”It’s a paradise of balls and bats” — George Kuchar What does baseball mean to the experimental filmmaker? In the great taxonomy of American archetypes, the jocks and the artists don’t tend to sit together at the same proverbial table. So it’s unsurprising that although baseball was the most popular American sport from the…
Bowerbird is pleased to present David Grubbs and Eli Winter playing electric guitar duets at The Rotunda. ABOUT THE ARTISTS David Grubbs is Professor of Music at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. At Brooklyn College he also teaches in the MFA programs in Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA) and Creative Writing. He…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Ghost Ensemble performing works by Catherine Lamb and Ben Richter. Based in New York the ensemble fosters groundbreaking music that blurs borders of genre, style, and scene, expanding perceptual horizons through shared immersive experience. Ben Richter’s Rewild, inspired by nonhuman perspectives and distant orders of magnitude in the universe of life,…
Bowerbird is pleased to present the Music of Moondog performed by the Arcana New Music Ensemble. Louis Thomas Hardin, Jr., better known as Moondog, is one of the most famous and influential outsider musicians of the twentieth century. Born in Kansas to a devoutly religious family, Hardin was blinded at age 16 when he dug…
Bowerbird is pleased to present vocal ensemble Variant 6 performing an acapella program that explores the timeless theme of the natural world and its influence on the human condition. In a stunning presentation of music spanning over 1,000 years - from Medieval composers like Hildegard Von Bingen and Claude le Jeune all the way through…
Bowerbird is pleased to present LA-based musician and artist claire rousay at The Rotunda with opening set by Apologist. claire rousay, known for challenging conventions in experimental and ambient music forms, recently released a new album in early 2024. A meditation on loneliness, her new album is her most audacious work yet, synthesizing disparate and…
Bowerbird is pleased to present pianist Dynasty Battles at University Lutheran Church. PROGRAM Franz Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899 with Improvised Interludes in-between loosely based on its themes. Franz Schubert: Allegro molto moderato in C minor, No.1 Dynasty Battles: Improvised Interlude Franz Schubert: Allegro in E-flat major, No. 2 Dynasty Battles: Improvised Interlude…
Bowerbird is pleased to present a special screening of John Cage Meets Sun Ra: The Complete Concert at The Rotunda. Recorded at Sideshows by the Seashore along the Coney Island boardwalk on June 8th, 1986 as documented by John Polizzi under the commission of event producers Rick Russo and Bronwyn Rucker. From Pitchfork: "John Cage…
The Wildflower Composers Festival and Arcana New Music Ensemble are pleased to announce their annual concert featuring new works by Wildflower faculty. The July 10, 2024, performance will take place at 6pm at Rock Hall at Temple University, 1715 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA. The suggested donation is $10–20. The program will feature five compositions…
Bowerbird along with Shabahang, Philly Iranians, and Fire Museum Presents, are pleased to present Grammy Award winner Sahba Motellabli joined by fellow countryman and Tar virtuoso Reza Mohsenipour. Sahba and Reza will illuminate us on the history behind their musical selctions which are deeply rooted in Persian culture,. Their lives and careers have been profoundly…
***Please note this concert is at 7:00pm*** Bowerbird is pleased to present Filament with flautist Héloïse Degrugillier performing J. S. Bach's The Musical Offering. In the spring of 1747, J.S. Bach paid a visit to King Frederick the Great, where his son Carl Phillip Emmanuel was employed as a court musician. Curious to test Bach's…
Bowerbird is excited to present "Postal Pieces," a concert featuring the Arcana New Music Ensemble that draws inspiration from James Tenney's unorthodox set of compositions. Tenney's "Postal Pieces," composed between 1954 and 1971, are a series of ten concise works each printed on a postcard. These pieces capture Tenney's exploration of sound and form, focusing…
Bowerbird is pleased to present violin and synthesizer duo Tiziana Bertoncini and Thomas Lehn with opening set by Tom Borax playing microtonal harpsichord. The duo have been collaborating since 2002. The special feature of the duo is the alchemy created by the meeting of the classical and the electronic instrument. The different nature of sound,…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Evan Chapman performing works from his recently released album "Reveries." Opening the night will be Koof Ibi and Lizdelise. Reveries, Evan’s debut solo full-length album of original music (out 10/11 on Better Company Records) is a boldly personal creative statement that is the culmination of a vast musical background paired…
Bowerbird is pleased to present a concert of works from Gene Coleman's recent album Exploratorium and solo performance by Toshimaru Nakamura. PROGRAM KATA (2021) film version of the work Ensemble N_JP Sansuzu Tsuruzawa (voice and shamisen) Akikazu Nakamura (shakuhachi) Adam Vidiksis (percussion and electronics) Ko Ishikawa (sho) Naoko Kikuchi (koto) Nick Millevoi (e-guitar) Hemmi String…
Bowerbird is pleased to present a concert of chamber works by composer George Walker performed by the Daedalus Quartet, Dynasty Battles, David Hughes, and members of the Arcana New Music Ensemble. As an aspiring pianist in his early teens, George Walker (1922-2018) gave his first public recital at Howard University’s Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel before…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Moondog on the Keys, a concert featuring piano works by the maverick composer Moondog performed by trimbist Julian Calv, pianist Alex Stewart, and vocalist/percussionist Sarah Penna. Moondog aka Louis Hardin composed music creating an unexpected link between the resurgent science of counterpoint, Arapaho, Navajo, Blackfoot, and Sioux rhythms and song…
Bowerbird is pleased to present Chris Dingman in a solo set at the Maas Building for a "sound bath" style performance. Please bring a blanket, yoga mat, or other similarly comfortable option. Chairs will be limited. ABOUT THE ARTIST Chris Dingman is a vibraphonist and composer known for his distinctive approach to the instrument: sonically…
