The Conference of Birds
Birdsong and Music
The Conference of Birds is a flexible ensemble founded in 2009, with a special interest in creating and performing music based on birdsong. Repertoire ranges from traditional and baroque music to improvisations, often accompanied by live or recorded birdsong. The ensemble is led by Liz Cowdrey, and her brother Peter Cowdrey is composer-in-residence.
CoB received British Council funding to work with birdsong inspired artists in the Amazon basin and leads birdsong and music walking tours .
CoB is the ensemble of Opera Unlimited and the charitable education initiative Planet Birdsong.
The Conference of Birds is a flexible ensemble founded in 2009, with a special interest in creating and performing music based on birdsong. Repertoire ranges from traditional and baroque music to improvisations, often accompanied by live or recorded birdsong. The ensemble is led by Liz Cowdrey, and her brother Peter Cowdrey is composer-in-residence.
CoB received British Council funding to work with birdsong inspired artists in the Amazon basin and leads birdsong and music walking tours .
CoB is the ensemble of Opera Unlimited and the charitable education initiative Planet Birdsong.
Click here to watch a short documentary on the BBC News website.
2020 events
May 14th Performance at Skipwith Hall, nr York.
June 13th Performance at Embercombe, near Exeter. Click here to book
June 17th-July 5th Birdsong walks at Onform Sculpture, Asthall Manor, Oxon. Click here to book
June 21st. Summer Solstice performance at Fingask Castle, Perthshire. Booking details to follow soon
2020 events
May 14th Performance at Skipwith Hall, nr York.
June 13th Performance at Embercombe, near Exeter. Click here to book
June 17th-July 5th Birdsong walks at Onform Sculpture, Asthall Manor, Oxon. Click here to book
June 21st. Summer Solstice performance at Fingask Castle, Perthshire. Booking details to follow soon
Liz Cowdrey improvising with wrens in Burgundy.
