American Opera Project has announced that it will host “Hold On: A Vigil for Broken Spirits” on Friday, June 5, 2020.

The event, which will take place via zoom, is intended to be a virtual gathering space hosted by soprano Adrienne Danrich in which audiences will get a chance to engage in meaningful discourse on the social injustice taking hold of our nation through song, poetry, and dialogue.

A virtual choir, comprised of such artists as Nicole Heaston Lane, Anna Laurenzo, Patrice Eaton, Jasmine Muhammad, Claire Kuttler, La’Shelle Allen, Katie Dunne McGrath, Jennifer Davison, Tesia Kwarteng, Brandon Snook, Eric McKeeve, Paul An, Scott Tomlinson, Henry O’Neill, Kamala Sankaram, Drew Fleming, Bernard Holcomb, and Chet Whye, Jr. will also participate in the event.

“It is our hope that this feels more like an intimate gathering than a concert. It is our hope that viewers will use this space to acknowledge and release their emotions within the privacy of their own homes, while creating a sense of community even in our isolation. It is our hope that if we gather together to lift our voices in song with a common goal – a plea for justice and peace – that music can unite us, even for a brief moment, and remind us that we are never alone,” the company noted in a press release.