Since its restoration seven years ago, the Buskirk-Chumley Theater has become a favorite venue for performers and patrons alike. With its historic Art Deco charm and intimate setting, the BCT allows concert goers to experience their favorite artists up close and personal, in an atmosphere that always promises a memorable evening.

We are pleased to present the BCT CONCERT SERIES, our most exciting line-up since our 1999 Grand Re-Opening. Featured artists have included Lisa Germano, Arlo Guthrie & Family, the Cowboy Junkies, Regina Spektor, Duncan Sheik - with many more in the works!

Coming Soon- don't miss Andrew Bird
Tickets are on sale now!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
BCT Concert Series presents
ANDREW BIRD
W/SPECIAL GUEST: LeLoup
8PM, doors open at 7PM

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
$22.50 General Admission
Purchase tickets online at bloomingtonarts.info

The BCT Concert Series is pleased to present Andrew Bird.  A classically trained violinist, former swing jazz musician and now art rock sensation, Bird is one of the most imaginative and unique voices in music today. Essentially a one-man band, he gives incredible live performances. His music is an eclectic mix of gypsy ballads, jazz, folk and rock. "Every night," Bird says, "I am rewriting all my songs for the audience."

Originally from Chicago, Bird learned violin from a young age using the traditional Suzuki method. He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in violin performance.

Bird spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear, so when it came time for a restless teen-ager to make the jump to Hungarian Gypsy music, early jazz, country blues, south Indian etc., it wasn't such a giant leap. It's fitting that now, though classically trained, he has instead opted to play his violin in a most unconventional manner, accompanying himself on glockenspiel and guitar, adding singing and whistling to the equation, and becoming a pop songwriter in the process.

Though Andrew's voice has been compared to such eminent company as Jeff Buckley, Thom Yorke, and Rufus Wainwright, like those performers, it has a quality all its own. He also adds to the mix his unnatural whistling ability, rendering him capable of adding organically generated yet otherworldly, Theremin-like sounds to the mix.

"A quiet, yet insistent, buzz has been building around multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird since the release of 2005’s brilliant The Mysterious Production of Eggs. Armchair Apocrypha betters that album, with an understated pop nous atop lush instrumental backing, featuring anything from archly-plucked strings to glockenspiels and what sounds like a bowed saw. A unique talent." - Music Week, March 2007.

Le Loup creates music heavily laden with intricate patterns and swells, edging towards dramatic, sweeping movements. Everybody in the live band sings, and all instruments work together to weave an overall sonic tapestry; some voices surface and shine occasionally and briefly, but ultimately sink back into the larger schemes of the songs; thus, each voice supports the other, and each player is vital.

Andrew Bird and LeLoup are presented by the BCT Concert Series and Union Board.

 

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