Three-time Grammy winning super group Eighth Blackbird unveils their newest creative project: “to inspire the next generation of performers and composers to share in the ensemble’s vision: to champion a distinctive, dynamic and engaging performance aesthetic.” We’ll talk to the birds and this year’s participants and bring you into the creative process as the lab comes to life.
Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab
Eighth Black Bird Creative Lab participant Erika Boysen, Flutes, performs Kate Soper's Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say; Photo by Kirby Russell © 2017
Playlist
Conduit; Mvmt I: Touch; Mvmt II: Pulse, by Robert Honstein
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Duos: Mvmts 21-24, by Jörg Widmann
Nick Photinos, cello; Michiko Theurer, violin
Cold Mountain: “Listen,” by Jennifer Higdon
Justine Aronson, soprano; Jocelyn Zelasko, soprano; Robert Fleitz, piano
Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say, by Kate Soper
Justine Aronson, soprano; Erika Boysen, flutes
Electric Aroma, by Viet Cuong
Michael Maccaferri, clarinet; Dylan Ward, saxophone; Phoebe Wu, piano; Matt Keown, percussion
Dogs, by Invoke
Invoke: Zachariah Matteson, violin; Nick Montopoli, violin; Karl Mitze, viola; Geoff Manyin, cello