Eighth Blackbird

Behind the scenes and before the downbeat… join concert pianist and host Lara Downes backstage in the Green Room for a look into the real lives of classical musicians - a show about the people behind the music. eighth blackbird The Pilot episode features the Chicago-based, three-time Grammy-winning “super-musician” ensemble eighth blackbird. This visit to the Green Room exposes many topics central to the lives of working musicians, from the hazards of concert touring to the challenges of successful entrepreneurship, the problems of parenting from the road and the joys of making music together. With refreshing honesty, humor and surprising intimacy, Downes and the members of eighth blackbird open up about what it takes to get to The Green Room.