Strange City: The Music of Claude Vivier
Strange City: The Music of Claude Vivier
Philadelphia, PA
The music of the Canadian composer Claude Vivier (1948-1983) combines diverse influences–from the the cerebral constructions of the European avant-garde to exoticist borrowings from East Asia– into a haunting and inimitable artistic voice. Vivier‘s intense and colorful music mirrors his life as a...
Saturday, February 9 2019
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Ekmeles: Madrigals and Animals
Ekmeles: Madrigals and Animals
Philadelphia, PA
Bowerbird is excited to present the vocal group Ekmeles at UniLu. The ensemble will perform Madrigals and Animals, a program of works celebrating the history and future of unaccompanied part song, and the interaction of human and animal voices. Karola Obermüller’s mass:distance:time relates direc...
Saturday, January 19 2019
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
BEN PATTERSON: METHODS AND PROCESS
BEN PATTERSON: METHODS AND PROCESS
Philadelphia, PA
Bowerbird is excited to present the music of Ben Patterson (1934-2016), performed by the Arcana New Music Ensemble. Patterson was a founding member of the FLUXUS movement, an international, interdisciplinary community of experimental artists that began in the early 1960s, inspired both by the Dad...
Friday, December 14 2018
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Gavin Bryars:Laude
Gavin Bryars:Laude
Philadelphia, PA
Arcana performs Gavin Bryars medieval inspired “Laude” (songs) with improvised electronic interludes electronic musician Jesse Kudler. PROGRAM Lauda Dolce II for solo viola It Never Rains for electric guitar, viola, cello, double bass Tre Lauda Dolce for solo cello Laude CortoneseVol. 3 for ...
Thursday, December 6 2018
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Visible Cloaks + Chrysalis Ensemble
Visible Cloaks + Chrysalis Ensemble
Philadelphia, PA
ADVANCED TICKET SALES HAVE ENDED. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. This event takes place in the Butterfly Pavilion. Portland, Oregon-based duo of Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile are the open-source musical entity known as Visible Cloaks, whose debut album Reassemblage and affiliated mini...
Friday, November 30 2018
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Aizuri Quartet
Aizuri Quartet
Philadelphia, PA
Praised by The Washington Post for “captivating” performances that draw from its notable “meld of intellect, technique and emotions,” the Aizuri Quartet was awarded the Grand Prize at the 2018 M Prize Chamber Arts Competition, along with top prizes at the 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Co...
Saturday, October 20 2018
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Tashi Wada Group (featuring Julia Holter and Corey Fogel)
Tashi Wada Group (featuring Julia Holter and Corey Fogel)
Philadelphia, PA
Tashi Wada Group (featuring Julia Holter and Corey Fogel)+ Jeff Zeigler and Dash Lewis 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. ...
Wednesday, October 3 2018
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Reidemeister Move (Christopher Williams and Robin Hayward) + Jesse Kudler Pipe Organ Solo
Reidemeister Move (Christopher Williams and Robin Hayward) + Jesse Kudler Pipe Organ Solo
Philadelphia, PA
REIDMEISTER MOVE (Berlin)Robin Hayward – tuba; Christopher Williams – contrabass JESSE KUDLER (Philadelphia)pipe organ solo The Berlin-based Reidemeister Move pushs the possibilities of long tones in natural harmonies for low instruments. Hayward's self-designed microtonal tuba and contrabassi...
Saturday, September 29 2018
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Morton Feldman's Patterns in a Chromatic Field
Morton Feldman's Patterns in a Chromatic Field
Philadelphia, PA
Morton Feldman: Patterns in a Chromatic Field (1981)with Marilyn Nonken, piano and Stephen Marotto, cello***Bowerbird is please to welcome pianist Marilyn Nonken and cellist Stephen Marotto to perform Morton Feldman's 1981 masterpiece - "Patterns in a Chromatic Field". This 80-minute odyssey offe...
Thursday, September 13 2018
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
DDMS19: Birdie Busch and Schuyler Thum
DDMS19: Birdie Busch and Schuyler Thum
Philadelphia, PA
bowerbird and Sebastian Petsu present Double Decker Music Series 19 (DDMS19) Birdie Busch + Schuyler Thum Sunday, August 26thh at 8pm(rain date 8/27) The Double Decker Music series is a unique, intimate mobile concert experience on an open-top double-decker bus. Each evening features live mus...
Sunday, August 26 2018
8:00 PM
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