In April 2021, chatterbird will launch a musician-curated Virtual Chamber Series, featuring multiple world premieres – including original works by chatterbird musicians. These bite-sized performances will take place weekly beginning April 30 at noon central. Performances can be viewed via livestream on chatterbird’s Facebook page. Admission is free to the public.
Chatterbird has asked the performing musicians to curate each virtual concert as a healing outlet, giving them the latitude and funding to create performances that focus on themes, subject matter, and emotions experienced in the wake of the pandemic and social unrest.
Each livestream also brings awareness to a specific social cause, spotlighting both the contemporary works as well as a nonprofit organization that works within the addressed social cause. Highlighted causes range from civil rights to gender spectrum education to environmental justice. Featured partners include Nashville Public Library’s Civil Rights Center, Brooklyn Heights Community Garden, Oasis Center, Gender Spectrum, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Scarritt Bennett Center, and Gideon’s Army.
Performers and curators for the series include:
April 30, 2021: Madeleine Gregor (Dancer), Joshua Dent (composer, cello),
Christin Call/Natascha Greenwalt (Directors)
May 7, 2021: Maeve Brophy (piano)
May 14, 2021: Mark Volker (guitar) and John McMurtery (flute)
May 21, 2021: Rebekah Alexander (soprano), Molly Barth (flute),
Alessandra Volpi (piano), and Jesse Strauss (percussion)
May 28, 2021: Timbre Cierpke (harp), Camille Faulkner (violin), Chris Leidhecker (percussion)
June 4, 2021: Jesse Strauss and Sebastian Buhts (percussion)
June 11, 2021: Stephanie Pruitt Gaines (spoken word) and Maya Stone (bassoon)
June 18, 2021: Emily Bowland (clarinet), with Adebiyi Ojutiku and Marie Shields (spoken word), featuring the words of Jerome Del Pino, Marie Shields (2021 Nashville Youth Poet Laureate), and the music of Dave Ragland
This project is supported by discretionary grant funding from the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and an Arts Build Community grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, facilitated by Metro Arts. It is sponsored in part by Rainmaker Irrigation.