A chamber ensemble at the cutting edge of modern classical music, Eighth Blackbird presents a concert of new music as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of BYU’s Barlow Endowment for Music Composition. Since the sextet’s founding in 1996, Eighth Blackbird has won four Grammy Awards and commissioned and premiered hundreds of works. This concert will feature 2020 Barlow Prize winner Bekah Simms’s commissioned piece, metamold, and Barlow Endowment Commission recipient Viet Cuong’s concerto Vital Sines with BYU’s Wind Symphony.
Tickets on sale November 16