World Renowned Musician to ‘Jam’ with Nature at Wild Center

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Musician David Rothenberg will 'jam' with nature at the Wild Center on Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29. He will also be available to sign his recent CD and book WHY BIRDS SING.

TUPPER LAKE, NY (07/19/2007)(readMedia)-- Birds do it so why not musician David Rothenberg! On Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29, Rothenberg will speak about how he mastered the art of playing improvisational music with feathered friends and other wild animals at the Wild Center/Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks.

“David Rothenberg’s back and forth duets with birds make you think about why birds sing,” said Stephanie Ratcliffe, Wild Center managing director. “We like to showcase new ways of seeing and hearing the natural world, and David’s music is really ear-opening.”

Discover Magazine said Rothenberg produces “…music that transports you to another world,” while National Public Radio’s Fresh Air referred to Rothenberg’s “stunning virtuosity.” His Saturday, July 28 lecture at the Wild Center will include video and sound clips of his work including his most recent CD and book Why Birds Sing. His work with bird song has received much attention in the United States, England, and Australia. The book is soon to come out in Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Korean, and has been turned into a feature television documentary for the BBC. The presentation will begin at 1:00 p.m. in the Wild Center’s Flammer Theater. This program is free for members and the general public.

At 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 28, Rothenberg will perform live in the Museum’s Great Hall, blending spontaneous musical inventiveness with a sense of rhythm and exuberance. This program is $10 for the general public and $8 for current Museum members.

For those early bird musicians, on Sunday, July 29 at 7:00 a.m., Rothenberg will conduct a Sunrise Workshop. He will teach participants how to listen to birds and the other sounds of dawn, and will attempt to engage wildlife in a musical ‘jam’ using penny whistles, drums and other instruments brought by workshop participants. The program will be held in the Museum Esplanade tent in the event of rain. Preregistration is recommended as only 10 spots are available for the sunrise event. The program is $10 for the general public or $8 for current Museum members.

Rothenberg has seven CDs out under his own name, including On the Cliffs of the Heart named one of the top ten releases of 1995 by Jazziz magazine. To learn more about this musician and author, visit www.whybirdssing.com. For additional information on this program and the Wild Center, visit www.wildcenter.org or call the Museum directly at (518) 359-7800.

The Wild Center is a new kind of natural history museum that mixes the indoor and outdoors in unusual ways. There are waterfalls inside, and exhibit labels in the woods outside. Hiking trails outside the Wild Center are like museum exhibit halls, except they are in the forest, with labels that trained staff can change daily. Live otter and bird sounds mix with the splashing cascade of falling water from a trout-filled stream. Films from field scientists doing research in the Adirondacks showcase the world that surrounds the Museum. The Wild Center is open year round.

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