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Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to announce a late addition to our Spring season, presenting Steve Coleman & Five Elements for two performances at Johnny Brenda’s preceding their weeklong run... more
Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Sunday, May 8, 2016 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present Sex Mob in celebration of their 20th anniversary. Tonight, Sex Mob performs two unique sets: one of classic Bernstein originals and another set featuring the... more
An Evening with Sex Mob
Saturday, April 30, 2016 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to recommend the Kimmel Center's presentation of Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project, the third installment in an ongoing collaboration between... more
Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd’s Holding It Down
Friday, April 22, 2016 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is proud to present The Claudia Quintet on tour in support of their eighth album, due May 2016 on Cuneiform Records.   Led by composer, drummer, and four-time Grammy nominee... more
John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet
Friday, April 15, 2016 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present Made to Break, saxophonist Ken Vandermark’s most recent and most unhinged offering in years. Vandermark’s provocatively eclectic electro-acoustic... more
Ken Vandermark’s Made to Break
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is privileged to present Japanese noise veterans Hijokaidan in a rare Philadelphia appearance.   Hijokaidan (“emergency staircase”) emerged in the late 70s as... more
Hijokaidan
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is honored to present legendary Australian trio The Necks in a very rare Philadelphia appearance.   The Los Angeles Times writes, “A magic act masquerading as a piano... more
The Necks
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 8:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop & R5 Productions are pleased to present Oneohtrix Point Never in concert at the former Spaghetti Warehouse a.k.a. Union Transfer, in support of 2015’s Garden of Delete.... more
Oneohtrix Point Never
Saturday, March 12, 2016 - 8:00pm
+Jason Lescalleet
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present the Ches Smith Trio, on tour throughout the U.S. in support of its ECM debut, The Bell, due January 2016.   Best known for his work with Tim Berne and... more
Ches Smith Trio
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 5:00pm
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present four extraordinary ensembles performing the work of maverick composer John Zorn over two nights. Tonight, Cleric and Uri Caine perform the music of John Zorn... more
Cleric (John Zorn's Masada)
Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 8:00pm
+Uri Caine (John Zorn's Masada)