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Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to launch its new partnership with the Ardmore Music Hall with iconic guitarist Bill Frisell’s new quartet Harmony, featuring vocalist Petra Haden, cellist Hank... more
Bill Frisell: Harmony
Saturday, September 16, 2017 - 7:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is honored to present the return of  saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and pedal steel guitarist Heather Leigh. Peter Brötzmann (b. 1941) has been a polarizing figure in global free... more
Peter Brötzmann & Heather Leigh
Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present Philadelphia native Brian Marsella and his trio, performing songs from John Zorn’s second Masada book, “The Book of Angels,” as recorded on... more
Brian Marsella Trio
Saturday, June 3, 2017 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present the return of The Claudia Quintet, celebrating the release of their eighth album, Super Petite.   On Super Petite, the eighth release by the critically-... more
John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present the duo of multi-reedist Ken Vandermark and trumpet stalwart Nate Wooley.   Chicago-based saxophonist/composer Ken Vandermark and New York trumpeter Nate... more
Vandermark / Wooley Duo
Monday, May 15, 2017 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop and the Painted Bride Art Center are pleased to present trumpet great Dave Douglas with his new quartet Dada People, a collaboration with French pianist Frank Woeste dedicated to... more
Dave Douglas's Dada People
Friday, April 14, 2017 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to present the second of two solo performances, one electronic and one acoustic, by the hugely influential pianist, composer and electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani.... more
Suzanne Ciani
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop, Making/Breaking the Binary, International House Philadelphia, and The University of Pennsylvania Department of Music are thrilled to present the first of two solo performances, one... more
Suzanne Ciani
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop and Painted Bride Art Center are pleased to present inventive saxophonist Steve Lehman’s Sélébéyone, an idiom-spanning new project combining modern jazz, underground hip-hop,... more
Steve Lehman's Sélébéyone
Friday, March 24, 2017 - 8:00pm
“it’s patient, layered music that’s always heading somewhere, sometimes spare and sometimes complex and shimmering.” -Ben Ratliff, New York Times “Abrams... more
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society
Sunday, March 19, 2017 - 6:00pm