Eighth Blackbird
Eighth Blackbird is an American contemporary classical music sextet founded in
1996 at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Named after a stanza from Wallace
Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, the ensemble won the
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition that same year. Their debut album,
Forbidden Love (2003), was followed by albums including Thirteen Ways (2003) and
Strange Imaginary Animals (2006). The group has won six Grammy Awards for
recordings, including Strange Imaginary Animals and Lonely Motel: Music from
Slide (2009). Other albums include Meanwhil...
