The application deadline is fast approaching for the Music10 festival happening in Blonay, Switzerland, June 21-July 2.
Performers who are accepted to this program will work intensively and perform new compositions by America’s most talented young composers. Each ensemble will consist of a member of eighth blackbird along with a carefully selected group of young instrumentalists. Concurrently, the instrumentalists will prepare and perform works by the three principal composers, Martin Bresnick, Stephen Hartke and Joel Hoffmann. This repertoire will be performed in a series of concerts throughout the festival in Blonay and surrounding locations.
Blonay is a beautiful village, located between Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) and the Swiss Alps. Nearby cities are Montreux and Lausanne. The Hindemith Foundation is a fully-equipped music residence center, whose purpose is to present short-term international festivals and workshops on the highest level.
When we say Blonay is beautiful, what we mean is BEUWWWWWWWWWWWWDIFUL, as in un-bloody-believably-spectacularly-idyllic.
Come and join us for 10 days in our little musical utopia in Swiss paradise! Click here to apply.
Come see my crazy show with the CSO’s own Jenn Gunn, Trembling Air, at Roosevelt’s Ganz Hall.
Here’s the info:
Tim Munro (flutist with Grammy-winning ensemble eighth blackbird) and Jennifer Gunn (piccoloist with the Chicago Symphony) present Trembling Air at Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall, February 3, 2010. Flutes sing, speak, growl, wheeze and chirp in this surprising, kaleidoscopic musical patchwork.
Ben Broening’s Trembling Air possesses an ethereal, other-worldly beauty that collides dramatically with Grawemeyer-winner Brett Dean’s virtuosic, hellish Demons. Munro is joined by Chicago Symphony star piccolo player Jennifer Gunn for the hypnotic repetitions of Philip Glass’s Music in Fifths and rolling dark waves of Helena Tulve’s Soaring.
The program also includes the world premiere of Tai-Kuang Chao’s Isolated Dance on a Bench, winner of Roosevelt University’s first flute composition competition, and Grey Light, Early Morning, a haunting piece from the pen of Gerard McBurney (Chicago Symphony’s “Beyond the Score” maestro).
What: Trembling Air
Where: Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., 7th Floor, Chicago (312-341-3780)
When: February 3rd at 7.30pm
Tickets: Free entry
Program: Ben Broening Trembling Air for solo flute (2009, World Premiere)
Ross Edwards Ecstatic Dances for two flutes (1990)
Tai-Kuang Chao Isolated Dance on a Bench for solo flute (2009, WP)
Gerard McBurney Grey Light, Early Morning for alto flute (1992)
Brett Dean Demons for solo flute (2004)
Helena Tulve Soaring for two flutes (2007)
Philip Glass Music in Fifths for two flutes (1969)
For more information: http://ccpa.roosevelt.edu/ccpa-calendar.php
It’s official – we’re doing a crazy/cool benefit with Mario Batali and Paul Kahan at The Publican on March 15th.
For those who attended eighth blackbird’s 2007 benefit with Paul Kahan and Mario Batali at Blackbird, we don’t need to tell you just how special the 2010 event will be. If you are one of our newer fans, or simply couldn’t participate previously, then don’t miss what is sure to be one of the year’s artistic and culinary highlights.
eighth blackbird begins the evening with a short concert at the Packer Schopf Gallery, featuring highlights of our 09-10 touring program and complemented by an exclusive arrangement by Wilco’s Glenn Kotche, performed by eighth blackbird with Chef Batali on guitar. Following this, Chefs Kahan and Batali will present a five-course meal, with wine and beer pairings, at Chef Kahan’s own gastro-pub, The Publican. These celebrated chefs accepted our challenge to base the menu on our musical selections, so both your ears and mouth will be treated with fresh Catch, a few of These Broken Wings, Meanwhile, a bite of Spam and a serving of Still Life with Avalanche.
To buy tickets, visit this website:
http://www.eighthblackbird.com/benefit/
For further information, please email benefit@eighthblackbird.com.
