Description

Choral Arts Northwest presents the Pacific Northwest premiere of the Grammy-nominated composition by Christopher Tin, The Lost Birds. In the composer’s words: “The Lost Birds is a musical memorial to bird species driven to extinction by humankind. Sweeping and elegiac, it’s a haunting tribute to those soaring flocks that once filled our skies, but whose songs have since been silenced. It’s a celebration of their feathered beauty: their symbolism as messengers of hope, peace, and renewal. But it’s also a warning about our own tenuous existence on the planet: that the fate that befell these once soaring flocks foreshadows our own extinction.”

This concert opens with music that depicts birds’ multifaceted inspiration of humans, and may feature composers Abbie Betinis, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sarah Quartel, and Caroline Shaw.

Highlights include:

Collaboration with Birds Connect Seattle to raise awareness regarding protecting birds by expanding our tree canopy, eliminating bird-window and building collisions, and reducing the use of toxic pesticides in our region;
+CANW Chamber Orchestra
+Northwest premiere of The Lost Birds, premiered and recorded by Voces 8
+Northwest Boychoir Apprentices (March 17th concert only)
Benjamin Kromholtz, Associate Music Director & Taylor Hyde, Apprentices Directo

Ensemble Photos

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