{"id":21913,"date":"2014-10-14T15:44:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T19:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/?p=21913"},"modified":"2014-10-14T15:44:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T19:44:50","slug":"noted-endeavors-with-eighth-blackbird-what-makes-you-stand-out-identify-then-brand-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/?p=21913","title":{"rendered":"Noted Endeavors with eighth blackbird: What Makes You Stand Out \u2013 Identify Then Brand It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors interview Matthew Duvall and Lisa Kaplan of the acclaimed new music ensemble, eighth blackbird.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/notedendeavors.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21682\" alt=\"Noted Endeavors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Noted_Endeavors_Logo_Small_Musical_America.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a>Combining \u201cthe finesse of a string quartet and the energy of a rock band,\u201d this ensemble will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2015. The three-time Grammy Award-winning group commissions new works from composers and choreographers, enjoys residencies at such prestigious schools as the University of Chicago, Curtis Institute and others, and performs worldwide with great acclaim. The name \u201ceighth blackbird\u201d derives from the eighth stanza of Wallace Stevens\u2019s evocative, aphoristic poem of 1917: <em>Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For more about eighth blackbird, go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"www.eighthblackbird.org\"> www.eighthblackbird.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9hXS1cKYhhc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:34px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/?p=21913\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors interview Matthew Duvall and Lisa Kaplan of the acclaimed new music ensemble, eighth blackbird. Combining \u201cthe finesse of a string quartet and the energy of a rock band,\u201d this ensemble will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2015. The three-time Grammy Award-winning group commissions new works from composers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3273],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21913"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21913"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21918,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21913\/revisions\/21918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}