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Description

Four-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.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Produced by Sarah Zwinklis

Music

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