Bowerbird is pleased to partner with Philly Iran in presenting Song of Disobedience, a musical performance honoring the one year anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom Revolution. Created specifically for this day, musicians Adib Ghorbani and Aida Shahghasemi along with local performers will be performing a heartfelt collection of music and storytelling on stage at…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Attorneys General featuring Bill Nace and Ken Brenninger with an opening set by Andy Giles. Co-presented with Open Mouth Records ABOUT THE ARTISTS Attorneys General is a project led by Matthew Byars of DC-based band The Caribbean and NPR-distributed podcast Essential Tremors. A formative experience for Byars as a listener was hearing the…
Bowerbird is pleased to present The Lepidopterans: Tom Boram (Synthesizer, Sitar), Jason Willett (Electronics), and Toshi Makihara (Percussion), at The Rotunda with an opening set by Anne Ishii. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Tom Boram and Jason Willett have been playing together for almost 25 years as 'Leprechaun Catering." The Baltimore-based duo makes improvised music from…
Bowerbird is pleased to present the Max Johnson Trio at UniLu with opening set by Arcx Quartet. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Fresh off the release of their 2022 album “Orbit of Sound” and their tour across Europe, virtuoso double bassist and composer Max Johnson presents his trio with Anna Webber (saxophone, flute), and Michael Sarin (drumset).…
DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS PERFORMANCE WILL BE POSTPONED. STAY TUNED FOR A NEW DATE Bowerbird is pleased to present a concert of Gene Coleman's album Exploratorium. Focused on his recent compositions based on models from auditory neuroscience the album includes Coleman's 2nd string quartet, three works for voices and electronics and a new…
Bowerbird is pleased to present two solo performances by Natacha Diels and Levi Lu at The Rotunda. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Natacha Diels’ work combines choreographed movement, improvisation, video, instrumental practice, and cynical play to create worlds of curiosity and unease. Recent work includes Papillon and the Dancing Cranes, for construction cranes and giant butterfly…
Bowerbird is pleased to present the acclaimed new music duo LIGAMENT. Described as “perverse and nihilistic”, Anika Kildegaard (voice) and Will Yager (double bass) perform as LIGAMENT, an ensemble dedicated to commissioning new music and creating work for their unique instrumentation. LIGAMENT’s performances are a fusion of standard and non-standard elements; sometimes there are high…
Bowerbird is pleased to present two brass virtuosos: Trumpeter Peter Evans and Trombonist David Taylor in a solo/solo/duo performance at University Lutheran. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Peter Evans is a trumpet player and composer based in New York City since 2003. Evans is part of a broad, hybridized scene of musical experimentation, and his work cuts…
PRESALES HAVE ENDED. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. Bowerbird is pleased to present Enrico M. and Nate Wooley performing The Music of Éliane Radigue for percussion and trumpet featuring OCCAM X and OCCAM XXVI plus the premiere of a new OCCAM River. Two longstanding champions for the music of French composer Éliane Radigue…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Japanese musicians Satoko Fujii and Kappa Maki performing at University Lutheran. The duo consists of piano and trumpet performing an improvised set. Jesse Kudler will open the evening with an improvisation on the church's organ. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Critics and fans alike hail pianist and composer Satoko Fujii as one…
Bowerbird is pleased to present a portrait concert of composer Sarah Hennies performed by the Arcana New Music Ensemble with the composer. PROGRAM Passing, a short film Monologue, for solo trumpet Tessa Ellis, trumpet Settle, for two players on one vibraphone Sarah Hennies and Andy Thierauf, vibraphone Abscission, for violin, cello, and guitar Carlos Santiago,…
Bowerbird is pleased to present a two night residency featuring pianist Adam Tendler. On the first evening Adam Tendler will perform the Philadelphia premiere of FANTAIL, a new work by iconic American composer Christian Wolff. Commissioned by the pianist, FANTAIL is a 22 movement, unofficial response to Robert Schumann's Carnaval, and like Schumann’s legendary set,…
Bowerbird is pleased to present a two night residency featuring pianist Adam Tendler. On the second evening Adam Tendler will be performing "Sonatas and Interludes", John Cage’s groundbreaking cycle for prepared piano. 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the the work composed shortly after Cage’s introduction to Indian philosophy and the teachings of art historian…
The 7pm performance of "Bartok's Monster" has been sold out. A 2pm performance has been added. Inspired by Avoid the Day: A New Nonfiction in Two Movements, by Jay Kirk The "insightful and vibrant" (The New York Times) Daedalus Quartet returns to our stage with Bartok’s Monster, a collaboration with Dan Rothenberg, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director of…
Inspired by the Shiraz Arts Festiva's curatorial vision, "Traditional Music from Korea and Iran" brings togethers two duos: Jung-Hee Oh, a Korean music artist of "Gayageum Byeong-chang" (Solo zither performance with song) with Song Eun Shin, who performs the 25 String Gayageum; and Mehrnam Rastegari, a Persian master of the Kamancheh (an Iranian bowed string…
In 1971, the Greek-French composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) was commissioned to create a piece for the opening day of the fifth edition of the Shiraz Arts Festival. The event commemorated the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire and took place at the ruins of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Philadelphia favorites Alash at The Rotunda for a FREE concert. Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. Masters of traditional Tuvan instruments as well as the art of throat singing, Alash are deeply committed to traditional Tuvan music…
Bowerbird and Philly Iranians, a volunteer-led, non-partisan, multi-faith coalition of Iranians and allies in the greater Philadelphia area advocating for a free Iran, are pleased to co-present an evening with Moniro Ravanipour and Fatemeh Shams in celebration of International Women's Day. Join us for an event where Ravanipour and Shams, two esteemed Iranian authors, will…
