Paul Winter will receive the John James Audubon Center Award for Art Inspiring Conservation (AIC), just prior to a special public concert by the Paul Winter Consort, on Saturday, April 21.

His newest project, Flyways, is a musical celebration of the great bird migration from Africa through the Middle East to Eurasia interweaving the voices of the birds with indigenous music from the cultures over which they fly. Winter and the Great Rift Valley Orchestra will perform Flyways March 16 and 17 in New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

His sequel project, “Flyways of the Americas,” will be with BirdLife International under the coordination of Audubon (BirdLife in USA), and Music for the Earth.