for trumpet + birds – for Joe Hamlen

 

 

 

 

listen to the birds. focus on a bird/focus on several birds.

make an attempt to comp with a bird/birds by any means necessary on your instrument. (replicate, echo, mirror, accompany, etc.)

do not make sounds louder than the birds.

do not worry too much about finding the same pitches as bird calls.

you may stand, walk, sit or lie down with the birds, or a combination.

if the bird/s disappear(s) during your performance, simply find another.

be with the birds.

do not attempt to become a bird.

 

 

 

 

 

 

chee-up/skreee/kee-ow

tick

churr

coo-coo, coo-coo

dee-dee-lit

chirrup

pruuk/gronk

kaar

jack/keeaa

see-see-see-sit

teacher-teacher/see-saw

zeet/wheat-zee

pink/chink

yah-yah-yah

kitti-wake

kee-kee-kee

keck-keck

 

 

 

 

 

 Oliver Ginger

2024