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New Bedford, MA On March 23, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra will release this year’s Learning in Concert virtual program entitled Bird Flight Patterns and Music. Throughout the concert video, NBSO Education Director Terry Wolkowicz leads the viewers on an exploration of five bird flight patterns used by various bird species and pairs each with a piece of classical music that moves in the same motion as each flight pattern. Featuring a performance by the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, this program will include the world premiere of Jamie Allen’s Nightingale Concerto with recorder soloist, Heloise Degrugillier, Derek Bermel’s Murmurations: Swarming Rome, and music by Mendelssohn, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, and Strauss. Featured guests include Xavi Bou, photographer for the Ornitographies Project, Sam Claggett and Cisco the Great Horned Owl from the Buttonwood Park Zoo, and Stanford University’s David Lentink.
Bird Flight Patterns and Music – An Educational Exploration with the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
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Bird Flight Patterns and Music – An Educational Exploration with the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
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Sample graphic comparing bird fight patterns to music
On March 23, 2021, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra will release this year’s Learning in Concert virtual program entitled
Bird Flight Patterns and Music. Throughout the concert video, NBSO Education Director Terry Wolkowicz leads the viewers on an exploration of five bird flight patterns used by various bird species and pairs each with a piece of classical music that moves in the same motion as each flight pattern. Featuring a performance by the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, this program will include the world premiere of Jamie Allen’s
Nightingale Concerto with recorder soloist, Heloise Degrugillier, Derek Bermel’s
NBSO Musicians giving free public performance, Summer 2019
The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra (NBSO) is pleased to announce the approval of a $7,400 Wicked Cool Places grant, financed by the city of New Bedford’s Arts, Culture and Tourism Fund. News of the grant came from the New Bedford Economic Development Council regarding the implementation of the NBSO’s proposed project, “Music in the Streets”. Music in the Streets will enable the NBSO to collaborate with a number of organizations in the area, bringing music to streets and outdoor locales across the city. A goal of the project is to bring cultural vitality to areas in New Bedford by performing musical concerts with partners. Partners may include Love the Ave, New Bedford Housing Authority, New Bedford Parks, Third Eye Unlimited, Cape Verdean Association and other groups. The concerts will be free and open to all, and may vary from solo musicians to quintets.