Accordionist and composer Michael Ward-Bergeman will join contemporary music supergroup eighth blackbird for a program of music influenced by folk songs at Chicago's Millennium Park on Thursday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m.
Tim Munro, flutist of eighth blackbird, describes Ward-Bergeman as a wonderful collaborator who can play "every musical style known to humanity."
"He's just one of those consummate musicians," Munro said. "If I could sum up what we'll be doing with Michael, basically he's going to be crossing over onto our turf, and we're going to be doing some of our [eighth blackbird] repertoire together, and we're going to be crossing over onto his turf, and we're going to be arranging and performing some of his own compositions."
The blackbirds will perform several of Ward-Bergeman's songs, including "Barbeich," which, as its name suggests, is inspired by the music of accordion virtuoso Raul Barboza and contemporary composer Steve Reich.
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