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by Eight Strings & a Whistle / Wednesday, 24 April 2019 / Published in Blog

Welcome to our revamped website!

Having a website that functions on every conceivable platform is a necessity today.  But as we launch this one, it has give me a chance to think back.  When we came together 20 years ago (or is it 21? 19?) the thought of needing a website didn’t exist.  Our first press photos were taken on actual film, with hard copy proofs, and were in black and white (ok, that was a style choice, though it may have been budget…who can remember). We had a hard copy brochure that we would mail to presenters, with an actual demo CD, that Matt would laboriously apply our labels to.

Of course, it’s not just media that has changed.  We’ve grown — yes, older, but also musically.  Recently we applied for a grant and needed to choose recorded samples to include.  It’s been quite a few years since we’ve done this.  I recall having a hard time in the past — every sample had a flaw.   Not something that would destroy a live performance but under the microscope of adjudication could be an issue.   This time we listened to five works from two recent concerts and they were good.  Really good.

I don’t say that easily.  As musicians we are incredibly self critical and always looking to improve but all three of us listened to these excerpts and were actually happy with what we heard. For me, it is a sign of how we have evolved over the last two decades.  I don’t know if we will be around in 2039, and if so, what new media we will have to keep up with, but I do know we will continue to grow and learn for as long as we keep playing.


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We're super excited to be Popping UP once again. We'll be live streaming from the beautiful Big Orange Sheep, the studio we've been recording in for our

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We’re super excited to be Popping UP once again. We’ll be live streaming from the beautiful Big Orange Sheep, the studio we’ve been recording in for our upcoming November, 2021 release.

Our PopUPs are free, informal, short concerts where we workshop new programs. This PopUP will include the works of Salomone Rossi, a contemporary of Monteverdi; the young Swedish composer, Erik Sköld; and our most recent 8SW Composer Competition winner, Minato Sakamoto.

Please register here and you will receive a link to attend this event. Have other commitments on March 6 at 6pm? No worries! A recording will be made shortly after the conclusion of the performance and will be accessible through March 13.

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We always look forward to and love performing this annual concert in this beautiful space. Sadly we will not be able to make it happen in 2020, but we are

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We always look forward to and love performing this annual concert in this beautiful space. Sadly we will not be able to make it happen in 2020, but we are already booked for 2021!

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(Friday) 7:30 pm

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