For the Birds

In partnership with Bird Alliance of Oregon, For the Birds invites audiences to reconsider music—and the relationship with the natural world. What can be learned when listening beyond the human voice?

Featuring Resonance’s 2026–27 commissioning composer, Judy A. Rose; wildlife photography by naturalist Ethan Allred; and Edie Hill’s poignant masterwork, Spectral Spirits, a tribute to endangered and extinct birds, the program explores birdsong, migration, and the fragile interconnectedness between humans and the ecosystem.

Works by Caroline Shaw and other composers expand the conversation, bringing audiences into a musical world shaped by flight, habitat, loss, and wonder. Through music, photography, and collaboration with Bird Alliance of Oregon, For the Birds invites you to pay closer attention to the lives unfolding around you—and to consider what changes when you listen beyond yourself.