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Birds EP (2020)

Akropolis Reed Quintet

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Record Details

Released:
2020
Genre:
Contemporary Classical

Record Tracklist

  1. Music of Foghorns & Seabirds I. In the Distance -:-- / 0:30
  2. Music of Foghorns & Seabirds II. Murmuration -:-- / 0:30
  3. Music of Foghorns & Seabirds III. Stillness -:-- / 0:30
  4. Music of Foghorns & Seabirds IV. Into the Haze -:-- / 0:30
  5. Alchemical Birds I. Raven -:-- / 0:30
  6. Alchemical Birds II. Swan -:-- / 0:30
  7. Alchemical Birds III. Raven -:-- / 0:30

Digital release out now!
New works by Natalie Draper and Octavio Vazquez
$6 on Bandcamp or stream on iTunes & Spotify

The Southeast Michigan-based ensemble, the Akropolis Reed Quintet, hailed by Fanfare Magazine for their “imagination, infallible musicality, and huge vitality” and whose third album, The Space Between Us, released on innova recordings, was called “Pure Gold” by the San Francisco Chronicle, releases its first digital EP. Available on all digital platforms, Birds EP comprises two works which paint vivid portraits of birds by composers Natalie Draper and Octavio Vazquez, who formed a close bond with Akropolis while in a collaborative composer and performer residency at the I-Park Foundation in 2018.

READ MORE ABOUT BIRDS EP HERE

Featured Artists:
Akropolis Reed Quintet
Tim Gocklin, Oboe
Kari Landry, Clarinet
Matt Landry, Saxophone
Andrew Koeppe, Bass Clarinet
Ryan Reynolds, Bassoon

Composers:
Natalie Draper and Octavio Vazquez

Credits:
Recording Engineer: Dave Schall Acoustic
Editing: Dave Schall Acoustic, Akropolis
Mixing & Mastering: Dave Schall Acoustic
Birds EP Artwork: Jason Walker

 

LATEST ALBUM

Our 5th Album is OUT NOW! Released on Bright Shiny Things

With soprano Shara Nova and 7 small business owners. Original works by composers Annika Socolofsky and Nico Muhly.

NEWS

  • Gramophone Review of Hymns for Private Use January 4, 2023
  • The Whole Note Review of Hymns for Private Use December 13, 2022
  • BBC Music Magazine 4-Star Review of Hymns for Private Use December 5, 2022
  • Join us in welcoming our new intern, Lauren! October 18, 2022
  • Announcing Our 5th Album! Hymns for Private Use, with Soprano Shara Nova and 7 Small Business Owners August 23, 2022

Instagram

Wichita, you were wonderful!👏 A big thank you Wichita, you were wonderful!👏

A big thank you to @cmswichita for having us out to perform, to the @wichitaartmuseum for hosting us in their beautiful space, to @wsuschoolofmusic and your talented chamber ensembles for performing and working with us, to everyone who came to hear us, and….last but certainly not least, a MASSIVE THANK YOU to @gobassoon for filling in for Ryan with very little notice this week. You RULE Leigh 🙏🎉👏
🤩We’re off to Wichita & New Orleans this week 🤩We’re off to Wichita & New Orleans this week! Kansas and NOLA friends, we’d love to see you there!

Also, since our trip to Tulsa last week was cut short, we’re now excited to be premiering “Moods and Attitudes” by @omarthomasmusic this week in #neworleans! 👏

🎶 Concert 
📅 Sunday, March 19 @cmswichita 
5:30 pm at @wichitaartmuseum 

🎶 Career workshop & master classes
📅Monday, March 20 @wichitastateu 

🎶 Opening concert of @nolachamberfest 
📅 Thursday, March 23 at 7:30 pm 
@universityofneworleans 
✨@omarthomasmusic premiere ✨

🎶 Career Power Hour with @nolachamberfest 
📅 Thursday, March 23 at 12 pm 
Register on Zoom! 

🔗Details & tickets at the link in our bio 
or visit akropolisquintet.org/events 

📸by @thisaintjason
🔥Live from last weekend @chambermusictulsa! Are 🔥Live from last weekend @chambermusictulsa! Are We Dreaming The Same Dream? with @pascalleboeuf & @christianeuman at @lowdowntulsa! 

👀 Keen Akropo-fans might notice we’re a man down…Andrew was under the weather 🤒 and we ended up reworking the show to perform it without him. We then needed to cancel our remaining 2 shows in Tulsa, but they’re currently being rescheduled for another weekend this spring, so we’ll be back there super soon! 

A big thanks to everyone who came to see us play this unreal show with Pascal and Christian. We have BIG plans for this amazing collaboration and we can’t wait for you all to hear more 🤩
🧳All packed 😅 Tulsa here we come! #touringm 🧳All packed 😅 Tulsa here we come!

#touringmusician #bassclarinet #packingtips #bassclarinetist #morebass #instrumentcases #traveltips #organizedchaos 
#akropolisreedquintet #allaboutthatbass #bassclarinetplayer #clarinetlife #ontheroadagain
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