Thirteen Ways is a blog written by the members of eighth blackbird. Blogmaster General is Tim Munro (aka “the Aussie”). Here you can find posts about the group – including news, behind the scenes action and reviews of concerts (positive and positively negative) – as well as general music posts, random comments and links to cool sites. We will post pictures from tours and rehearsals on our Photoblog, videos on YouTube, and tweets on Twitter.
Tim Munro, flutes (aka “the Aussie”)
Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinets (aka “the Mac”)
Matt Albert, violin & viola (aka “the Alb”)
Nicholas Photinos, cello (aka “the Phot”)
Lisa Kaplan, piano (aka “the Kap”)
Matthew Duvall, percussion+ (aka “the Duv”)
The group derives its name from the eighth stanza of Wallace Stevens’ poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”:
I know noble accents
And lucid, inescapable rhythms;
But I know, too,
That the blackbird is involved
In what I know
