About Us
Eighth Blackbird’s mission is to move music forward through innovative performance, advocacy for new music by living composers, and a legacy of guiding an emerging generation of musicians. A sextet of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano, the name "eighth blackbird" derives from the eighth stanza of poet Wallace Stevens’ evocative, aphoristic work, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (1917).
Eighth Blackbird’s mission is to move music forward through innovative performance, advocacy for new music by living composers, and a legacy of guiding an emerging generation of musicians. A sextet of flute, clarinet, violin, cello…
Issue Areas Include
- Arts & Music
Location
- 5315 N. Clark, Chicago, IL None, United States
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