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Grammy award-winning ensemble eighth blackbird will present their long-awaited production of 'Colombine's Paradise Theatre,' a staged theatrical work by composer Amy Beth Kirsten, at MCA Chicago on September 12. -
Tim Munro of eighth blackbird Talks ‘Murder Ballades,’ Music of Michael Ward-Bergeman on Free Millennium Park Concert
Accordionist and composer Michael Ward-Bergeman will join eighth blackbird for a program of music influenced by folk songs at Chicago’s Millennium Park on Thursday, June 19. -
eighth blackbird's Tim Munro on "Still in Motion" Program (Ligeti, Mackey, T. Johnson, Arcade Fire) at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
eighth blackbird's performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago on March 8 and 9 will hold some of the group's favorite music, including works by György Ligeti and Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry. -
Classicalite’s Five Best: Rock Musicians with Classical Chops
Classicalite's list of the five best rock musicians who also compose classical music. eighth blackbird's recent Chicago performance of music by Glenn Kotche, classical composer by day/Wilco drummer by night, got us to thinking about rock musicians who moonlight as composers. -
eighth blackbird Plays Music of Wilco Drummer Glenn Kotche and Other Bad Boys of New Music at Free Chicago Concert
You can still hear eighth blackbird before they fly the Chicago coop. The Grammy-winning new music group will present a program dominated by Chicago-area composers on Wednesday, August 28 at Millennium Park--including a première by Glenn... -
David Lang’s ‘the little match girl passion’ to Receive Ravinia Festival Première
The Ravinia Festival will present two firsts on its August 26 program: the première of David Lang's Pulitzer Prize-winning 'little match girl passion,' and the debut of Chicago-based contemporary music ensemble eighth blackbird...
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