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Inspired by Charlottetown’s remarkable “megaroost” of some 25,000 crows in Victoria Park, Common Sound IV brings together composer Sandro Manzon and the Charlottetown Improvisers Orchestra for The Birds: an original concert work conceived as a hypothetical score for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic cinematic thriller.The performance combines original notated music with the ensemble’s signature conducting language, through which musical ideas are shaped, transformed and directed in real time. Musicians from Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick move between tightly organized passages and unpredictable improvisation, creating a musical experience that shifts continually between order and chaos.
Drawing inspiration from Charlottetown’s winter crow population and the atmosphere of suspense cinema, The Birds imagines a sonic world shaped by mass movement, tension and collective behaviour.
THE MUSICIANS
Adam Hill — bass
Nathan Evans — clarinet and piano
Dan Rowswell — saxophone
Ivan Mack — trumpet
Mason MacNeill — trombone/euphonium
Mark Kleyn — viola
Emily Kennedy — cello
Mark Carr-Rollitt — percussion
Matt Bridges — percussion
Shawn Doiron — percussion
Composition and conducting by Sandro Manzon.
Saturday, November 7, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Carriage House at Beaconsfield Historic House, Charlottetown
Admission: $20 general · Students: $10 or pay what you can
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Beaconsfield Historic House, Charlottetown, Canada
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