Tonight! John Butcher (UK) / Hans Koch (Swiss) / Jack Wright (US) @ the Historic Powel House

[bowerbird.org]

HISTORY UNSILENCED
There might wind and rain tonight, but you won't want to miss an
amazing and rare chance to see John Butcher (UK) *and* Hans Koch
(Swiss) *and* Jack Wright (US) in a single night - *and* it all
happens in the room where Ben Franklin had his 80th Birthday Party -
which, as it happens, was also the home of Samuel Powel - the last
mayor of Philadelphia under the Crown and the first mayor of the city
after the creation of the United States.

Check out some audio of John Butcher here: http://www.johnbutcher.org.uk/Listen.html
And the City Paper pick here: http://citypaper.net/articles/2009/11/12/john-butcher

More Details below:
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November 13th
(friday)

*bowerbird @ landmarks*
JOHN BUTCHER
HANS KOCH + JACK WRIGHT

@ Powel House Museum
244 S. Third Street
8pm; $12, $8 in advance
For tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/87245

AN OUTSIDER'S GUIDE TO SAXOPHONE
Bowerbird returns to the stately ballroom of the Powel House for an
intimate evening of new and unusual acts of musical creativity. In
this installment of the popular Bowerbird@Landmarks series, three
trail blazing saxophonists, John Butcher (Great Britain), Hans Koch
(Switzerland), and Jack Wright (United States), showcase the amazing
sonic palate available on their instrument and inventive sonic
language they have explored over the course of each of their prolific
careers. For more information, please visit:
http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/091113/


bowerbird@LANDMARKS is an ongoing curatorial partnership that expands
cultural offerings in Philadelphia by bringing experimental and
improvisational music, film, dance and other creative, genre-defying
performing arts to historic sites in the region. Showcasing the
newest performing arts is nothing new for Landmarks' four historic,
18th century houses---Grumblethorpe, Physick House, Powel House and
Waynesborough. These
houses would often have been the locations for recitals of the most
"fashionable" music of their time. Powel House which was the one of
the most significant cultural and social centers of colonial and
revolutionary
Philadelphia. Events in the bowerbird@LANDMARKS series revive this
long-lost tradition of intimate concerts, and provide an intelligent
alternative for contemporary audiences.

What can you expect if you attend a bowerbird@LANDMARKS performance?
You can expect to hear some of the most innovative, avant-garde music
being produced by local, national and international artists. You can
expect to be challenged to expand your definitions of music, and to
leave behind your preconceptions. Each performance will involve some
risk-taking by both the performer and the audience member, but if you
come with an open mind, and we promise to provide you with a uniquely
stimulating experience.

The Powel House was built in 1765 by merchant and businessman Charles
Stedman, this elegant Georgian brick mansion was purchased by Samuel
Powel in 1769 at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Willing. Samuel
Powel, an important, educated man who had toured the Continent for
seven years before settling down, served as the last mayor of
Philadelphia under the Crown and was the first mayor of the city after
the creation of the United States. Mayor Powel was later dubbed the
"Patriot Mayor". Mayor Powel and his wife were well known for their
hospitality and frequently entertained such notable guests as George
Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, and the
Marquis de Lafayette.

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BOWERBIRD.

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