Press Release: eighth blackbird Returns to Cincinnati

Contact: John Spencer
513-324-9444
john.s@attglobal.net

December 24, 2009 — The Grammy-winning sextet eighth blackbird, the nation’s top contemporary
chamber music ensemble, returns to Cincinnati for its 10th annual concert on Tuesday, January
12, 2010 at 8 p.m. with a highly varied five work program. The evening’s centerpiece will be
Steve Reich’s Pulitzer Prize winning Double Sextet in which eighth blackbird will be joined by six
hand-picked musicians from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).
Reich’s 22 minute Double Sextet was commissioned by eighth blackbird, funded in part by CCM’s
Music 08 Festival, and had its world premiere on March 26, 2008. It won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize
for Music. There will be a program discussion at 7 p.m. prior to the concert. More Information