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Eighth Blackbird (stylized as eighth blackbird until April 2016) is an American contemporary music sextet based in Chicago, composed of flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, and cello (Pierrot ensemble with percussion). Their name derives from the eighth stanza of Wallace Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.
Eighth Blackbird moves music forward through innovative performance, advocacy for music by living composers, and its legacy of guiding an emerging generation of musicians.
Eighth Blackbird moves music forward through innovative performance, advocacy for music by living composers, and its legacy of guiding an emerging generation of musicians. Photo by Freddie Collier. Hailed as “one of the smartest, most dynamic ensembles on the planet” (Chicago Tribune), Eighth Blackbird [8BB] has been operating for 27 years ...
May 2, 2016 · eighth blackbird: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert - YouTube. NPR Music. 8.9M subscribers. Subscribed. 2K. 121K views 7 years ago. May 2, 2016 by TOM HUIZENGA • The Chicago new-music...
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May 2, 2016 · September 14, 2010 • The flutist from the ensemble eighth blackbird recalls the odd and powerful sounds of Charles Ives he discovered in a grade school music class. It would lead him to a...
938 subscribers ‧ 40 videos. Eighth Blackbird is “one of the smartest, most dynamic contemporary classical ensembles on the planet” (Chicago Tribune). Launched in 1996 as a twinkle in the ...
May 2, 2016 · May 2, 20162:00 PM ET. Tom Huizenga. Volume 90% 00:00. Credit: NPR. The Chicago new-music ensemble Eighth Blackbird is on a roll. Just after winning its fourth Grammy in February, the group...
