“Sing Democracy 250” will bring more than 175 singers from across the country to David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center on May 24. Under the baton of conductor G. Phillip Shoultz III, the evening features two newly commissioned world premieres. “Redeem the Dream,” by Brandon A. Boyd, sets Langston Hughes’s poem “Let America Be America Again.” “US,” by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, {…}

The nationwide musical initiative, “Sing Democracy 250” is presented to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The initiative will launch in Oct. 2025 in Philadelphia, PA. “Sing Democracy 250” will then unfold through four signature choral concerts across the U.S. The cities include St. Paul, Minnesota on April 11, 2026, New York City on {…}