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Summerfest is for the Birds
Summerfest Concerts
Show Information:
This program is a celebration of all the arts-chamber music style! We present Michael Horwood’s Birds, which combines music and over 120 projected images to tell a story designed by Toronto writer Michael Schulman. You’ll hear “Baby Birds,” “Endangered Birds,” and even “Strange Birds” come vividly to life with the piccolo and piano. Continuing the bird theme, we conclude with Thomas Albert’s Thirteen Ways, which sets Wallace Stevens’s poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by having the musicians read lines from the poem painting them musically. Much like Horwood’s birds, Albert’s blackbird comes to us in different perspectives, asking us to check our memory of the blackbird’s song against what we hear. This work features flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, and percussion. The performance will be followed by an opportunity for you to meet the musicians. Chat about the music, the birds, the instruments, and more!
Venue
Bolender Center
500 West Pershing Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108
Show Times
July 22 – Saturday – 1:30pm
July 23 – Sunday – 6:00pm
July 27 – Thursday – 7:30pm
July 28 – Friday – 9:00pm
Category
Music
Spoken Word
Runtime
60 Minutes
Rating
All Ages
Warning
None
Comments
6 responses to “Summerfest is for the Birds”
This is a fun musical show of songs about birds, cleverly supported with videos of bird pictures. Seven classical musicians play contemporary music; very clever and sometimes quite funny.
Delightful. An impressive performance. The compositions seemed as though they would be very difficult to perform, but the Summerfest musicians were masterful. I was particularly impressed with the piccolo/oboeist and the vibraphone master. Catch this concert…you will love it.
OMG! The performance was incredible! Such creative music. From the preview I had no idea how amazing this group would be. So glad we went. Highly recommend!
This was a wonderful performance. The combination of the music and the slides of the birds and the poetry was really captivating. Really creative and performed with skill.
Absolutely delightful performance, not to be missed! Wonderful musicians present a very creative program that will thrill all audiences. A unique opportunity to enjoy a piccolo solo which mimics the beautiful music of birds in nature.
The greatest of the 8 I attended. Fun and meaningfull with fine music and graphics.