Chad Fowler, Shanyse Strickland, Sana Nagano, Melanie Dyer, Ken Filiano, Anders Griffen - Birdsong (2024)

Researchers of birdsong in urban environments have found that anthropogenic ambient noise has increased in urban areas over time and that there is a coinciding cultural evolution of dialects for cultural transmission. Dialects change: they grow and evolve, sometimes they may disappear. As the environment changes, so do its inhabitants. They adapt in order to reach one another with their sound.

There is a parallel in music, both as expression evolves over time and musicians relate in unique ways based on their backgrounds and origins. Improvised music provides a setting where this may be explored to the fullest. This diverse ensemble is made up of musicians with unique origins and backgrounds and a few of them were meeting for the first time.

Chad Fowler - stritch, bass flute
Shanyse Strickland - French horn, flute, vocals
Sana Nagano - violin
Melanie Dyer - viola
Ken Filiano - bass
Anders Griffen - drums