This event is part of our Classical Series Encore Concerts. Single tickets to this performance and subscriptions for the 2024-2025 Classical Series will be available for purchase starting May 28. This event can be added on to a Classical Series Subscription at a discounted price.
Guided by a spirit of collaboration, a deep commitment to education, and, most importantly, an unwavering optimism about the future, the chamber music collective Eighth Blackbird teams up with the UW Wind Ensemble to provide a unique educational opportunity at the University of Wisconsin. Students will learn from and perform alongside professional musicians at the top of their field leading up to this culminating concert event. Hear the groundbreaking new work for wind ensemble Vital Sines by Viet Cuong, whose work has been described as “alluring” and “wildly inventive” by The New York Times in a concert that is sure to defy expectations. Other works to be announced.
Conducted by Scott Teeple, Professor of Music and Director of Bands at the Mead Witter School of Music
eighth blackbird- Doublespeak --- Nico Muhly (excerpts)
Single ticket pricing:
Not eligible for a build-your-own subscription.
608-265-ARTS
WUD Performing Arts Committee
performingarts@union.wisc.edu
“One of the smartest, most dynamic ensembles on the planet” (Chicago Tribune), Eighth Blackbird has led the pack of entrepreneurial chamber music collectives for nearly 20 years.
Founded in 1978 in San Francisco, the a cappella choir Chanticleer has become one of the most enduring, prolific and well-known early music ensembles in the US today.