCIA DLUGOSZEWSKI has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage with additional support from the Amphion Foundation. URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/of-love-lucia-dlugoszewski-and-erick-hawkins/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/April-17-–-Katherine-Duke-Of-Love-Lucia-Dlugoszewski-and-Erick-Hawkins.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T130000 DTSTAMP:20260711T172142 CREATED:20250324T022247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250409T204437Z UID:10001261-1744286400-1744290000@www.bowerbird.org SUMMARY:Terrible Freedom: The Life and Work of Lucia Dlugoszewski DESCRIPTION:Part of the Pure Lucia project\, “Lunch with Lucia” is a web series of lunchtime conversations exploring the music and legacy of composer Lucia Dlugoszewski. Hosted by curator Dustin Hurt\, each live Zoom session features a guest artist or scholar delving into a different facet of Dlugoszewski’s work—from her groundbreaking timbre piano technique and invented percussion instruments to her radical approach to composition for brass\, strings\, and dance. These informal\, accessible discussions offer a unique chance to rediscover one of the most visionary—and underrecognized—figures in 20th-century experimental music. \nDuring this program\, musicologist and author Amy C. Beal offers an in-depth look at Dlugoszewski’s remarkable life and creative trajectory. Beal is the author of Terrible Freedom: The Life and Work of Lucia Dlugoszewski\, the first full-length biography of the composer\, published in May 2022. Expertly researched and deeply insightful\, the book provides a vivid and accessible portrait of Dlugoszewski’s journey—from her early years in Detroit to her emergence in New York’s postwar avant-garde\, and her decades of artistic partnership with choreographer Erick Hawkins. \nDrawing from the structure and themes of her book\, Beal will discuss major chapters in Dlugoszewski’s life: her arrival in New York and early letters from the city; her philosophical approach to art-making; her pioneering work with invented instruments and timbre piano; and her unflinching pursuit of what she called “aesthetic immediacy.” The session will also touch on the personal challenges Dlugoszewski faced throughout her life—including marginalization\, artistic loss\, and grief—and how these shaped her creative output in profound ways. \nThe talk will be followed by a conversation with Dustin Hurt about Beal’s process of discovering Dlugoszewski and how she came to write the book. Amy C. Beal is Professor of Music at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, and the author of several books including New Music\, New Allies\, Carla Bley\, and Johanna Beyer. As Anne C. Shreffler (Harvard University) wrote of Beal’s biography: “This remarkable book places [Dlugoszewski] front and center\, where she belongs.” \n\nThis online program takes place from 12:00pm to 1:00pm Eastern US time (EDT) as a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required\, but free. An archive of the program will be available on the page after the event. \n\nThis event is part of PURE LUCIA\, a retrospective of the life and work of Lucia Dlugoszewski. \n\nMajor support for PURE LUCIA: THE MUSIC OF LUCIA DLUGOSZEWSKI has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage with additional support from the Amphion Foundation. 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