This Friday - Bowerbird presents GATE - Free Show at the Rotunda

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November 20th
(friday)

(1) MANUEL MOTA, MARGARIDA GARCIA,
BARRY WEISBLAT, MARCIA BASSETT
(2) JESSE KUDLER, IAN FRASER, TIM ALBRO TRIO
(3) HISSWIG (EVAN LIPSON / KATT HERNANDEZ)
(4) ANDREW T. ROYAL

Bowerbird Presents GATE
@ The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
8pm; FREE

YOU SAY HELLO, I SAY GOODBYE
There is something wonderfully fleeting about improvised music. The
music itself lives for only the briefest of moments, and
collaborations, even extended ones, can come and go quite often. Maybe
this has to do with the relative ease with which partners can
interchange with one another, or the transient nature of its
practitioners, but in any case this openness for possibility creates
great potential for artistic exploration.

On this evening Bowerbird offers a geographical survey of projects new
and old from across the region, nation, and world. The night will an
international quartet of Margarida Garcia (born in Lisbon, now based
in New York City, playing upright electric bass), Manuel Mota (from
Lisbon, playing guitar), Barry Weisblat (from New York City, homemade
electronic inventions), and Marcia Bassett (aka Zaimph, predominately
using guitar and vocals); Andrew T. Royal, a solo violinist from
Chicago; and a fantastic trio of Philadelphia-based musicans, Ian
Fraser, Jesse Kudler, and Tim Albro (playing a combination of laptop,
guitar, craked electronics, cheap consumer devices: a no-name table
top electric guitar, hand-held cassette recorders, radios and
transmitters). Also this evening, as a special farewell, the once-upon-
a-time based in Philadelphia duo Hisswig, featuring double bassist
Evan Lipson (now in Chattanooga) and microtonal violinist Katt
Hernandez (heading to Boston), will say so long, see ya later to
Philadelphia.

More information at: http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/091120/