By Joanne Sheehy Hoover

eighth blackbird sears with intensity 

Everything about the contemporary ensemble eighth blackbird is different, as its return engagement for 20th Century Unlimited Saturday night in the St. Francis auditorium testified.

By Jo Ann Baldinger

eighth blackbird flies back to Santa Fe

Contemporary chamber ensemble combines music, theater "We're trying to transform the traditional concert format into an all-inclusive experience," said Lisa Kaplan, pianist in the prize-winning chamber music group Eighth Blackbird.

By Celia R. Baker

Chamber Ensemble Takes Flight With Contemporary Sounds

When three members of eighth blackbird turned their backs on the audience and began bouncing hips to an infectious beat, it became apparent that these are not typical performers of instrumental art music.

By Rebecca Howard

Eighth Blackbird plays with passion

The classical music of the future is young, hip and alive. And it's best friend is Eighth Blackbird. The young sextet came to Libby Gardener Concert Hall Tuesday evening with a program of new music. The group plays with conviction, and its passion for the music comes through in every phrase.

Chicago Tribune 

Eighth Blackbird cuts and pastes in a rearranged tour-de-force

Eighth Blackbird, the young instrumental sextet in residence at both the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, has plenty of new tricks up its sleeve, the most enticing (and possibly significant) of which may be its collaboration with the Minimum Security Composers Collective.

By Anne Midgette

Expanding Boundaries, Physical And Artistic