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Jul 24, 2023 · Eighth Blackbird (8BB) has been pushing the interpretative boundaries of chamber music since its first choreographed program in 1996. So far, the organization has created seven full evening-length staged productions. What began as an experiment has become a repertoire coined as “Super Chamber Music” by composer David Lang. This still ...
Inspired by astronomy and their experiences in our community, these musicians from around the world alongside Eighth Blackbird will set the Great Refractor Dome alight! Hosted by the four-time Grammy Award winners Eighth Blackbird, the 2024 Blackbird Creative Lab has ticketed concerts for the first time.
Thirteen Ways is eighth blackbird’s commercial recording debut album on Cedille Records, featuring music by four of America’s most gifted composers:David Schober (b. 1974), Thomas Albert (b. 1948), Joan Tower (b. 1938), and George Perle (b. 1915).
Feb 13, 2024 · Eighth Blackbird layers glittering, virtuosic lacings over chord cycles that nod to Philip Glass; later, brass and drum kit swagger in with rousing drumline rhythms. At its fun, exhilarating ...
Sep 15, 2023 · Eighth Blackbird now represents multiple mission-driven initiatives: Eighth Blackbird | Blackbird IV | The Blackbird Creative Lab | The Chicago Artists Workshop | Blackbird Productions. Matthew Burtner is an Alaskan-born composer, sound artist and eco-acoustician whose work explores embodiment, ecology, polytemporality and noise.
Feb 9, 2024 · A chamber ensemble at the cutting edge of modern classical music, Eighth Blackbird presents a concert of new music as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of BYU’s Barlow Endowment for Music Composition. Since the sextet’s founding in 1996, Eighth Blackbird has won four Grammy Awards and commissioned and premiered hundreds of works.
You may find yourself enjoying them the first time through but questioning their staying-power. Time will tell, of course, but one thing’s certain: there are few groups out there that put together contemporary music programs as rewarding as Eighth Blackbird, and this one receives stunning attention from Cedille’s engineers.
