Arts at Noon Series: eighth blackbird
When
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Where
Cook-DeWitt Center, GVSU Allendale Campus
Category
Music & Dance
Description
The Grammy-winning ensemble shows offs its phenomenal virtuosity and renowned theatrical flair in an absorbing, entertaining and motley concert highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of recent classical music.
Stephen Hartke's Pulitzer Prize finalist, "Meanwhile", evokes the surreal world of an imaginary Asian court theater with the help of myriad invented instruments. Frenchman Philippe Hurel's dense, swirling hives of notes challenges even eighth blackbird's formidable skills. Music by two New York natives round out the program. Philip Glass's "Music in Similar Motion", with its radically bald, hypnotic repetitions, retains its power to shock and delight.
The ensemble will have a question and answer session following the performance from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Open to the public with free admission. For more information, please call (616) 331-3484 or visit www.gvsu.edu/music.