Eighth Blackbird
Friday, October 2, 2015 • 8 p.m.
Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Grammy®-winning Eighth Blackbird promises—and delivers—provocative and mind-changing performances to its burgeoning audiences. The group combines the finesse of a string quartet, the energy of a rock band and the audacity of a storefront theater company. The Chicago-based sextet is both strikingly virtuosic and disarmingly irreverent, as they devote themselves to inspiring and performing today’s master classical composers and debunking the myth that contemporary music is only for a cerebral few. The ensemble holds residence positions at the Curtis Institute of Music, University of Richmond and University of Chicago. A decade-long relationship with Chicago’s Cedille Records has produced six acclaimed recordings. The ensemble has won three Grammy® Awards, for the recordings strange imaginary animals, Lonely Motel: Music from Slide and Meanwhile.
Additional Events, open to the public:
"The Business of Chamber Music": A Talk with members of Eighth Blackbird
Wednesday, September 30, 6:30 PM. Harper Hall, Lawrence University.
Lecture-Demonstration with members of Eighth Blackbird
Thursday, October 1, 4:30 PM. Harper Hall, Lawrence University.