In September 2023, while hiking in Leaping Tiger Gorge in the Yunnan province of China, Elisabeth Sundberg heard a bird singing a repeating melody. When she whistled back, it taught her the song through call and response. Elisabeth was reminded of an instrument building workshop she took in Berlin in 2019 and the power of call and response to establish community at protests. Songbird Spectra is a series of four workshops to build community and solidarity through exploratory instrument making and playing. Each workshop will culminate in a public performance and a recorded sound piece.