[Vision2020] eighth blackbird, Nov 16

[Bill London]

> eighth blackbird comes to Moscow November 16, 2004
>
> Contact Mary DuPree or Robin Ohlgren-Evans (chmusic at uidaho.edu;
> 208-885-7557) for further information.
>
> {Event}  eighth blackbird
> {Location}  University of Idaho Auditorium, Moscow ID
> {Date}  Tuesday, November 16, 2004
> {Time}  8:00 p.m.
> {Tickets}  $8, $14, $18 (800-325-SEAT)
>
>
> The remarkable contemporary music sextet eighth blackbird will perform at
> the University of Idaho on Tuesday, November 16 as the second concert on
> this year's Auditorium Chamber Music Series.  Richard Buell wrote of the
> group in the Boston Globe, "What do you need to know about eighth
blackbird?
> First of all, they're sensational.  How sensational?  Not, perhaps, since
> the Kronos Quartet first reared its collective head has contemporary music
> had advocates like these."
>
> The ensemble, whose name is derived from Wallace Stevens' poem Eight Ways
of
> Looking at a Blackbird, is comprised of piano, flute, clarinet, violin,
> cello, and percussion.  In less than ten years, they have established
> themselves as one of the foremost contemporary music ensembles in the
world,
> commissioning works from some of today's leading composers, and performing
> "classics" written in the last forty years.  The group is particularly
noted
> for their non-traditional presentation on stage, frequently performing
from
> memory and moving freely around the stage as they play.  Their 2001
> performance in Moscow was the highlight of that year's Chamber Music
Series.
>
> The November 16th concert by eighth blackbird will feature two classics
from
> around 1970:  George Crumb's "Voice of the Whale" for amplified piano,
> cello, and flute, and Frederic Rzewski's minimalist work, "Les moutons des
> Panurge."  The program will also include new works by George Perle,
Jennifer
> Higdon, and Kaija Saariajo.
>
> While they are in Moscow, members of eighth blackbird will also be
teaching
> on the UI campus.  Members of the ensemble will give master classes and
> presentations on various topics at 2:30 PM on November  1616where?), and
the
> group will give a post-concert presentation at 10:30 AM on November 17 in
> the University Auditorium.  The public is welcome at both events.  Details
> of the residency activities will be posted on the Auditorium Series'
> website: www.class.uidaho.edu/concerts.
>
> Tickets for the 8 PM concert in the University Auditorium are now on sale
at
> 1-800-325 SEAT or at the U.I. Ticket Office (885-7212).
>
>
> Auditorium Chamber Music Series
> University of Idaho
> P.O. Box 444015
> Moscow, Idaho  83844-4015
>
>