Ars Nova Workshop
Ars Nova Workshop (ANW) is a Philadelphia-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit jazz and experimental music presenting organization. ANW acts as a facilitator between artists and their audiences, while working to inform, inspire, and challenge listeners in order to elevate the role of jazz, improvisation and experimental music in contemporary culture. ANW fervently upholds the jazz/Free Jazz continuums and recognizes the groundbreaking contributions of 20th and 21st century composers, improvisers and emerging artists. ANW seeks to be a vital cultural resource for Philadelphia, where events provide a forum for discourse, emergent trends in contemporary music, and unique forms of cultural exchange.
ANW produces a series at The Rotunda nearly every month, usually on Thursdays, Fall through Spring. Admission is FREE.
Upcoming Shows
No Future Shows!
Past Shows
- Feb 20 2019 - POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER!! Stay tuned for a new date! Ars Nova pres. Brandon Lopez Trio
- Feb 19 2019 - Ars Nova pres. Chris Pitsiokos Unit
- Oct 1 2018 - Ars Nova pres. The Breath Courses Through Us (2013), documentary about early 1960s avant-garde jazz group, the New York Art Quartet
- Apr 27 2018 - Ars Nova pres. Practitioner performs Steve Lacy's Hocus Pocus
- Mar 28 2018 - Ars Nova pres. Jessica Pavone String Ensemble
- Sep 21 2017 - Ars Nova pres. Frode Gjerstad Quartet
- May 15 2017 - Ars Nova pres. multi-reedist Ken Vandermark and trumpet stalwart Nate Wooley
- Mar 2 2017 - Ars Nova Workshop presents Battle Trance Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone Matthew Nelson, tenor saxophone Jeremy Viner, tenor saxophone Patrick Breiner, tenor saxophone
- Dec 5 2016 - Odean Pope + Andrew Cyrille pres. by Ars Nova Workshop
- Jun 7 2016 - Universal Indians with Joe McPhee pres. by Ars Nova Workshop
- Dec 21 2015 - Andrew Lamb Trio; pres. by Ars Nova Workshop
- Oct 26 2015 - Ars Nova Workshop pres. Dave Rempis Percussion Quartet
- Apr 13 2015 - Rob Mazurek and Black Cube SP pres. by Ars Nova Workshop
- Feb 22 2015 - Oliver Lake Meets Sonic Liberation 8 and the Classical Revolution Trio
- Dec 2 2014 - Ars Nova Workshop pres. Ballrogg, Norwegian trio
- Nov 20 2014 - Ars Nova Workshop pres. Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance
- Sep 24 2014 - Archer Spade Perf. Series & ANW pres. Haitian Rail and Dan Blacksberg Trio
- Feb 12 2014 - Ars Nova pres. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble 40th Anniversary Celebration
- Jan 29 2014 - Ars Nova pres. Hemingway-McManus Duo (drums + acoustic and electronic addenda + homemade guitars)
- Dec 3 2013 - Ars Nova Workshop pres. Bushman’s Revenge and Cortex (Norway)
- Sep 5 2013 - Ars Nova Workshop pres. Secret Keeper (Mary Halvorson & Stephan Crump)
- May 13 2013 - Ars Nova pres. Odean Pope + Andrew Cyrille
- Apr 30 2013 - Australian experimental guitarist Oren Ambarchi; Ars Nova
- Sep 19 2012 - Pretty Monsters (Katherine Young, Erica Dicker, Owen Stewart-Robertson, Mike Pride)
- Apr 15 2012 - Steve Lehman Trio, presented by Ars Nova Workshop
- Mar 15 2012 - Aster + Mario Diaz de Leon; pres. by Ars Nova Workshop
- Oct 20 2011 - As Nova Workshops pres. Joshua Abrams's Natural Information Society
- Sep 27 2011 - Ars Nova Workshop presents MIKROKOLEKTYW
- Dec 16 2010 - Ars Nova presents Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up and Ideal Bread: The music of Steve Lacy
- Sep 21 2010 - teasdasda